Cookies & Chance Mysteries Books in Order
Part ofCatherine Bruns Books in OrderSee the Cookies & Chance Mysteries by Catherine Bruns in order, with short summaries, series background, reading order, and where to start.
Last updated: June 30, 2026
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Cookies & Chance Mysteries books in publication order
19 books
Tastes Like Murder
by Catherine Bruns
2015
After a divorce, Sally Muccio returns home to open a novelty cookie shop and start over. Then her ex-husband's mistress drops dead on her porch, and Sally's fresh start turns into a race to save her business and herself.
Baked to Death
by Catherine Bruns
2016
Sally Muccio's bakery is thriving and a baking show appearance should be good news, until her ex-husband barges back in. Hours later he is dead, her boyfriend is arrested, and Sally has to sort through enemies, debts, and bad blood.
Burned to a Crisp
by Catherine Bruns
2016
Just before her wedding, Sally loses her bakery in a fire and finds a dead man in the ruins. With her sister missing and family chaos at full volume, she has to figure out who is lying before everything falls apart again.
Frosted with Revenge
by Catherine Bruns
2017
Sally should be thinking about wedding cake and happily ever after, not gunfire. When a last-minute cake tasting turns violent and a fortune cookie suggests the attack was no accident, she has to catch a killer before her big day.
Crumbled to Pieces
by Catherine Bruns
2018
Sally rents the apartment over her bakery to a difficult friend of Grandma Rosa, then watches the woman die in an apparent hit and run. A sudden Vegas trip, missing jewelry, and family shocks make this one of Sal's messiest cases.
Silenced by Sugar
by Catherine Bruns
2018
A TV cooking show could be great publicity for Sally and Josie, until an old rivalry explodes on camera. Then a body turns up on set, Josie becomes the obvious suspect, and Sal has to untangle murder and a troubling case from the past.
Ginger Snapped to Death
by Catherine Bruns
2019
Very pregnant and ready for Christmas, Sally Muccio gets carjacked by a fake Santa and then tied to a murder from her past. With her bakery's cookies near the body and suspicion swirling, clearing her name becomes urgent.
Sprinkled in Malice
by Catherine Bruns
2019
A family birthday dinner ends in armed robbery and grief, and the damage to Sally's life is only beginning. As money troubles and hidden motives pile up, she has to find the link before her family loses even more.
Icing on the Casket
by Catherine Bruns
2020
New mom Sally Muccio wants no more murder cases, but that plan dies when a mortician family friend is found in his own casket. With Josie beside her and suspects everywhere, she digs into funeral home secrets before the killer buries the truth.
Dessert is the Bomb
by Catherine Bruns
2021
Halloween gets ugly when a flashy rival bakery opens across from Sally's shop. After the new owner dies in an explosion and Josie becomes a suspect, Sally has to move fast before the whole case blows up.
Knee Deep in Dough
by Catherine Bruns
2021
Sally Muccio spots Officer Brian Jenkins with an old flame and tries to stay out of it. By the end of the night the woman is dead, Brian's gun points straight at him, and Sal is back in the middle of murder.
Formals, Fortune Cookies & Fraud
by Catherine Bruns
2022
Years before Sally owned a bakery, she was just a teenager trying to survive prom season. When money trouble and a shady scheme spoil the fun, she gets an early crash course in mystery.
Seasoned with Murder
by Catherine Bruns
2022
On her first cruise, Sally Muccio expects sun and dessert catering, not a body in the freezer. When an irritable older woman is blamed after a public fight, Sal and Josie race around the ship to catch the real killer.
Bake, Batter, and Roll
by Catherine Bruns
2023
Sally never expected to see Grandma Rosa on a senior dating show, much less find the host murdered in her bakery. Between cranky contestants and shaky alibis, this reality TV case is a real mess.
Cookies, Chamomile, and Corpses
by Catherine Bruns
2023
Before Sally opens her bakery, her grandmother asks one favor in exchange for financial help, find out who killed Aunt Luisa. A missing teapot and a supposedly accidental death send Sally into her first real mystery.
Crimes and Confections
by Catherine Bruns
2024
Sal is already overworked when her mother enters a local beauty pageant and a nasty rival starts making trouble. After the rival turns up dead and Maria is caught on camera near the scene, family loyalty sends Sal hunting for the truth.
Planes, Candy Canes, and Hearses
by Catherine Bruns
2024
On Christmas Eve, Sally heads to the airport expecting a quick pickup for her father. Instead he vanishes with a mysterious companion, and the search threatens to wreck the family's holiday.
