Dekker Cozy Mystery Books in Order

Cy Dekker and Lou Murdock investigate an elderly woman's poisoning in a house reached by fifty-two steps. With a locked entrance and neighbors watching visitors, the detectives face a crime neither apparent suspect seems able to commit.

A note left on Cy Dekker's snow-covered car announces an impending murder at an inn. He and Lou book rooms to prevent it, but a death and conflicting evidence turn their weekend into an investigation.

An elderly woman is found dead over lunch in her locked apartment, but the autopsy places her death at breakfast. Cy and Lou must explain the timing and discover how poison reached her without contaminating her food.

Cy and Lou attend Hilldale's arts and crafts fair at their girlfriends' urging, only to discover a murdered vendor. Rival sellers, stolen designs, damaged merchandise, and angry customers give the detectives several possible motives to examine.

Two people disappear after a high school reunion, and their bodies bring Cy and Lou into another murder case. Interviewing former classmates reveals widespread hostility toward one victim, but the detectives struggle to identify the killer.

Cy and Lou's childhood mentor is killed inside his secured library, yet surveillance shows nobody else entering. A poisoned dart and an obscure clue challenge the detectives to explain a murder that appears to defy access.

A sheriff recruits retired detective Cy Dekker after a wealthy author's supposedly natural death proves suspicious. A medical examiner confirms poisoning, sending Cy toward a book fair and a suspect list spanning fellow writers, relatives, and neighbors.

Retired detectives Cy and Lou receive a bus trip to Gatlinburg, hoping to enjoy their time away. Cy suspects trouble before a body appears, and the resulting mystery tests Lou's determination to keep their vacation free of work.

Deaths following blind dates lead back to the same dating service, prompting retired detective Cy Dekker to investigate. Undercover dates complicate his relationship, while a missing person and kidnapping add urgency to the search for answers.

While vacationing in Gatlinburg, a retired detective jokingly promises a stranger that he will investigate free of charge if a corpse appears on the man's porch. The casual conversation becomes the starting point for another mystery.

Someone deposits two corpses in a retired detective's backyard during the night. Cy Dekker must return to investigating, determining who killed them and why the person responsible chose his own property as the place to leave them.

Cy agrees to accompany his retired homicide partner to a Christmas tree farm instead of using his familiar artificial tree. Their seasonal outing takes an unexpected turn when a corpse sends both detectives back into an investigation.

After handing out Halloween candy, Cy receives a call about a murder reported by text. He and Lou follow a phone's location into a remote area, confronting suspects whose motives and alibis offer little immediate help.

A dead body interrupts Cy and Lou's planned breakfast on April Fool's Day, although that death proves unrelated to murder. A subsequent killing sends them across the county, questioning people who appear to lack motives or possess alibis.

A woman celebrating her birthday and Valentine's Day dies at the hospital after telling a doctor she has been poisoned. Cy and Lou investigate a victim disliked by almost everyone, leaving plenty of possible suspects to consider.

Cy's new four-legged companion discovers a corpse during the winter's first snowstorm. Once murder is confirmed, Cy and Lou search the rural county, finding the reason for the killing easier to establish than the killer's identity.

Cy and Lou's Tennessee vacation is interrupted by a corpse bearing envelopes addressed to the detective and local police. The messages launch a trail through ten Pigeon Forge locations, where difficult clues complicate their murder investigation.

A jigsaw puzzle and library books point Cy and Lou toward a murder victim, but the clues leave dozens of possible houses and eight potential names. Finding the body only begins their effort to narrow the suspects.

An elderly woman returns home after recovering from a fall, then dies after a meal supplied by six neighbors and shared with two grandchildren. Cy and Lou face eight suspects while puzzling over the method of murder.

A man's body is discovered in woods near three isolated houses after a resident reports an intruder. Cy and Lou must identify the victim and reconstruct his death while several men connected to the area remain elusive.

Newly married Cy and Lou return from their honeymoons to investigate another killing, this time alongside their wives. Indistinguishable sisters, misleading suspects, and a murderer who conceals bodies complicate the detectives' return to work.

A body in a neighboring swimming pool and another murder hundreds of miles away draw Cy and Lou into a home-swapping mystery. At a New York resort, they narrow a large gathering to a handful of suspects.

Cy and Lou investigate an unidentified man found dead in a front yard clutching a pink flamingo. Questioning witnesses and a nosy neighbor leaves them with two tangled problems: discovering who the victim was and who killed him.

Anonymous notes lead Cy Dekker and Lou Murdock into the woods to search for a buried murder victim. Once they find and identify the body, they must untangle a suspect list shaped by the dead man’s unpleasant history.

A young woman accepts an invitation to a singles party after checking that it appears legitimate. Days later, she is found dead at home in her party costume, leaving investigators to reconstruct what happened after the gathering.

Cy and Lou investigate a wealthy woman’s murder inside a house guarded by intimidating Dobermans. Guests summoned by the victim offer competing accounts, and the dogs make identifying who could have entered the house especially difficult.