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Gretchen Archer Books in Order

Gretchen Archer books in order, including the Davis Way Crime Capers and Bellissimo Casino short stories, with publication dates and complete reading lists.

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15 books

Double Whammy

by Gretchen Archer

2013

Davis Way takes a security job at a Biloxi casino hoping for a fresh start. Encounters with her troublesome former husband, suspicious gambling operations, and mistaken identity transform the opportunity into a dangerous tangle of investigations.

Double Dip

by Gretchen Archer

2014

During her first casino slot-tournament season, Davis Way investigates a missing assistant, an unlikely winning streak, and disappearing players. The trail leads to an Alabama church, while unwanted visitors and romantic complications create further trouble at home.

Double Strike

by Gretchen Archer

2014

A major gambling promotion approaches as a Gulf Coast storm threatens the Bellissimo casino. Davis Way juggles security problems, stalled wedding plans, and a search for an elusive software expert while trying to protect the casino's owners.

Double Mint

by Gretchen Archer

2015

A convention coordinator vanishes just as hundreds of bankers arrive at the Bellissimo, leaving Davis Way to handle the event. A missing guest, abandoned cash, and a robbed vault turn her summer into another investigation.

Double Jinx

by Gretchen Archer

2016

Holiday host July Jackson faces trouble during the Bellissimo's Halloween slot tournament when a player dies and millions disappear. Suspicions fall on a costumed couple, prompting July to seek help from casino security and Baylor.

Double Knot

by Gretchen Archer

2016

Davis Way's Caribbean cruise assignment goes wrong when she and several companions become trapped in a luxury suite. Threats against loved ones force her to investigate their captivity and improvise an escape with increasingly limited resources.

Double Deck the Halls

by Gretchen Archer

2017

Davis Way's grandmother visits the Bellissimo for a Christmas slot tournament, where a sinister elf threatens the holiday festivities. Granny Dee must rely on memory, seasonal music, and whatever she carries to help Bianca Sanders.

Double Up

by Gretchen Archer

2017

Davis Way struggles to balance raising infant twins with protecting the Bellissimo when a competing casino threatens its future. Unexpected help from her former mother-in-law complicates an espionage effort already hampered by a demanding smart home.

Double Dog Dare

by Gretchen Archer

2018

A demand for a million dollars interrupts Davis Way's family life at the Bellissimo, just as a dog show brings unwelcome complications. A borrowed dog, an intrusive doctor, and a dead body make matters worse.

Double Agent

by Gretchen Archer

2019

As a powerful hurricane approaches Biloxi, fifty million dollars vanish from the Bellissimo and a body appears in their place. Trapped with family, colleagues, and assorted officials, Davis Way must identify the danger within the stormbound hotel.

Double Trouble

by Gretchen Archer

2020

Davis Way's reduced casino job is threatened when the elderly head of Lost and Found disappears with five million dollars. Convinced the woman is innocent, Davis searches for her while disruptive houseguests further complicate her life.

Double Wide

by Gretchen Archer

2021

Davis Way and her security partner Fantasy are kidnapped and stranded on a devastated Gulf barrier island. With a dilapidated motorhome as shelter, they struggle to survive while a reporter follows clues to their whereabouts.

Double Dose

by Gretchen Archer

2023

Davis Way's chaotic day begins with preschool trouble and worsens when Bellissimo guests develop mysterious hiccups. Drugged surveillance workers and altered camera feeds suggest a coordinated attack, drawing her into an investigation of the neighboring casino.

Double Blast

by Gretchen Archer

2024

Davis returns to Pine Apple to cover for her police chief father during Memorial Day festivities. An old acquaintance, her fugitive security partner, and escalating mishaps draw her into the town's buried secrets and a dangerous fireworks problem.

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Double Dicey

by Gretchen Archer

2026

An offer from Bianca Sanders sends Davis down a trail of blackmail, suspicious staff, and long-hidden truths at the Bellissimo. With a troublesome podcaster closing in, she must solve a cold case to protect her home and livelihood.

