Haggerty Mystery Books in Order

The Haggerty Mystery series is Betsy Brannon Green's main small-town Southern mystery world. The setting is Haggerty, Georgia, a fictional town inspired by the kind of Alabama community where everyone knows your business, your relatives, your church habits, and probably what you brought to the last potluck.

That closeness is the point.

The series begins with Hearts in Hiding, where Kate Singleton is forced into a new life after her FBI-agent husband is murdered and killers put her in danger too. The FBI gives her a new name, a new home, and a new husband for cover: agent Mark Iverson. Their move to Haggerty brings suspense, but it also brings Green's favorite kind of community, nosy, loyal, funny, and impossible to keep secrets from.

As the books continue, the focus shifts among different leads. Until Proven Guilty follows Beth Middleton after deep personal loss and a dangerous court-related job. Above Suspicion moves to Bethany Beach, where Mary Grace O'Malley and reporter John Wright look into old secrets while Haggerty regulars get pulled into fresh trouble. Silenced and Poison bring Detective Mila Edwards into the center of the action, while later books return to Mark, Kate, Miss Eugenia, and the broader circle of Haggerty friends.

Miss Eugenia is one of the glue characters. She is not the official investigator in most of these stories, but she has the kind of curiosity that can make law enforcement nervous and readers smile. Green uses characters like her to keep the tone warm even when the plot involves murder, kidnapping, witness protection, or organized crime.

The books are clean romantic suspense with mystery at the center and faith in the background. They are not grim crime novels. The danger is real, but so are family dinners, neighbors dropping by, old grudges, church ties, and food. Often lots of food.

Readers who want the full experience should start with Hearts in Hiding. Later entries can often be followed on their own, but the friendships, marriages, and running jokes land better when you have watched Haggerty grow book by book.