Kathi Daley Books in Order

Lou receives a strange package apparently containing clues without any explanation of the mystery they belong to. She asks her Tuesday-night sleuthing group to help work backward through the puzzle and uncover what the sender wants them to discover.

As autumn brings shorter days and fireside gatherings, Lou’s Holiday Bay bookstore continues to unite a circle of friends. Their shared lives and challenges take another turn when a new mystery calls on the group’s amateur sleuthing skills.

Shelby and her bistro friends prepare a New Year celebration while Amy recreates a treasured ravioli soup. The festivities darken when Alex receives a murder case connected to a New Year’s Eve killing Beck investigated five years earlier.

Unusual warmth, record rainfall, and fierce winds threaten Holiday Bay as a group of older guests arrives at Abby’s inn. Their secrets, a ghost, and the promise of money combine to make the storm more than a weather emergency.

Tess publicly challenges an official who moves Fourth of July fireworks dangerously close to an animal shelter. When he dies hours later, she becomes the prime suspect and must uncover the killer while juggling preparations for a family celebration.

Tess and Tony organize White Eagle’s Halloween festivities, including televised sessions led by ghost therapists. Already overwhelmed by personal changes and festival demands, Tess must investigate a murder before the celebration falls apart and a killer escapes.

At a Lake Tahoe video game convention, Tess and Zoe discover a rival developer dead beyond the marked ski trails. While their husbands present new games, the amateur sleuths investigate professional grudges and corporate secrets among the attendees.

Abby agrees to help Lacy produce the town’s Halloween pageant, adding another obligation to wedding preparations and a busy inn. An unexpected community death complicates the season, leaving her struggling to keep her promises while confronting a mystery.

As Colt recovers while staying with Abby, a series of suspicious fires draws Alex into an investigation linked to a food-truck murder. Confessions and misleading clues complicate the search while the inn’s families confront changes of their own.

Event planner Piper Fairchild moves to Holiday Bay and befriends an aspiring bakeshop owner. Her first major assignment, a black-tie gathering at a local estate, becomes a murder investigation when she discovers a body before the guests arrive.

Animal rescuer Bexley finds a stray dog aboard the ferry to Gooseberry Bay. A secret hidden in its collar draws her into a murder investigation, and she asks her friends to help protect the dog and discover its owner’s fate.

Church bells ring across Gooseberry Bay for the first time since a pastor’s daughter vanished on Christmas Eve ten years earlier. The unexpected sound draws Ainsley and her friends into the unresolved disappearance as another Christmas approaches.

Alex and Leo hire an ex-convict to build their rescue for difficult-to-place dogs, despite local opposition. When a resident’s death makes their contractor the prime suspect, the couple must prove their trust in second chances was justified.

Sydney poses as a driver for four elderly poker friends following cryptic clues left by a dead companion. Their desert road trip may uncover a stolen fortune, but her secret assignment tests loyalties as hidden histories emerge.

Sydney and Kelly attend a Halloween party at an abandoned monastery overlooking a vineyard. When a guest dressed as Dracula is murdered, they help police identify a killer among masked suspects whose monster costumes conceal their identities.

Georgia is abducted from the kitchen where she is filming a cooking special, leaving her friends without a suspect or destination. Abby holds a secret about Georgia as a shooting and an expected baby raise the stakes of finding her.

A black cat steals small objects from Bexley’s adoption center, leading her to its hidden nest. Among its trophies are a missing teenager’s bracelet and evidence connected to an old murder, turning an animal rescue into two investigations.

A murder at Gooseberry Bay’s beach movie event mirrors a killing in the film being shown. Ainsley doubts the new deputy’s chosen suspect and investigates a troubling stranger while the obvious alternatives seem protected by solid alibis.

Piper Fairchild organizes a masquerade ball at a seaside mansion known for ghost stories. Mysterious sightings challenge her skepticism, pulling the event planner into old secrets while she struggles to make her biggest professional assignment a success.

Lou and Abby host twelve writers at an isolated lodge for a retreat of workshops and creative work. When a writer dies during an enormous blizzard, their carefully planned gathering becomes a mystery far from easy help.

