Consignment Shop Mystery Books in Order

The Consignment Shop Mystery series takes readers to Savannah, Georgia, where Spanish moss, historic squares, and social rules form the backdrop for murder. At the center is Reagan Summerside, a newly divorced woman who turns the first floor of her run down Victorian into the Prissy Fox, a consignment shop filled with designer castoffs and neighborhood gossip.

Reagan did not plan on becoming an amateur sleuth. Her ex husband walked away from their marriage with the house, the car, and most of the money, thanks to his sharp lawyer Walker Boone, leaving Reagan scrambling to rebuild. When a body turns up a little too close to her new business in Iced Chiffon, she investigates to protect herself and the fragile future she is piecing together.

That mix of financial desperation, pride, and stubborn curiosity fuels the whole series.

Each book drops a fresh mystery into Reagan’s path. A groom is stabbed in his own wedding cake in Killer in Crinolines, a dirty alderman race turns deadly in Pearls and Poison, a dead man in a bathtub sends Walker Boone on the run in Demise in Denim, and suspicious deaths at a retirement home plague her elderly neighbors in Lethal in Old Lace. Later stories, including Dead Man Walker and Wedding Day and Foul Play, play with the same circle of friends and enemies as relationships deepen and old grudges resurface.

The real charm of the series comes from the people who orbit the Prissy Fox. Reagan’s Aunt KiKi runs a dance studio next door and never met a scheme or a sequined outfit she did not like. Her mother, Judge Gloria Summerside, brings courtroom clout and sharp opinions to every investigation. Regulars like Mercedes, Chantilly, and a collection of Savannah socialites drift through the shop with armloads of clothing and half whispered secrets that often matter more than the evidence.

Brown uses Savannah almost as another character. Readers get tours of leafy squares, historic homes, and neighborhood bars, along with a steady stream of white gloves, garden parties, and fried chicken. The mysteries stay on the cozy side of the genre, focusing on puzzle plotting and comic situations rather than graphic scenes, and there is an ongoing slow burn romance between Reagan and Walker that weaves through the series.

You can start with almost any title and still enjoy the case at hand, since each book wraps up its main mystery. Starting with Iced Chiffon gives the clearest view of Reagan’s divorce, the opening of the Prissy Fox, and her complicated history with Walker, which makes later twists in Demise in Denim, Lethal in Old Lace, and Wedding Day and Foul Play even more satisfying. Expect humor, heart, and a lot of Southern flair with every visit to the shop.