Julia Blake Cozy Mystery Books in Order

While helping her sister cater a client's daughter's party, Julia Blake suggests exhausted hostess Fiona Doyle rest upstairs. Finding Fiona murdered in bed turns the celebration into an investigation, with the killer apparently among the guests.

Cleaner Julia Blake discovers client Mark Castle dead beside an open bottle of unfamiliar pills. Remembering his recent worries and noticing a continuously running computer game, she begins questioning whether his death was really suicide.

Julia Blake helps at a school fair where new head teacher Deborah Paignton has angered staff with unwelcome changes. Discovering Deborah murdered afterward leaves Julia facing several people who might have wanted the unpopular teacher dead.

Genealogist Hugo Barnes tells cleaner Julia Blake he has uncovered a secret his client will dislike. When she finds him dead the next day, his assistant, brother, and mysterious final client all become possible suspects.

Julia Blake attends a slimming-club meeting only to find an amateur theatre group using the venue. When playwright Brandon Briggs is murdered, his suspected history with Julia's friend Louisa adds a personal complication to her investigation.

Cleaner Julia Blake investigates when elderly client Douglas Pedley is found murdered at the foot of his stairs. Contractors pressing him to sell his property seem suspicious, but another possible motive soon broadens her search.

Covering a friend's cleaning work takes Julia Blake and colleague Cain to a Leeds insurance office, where they discover manager Karl Rayburn dead. Employees' hidden relationships with him complicate a murder inquiry Julia initially hopes to avoid.

Cleaner Julia Blake takes her mother on a relaxing spa break, anticipating chocolate therapy. Finding a body in a flotation tank disrupts their holiday, and a new friend draws Julia into the investigation she hoped to avoid.

Julia Blake joins her colleague Cain’s knitting class to help him understand a woman he likes. When a class member is murdered the next morning, their social outing becomes another case for the cleaner turned amateur investigator.

Julia Blake visits a friend facing harassment during divorce proceedings and discovers a body in the garden. Its disappearance before police arrive draws Julia into a mystery involving a prowler, an estranged husband, and a gym owner.