Hillary Avis Books in Order

Aspiring chef Bethany Bradstreet caters a gala linked to a suspicious property development and her friend's burned home. When a guest is murdered and the weapon turns up in her chowder, her questions become increasingly dangerous.

Geneticist Neela Durante faces divorce and her father's declining health when a colleague is murdered in the test fields. Suspecting a connection to their research, she investigates while her estranged husband leads a case that threatens her career.

Stolen library computers cost Bethany Bradstreet a catering opportunity just as mice close the bakery where she works. Facing lost income and few prospects, she investigates the burglary in hopes of finding Newbridge's elusive thieves.

Preparing for Christmas at a tree farm, Darla Cooper believes she witnesses a murder in the woods. Her detective son doubts her, and with no body or witnesses, she must prove what she saw before the killer escapes.

Leona Davis returns to Honeytree, Oregon, to build an egg farm after a failed marriage. Finding a skeleton beneath her planned chicken coop forces her to investigate old town secrets while navigating gossip and her sheriff ex.

Bethany enters a televised chili contest hoping to pay her rent while her soup kiosk is closed. When diners are poisoned, the competing chefs become suspects, forcing her to find the killer before another customer dies.

Chef Bethany Bradstreet searches for a replacement wedding venue after flooding threatens her friend's plans. Discovering mummified remains at the new location turns the rescue mission into a murder inquiry, complicated by two men competing for her affection.

A rival soup business opens beside Bethany Bradstreet's kiosk and begins copying her recipes. When its owner is killed by a train, Bethany becomes the leading suspect and must disentangle culinary competition from a murderous motive.

Leona discovers the pastor's wife poisoned during Honeytree's Easter egg hunt. When her farm's eggs are blamed, she must investigate two mayoral candidates to save her business and learn who wanted the victim dead.

Leona's thriving egg business and new romance are interrupted when a beauty queen is shot during Fourth of July fireworks. With a close friend accused, she must uncover the killer before an innocent person is imprisoned.

Leona's ex-husband arrives in Honeytree hoping to win her back at Christmas. After a fight with Santa makes him a murder suspect, Leona and Sheriff Eli Ramirez must solve the crime while navigating their uncomfortable romantic rivalry.

Allison searches the magical library she protects for the memories stolen from her husband. Restoring Paul's past could recover their shared life, but pursuing that hope tests how far she is prepared to go.

While caring for a foster dog and working at her husband's care facility, Allison faces a threat from the thief who stole his memories. A missing child draws her back into the library's dangerous secrets.

After her husband loses decades of memories, Allison becomes guardian of a hidden library that records the town's lives. A murder at his care facility gives her urgent reason to use its secrets without exposing them.

A murdered man at a pumpkin patch is found carrying eggs from Leona's farm. As rumours and a new sheriff's suspicions threaten her, she investigates to protect both her reputation and the customers drawn into the case.

Leona offers her farm for Sheriff Eli Ramirez's niece's wedding, but a bridesmaid is pushed from a roof. With Eli removed from the investigation and the couple suspected, they must find the killer before the celebration collapses.

A bowling captain is found dead during Leona's birthday party, and an apparent accident becomes a murder inquiry. Her search among teammates and rivals grows urgent when someone close to her is injured during the investigation.

After her fiftieth birthday party, Truly O'Toole awakens with a dead woman in her bathtub and a chicken in her purse. Unable to remember the night, she and her friends retrace their movements to uncover a killer.