Cruise Ship Cozy Mysteries (AR Winters) Books in Order

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.