Where to start with Gretchen Archer

For Davis from the beginning: Double Whammy → Double Dip → Double Strike
For a locked-room cruise caper: Double Knot
For a Christmas short: Double Deck the Halls

Bellissimo Casino Crime Caper books in order

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  1. Book cover for "Double Jinx"

    Double Jinx

    by Gretchen Archer

    2016Bellissimo Casino Crime Caper, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Double Deck the Halls"

    Double Deck the Halls

    by Gretchen Archer

    2017Bellissimo Casino Crime Caper, Book 2

Davis Way Crime Caper books in order

Explore this series
  1. Book cover for "Double Whammy"

    Double Whammy

    by Gretchen Archer

    2013Davis Way Crime Caper, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Double Dip"

    Double Dip

    by Gretchen Archer

    2014Davis Way Crime Caper, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "Double Strike"

    Double Strike

    by Gretchen Archer

    2014Davis Way Crime Caper, Book 3
  4. Book cover for "Double Mint"

    Double Mint

    by Gretchen Archer

    2015Davis Way Crime Caper, Book 4
  5. Book cover for "Double Knot"

    Double Knot

    by Gretchen Archer

    2016Davis Way Crime Caper, Book 5
  6. Book cover for "Double Up"

    Double Up

    by Gretchen Archer

    2017Davis Way Crime Caper, Book 6
  7. Book cover for "Double Dog Dare"

    Double Dog Dare

    by Gretchen Archer

    2018Davis Way Crime Caper, Book 7
  8. Book cover for "Double Agent"

    Double Agent

    by Gretchen Archer

    2019Davis Way Crime Caper, Book 8
  9. Book cover for "Double Trouble"

    Double Trouble

    by Gretchen Archer

    2020Davis Way Crime Caper, Book 9
  10. Book cover for "Double Wide"

    Double Wide

    by Gretchen Archer

    2021Davis Way Crime Caper, Book 10
  11. Book cover for "Double Dose"

    Double Dose

    by Gretchen Archer

    2023Davis Way Crime Caper, Book 11
  12. Book cover for "Double Blast"

    Double Blast

    by Gretchen Archer

    2024
  13. Book cover for "Double Dicey"

    Double Dicey

    by Gretchen Archer

    2026

Author bio

Gretchen Archer writes the Davis Way Crime Capers, comic mysteries centred on an undercover casino investigator. A Tennessee resident and mother of three, she turned seriously to writing as her children left home for higher education. Her route to publication was less direct than her fictional heroine's arrival at a new job: several unpublished manuscripts came before she found the character and setting that would become her continuing series.

She wrote four standalone manuscripts before beginning Davis Way's adventures.

Archer had been an enthusiastic mystery reader, keeping her original Nancy Drew books long after childhood. When she considered writing a series herself, a casino offered a setting that interested her more than familiar themes involving cats or baking. She learned through repeated attempts at writing and submitting work, rather than arriving with formal writing training. A local account of her career records hundreds of rejection letters before publication, alongside an earlier stint helping in her husband's manufacturing business.

The casino idea had a memorable personal connection. For her fortieth birthday, her husband took her to the Beau Rivage in Biloxi, Mississippi. Much of the trip initially involved looking after their children, but a later visit to the casino produced a substantial win. Archer has described that experience as an impression that stayed with her. The Beau Rivage became the real-world model behind her fictional Bellissimo Resort and Casino, where luxury and backstage trouble share the same address.

Double Whammy, published in 2013, introduces Davis Way as a new member of the Bellissimo's security team. A fresh start becomes a tangle of casino wrongdoing, mistaken identity and problems involving the man she has married twice. Her landlord Bradley Cole supplies legal help as well as romantic interest. The book establishes a series in which the heroine's personal affairs and investigations are rarely allowed to remain separate for long.

Archer followed it with further capers, expanding both the casino world and Davis's life. Double Dip uses a slot tournament, disappearing participants and a trail leading to an Alabama church. For Double Knot, she deliberately changed the surroundings and attempted a locked-room mystery aboard a luxury vessel. Putting familiar characters somewhere new gave her a different structural problem to solve, while preserving the misunderstandings, practical complications and humour that connect the books.

A mystery can stand alone while the main character's life continues from one book to the next.

Shorter stories offer other angles on that shared world. Double Deck the Halls gives Davis's grandmother a Christmas adventure at the Bellissimo, where a senior slot tournament becomes considerably less festive. The series also reaches listeners through audiobooks narrated by Amber Benson. Archer has spoken appreciatively about Benson's understanding of the Southern voice and about an early audiobook being re-recorded so the narration would be consistent across the sequence.

Archer lives on Lookout Mountain with her husband and a sheepadoodle named Kevin. Her books return to the combination that first drew her toward the casino setting: a place built to appear effortless, filled with people whose competing interests make it anything but. Davis gives that world a continuing point of view, balancing crime, family and relationships with a determined effort to get through the latest improbable working day.

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