Death Whisk
by Catherine Bruns
2025
A cozy night at a newly renovated inn turns dark when Sally finds the owner dead after a winter storm kills the power. When her father's life is suddenly at risk too, she cannot leave the case alone.
Sifting Through Secrets
by Catherine Bruns
2026
Sally takes a baby shower catering job that should be easy money, until the wealthy grandmother-to-be offers her a fortune to expose would-be killers. When the woman dies that same night, Sally has to sort through a house full of lies.
Cookies & Chance Mysteries books in chronological order

Formals, Fortune Cookies & Fraud
by Catherine Bruns
2022Cookies & Chance Mysteries, Book 1
Tastes Like Murder
by Catherine Bruns
2015Cookies & Chance Mysteries, Book 2
Baked to Death
by Catherine Bruns
2016Cookies & Chance Mysteries, Book 3
Burned to a Crisp
by Catherine Bruns
2016Cookies & Chance Mysteries, Book 4
Frosted with Revenge
by Catherine Bruns
2017Cookies & Chance Mysteries, Book 5
Silenced by Sugar
by Catherine Bruns
2018Cookies & Chance Mysteries, Book 6
Crumbled to Pieces
by Catherine Bruns
2018Cookies & Chance Mysteries, Book 7
Sprinkled in Malice
by Catherine Bruns
2019Cookies & Chance Mysteries, Book 8
Ginger Snapped to Death
by Catherine Bruns
2019Cookies & Chance Mysteries, Book 9
Icing on the Casket
by Catherine Bruns
2020Cookies & Chance Mysteries, Book 10
Knee Deep in Dough
by Catherine Bruns
2021Cookies & Chance Mysteries, Book 11
Dessert is the Bomb
by Catherine Bruns
2021Cookies & Chance Mysteries, Book 12
Seasoned with Murder
by Catherine Bruns
2022Cookies & Chance Mysteries, Book 13
Cookies, Chamomile, and Corpses
by Catherine Bruns
2023Cookies & Chance Mysteries, Book 14
Bake, Batter, and Roll
by Catherine Bruns
2023Cookies & Chance Mysteries, Book 15
Crimes and Confections
by Catherine Bruns
2024Cookies & Chance Mysteries, Book 16
Planes, Candy Canes, and Hearses
by Catherine Bruns
2024Cookies & Chance Mysteries, Book 17
Death Whisk
by Catherine Bruns
2025Cookies & Chance Mysteries, Book 18
Sifting Through Secrets
by Catherine Bruns
2026Cookies & Chance Mysteries, Book 19
Series background & context
The Cookies & Chance books follow Sally Muccio, a baker who heads back to her western New York hometown after a divorce and tries to build something steady for herself. Her fresh start is Sally's Samples, a novelty cookie shop she runs with her best friend, Josie. The bakery's signature touch is the fortune cookie, and in this series those little slips of paper have a habit of turning up at exactly the wrong moment.
That setup tells you a lot about the tone. These are culinary cozies, but they are not quiet or precious. Sally's life is crowded. Her parents are bigger than life, her grandmother is full of opinions, her sister is never far from the next complication, and romance keeps trying to fit itself into the middle of a murder case. The books get a lot of mileage out of family noise, good food, and the fact that Sally can almost never have a normal week.
The cookies are only part of the draw.
What makes the series stick is how grounded Sally feels even when the plots get wild. She is not a detective by trade. She is a woman trying to keep a business afloat, protect the people she loves, and avoid becoming the prime suspect in yet another homicide. When trouble shows up, and it usually does, she investigates because the danger lands on her doorstep, in her bakery, or right in the middle of someone she cares about.
Across the books, the setting expands in fun ways. Some mysteries stay close to the bakery and the town around it. Others pull Sally into TV studios, wedding chaos, family trips, holiday disasters, and even a cruise ship. But the core stays the same. There is always a strong sense of home, and there is always the push and pull between ordinary life and extraordinary trouble.
Josie is a big part of that rhythm. She is not just comic relief or a sidekick. She is Sally's partner in business and in most of the chaos, and the two of them give the series a brisk, talky energy. Around them is a cast of relatives, exes, love interests, police, funeral-home personalities, and longtime local rivals who make the town feel busy and lived in.
Expect a cozy mystery series with recipes, humor, and a heroine who would really prefer one peaceful day at work. She just never gets one.
If you like small-town crime, messy families, food-centered plots, and a sleuth who solves murders with flour on her hands, this is the Catherine Bruns series most people start with.
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