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Country Store Mysteries Books in Order

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Follow the Country Store Mysteries by Maddie Day in order, with book list, short summaries, series background on Robbie Jordan, and ideas on where to start.

Last updated: January 17, 2026

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15 books

1

Scone Cold Dead

by Maddie Day

2025

Robbie is only weeks away from giving birth and trying to prepare Pans 'N Pancakes for her maternity leave when a stranger's body is found in Aunt Adele's sheep pasture. As police uncover unsettling ties between Adele and the victim, Robbie knits together clues before suspicion tears her family apart.

2

Four Leaf Cleaver

by Maddie Day

2023

In South Lick, Saint Patrick's Day turns dark at Pans 'N Pancakes when a television cooking show producer is found bludgeoned in Robbie Jordan's bed and breakfast. With contestants, crew members, and townsfolk all hiding grudges, Robbie must sort through the shamrocks to unmask a killer.

3

Deep Fried Death

by Maddie Day

2023

South Lick's quirky outhouse race at the Abe Martin Festival is supposed to be good publicity, until a rival restaurateur's body tumbles out of Robbie's entry before the starting whistle. Juggling a new deep fryer and family changes, she must prove she was framed and flush out a murderer.

4

Scarfed Down

by Maddie Day

2022

Pans 'N Pancakes is celebrating the twelve days of Christmas with special menus when a diner suddenly dies while knitting a bright green scarf. With Aunt Adele drawn into the investigation, Robbie follows a strand of holiday grudges and jealousies to uncover who turned a cozy project deadly.

5

Batter Off Dead

by Maddie Day

2022

During a summer fireworks display in South Lick, a beloved knitter from a local assisted living home is murdered, echoing an old unsolved crime in the Bird family. As buried secrets bubble up, Robbie Jordan must untangle years of resentment to catch a new killer.

6

No Grater Crime

by Maddie Day

2021

A new antique shop across from Pans 'N Pancakes, a roaming breakfast food truck, and a rash of mysterious illnesses turn business upside down in South Lick. When a diner dies after eating a mushroom omelet, Robbie has to prove her kitchen is not the real weapon.

7

Nacho Average Murder

by Maddie Day

2020

Robbie Jordan returns to Santa Barbara for her high school reunion and to face memories of her activist mother's death. When rumors suggest the loss might not have been natural, Robbie follows a trail through old environmental battles and present day dangers that could keep her from getting home.

8

Candy Slain Murder

by Maddie Day

2020

As Christmas lights shine over South Lick, a man claiming to be Danna's long lost half brother walks into Pans 'N Pancakes and a fire reveals a skeleton in a doctor's attic. Robbie juggles holiday rush, family questions, and a decades old mystery that refuses to stay buried.

9

Strangled Eggs and Ham

by Maddie Day

2019

A plan to build a luxury resort on a scenic hilltop divides Brown County and puts Robbie's Aunt Adele at the front of the protests. When a vocal opponent of the project is found murdered at the construction site, Robbie must confront developers and neighbors to keep her aunt safe.

10

Christmas Cocoa and a Corpse

by Maddie Day

2019

Robbie's special Mexican cocoa is a hit with South Lick locals until businessman Jed Greenberg is found dead, his shirt soaked in her drink and his dog Cocoa whimpering beside him. With police eyeing her recipe, Robbie follows a trail of holiday rivalries to find who really poisoned Jed.

11

Death Over Easy

by Maddie Day

2018

Hosting bluegrass musicians for a nearby festival should be a boon for Robbie's new bed and breakfast, until one of the performers is strangled with a banjo string. Surrounded by feuding bandmates and fans, she has to read the crowd before the killer plays another deadly tune.

12

Biscuits and Slashed Browns

by Maddie Day

2018

The National Maple Syrup Festival brings visitors, cook offs, and chaos to South Lick. After an arrogant visiting professor publicly clashes with local maple experts and then is found stabbed outside a sugar shack, Robbie must tap into festival gossip to find who turned sweet sap into motive for murder.

13

When the Grits Hit the Fan

by Maddie Day

2017

A winter dinner series for Indiana University sociologists brings simmering academic feuds to Pans 'N Pancakes. When a combative professor is later found frozen under the ice and Robbie's friend Lou becomes the prime suspect, Robbie must warm up a very cold trail to find the truth.

14

Grilled for Murder

by Maddie Day

2016

After a lively welcome home party at Pans 'N Pancakes, the flashy and flirtatious Erica Shermer is found dead on Robbie Jordan's floor, likely struck with cookware from the shop. With her friend Phil blamed for the crime, Robbie digs into Erica's past to uncover who wanted her gone.

15

Flipped for Murder

by Maddie Day

2015

Newly arrived in South Lick after a West Coast heartbreak, Robbie Jordan pours everything into transforming a rundown country store into Pans 'N Pancakes. When the mayor's difficult assistant is found murdered and gossip points at Robbie, she has to clear her name without letting her new life collapse.

Series background & context

The Country Store Mysteries follow Robbie Jordan, a talented cook and woodworker who trades her West Coast life for the hills of southern Indiana. When the series opens she has bought a sagging country store in fictional South Lick and transforms it into Pans 'N Pancakes, part breakfast and lunch restaurant, part vintage cookware shop, and eventually a small bed and breakfast upstairs.

South Lick sits in Brown County, where winding roads, state parks, music festivals, and tourist events bring a steady stream of visitors through town. Locals like Robbie's Aunt Adele, police chief Buck Bird, and employees Danna and Turner give the stories a rooted, small town feel, complete with long memories and complicated family ties. Newcomers and tourists provide plenty of fresh trouble, from pushy developers to academic conferences and food focused festivals.

Each book drops Robbie into a different corner of community life. A bluegrass festival at a nearby campground, the National Maple Syrup Festival, a winter dinner series for Indiana University faculty, and an over the top Saint Patrick's Day television cook off all become backdrops for murder. Holiday novellas like Christmas Cocoa and a Corpse and Scarfed Down bring shorter, focused puzzles that still carry the same sense of warmth, food, and danger.

Robbie's own life moves forward alongside the cases. She reconnects with her Italian father, builds a circle of friends, and navigates a slow burn relationship with local woodworker Abe O'Neill that eventually leads to marriage and the start of a family. Those arcs add emotional depth without taking over the mysteries, so you can drop into almost any installment and still follow what matters.

Food is everywhere in these books.

Maxwell, writing as Maddie Day, clearly enjoys letting readers linger over breakfasts loaded with biscuits, hash browns, and creative grits, as well as the behind the scenes grind of menu planning, ordering, and early morning prep. Recipes at the back of each volume invite readers to recreate dishes from the story, which feels natural in a series where the restaurant truly is the heart of town.

Beneath the comforting surface, the Country Store Mysteries also touch on real tensions, including economic change in rural communities, environmental debates, questions of trust in law enforcement, and the tangled loyalties of family. This page gathers Robbie's adventures in order and offers short summaries so you can follow her from opening day of Pans 'N Pancakes through festivals, holidays, and the many murders that unfortunately land on her menu.

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