Ellery Adams Books in Order

In 1980s Cold Harbor, stay at home mom Natalie Scott is desperate to prove herself as a real estate agent and close her first big sale. As a glamorous neighbor with a terrifying secret gains power over the town, Natalie’s daughter and their Icelandic housekeeper uncover the monstrous truth lurking in the woods.

During a stormy Halloween season in Miracle Springs, Nora hosts memoirist and medium Lara Luz for an event at Miracle Books. When the lights go out and Lara collapses dead mid reading, Nora discovers a coded journal of dangerous secrets and must identify which guest was willing to kill to keep theirs hidden.

An unscrupulous real estate agent pressures a wealthy friend of Grammy Lee to sell her stately home, and Cooper is asked to look into him before anything worse happens. When the man is murdered instead, the Hope Street group must navigate staff secrets and federal interest in the case to uncover the truth.

Elderly Lucille Wynter asks Nora to deliver books to her crumbling mansion, Wynter House, but fails to answer the door. Inside, Nora finds Lucille dead and rooms overflowing with rare volumes. A cryptic note and missing items suggest that someone will kill to control the secrets of the house’s hidden library.

A vicious review from a famous food critic threatens to destroy local chef Anton Parsley’s restaurant, and Cooper’s boyfriend is caught in the fallout. When the critic is murdered in the dining room, Cooper and her Bible study friends dig into the woman’s carefully hidden past to find who wanted her silenced.

Years after fleeing a painful past, Nora is stunned when Kelly, the woman her ex husband left her for, walks into Miracle Books seeking forgiveness. When Kelly is murdered and gossip points to Nora, the Secret, Book and Scone Society must protect a vulnerable boy and uncover a killer close to home.

Jane and her fiancé Edwin escape to a coastal loft lined with books for a much needed vacation. After Edwin is sidelined by a stingray injury and Jane discovers a body, she uncovers a dark secret buried in her own family history that could reach back to Storyton Hall.

Hope Street Church’s Bible study group volunteers for a community theater production of It’s a Wonderful Life, complete with a scandal shadowed Broadway director. When the assistant director is found murdered, Cooper Lee must look past onstage drama to expose motives lurking behind the curtain.

As snow falls in Miracle Springs, Deputy Andrews asks Nora to help plan a bookish proposal for librarian Hester. A hiker’s suspicious death, rare editions of *The Scarlet Letter*, and the rediscovery of a forgotten nineteenth century woman writer soon weave together into a chilling literary mystery.

Poets descend on Storyton Hall to compete for a lucrative greeting card contract, scribbling lines along trails named for famous writers. When a woman is found dead in a rowboat clutching a poem and another corpse appears with verse in hand, Jane follows a killer who uses literature as a calling card.

Storyton Hall hosts a televised cook off that brings six ambitious chefs and a famous host to Virginia. When one contestant is found dead in a pantry crammed with historic cookbooks and a second attack follows, Jane and her staff must close the kitchen and serve up a solution fast.

Assigned to profile a promising new antiques dealer, Molly instead arrives to find the woman dead. The victim’s cache of rare coins is tied to an old unsolved murder, and Molly’s own estranged father suddenly reappears, forcing her to confront buried family secrets while chasing a present day killer.

For Halloween, Nora fills her bookstore windows with fictional heroines, sparking outrage from a local morals group. As the protest spills into harassment of a new shop owner and a suspicious death is brushed off as an accident, the Secret, Book and Scone Society suspects a modern witch hunt has turned deadly.

A weekend getaway at a newly restored historic inn sounds perfect to Cooper Lee and her Bible study friends. When the inn’s pompous co owner is murdered and Cooper’s own mother becomes a suspect, the group must pick apart staff secrets, a stolen painting, and long simmering resentments.

Relentless spring rain swells the river in Miracle Springs and fills Nora’s bookstore with stranded travelers. After she buys a handmade bowl from a Cherokee potter who soon drowns in the flood, an old candle spattered diary leads the Secret, Book and Scone Society toward a killer hiding behind history.

