Joanne Pence Books in Order

A perilous trip becomes much more than travel when danger, secrets, and attraction begin closing in together. The farther the journey goes, the less clear it becomes whom to trust.

Food writer and gourmet cook Angie Amalfi is shaken when a key source for her column is found dead. With a stalker on her trail and homicide inspector Paavo Smith on the case, Angie has to move fast before she becomes the next victim.

A radio-show job with a pompous chef looks like Angie's big break until a celebrated restaurateur dies from poison. With another killing close behind, Angie and Paavo have to sort out ambition, sabotage, and murder.

Angie heads to a northern California bed-and-breakfast to help plan a vegetarian menu and enjoy time with Paavo. Instead, a storm traps everyone inside, and it becomes clear a murderer is among the guests.

Another promising culinary venture drops Angie into the middle of a murder investigation. The food world may look polished on the surface, but underneath it Angie finds jealousy, fear, and someone willing to kill.

What should have been a fun evening out for Angie Amalfi turns deadly instead. As the night unravels into suspicion and murder, she and Paavo race to figure out who planned the evening's bitter ending.

A trip on the water becomes anything but relaxing when murder turns the outing into a trap. Cut off with a boatful of suspects, Angie has to think fast before the killer strikes again.

Past choices and present danger collide in another Angie Amalfi mystery. As she digs into a killing linked to old secrets, Angie learns that timing may matter as much as motive if she wants to stay alive.

Angie Amalfi dives back into San Francisco's food scene when murder strikes close to home. Following clues through kitchens, egos, and old grudges, she risks becoming the next target before the truth is served.

A lonely old house comes with an unexpected resident: a cranky ghost who has spent decades driving people away. The woman who enters Squire House soon learns its past, and its heart, are far from finished.

Spooky hints and culinary chaos surround Angie Amalfi when a new case takes a darker turn. Between uneasy suspects and mounting danger, she has to decide whether the menace is all too human, or something stranger is in the mix.

Angie's attempt to play matchmaker for her friend Connie goes badly wrong when brutal murders and a diamond heist throw everyone under suspicion. To clear her friend, Angie and Paavo have to untangle romance, lies, and greed.

A fresh culinary opportunity turns sour when murder enters the kitchen. Angie follows the personal tensions and professional rivalries behind the case, even as the killer starts watching her a little too closely.

Angie Amalfi finds herself in the middle of a case where romance, loyalty, and murder make a dangerous mix. With Paavo working the official side, Angie has to decide how far she will go to protect the people she cares about.

Tempers run hot and motives hotter when Angie Amalfi is pulled into another food-world killing. The closer she gets to the truth, the clearer it becomes that someone is ready to turn up the heat on her, too.

Angie Amalfi gets tangled in a culinary mystery with an art-and-history twist. As the clues grow stranger and the danger closer, she and Paavo have to figure out who is using old secrets for deadly modern ends.

After outlaws murder her family, Gabriella Devere vows revenge and heads west to claim it. Gunfighter Jess McLowry knows what that path costs, and tries to save her before vengeance destroys them both.

A reunion with the past stirs up old feelings that were never fully settled. What begins like a second chance soon becomes a test of trust, memory, and whether love can survive what came before.

Set against San Francisco around the 1906 earthquake and fire, this historical novel blends love, prejudice, loss, and survival. As old loyalties are tested, its characters must choose what, and whom, they will fight for.

This Christmas-set prequel shows how Rebecca Mayfield and Richie Amalfi first cross paths. Holiday sparkle, suspicion, and instant friction make it clear their story was never going to start quietly.

When anthropology students vanish in central Idaho, archaeologist Michael Rempart is drawn into a mystery tied to a lost expedition from the Lewis and Clark era. The search uncovers alchemy, immortality, and something far older than gold.

Holiday cheer is in short supply when Christmas brings Angie another mystery with a strange twist. Between seasonal chaos and lurking danger, she finds that even the merriest time of year can hide deadly secrets.

While planning her wedding to Paavo Smith, Angie falls for a dream house with one catch: it may be haunted. As she probes an old unsolved murder linked to the house, a modern case turns deadly around her.

Homicide inspector Rebecca Mayfield arrives at a nightclub murder scene only to find the main suspect is Richie Amalfi. When he turns to her for help proving his innocence, Rebecca risks both her career and her heart.

Set in historic San Francisco, this novel turns on conflict, loyalty, and survival in and around Chinatown. Personal stakes and public struggle collide as its characters fight for home, love, and the right to endure.

The murder of a woman from Rebecca's police academy past leads her far outside her comfort zone. Russian mobsters, hidden loyalties, and Richie Amalfi's murky knowledge turn the case into a deadly gamble.

A dying priest gives Michael Rempart a relic linked to Genghis Khan, war, and alchemy's legendary philosopher's stone. To stop the evil tied to it, Michael must follow a dangerous trail along the old Silk Road.

Angie's carefully planned wedding is beset by death, chaos, and one disaster after another. With a killer loose and the big day slipping away, Angie and Paavo have to save more than the guest list.

This companion cookbook gathers dessert recipes connected to Joanne Pence's culinary mystery world. It is a handy pick for readers who came for the murders but stayed for the sweets.

