Edith Maxwell Books in Order

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.

In the frantic week before her New Year's Eve wedding, Mac Almeida and her fiancé open up a cottage wall and find a skeleton in a bridal gown, still handcuffed in place. Mac and her book group dig into a 1940s disappearance that still haunts Westham.

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.

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.

When wealthy genealogist Beverly Ruchart is found dead outside her Cape Cod taffy shop, Mac Almeida's friend Gin becomes the prime suspect thanks to a box of candy she delivered. Mac and the Cozy Capers book club sift through tangled family histories and town grudges to clear Gin's name.

Mac Almeida is helping her friend Tulia at a busy lobster shack when difficult customer Annette DiCicero is discovered dead in the walk in freezer, skewered with a claw handled pick. With Tulia under suspicion, Mac and her book group investigate the victim's messy past and many enemies.

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.

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.

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.

During a busy Cape Cod summer, bike shop owner Mac Almeida stumbles over handyman Jake Lacey's body on the path behind her house. When the murder weapon turns out to be her half brother's custom fishing knife, Mac and her Cozy Capers friends race to prove he is innocent.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.