A children’s publisher brings authors, illustrators, and families to Storyton Hall for a fairy tale themed event. When a woman dressed as Little Red Riding Hood is murdered with a rare Grimm volume in her basket and another victim soon follows, Jane hunts a big bad wolf hiding among her guests.

Invited to a lavish fundraiser at heiress Natasha Gordon’s estate, Molly is thrilled to see inside the famous mansion. After a rare book dealer is pushed from a high window and a jeweled Fabergé egg vanishes, she must untangle the victim’s messy life and a family’s secret history.

A reunion for the cast of an old Hearth and Home TV show brings nostalgia and a pushy developer to Quincy's Gap. When the developer is found dead after a drunken night and a friend becomes the chief suspect, James and the supper club dig into cast secrets and small town fears of change.

Jane leaves Storyton Hall for a seminar at Biltmore Estate, secretly hoping to find her missing boyfriend. When a helpful gardener is murdered in his own reading room and the trail leads back to a legendary lost suitcase of Hemingway’s, Jane faces dangerous enemies far from home.

Covering the auction of a retired Hollywood star’s enviable collection, Molly expects a glamorous assignment and a triumph for her dealer friend. After the actor’s secretary vanishes and the dealer is found dead in a supposed suicide, she follows taunting clues from a killer who wants her gone too.

Nora Pennington and her friends discover a bruised young woman hiding in the fiction stacks, calling herself Abilene. When a local man is found dead in an apparent suicide with ties to the stranger, the Secret, Book and Scone Society must decide whether Abilene is a victim, a suspect, or both.

As Storyton Hall breaks ground on a new spa, construction uncovers human bones and fragments of a mysterious old book. Hosting a rare book conference, Jane invites experts to help, but when a guest is killed in the Henry James Library she must solve both a historical puzzle and a fresh murder.

In Miracle Springs, bookstore owner Nora Pennington quietly prescribes novels to help troubled customers heal. After a businessman seeking her guidance dies under suspicious circumstances, she forms the Secret, Book and Scone Society with three other women to share their own painful truths and pursue justice.

Newly married Olivia is content, but fellow Bayside Book Writer Laurel is unraveling under work stress, twins, and a demanding mother in law. When the hospice nurse Laurel threatened is murdered and she is arrested, Olivia must mend a divided group and prove her friend is no killer.

Molly promises her new husband she will stop sleuthing, but trouble finds her again after she profiles the Forget Me Not Doll Club. When a member is murdered and a supposedly haunted antique doll surfaces, Molly uncovers dark histories and jealousies hidden behind carefully painted faces.

A bridal expo and wedding themed week give A Novel Idea the chance to showcase its authors and their nuptial books, while Lila quietly plans her own big day. When a man turns up dead at the event, she must sort through romantic entanglements and old grudges to keep another bride from mourning.

Storyton Hall’s hidden garden of poisonous plants draws a group of medieval herbalists for a specialized retreat. When one of them turns up dead among the mandrake and nightshade, Jane must decide whether the group came to celebrate plant lore or to use it for murder.

During a perfect summer day in the park, Cooper Lee’s Bible study group stumbles into another tragedy when a man is found dead in the woods. With her fiancé’s sister accused, Cooper follows a trail through a hit and run, a homeless veteran, and park regulars who know too much.

Ella Mae agrees to teach elite Camellia Club members at a lakeside retreat as they prepare a centennial dessert cookbook. When the club’s powerful president is found dead in the water, old rivalries, social snubs, and magical grudges give Ella a dangerous new recipe for murder.

On her honeymoon in an English village, Molly Appleby hopes for peaceful walks and antique browsing. Instead a neighbor is poisoned, suspects vanish, and the history of a rare eye miniature brooch becomes the key to understanding a killer who may strike again.

