Julie Hyzy Books in Order

Fresh from leaving a bad marriage, Annie Callaghan is trying to build a new life as a mural artist. An unexpected pregnancy and her ex-husband's return turn that fragile fresh start into a tense, dangerous mess.

Chicago news researcher Alex St. James is set to interview a young Polish immigrant pregnant by a Catholic priest, then the woman is found murdered. Digging deeper puts Alex in the path of powerful people who want the story buried.

When Alex St. James finds a neighbor murdered after a bruising awards dinner, she starts digging into family secrets and big-bank trouble. Her newsroom connections help, but a violent ex-con makes the case personal.

Alex St. James's latest investigation collides with PI Ron Shade's search for a supposedly dead executive seen alive in Las Vegas. Their separate cases spiral into a darker conspiracy that stretches well beyond Chicago.

Now White House executive chef, Ollie Paras is juggling holiday meals, political pressure, and unwanted attention. When an electrician dies and the First Lady's nephew vanishes, she starts digging into a dangerous plot.

White House assistant chef Olivia Paras is fighting for her dream promotion when she stops an intruder with a frying pan. After witnessing a murder, she becomes entangled in an assassination plot that could cost her everything.

Ollie's family is in town for the Easter Egg Roll when a presidential dinner guest dies at the table. Banished from the kitchen and under suspicion, she has to clear her name before the case wrecks both her job and her relationship.

A new First Family brings new pressure for White House chef Olivia Paras. When takeout chicken meant for the First Kids turns out to be poisoned, Ollie realizes someone is aiming straight at the heart of the White House.

Grace Wheaton is settling into her dream job at Marshfield Manor when violence erupts around owner Bennett Marshfield. A botched Ponzi scheme, family secrets, and simmering resentment turn the historic estate into a murder scene.

A Civil War reenactment at Marshfield Manor goes badly wrong when one of the performers is stabbed to death. Grace Wheaton races to clear her friends before old grudges and fresh lies do even more damage.

A brief craft guide adapted from Julie Hyzy's popular workshop on dialogue. It focuses on making fictional conversations sound natural, lively, and full of character.

White House executive chef Olivia Paras wants to focus on food, not politics, but murder gets in the way. Forced to work with her least favorite colleague, she hunts a killer with a ruthless agenda.

New information about her father's death sends Olivia Paras looking into a past she thought she understood. What starts as a family mystery quickly grows into a dangerous investigation with national-security stakes.

Warnings about thefts at historic sites already have Grace Wheaton on edge when violence hits Marshfield Manor. With a guest shot, another murdered, and a killer still nearby, the estate becomes more dangerous than ever.

A quick trip to Tuscany should be a treat for Grace Wheaton and Bennett Marshfield, until fake artwork and an attempted poisoning change everything. By the flight home, Grace is trapped with a killer at thirty thousand feet.

A charity event to restore the town clock seems harmless until one of the organizers collapses, poisoned, at Marshfield Manor. Grace Wheaton has to sort through old grievances fast, before time runs out for someone else.

With a major state dinner looming, Olivia Paras has no time for murder, but the secretary of defense's death says otherwise. As pressure mounts, Ollie realizes the president himself may be in danger.

This collected edition gathers the first three White House Chef Mysteries, State of the Onion, Hail to the Chef, and Eggsecutive Orders. It is an easy way to dive into Ollie Paras's earliest high-stakes White House cases.

A collection of nine suspense stories that ranges from subtle unease to outright danger. It offers a good look at Julie Hyzy's shorter, darker side.

A White House kitchen tour for visiting foreign chefs ends in murder, and Olivia Paras lands in the middle of the fallout. Politics, sabotage, and hidden motives turn a diplomatic visit into a deadly puzzle.

Grace's estranged sister returns just as Bennett Marshfield pushes for a DNA test that could make Grace his heir. Then a supposed FBI agent turns up dead, and inheritance questions become a murder case.

Chicago PI Riley Drake does background checks for a high-end matchmaking service, then takes on a billionaire widower who may have murdered his wife. As other oddball clients pile up, Riley finds herself chasing secrets in every direction.

News of a prison bombing and breakout puts a terrorist's brother back on Ollie Paras's radar. After a mugging and a murder inside the White House orbit, she faces a revenge plot with deadly reach.

When Grace's prickly assistant Frances becomes a person of interest in a suspicious death at an upscale assisted-living facility, Grace steps in. Clearing her name means untangling grudges before another resident dies.

Now named heir to Bennett Marshfield, Grace finds a banker dead at her friends' new wine shop just as her sister Liza gets out of prison. She must protect her new life before family drama and murder bring it all down.

Kenna Ward works rescue duty inside a virtual-reality system that lets people live out safe fantasies, until the technology starts turning deadly. To stop a conspiracy bent on controlling minds, she has to fight in both virtual space and the real world.