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High Heels Mysteries (Catherine Bruns) Books in Order

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Find Catherine Bruns High Heels Mysteries books in order, with short summaries, shared-world background, and easy starting points.

Last updated: June 30, 2026

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High Heels Mysteries (Catherine Bruns) books in publication order

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13 books

1

Spying in High Heels

by Gemma Halliday

2006

Shoe designer Maddie Springer lives for fashion until her boyfriend disappears with millions and murder enters the picture. Helped by her outrageous friends and hounded by a sexy cop, she steps straight into danger.

2

Killer in High Heels

by Gemma Halliday

2007

A desperate message from her long-lost father sends Maddie Springer racing to Las Vegas in stilettos. There she finds showgirls, fake designer shoes, organized crime, and a killer who will not back off.

3

Undercover in High Heels

by Gemma Halliday

2007

Maddie takes a job on a hit TV set and stumbles into a deadly mix of starlets, secrets, and scandal. With a corpse on the scene and a curious detective nearby, playing it safe is not really an option.

4

Alibi in High Heels

by Gemma Halliday

2008

Paris Fashion Week should be a dream assignment for Maddie Springer, until a top model is killed on the runway with a stiletto heel. To clear her name, Maddie dives into blackmail, couture egos, and missing jewels.

5

Mayhem in High Heels

by Gemma Halliday

2008

A week before her wedding, Maddie finds her wedding planner dead in a cake. If she wants to make it to the altar on time, she and her friends will have to help solve the case before more plans collapse.

6

Fearless in High Heels

by Gemma Halliday

2011

Pregnancy does not slow Maddie Springer down for long. When another murder cuts through her hectic life, she has to protect the people she loves while proving that motherhood has not dulled her sleuthing instincts.

7

Danger in High Heels

by Gemma Halliday

2012

Maddie gets a backstage look at a celebrity dance show when her friend's actor boyfriend joins the cast. Then his partner is found dead, and Maddie steps into a glittery mess of jealousy, gossip, and murder.

8

Homicide in High Heels

by Gemma Halliday

2014

Maddie Springer juggles work, family, and another murder that refuses to stay out of her life. As rumors spread and the suspect list grows, she has to think fast to keep the next body from dropping.

9

Deadly in High Heels

by Gemma Halliday

2015

A Hawaiian beauty pageant sounds like a fun change of pace for Maddie Springer, until death crashes the event. Between jealousy, glamour, and too many suspects, paradise becomes another very risky place to investigate.

10

Suspect in High Heels

by Gemma Halliday

2019

When suspicion falls close to home, Maddie Springer cannot resist poking into yet another fashionable murder case. The deeper she digs, the clearer it becomes that glittery surfaces hide dangerous people.

11

Jeopardy in High Heels

by Gemma Halliday

2020

Maddie Springer heads into game show chaos when a contestant dies after a celebrity trivia taping. With her stepfather under suspicion and secrets spilling everywhere, she has to solve the case before the final round turns deadly.

12

Peril in High Heels

by Gemma Halliday

2020

Another stylish case sends Maddie Springer from fashion fun to murder and suspicion in a hurry. With danger closing in, she has to trust her instincts and outmaneuver a killer before the case turns personal.

13

Deceit in High Heels

by Gemma Halliday

2021

Maddie Springer is pulled into another glossy Los Angeles murder, where charm and glamour hide plenty of lies. To protect the people around her, she has to sort real clues from celebrity smoke and mirrors.

High Heels Mysteries (Catherine Bruns) books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "Spying in High Heels"

    Spying in High Heels

    by Gemma Halliday

    2006High Heels Mysteries, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Killer in High Heels"

    Killer in High Heels

    by Gemma Halliday

    2007High Heels Mysteries, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "Undercover in High Heels"

    Undercover in High Heels

    by Gemma Halliday

    2007High Heels Mysteries, Book 3
  4. Book cover for "Alibi in High Heels"

    Alibi in High Heels

    by Gemma Halliday

    2008High Heels Mysteries, Book 4
  5. Book cover for "Mayhem in High Heels"

    Mayhem in High Heels

    by Gemma Halliday

    2008High Heels Mysteries, Book 5
  6. Book cover for "Fearless in High Heels"

    Fearless in High Heels

    by Gemma Halliday

    2011High Heels Mysteries, Book 6
  7. Book cover for "Danger in High Heels"

    Danger in High Heels

    by Gemma Halliday

    2012High Heels Mysteries, Book 7
  8. Book cover for "Homicide in High Heels"

    Homicide in High Heels

    by Gemma Halliday

    2014High Heels Mysteries, Book 8
  9. Book cover for "Deadly in High Heels"

    Deadly in High Heels

    by Gemma Halliday

    2015High Heels Mysteries, Book 9
  10. Book cover for "Suspect in High Heels"

    Suspect in High Heels

    by Gemma Halliday

    2019High Heels Mysteries, Book 10
  11. Book cover for "Peril in High Heels"

    Peril in High Heels

    by Gemma Halliday

    2020High Heels Mysteries, Book 11
  12. Book cover for "Jeopardy in High Heels"

    Jeopardy in High Heels

    by Gemma Halliday

    2020High Heels Mysteries, Book 12
  13. Book cover for "Deceit in High Heels"

    Deceit in High Heels

    by Gemma Halliday

    2021High Heels Mysteries, Book 13

Series background & context

If you are coming to the High Heels books through Catherine Bruns, the key thing to know is that this is a shared-world stop rather than one of her original long-running series. The central heroine is Maddie Springer, a fashion-focused Los Angeles amateur sleuth first created by Gemma Halliday. Bruns steps into that world for Jeopardy in High Heels and writes inside a setting already built around glamour, comedy, and murder.

That world is a lively one. Maddie is a shoe designer with a gift for getting mixed up in public, complicated, very inconvenient crimes. The books move through TV studios, celebrity events, fashion spaces, and other places where appearances matter a lot and secrets never stay buried for long. Compared with Bruns's bakery and small-town series, the tone here is bigger, brasher, and a lot more Hollywood.

Still, the fit makes sense.

Bruns has always been good at writing heroines who are busy, observant, and reluctant only until someone they care about is threatened. Maddie works on the same wavelength. She tends to get pulled into investigations because a friend, family member, or loved one is suddenly in trouble, and once that happens she is not going to sit quietly on the sidelines.

In Jeopardy in High Heels, the setup drops Maddie into the orbit of a celebrity game show, where a contestant dies and suspicion lands close to home. That premise captures what this branch of the series does well. It gives you a flashy event, a messy suspect pool, a lot of personal pressure, and a heroine who has to think on her feet while cameras, gossip, and danger close in.

Readers who like Bruns for her quick pace and accessible style should not have much trouble sliding into this one. The setting is more polished than the cookie shop or the maple farm, but the storytelling impulse is similar. Keep the stakes personal, keep the supporting cast active, and keep the heroine moving.

So this page is best read as a guide to Bruns's contribution to the High Heels universe and the sort of mystery experience it offers. If you want Catherine Bruns with more television lights, more designer shoes, and more celebrity chaos, this is where to go.

It is a stylish detour, not a complete change of personality.

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