Olivia and Chief Rawlings head to Palmetto Island for a belated honeymoon that coincides with a crime writing festival. When a local author with plenty of enemies is killed during the event, the Bayside Book Writers must navigate professional jealousies and island secrets to catch a killer.

This companion volume from the Cozy Chicks authors celebrates tea with recipes, themed menus, essays, quotes, and hosting tips. It invites readers to brew a pot, sample treats, and enjoy stories and tidbits that connect their favorite cozy heroines to real life tea tables.

A Novel Idea hosts a garden party and signing for local boy turned TV host Damian York and his new gardening book. Overwhelmed by preparations, Lila uncovers a skull in her flowerbed and, soon after, a murdered garden club member, forcing her to dig into Inspiration Valley’s buried history.

Storyton Hall’s Valentine’s week celebration for romance readers turns tragic when bestselling author Rosamund York is found dead. Surrounded by rival writers, angry fans, and spurned lovers, Jane Steward and her Cover Girls book club work through tangled motives to unmask the murderer.

Ella Mae’s pie shop thrives and her role in Havenwood’s magical community grows, but a string of mysterious deaths shakes the town. When symbols at each scene point straight at her, she must confront ancient grudges and wield every ounce of her power to protect those she loves.

Engaged at last, Molly Appleby plans to focus on wedding details, not crime, while shopping for a vintage gown. When her photographer is murdered and the woman who sold her the dress looks guilty, Molly discovers the gown’s dark history and a decades old crime hiding behind romance.

Cooper Lee has never been happier, with close friends, a solid boyfriend, and a new baby in the family on the way. A series of church robberies and the murder of an art teacher shatter that calm, drawing the Hope Street group into a case that mixes theft, betrayal, and Halloween chills.

Owning the Charmed Pie Shoppe once felt like heaven, but an enchanted grove central to Ella Mae’s magic goes up in flames. With her powers fading and tensions rising in Havenwood, she must track an arsonist willing to kill to erase a sacred place.

To boost bookings at Storyton Hall, resort manager Jane Steward launches Murder and Mayhem week for mystery fans. After a guest wins a rare book in a scavenger hunt and is found dead in the Mystery Suite, Jane realizes a real killer is stalking her storybook resort.

As Oyster Bay prepares for weddings and a Secret Garden fundraiser, a time capsule opened at a church reveals artifacts from the past. When one item vanishes and a young woman’s body is found beneath the pier, Olivia and the Bayside Book Writers connect a buried secret to a modern murder.

Olivia and the Bayside Book Writers help host a storytelling retreat headlined by famed performer Violetta Devereaux. After Violetta eerily predicts her own death and is later murdered, rumors of a hidden treasure from her Appalachian childhood send suspects and motives piling up fast.

Ella Mae’s enchanted pies have made her shop the heart of Havenwood, and a high profile wedding could cement her success. When a prominent citizen dies and another guest falls gravely ill at the event, she must prove her desserts are innocent and stop a killer targeting her magical circle.

Now a full fledged agent at A Novel Idea, Lila helps run a townwide Book and Author Festival. When an editor who strongly resembles her is murdered and a rising writer soon follows, Lila suspects the two deaths are linked and that someone is rewriting careers in blood.

Inspiration Valley’s Taste of the Town festival brings celebrity chefs and cookbook authors to Lila’s door. A spectacular demo kitchen explosion kills one star, and simmering rivalries among competitive cooks give Lila and her coworkers a crowded field of suspects to sift through.

When Munin Cooper, the so called Witch of Oyster Bay, warns Olivia that death is coming, neither expects Munin to die first. After the woman is found dead, Olivia studies a memory jug crammed with odd keepsakes, convinced its contents point toward a very human killer.

This collaborative cookbook from the Cozy Chicks authors invites readers into their fictional kitchens with recipes, anecdotes, and glimpses of beloved characters. It is packed with mains, soups, salads, desserts, and drinks that capture the warmth and comfort of their cozy mystery worlds.

