Joanne Fluke Books in Order

At the Tri-County Summer Solstice Celebration, Hannah serves a menu of pink lemonade treats to cheering crowds. Festivities sour when a retired baseball star is found dead, and with her outspoken mother near the top of the suspect list, Hannah has to uncover which of the man’s many enemies finally struck out.

A flashy televised fishing tournament brings celebrities and crowds to a lakeside inn, where Hannah has been hired to supply caramel pecan rolls and pastries. When the show’s arrogant host is found dead on a drifting boat, she and Andrea cast a wide net among jealous rivals, weary staff, and furious fans.

Easter orders are piling up when Hannah’s sister Andrea publicly clashes with Lake Eden’s bullying mayor. After he’s found murdered with a slice of triple chocolate cheesecake nearby, Andrea becomes the obvious suspect, and Hannah must sift through the mayor’s long history of grudges to uncover the real killer.

This two-in-one volume collects Christmas Caramel Murder and Christmas Cake Murder, pairing a present-day holiday whodunit at a community play with a nostalgic prequel about Hannah’s first big Christmas baking project. It’s a double helping of Lake Eden cheer, recipes, and seasonal sleuthing.

Sent to California to rest, Hannah is yanked back to a frigid Minnesota winter when her sister’s boyfriend, detective Lonnie Murphy, is accused of murder. With Lonnie’s memory of the night in question full of gaps, she has to reconstruct events from barroom gossip and small-town politics before her friend is convicted.

Early in Hannah’s career at the Cookie Jar, a desperate stranger appears at her back door asking for work and a meal. Days later he’s found badly injured with no memory of who he is. Between frosting cupcakes and untangling his past, Hannah learns that someone may want this gentle man to stay nameless.

Thanksgiving should be busy but cozy at the Cookie Jar, yet Hannah is reeling from her husband Ross’s sudden disappearance. When Ross’s assistant is poisoned while driving Ross’s car and eating a raspberry Danish meant for him, Hannah has to decide whether she’s hunting a killer, a missing spouse, or both.

Set before the Cookie Jar officially opens, this prequel follows a younger Hannah still grieving her father’s death. Persuaded to bake for a recreated Christmas Ball to honor elderly Essie Granger, she discovers Essie’s unfinished crime story and a decades-old mystery in town that starts to echo the fiction.

A film-themed TV special at the Cookie Jar should give Hannah a welcome distraction from the public collapse of her sham marriage. Instead, a threatening figure from her past arrives with bodyguards in tow and a murder victim turns up in her condo, forcing Hannah and an old flame to confront dangerous secrets.

Fresh from her honeymoon cruise, Hannah returns to find her mother’s neighbor—retired actress and local theater director Victoria Bascomb—murdered in her condo. A half-eaten banana cream pie suggests she knew her killer, and Hannah’s search through play rehearsals and old scandals reveals a stage crowded with suspects.

Hannah’s wedding plans collide with a high-pressure TV dessert competition that brings celebrity chefs and camera crews to Lake Eden. When the show’s notoriously harsh judge is discovered stabbed in a walk-in cooler before he can taste her cookies, Hannah must juggle gowns, recipes, and suspects to keep her big day on track.

Hannah and Lisa are catering the town’s production of A Christmas Carol, where Lisa’s husband is cast as Santa opposite his glamorous ex-girlfriend as Mrs. Claus. Before opening night, the actress is found dead in the snow wearing a scandalous costume, and Hannah must untangle romantic grudges and backstage secrets to clear her friends.

Still facing trial over the fatal accident, Hannah wants nothing more than a quiet return to baking. Instead, she finds the presiding judge murdered in his chambers with his own gavel, and all eyes turn to the defendant he was about to sentence. Clearing her name means probing the judge’s long list of enemies.

Collecting several Jo Gibson tales, this volume drops high-school and college characters into what should be fun occasions—dances, séances, holiday parties—that spiral into terror. Pranks turn lethal, secret grudges surface, and someone with a twisted sense of romance starts crossing names off their guest list.

This omnibus brings together two Jo Gibson teen thrillers about dangerous infatuation. In both stories, an ordinary crush curdles into obsession, and a tight circle of friends discovers that the admirer watching from the shadows is willing to kill rather than be ignored.

Driving home in a violent storm, Hannah hits a man who staggers into the road. Guilt turns to fear when the autopsy shows he was already near death, his shirt stained with blackberry pie. Arrested for murder, Hannah has to identify the mystery victim and trace his last slice of pie to a killer.

Two linked Jo Gibson stories explore how one terrible night can haunt a group of teenagers into adulthood. Anonymous notes, staged “accidents,” and a relentless stalker force them to confront what really happened—and to admit that the person they fear most may be someone they once trusted.

The grand reopening of the posh Albion Hotel features Hannah’s red velvet cupcakes and the unwelcome return of scandal-magnet Doctor Bev. When an employee falls from the rooftop and Bev later turns up dead after eating a doctored cupcake, Hannah suddenly finds herself a suspect in a case tied to her own romantic history.