When Richie is named one of San Francisco's most enticing bachelors, Rebecca expects annoyance, not murder. But attacks on other high-profile bachelors force her to investigate a killer with a deadly grudge.

Rebecca has sworn off Richie Amalfi, but that changes when he asks for help with the strange deaths of a psychic medium's clients. The case leads Rebecca into fraud, fear, and a danger that feels all too real.

Angie wants one quiet evening with Paavo before their wedding, but a lonely heiress and a family history full of scandal ruin that plan fast. Soon Angie is chasing clues through a mansion that may be haunted.

Rebecca hopes to sort out her feelings about Richie Amalfi, but a vicious attack on her neighbor makes that impossible. As murders mount and one of Richie's former girlfriends enters the picture, Rebecca becomes the killer's next target.

A seemingly sweet new baking venture turns dangerous when Angie crosses paths with a killer hiding behind dark theatrics. As Paavo investigates a disturbing string of deaths, Angie edges closer to the person behind them.

A lost diary, a book of ghost stories, and relentless nightmares pull Michael Rempart back to the home he fled years ago. There he faces demons, old family wounds, and a father obsessed with alchemy's darkest secrets.

When workmen uncover a skeleton, Rebecca Mayfield is pulled into an old homicide with dangerous ties to people she now loves. Someone wants the past to stay buried, and will kill again to keep it that way.

Rebecca Mayfield is drawn into a case where someone seems to be aiming straight at the people she cannot afford to lose. To stop the violence, she and Richie have to uncover who is setting the target, and why.

A recent photo of a woman he thought dead sends archaeologist Michael Rempart to Russia and Ukraine in search of answers. Instead he finds an occult trail tied to alchemy, buried evil, and the last days of the Romanovs.

Carly Fullerton and thriller writer Alex Townson both arrive expecting solitude at the same remote cabin. Forced to share the place, they soon realize the resident ghosts may have plans of their own.

A woman who insists she is not looking for love needs the cabin's income badly enough to rent it out. Then a French wildlife biologist arrives, and the quiet arrangement turns into something far more complicated.

Part cookbook and part art book, this collection pairs dessert recipes with watercolor illustrations. It is a graceful, inviting volume for readers who enjoy both sweets and the beauty of how they are presented.

Another stay at the Donnelly cabin throws two wary strangers together when both would rather be alone. As odd happenings mount, they have to decide whether the place is haunted, or simply very determined to change their lives.

Back in homicide after administrative leave, Rebecca expects frustration, not another life-threatening mess. A breakup, an act of kindness, and the return of a dangerous old connection push her and Richie into fresh peril.

Heartbroken fashion photographer Sophie Evans and troubled former rancher Tray Bowman arrive separately at the Donnelly Cabin Inn. The ghosts there seem convinced the two damaged strangers belong together, whether they agree or not.

Angie Amalfi lands a job behind the scenes of a television cooking show, only to watch her chef mentor die from poison. With Paavo Smith investigating and a killer circling closer, Angie becomes far more than a witness.

What looks like a chance to pull back and regroup turns into another hard case for Rebecca Mayfield. With danger closing in again, retreat is the one thing she and Richie may not be allowed to make.

A preserved wedding dress and a packet of old letters send Charlotte Truscott searching into her family's past. At the Donnelly Cabin Inn, and with help from Deputy Sheriff Joseph Murrieta, she begins to imagine a different future.

A promising food-world opportunity turns deadly when polished ambition and kitchen rivalries hide a murder. Angie and Paavo have to look past the glamour fast, before the killer serves up another victim.

Michael Rempart takes his troubled half-sister Zoe to a secluded Sicilian dig site tied to the myth of Persephone. But a family secret, the Voynich manuscript, and stirring ancient powers turn refuge into a nightmare.

Angie tries to play cupid for her friend Connie, but San Francisco is hit by brutal murders and a diamond heist. To protect Connie, Angie and Paavo must sort through lies, half-truths, and a romance gone very wrong.

Angie's new catering idea lands her among UFO obsessives and conspiracy hunters just as Paavo investigates bizarre murders. When the cases connect, she realizes the people talking about aliens may be hiding something far more earthly and deadly.

Angie's booming custom-cake business puts her inside a dark after-hours club just as Paavo is chasing ritualistic murders. To stop the killer, they have to cut through theater, obsession, and very real evil.

Marriage plans and murder collide when a new case drags Angie and Paavo into a mess of desire, secrets, and danger. The clues keep tangling until it is clear someone will kill again to keep control.

A promise of a happy ending is shattered when murder crashes the celebration. Angie and Paavo have to untangle old grudges and fresh lies before their future is wrecked for good.

Bright flavors and lively company cannot hide the danger at the center of this case. As Angie uncovers buried truths, Paavo races to stop the person who would rather spill blood than let those secrets out.

When Angie brings an old music box in for repair, grisly murders begin edging closer to her and Paavo. The little keepsake turns out to hold the key to secrets someone is desperate to keep buried.

A body on the shore and secrets tied to a taverna pull Angie and Paavo into another dangerous case. The deeper they dig, the clearer it becomes that old loyalties can turn lethal.

Luxury ingredients, big money, and murder make a dangerous blend in this culinary mystery. Angie and Paavo follow the scent through greed and deception toward someone willing to kill for a rare prize.