Bexley finds a well-cared-for stray named Andy, but nobody has reported him missing. Searching for his family leads her to an apparently deserted house and inconsistent neighbors, suggesting the dog’s abandonment conceals something more troubling.

Ainsley discovers a substitute teacher’s body beneath school bleachers, and the evidence implicates a troubled student named Justice. Convinced the case is less straightforward than it appears, she investigates buried histories and dangerous secrets to clear his name.

Abby and Lacy enter a holiday scavenger hunt to win an elusive Christmas toy, facing determined competition from other parents. When Toyland’s owner is murdered, Colt and Alex investigate a growing list of suspects and seasonal secrets.

Abby joins Colt’s niece and father at Holiday Bay’s first Turkey Olympics, where an unexpected discovery inside the turkey truck interrupts the festivities. Around the inn, health worries, family changes, and Thanksgiving plans create challenges of their own.

Hosting a full inn on Valentine’s Day, Abby and Georgia discover a fresh clue connected to an older mystery. Their holiday celebrations become an opportunity to revisit unanswered questions while caring for the guests who fill their seaside home.

Abby and Lacy take over a beginners’ soccer team despite having no coaching experience. When a withdrawn player disappears from practice, Abby follows her instincts into a deeper mystery while autumn festivities and family changes keep the inn busy.

With Mylie pregnant and confined to bed, Abby’s team takes over the inn’s Christmas traditions. Unexpected visitors, an early labor scare, and a mystery uncovered while clearing an estate threaten their carefully arranged holiday plans.

A client searching for her biological parents dies in a crash that also kills Gooseberry Bay’s fire chief. Evidence of deliberate interference sends Ainsley, Parker, and Dani into an investigation linking both victims through long-hidden secrets.

A contestant dies during Georgia’s summer cookoff, and a volatile local appears to be the obvious culprit. Abby questions the easy explanation and investigates while four older guests revisit the choices that shaped their lives.

A year after losing her distressing visions, Harmony enjoys peace but misses the connection that defined her. When someone she loves disappears, helping an FBI agent find him forces her toward a choice that could cost another treasured relationship.

Holiday Bay transforms into a Halloween role-playing celebration until a resident is found dead and Colt’s father becomes the prime suspect. Abby searches for the truth while pregnancy worries and an estranged relative’s arrival unsettle life at the inn.

Lou inherits books, journals, and photo albums from a woman she barely knew, discovering a hidden life of amateur investigation. The collection may solve four forgotten cases and reveal the clue that identifies the woman’s own killer.

Colt’s first case as a county detective connects a new murder with three neglected cold cases. Abby balances a fundraiser and plans for their shared home while family changes add pressure to a season already crowded with secrets.

Gooseberry Bay’s Christmas play becomes a murder investigation when its star is found dead. Helping Deputy Dani Dixon, Ainsley sorts through actors, crew members, and hidden motives to discover which backstage secrets conceal a killer.

A new food truck owner challenges Josie’s fried-food business, turning competition into a personal feud. When one of the rival caterers dies, suspicion falls on the other, threatening the Gooseberry Bay community as Ainsley and her friends confront new changes.

Between Christmas charity work, preschool duties, and caring for a rescued kitten, Tess has little time to spare. A fatal house fire initially seems accidental, but suspicious remarks lead her to investigate whether someone deliberately killed a local man.

A controversial newcomer is murdered on White Eagle’s courthouse steps during preparations for the Halloween Festival. With the investigation stalled, Police Chief Mike Thomas asks his sister Tess to return to sleuthing and go undercover.

Haven joins a cooking class led by a popular food vlogger, but an outdoor demonstration ends with a fatal gunshot. A crowded tourist season and family obligations complicate the search through a long list of suspects.

Holiday Bay’s Lobsterfest celebrations halt when a popular bistro customer is found dead. With employee Callie seemingly the only person able to commit the murder, Shelby investigates the victim’s secrets to clear a friend she believes is innocent.