After catching her husband cheating, Ella Mae LeFaye retreats to Havenwood, Georgia, and opens a pie shop, only to discover her baking carries real magic. When a local man is killed with her rolling pin, she must master both sleuthing and enchantment to clear her name.

Laid off from her newspaper job at forty five, Lila Wilkins takes an internship at a North Carolina literary agency. When a broke aspiring author collapses and dies in the waiting room, Lila follows threatening letters and jealous rivals to find out who silenced his story.

Oyster Bay buzzes when bestselling novelist Nick Plumley arrives to write his next book, but excitement turns to shock when Olivia finds him strangled. As she helps the Bayside Book Writers investigate, old secrets surface that could cost one of her closest friends everything.

Covering a famed Heart of Dixie auction in Nashville should be a career boost for antiques reporter Molly Appleby. Instead she witnesses the shocking murder of a renowned dealer and must dig into rival bidders, hidden debts, and coveted pieces to catch a killer in the saleroom.

While walking her poodle on the beach, Olivia Limoges uncovers a corpse buried in the sand. A string of strange burglaries featuring staged scenes built around common sayings points to a clever thief, and the Bayside Book Writers turn their love of language into a guide to murder.

Cooper Lee and her Hope Street Bible study friends volunteer with a charity delivering meals to homebound neighbors. When one recipient is murdered, suspicion falls on the volunteers, and the group quietly questions fellow helpers to find out who turned good intentions into cover for a crime.

Cooper is finally feeling settled, with close friends and a promising relationship, when her sister discovers a corpse and becomes the prime suspect. As the Bible study group hunts a killer, Cooper also faces a dangerous new romantic temptation that could upend her hard-won stability.

Desperate to reboot their weight loss, the Flab Five sign up with a holistic health center promising change through hypnotherapy. After a councilman is murdered during a fresh food festival and another death follows, James suspects Wellness Village is hiding something far darker than fad diets.

In Oyster Bay, North Carolina, reclusive restaurateur Olivia Limoges reluctantly joins a writers group to break her creative block. When townspeople start turning up dead with haiku left by their bodies, anyone with a talent for words is suspect, and Olivia must unmask a poetic killer.

Reeling from a breakup and stuck in a dull job, Cooper Lee joins a Bible study group at Hope Street Church for a fresh start. When the woman who invited her is murdered and the victim’s husband is blamed, Cooper and her new friends investigate to protect an innocent man.

A celebrity chef known as the Diva of Dough arrives in Quincy's Gap to bake a spectacular wedding cake and instantly makes enemies. When she’s found dead and covered in batter, James and his supper club sift through a long list of people who wanted her out of the kitchen.

Invited to judge a regional barbecue competition, the Flab Five expect sauce and fun, not murder. When a celebrated pit master is killed and one of the friends is accused, James must sort through rival cooks, festival drama, and smoldering grudges to find the truth.

Hoping to add spice to their diets, James and the supper club enroll in a Mexican cooking class. When one of their glamorous classmates is murdered during a field trip to Luray Caverns, evidence points to friend Lindy, and the Flab Five race to prove her innocence.

The Flab Five’s latest temptation is a new ice cream shop, which soon clashes with a fanatical weight loss center in town. When arson and a suspicious death follow, James Henry must juggle cardio classes, a budding romance, and a very real killer.

After giving up his dream job and moving home to Quincy's Gap, librarian James Henry joins a dieting supper club for companionship. When a loathed former football star drops dead in a bakery, the Flab Five investigate to clear a young waitress.

Reporter Molly Appleby travels to North Carolina pottery country to cover an exclusive kiln opening. When a ruthless collector collapses and dies at the event, Molly digs into rivalries, secrets, and valuable pots to uncover who turned a showcase into a crime scene.

Molly heads to Richmond to write about the hit TV show Hidden Treasures and its charismatic appraisers. After one expert is murdered, she follows the trail through jealous coworkers, unhappy clients, and valuable heirlooms to find who decided to cash out in blood.