A jazz weekend at the Lake Eden Inn is derailed when the band’s tour bus crashes on icy roads. After the keyboard player later dies in the hospital from a suspicious stab wound, Hannah follows a trail from local gossip to Seattle’s music scene to find out who wanted him silenced.

This companion volume to the Hannah Swensen series gathers many of the recipes mentioned in the mysteries, along with menus and notes from Lake Eden events. Fans can bake along with Hannah, revisit favorite characters, and get a behind-the-scenes taste of life at the Cookie Jar.

While Reverend Bob finally takes a honeymoon, his old friend fills in at the pulpit and develops a serious weakness for Hannah’s desserts. When the visiting minister is found face-down in a plate of devil’s food cake, Hannah uncovers a far darker side to his past—and a murderer hiding behind pious smiles.

Hannah’s quiet condo complex turns sinister when she discovers her reclusive neighbor dead beside a scattered box of her gingerbread cookies. As she pieces together his complicated financial life and feuds with neighbors, she learns someone had more on their mind than holiday cheer.

A massive charity event lands Hannah with an order for thousands of treats and a reluctant role as a magician’s assistant. The real trick comes when the show’s charming host—an old flame with ties to both Hannah and her sister—is found dead backstage holding one of her apple turnovers.

Crazy Elf Christmas Tree Lot has become Lake Eden’s quirkiest holiday attraction, and its owner is one of Hannah’s best customers. When she arrives to collect a payment and instead finds him shot in his office, Hannah digs into his tangled business deals and seasonal scams to discover who profited from his death.

Determined to squeeze into a Regency gown for her mother’s book launch, Hannah joins her sister at a new health club. Their exercise routine ends abruptly when flirtatious trainer Ronni Ward is found dead in the Jacuzzi with Cookie Jar cream puffs, leaving Hannah to sort jealous rivals from real killers.

Lisa’s sprawling family reunion should be all sunshine, stories, and Hannah’s famous carrot cake. Then a long-missing uncle turns up flush with cash—and is found murdered with an ice pick beside uneaten slices of cake. Hannah must protect Lisa’s ailing father and sort through decades of buried resentment.

During the Tri-County fair, Hannah juggles baking for the chamber booth, judging a pie contest, and keeping her family happy. The chaos turns deadly when a fellow judge is found dead beside a smashed key lime pie, and Hannah discovers the young teacher had dangerous enemies.

At the Lake Eden Inn’s holiday gala, Hannah’s boyfriend plays Santa while the town’s tight-fisted department-store owner dons the red suit for publicity. When Santa is later discovered dead in the snow, Hannah follows a trail of candy canes and grudges to unmask a very un-jolly killer.

This holiday collection gathers four romance and suspense novellas, including Joanne Fluke’s contribution about a woman whose cozy seasonal plans are upended by danger. Together they offer snowy settings, budding relationships, and a dash of menace to balance all the sweetness.

Hollywood descends on Lake Eden to film a thriller, turning the Cookie Jar into craft-services central and Hannah’s cat into a would-be star. When the demanding director dies after a prop gun is switched for a real weapon, Hannah must navigate studio egos and hometown secrets to expose the killer.

A rival bakery run by two charming Southern sisters threatens Hannah’s business and her love life. When one of the newcomers is found shot to death in her own shop, gossip points at Hannah—but she’s determined to prove someone else had more than a culinary score to settle.

At a crowded Christmas potluck, Hannah debuts a community cookbook and a buffet loaded with sweets. When the groom’s flashy new bride is found stabbed outside in the snow, Hannah and her sisters hunt a killer among snowed-in neighbors still digesting dinner.

As a contentious sheriff’s election divides Lake Eden, Hannah finds the incumbent dead in a school dumpster after one of her cooking classes. With her brother-in-law Bill suddenly the prime suspect, she races to uncover who really wanted the lawman out of the way.

Hannah thinks life is finally falling into place—until her sometime-boyfriend Norman buys a house he plans to tear down for their dream home. While exploring the property, she and her mother discover the former owner’s body and a half-eaten lemon meringue pie, forcing Hannah back into sleuth mode.

In Lake Eden’s first televised dessert bake-off, Hannah serves as head judge and local cheerleader. When volatile coach Boyd Watson is discovered dead face-down in her strawberry shortcake, she digs into his messy private life to clear an abused wife and find the real murderer.

Lake Eden’s Winter Carnival should bring tourists and good publicity, especially with a famous lifestyle guru creating the official cake. Instead, the celebrity is found dead in Hannah’s pantry with one of her blueberry muffins, turning the Cookie Jar into a crime scene Hannah must investigate.

Tessa dreams of independence in her own London townhouse rather than life under well-meaning relatives’ eyes. Taking on a dilapidated property brings financial trouble, a stray cat, and an annoyingly perceptive neighbor lord who keeps offering help—along with a very inconvenient attraction.

Baking for a charity event brings a shy heroine out of her shell and into the orbit of a charming stranger who clearly loves her cookies. When a harmless white lie snowballs into a pretend courtship, both must decide whether the sparks between them are real.

