Cruise Ship Cozy Mysteries (AR Winters) Books in Order
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Cruise Ship Cozy Mysteries (AR Winters) books in publication order
31 books
Beauty Queens and Cruises
by AR Winters
2019
A beauty pageant cruise gives Adrienne a ship full of dramatic contestants and judges, then a murdered headliner. She, Sam, Cece, and Ethan have to look past perfect smiles to find the killer.
Cooks, Crooks and Cruises
by AR Winters
2019
The kitchen is only one source of heat when Adrienne faces another murder at sea. Food, feuds, and a ship full of suspects keep the pressure on until she and her friends can expose the culprit.
Cruise Catastrophe
by AR Winters
2019
What should be a routine voyage spirals into full catastrophe once murder enters the picture. Adrienne and her friends scramble through false leads and shipboard drama to stop the damage from spreading.
Cruise Chaos
by AR Winters
2019
Adrienne is put in charge of a murder mystery event, which stops being pretend when a passenger turns up dead. Suddenly the cruise's staged clues are mixed with a real crime and real danger.
Cruise Conundrum
by AR Winters
2019
Another voyage brings Adrienne a tightly wound puzzle, a crowd of suspects, and no easy answers. On a ship where everyone is underfoot, every clue feels both urgent and personal.
Cruise Millions
by AR Winters
2019
Big money, big personalities, and murder make for rough sailing in this brisk cruise-ship mystery. Adrienne has to figure out who wanted a fortune, or someone tied to it, badly enough to kill.
Deadly Cruise
by AR Winters
2019
A fresh sailing gives Adrienne another closed-circle mystery with danger never far away. As secrets pile up among crew and passengers, solving the case becomes the only way to keep the trip from turning worse.
Killer Cruise
by AR Winters
2019
Adrienne's exciting new job on a cruise ship goes sideways when her best friend becomes the prime suspect in a passenger's murder. Trapped at sea with too many egos and too few answers, she starts sleuthing fast.
Bed and Breakfast and Cruises
by AR Winters
2020
A bed-and-breakfast conference at sea sounds fun until the former head of the association is murdered. Adrienne and her friends have to sift through vendors, guests, and grudges before the ship reaches port.
Cruise Control
by AR Winters
2020
Adrienne hopes for smoother sailing, but another murder makes that impossible. With nowhere for suspects to go and pressure building by the hour, she and her crew have to regain control of the chaos.
Lethal Cruise
by AR Winters
2020
A beauty-and-pampering cruise turns deadly when one passenger dies after a cosmetic treatment. Adrienne, Sam, and Cece have to dig through vanity, rivalry, and shipboard gossip before the killer strikes again.
Calmer Cruises
by AR Winters
2021
A supposedly calmer voyage gives Adrienne exactly the opposite once danger boards with the passengers. With suspects trapped at sea and nerves fraying, she and her friends have to steady the ship and solve the case.
Cupcake Chaos and Cruises
by AR Winters
2022
A cupcake-themed voyage should be sweet fun for Adrienne and the crew. Instead, another murder turns dessert, gossip, and shipboard chaos into a race to catch the killer before the cruise ends.
Cruise Magic
by AR Winters
2024
A magic-themed cruise takes a deadly turn when a magician’s assistant dies during a performance. Addi, Sam, and Cece investigate the show and its performers, trying to separate genuine clues from carefully staged distractions.
Cruise Pirates
by AR Winters
2024
Addi and her friends expect an unusual route, but pirates and an unfamiliar crew make their voyage dangerous. When a murder follows, they must identify the killer aboard their ship before another passenger becomes a victim.
Christmas Cruise
by AR Winters
2025
Addi and Sam spend Christmas working aboard the Swan of the Seas, surrounded by festive shows and secretive dancers. A holiday murder turns the spectacle into an investigation, with suspects hiding behind the seasonal cheer.
Cruise Castaways
by AR Winters
2025
A cruise leaves Addi, Sam, and Cece stranded near a deserted island where stolen wartime gold lies offshore. With a private investigator murdered and sharks nearby, they must solve the crime while finding a way back.
Cruise Imposters
by AR Winters
2025
A group of demanding VIPs makes Addi’s latest cruise complicated, especially when one passenger’s identity proves doubtful. After a murder, she investigates their secrets while her friends juggle new roles and mounting demands aboard ship.
Cruise Secrets
by AR Winters
2025
During a shipboard animation convention, the author of a revealing exposé is murdered. Addi’s investigation uncovers connections to an old cold case, placing her in danger from someone determined to keep the past concealed.
Gardening Cruises and Grudges
by AR Winters
2025
A floriculture conference turns deadly aboard the Cygnus when rivals competing for a desirable government job become murder suspects. Addi investigates professional grudges and hidden motives while Cece’s wedding plans add another layer of chaos.
