Darlene Ryan Books in Order

In this memoir, Ryan traces her decision to pursue adoption and the long, emotional process that followed. She mixes diary-style honesty with practical detail, making the book personal, funny, and useful.

Since her mother's death, Izzy has leaned on a strict set of rules to keep her family from falling apart. Her father's new relationship and her brother's troubles force her to question what family really means.

After being forced to give up her baby, fifteen-year-old Evie becomes convinced the child is being neglected. She grabs the baby and runs, but caring for a sick infant quickly turns escape into a hard reckoning.

New kid Kevin keeps his head down and follows the pack, even when their bullying crosses the line. When their cruelty toward Erin turns dangerous, he has to decide what kind of person he really is.

D'Arcy wants to believe her father's death was an accident, not suicide. As grief reshapes life at home and a new friendship begins, she learns to survive one unbearable stretch at a time.

Kathleen moves to Mayville Heights and takes in strays Owen and Hercules. When murder hits the summer music festival and she becomes a suspect, she discovers her new cats are magical, and very useful investigators.

Kathleen is still getting used to magical cats Owen and Hercules when elderly Agatha Shepherd is found dead near her favorite cafe. To uncover the truth, she will need invisibility, wall-walking, and a lot of careful snooping.

After flooding threatens the local artists' co-op, Kathleen helps move artwork to safety, then finds mask maker Jaeger Merrill dead downstairs. As secrets about the victim pile up, Kathleen and her cats hunt a killer hiding in plain sight.

Daniel has always loved Mac's fierce independence, even when she runs when life gets hard. After a string of losses and public humiliation, he realizes she may be planning to disappear for good and starts a desperate search.

After fleeing an abusive home, Maddie survives on the streets and tries to save enough money to get back to school. Then she, her new friend Q, and an abandoned six-year-old boy become a fragile makeshift family.

Mayville Heights hopes a tourism deal will put the town on the map, until loudmouthed Mike Glazer turns up dead on the boardwalk. Kathleen, Owen, and Hercules dig into old grudges and fresh motives to catch the killer.

A theatre festival brings plenty of drama to Mayville Heights, and not just in Kathleen's personal life. When director Hugh Davis is found shot, blackmail, fraud, and a crowded suspect list pull Kathleen and her magical cats into the case.

While organizing a holiday fundraiser for the library's Reading Buddies program, Kathleen is blindsided when a guest dies at the gala. With winter closing in and everyone hiding connections to the victim, she and her cats have to work fast.

Sarah Grayson runs a secondhand shop in North Harbor, Maine, and has recently taken in a scarred stray cat named Elvis. When her friend Maddie is found with a dead man in her garden, Sarah has to clear her name and find the real killer.

A waterfront development fight turns deadly when stubborn baker Lily Carter is murdered in her own shop. Sarah and Elvis dig through town politics, old grudges, and a growing suspect list, with Elvis's lie-sensing instincts giving them an edge.

An art exhibition turns Kathleen's library upside down with tight security and an impossible curator. Then the curator is found dead and a valuable sketch is missing, sending Kathleen, Marcus, Owen, and Hercules after a killer with expensive taste.

Sarah heads to a wealthy collector's estate hoping to find stock for Second Chance, but Elvis uncovers a body instead. A dead appraiser, a valuable wine collection, and feuding relatives pull Sarah and Charlotte's Angels into another messy case.

Kathleen's friend Maggie thinks someone at the artists' co-op is stealing small but troubling items, and she does not want the police involved. Kathleen and her two magical cats take on the quiet little mystery before suspicion tears friendships apart.

Kathleen is happy to meet three old friends of Marcus Gordon, until one of them is murdered and the evidence points straight at Marcus. To clear him, Kathleen and her cats must untangle old loyalties, secrets, and a very personal frame-up.

The return of the Janes brothers revives a scandal Mayville Heights never forgot. When Leo Janes is killed and Kathleen's friend Simon is blamed, Kathleen, Owen, and Hercules dig into decades-old history to prove the wrong man is not taking the fall.

Rose sees a customer murdered by his wife, then wakes up to find no one believes her story, because the husband seems to have vanished alive. Sarah, Elvis, and the Angels have to untangle a clever setup before the killer strikes again.

A music festival fills Mayville Heights with visitors, performers, and trouble. When Kathleen and her cats find a dead woman by the river, a striking resemblance between the victim and a cabaret singer points to a puzzle of identity and motive.

When a woman from Mac's past comes to North Harbor and ends up dead, suspicion lands squarely on him. Sarah and Elvis start digging into secrets Mac has kept buried, hoping to prove her right-hand man is no killer.

Kathleen's brother Ethan comes to town with his band, but the visit sours when one musician is tied to a dead businessman. To help her family and find the truth, Kathleen turns to Owen and Hercules for another round of feline sleuthing.

A teenager asks Charlotte's Angels to reopen the case that sent her father to prison after his wife's mysterious death. Sarah and Elvis follow the cold trail, trying to decide whether this is an old tragedy or a miscarriage of justice.

A rebooted baking show brings cameras, catering, and chaos to Mayville Heights, with Kathleen advising on local history. When a judge is found dead, Kathleen and her magical cats have to sort real clues from reality TV noise.

A celebration of North Harbor's redevelopment plans ends badly when a young man tied to a proposed nature preserve is poisoned. Sarah, Elvis, and the Angels have to sort out land disputes, local grudges, and a murder with plenty of personal fallout.

After a local music festival concert, a band member turns up dead and Kathleen suspects it was no simple robbery. As she traces the victim's family history, she begins to wonder whether an older death is tied to the new murder.

Charlotte's Angels take on a case involving sabotage at Maine cat shows, and their boldest move is sending Elvis undercover as a contestant. When a volunteer is murdered, Sarah has to solve the case before the next show turns dangerous.

Sarah's night off ends when she finds library board member Stella Hall standing over a body in the street. With the evidence piling up against Stella, Sarah, Elvis, and the Angels have to find out who really wanted the victim dead.

Kathleen is helping plan a library Halloween event when baker Georgia Tepper is threatened by her former mother-in-law. After the woman is found dead and Georgia is implicated, Kathleen, Owen, and Hercules step in to save a friend.

A repair job at the artists' co-op uncovers a body hidden inside the walls, and Marcus suspects it may belong to a woman who vanished decades ago. Kathleen and her cats are pulled into a cold case that suddenly feels very alive.

A spring house tour leads Sarah into a home with a haunted reputation and a fresh corpse upstairs. When a ghost hunter is found dead, she and Elvis have to sort through local legends, nerves, and very real motives.

While visiting a friend, Sarah and her rescue cat, Elvis, are led to a storm cellar hiding a dead financial adviser long presumed gone. The case pulls in angry investors, buried resentments, and a friend Charlotte's Angels are determined to protect.

Kathleen is juggling library work and wedding plans when she finds a dead man in the library during an attempted art theft. With Owen and Hercules on the case, she has to untangle murder, stolen paintings, and danger closing in fast.

A new murder on the same stretch of beach where a young woman drowned years earlier sends Sarah back into an old case. With Elvis and Charlotte's Angels helping, she starts to suspect the first death may have sent the wrong man to prison.