When a beloved delivery driver is found shot behind her bakery, Hannah Swensen worries the trail of cookie crumbs will point to her kitchen. To protect the Cookie Jar and uncover the truth, she starts asking questions the small-town killer would rather avoid.

Wallflower Vanessa dreads another Valentine’s Day watching prettier debutantes collect all the dance cards. When a rogueish gentleman enlists her help with a private wager that soon feels like courtship, she must decide whether his attention is part of a game or the start of something real.

City-raised Caitlyn never expected to inherit a run-down ranch—or to clash with the stubborn cowboy who’s been keeping it afloat. As they battle over how to save the property, shared work, trail rides, and one too-many snowstorms start to look suspiciously like falling in love.

Country-bred Samantha finally gets her long-awaited London Season, only to discover that polite society can be as treacherous as it is glittering. When a scandal threatens her family’s good name, she teams up with an unexpectedly honorable gentleman to salvage both her reputation and her chance at love.

In this warm novella, grown children secretly plot to provide their widowed mother with companionship for the holidays. Their chosen candidate is a longtime family friend who has quietly loved her for years, but it will take a few missteps—and plenty of seasonal charm—to turn friendship into a second chance at romance.

Independent Holly insists she has no interest in marriage, despite a mother determined to see her wed before Christmas. A series of well-meant schemes keep throwing her together with a reserved bachelor who’d rather avoid the marriage mart—until shared misadventures convince them both that they might have met their match.

Snowbound in a country house, a practical young woman finds herself caring for a basket of abandoned kittens—and the gruff, unexpectedly kind man who helps her. Holiday traditions, matchmaking relatives, and purring strays all conspire to turn a temporary arrangement into a Regency-era romance.

Debut-minded Melissa is thrilled to travel to London, until her vain stepmother turns her into chaperone and maid for two spoiled stepsisters. In stolen moments on the balcony and in ballrooms, Melissa meets a mysterious gentleman who sees past her plain gowns—and must decide whether to follow duty or her heart.

Connie Wilson is shattered when her wealthy fiancé dies in a car crash and the baby she’s carrying is lost. Her grief curdles into a lethal obsession that leaves a string of dead men behind her, while a determined detective races to see the pattern before she kills again.

After a devastating car crash, Maura Thomas wakes in a Los Angeles hospital remembering nothing beyond a college dinner decades earlier. She doesn’t recognize the husband and daughter at her bedside or the chic life she’s told is hers, and scattered flashbacks suggest the “accident” was staged. Recovering the truth could cost her life.

Years after a tragic death shatters a circle of friends, a teenager becomes convinced the story everyone accepted doesn’t add up. As eerie coincidences and fresh violence mount, she must decide whom she can trust before the truth about “the dead girl” claims another victim.

Shy art teacher Marcie Calder has always lived in the shadow of her glamorous twin, Hollywood star Mercedes. When Mercedes drowns in her pool, Marcie steps into her sister’s life to finish a movie—and quickly discovers tangled affairs, dangerous secrets, and a relentless killer who thinks the leading lady is still very much alive.

Midwesterner Ellen Wingate can’t believe her luck when an unexpected inheritance includes a luxury condo in a secluded Nevada complex. Then a massive snowstorm triggers an avalanche, sealing the building off from help—and a murderer begins stalking the trapped residents, turning her windfall into a deadly prison.

In the world of television production, a chilling videotape of a woman’s murder seems at first like a grotesque prank. When more recordings surface and the killings creep closer to the studio, the people behind the cameras realize they’re starring in a killer’s favorite show—and the final episode could be theirs.

Ten years after being found insane and locked away for his wife’s murder, Michael Hart escapes custody still insisting he was framed. As his lawyer brother and a determined investigator dig for proof, jurors from the original trial begin dying one by one, forcing Michael to expose the real killer before he’s blamed again.

Clinic administrator Michele Layton is used to routine problems, not bodies frozen into St. Cloud’s Winter Carnival ice sculptures. As more violent attacks rock the community and a disturbed preacher prays for sinners to be punished, Michele and the police chief race to stop a fanatic who believes murder is a holy mission.

Brilliant psychiatrist Dr. Elias has spent his life treating patients with dangerous obsessions. Now he’s dying and convinced that some of them can never be trusted free. Quietly, he begins hunting eight former patients, while they slowly realize that their trusted doctor may have turned into their executioner.

In a small Minnesota town, Marian Larsen loses her young daughter in a snowmobile accident that also leaves her husband paralyzed. As more “accidents” claim people connected to the crash, Marian comes to believe someone is orchestrating the deaths—and that she may be next on the killer’s list.

Expectant parents Karen and Mike Houston move with their young daughter into a rambling Victorian house that seems perfect for their growing family. When nine-year-old Leslie starts hearing a mysterious child’s voice and behaving like someone else, Karen suspects the house’s tragic past is reaching for her unborn baby.

College student Kathi Ellison seems to have it all—a promising future and a politically ambitious father—but crippling migraines and vivid nightmares are ruining her life. As she probes the car crash that killed her mother, she begins to remember another little girl’s terror and a buried crime her new family wants kept quiet.