Movie Stars and Cruise Mayhem
by AR Winters
2025
Sam’s impersonation of a glamorous movie star brings unwanted attention aboard the Swan. When a guest is murdered, Addi investigates borrowed diamonds, concealed histories, and obsessive fans before her best friend’s dangerous predicament grows worse.
Snakes On A Cruise
by AR Winters
2025
Assigned to an emergency crew aboard the Trumpeter, Addi hopes for an uncomplicated job. An unexpected reptile incident and a murder create a publicity disaster, leaving her and her best friend surrounded by suspicious shipmates.
The Creepy Cruise
by AR Winters
2025
An Alaska-bound cruise answers a distress call and finds a frozen body aboard an abandoned freighter. Ghost rumors and a missing businessman follow, prompting Addi and her friends to investigate the very human secrets behind them.
The Forever Cruise
by AR Winters
2025
When the Swan’s housekeeping manager is found dead, past arguments make the security chief a suspect. Asked to investigate, Addi follows clues involving room searches, burglary, and a cheated gambler while trying to protect her friends.
The Wedding Cruise
by AR Winters
2025
A glamorous wedding aboard Addi James’s cruise ship ends in murder, leaving thousands of possible suspects. As threats mount, she must investigate the guests while protecting her friends and keeping her own life from unraveling.
A Most Improper Murder
by AR Winters
2026
An etiquette conference brings rival manners experts aboard the Swan, along with cameras, clashing egos, and wedding preparations. When a passenger dies, Addi and her friends investigate the secrets concealed beneath their guests’ polished behavior.
Cruise Justice
by AR Winters
2026
Famous internet sleuths gather on a luxury cruise, only for one of their group to be found dead in the pool. Addi investigates online rivalries and shipboard evidence to determine who turned their celebration into murder.
Long Time, No Sea
by AR Winters
2026
An heiress missing for twenty years reappears on a Swan cruise, provoking questions about her past and an unwanted family reunion. After a death, Addi must uncover what someone aboard is willing to kill to conceal.
Murder On The Mix Deck
by AR Winters
2026
A DJ festival aboard the Swan turns deadly when a headliner is found in the pool after a power disturbance. Addi investigates jealous former partners and competing performers to discover who wanted the spotlight badly enough to kill.
Murder Under The Starlight
by AR Winters
2026
Addi joins a cruise timed to witness a rare cosmic event, but a mysterious death interrupts the spectacle. Amid rumors of aliens and secret weapons, she and her friends investigate the scientists and secretive passengers aboard.
Secrets Below Deck
by AR Winters
2026
A crew member disappears during a storm aboard the Trumpeter, and the company calls it an accident. Addi discovers another disappearance and missing security footage, drawing her into an investigation that someone is determined to suppress.
Cruise Ship Cozy Mysteries (AR Winters) books in chronological order
Series background & context
If you like your mysteries with a closed-circle setup and a breezy pace, this is one of A.R. Winters's most inviting series. It begins with Killer Cruise, where Adrienne takes a new job on a cruise ship and quickly learns that shipboard life comes with demanding passengers, themed events, and the occasional murder.
Adrienne, often called Addi, is the center of the series, but she is never carrying the whole thing alone. Her best friend Sam is part of the core group from the start, Cece brings extra comic energy, and First Officer Ethan Lee gives the books a steady source of competence, tension, and slow-burn warmth. That regular cast is what makes the series easy to binge.
The setting does a lot of the work here. A cruise ship is basically a floating village, except the village cannot scatter when something goes wrong. Every sailing brings a new theme, from beauty pageants and cooking events to comedians, pampering weekends, bed and breakfast conferences, and cupcake chaos. That gives each book its own flavor while keeping the same useful pressure cooker around the suspects.
That trapped-at-sea feeling matters. When somebody dies, Addi and her friends cannot just wander off and reset. The killer is still on board. The wrong person can be blamed before the ship reaches port. Jobs, friendships, and reputations are usually on the line, so even the lighter books still have some real urgency under the jokes.
These books move fast.
The tone is firmly cozy, clean, funny, and built around personalities as much as clues. Winters gets a lot of mileage out of oddball passengers, difficult bosses, ship gossip, and the small frictions that come from people being stuck together on a voyage that has suddenly gone very wrong. Even titles like Beauty Queens and Cruises, Lethal Cruise, and Cupcake Chaos and Cruises tell you exactly what kind of series this is trying to be.
If you want dark, gritty crime fiction, this is not that. If you want a dependable lineup of humorous shipboard mysteries with a likable team at the center, this series is easy to settle into and hard to quit once you are on board.
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