Krista Davis Books in Order

Driving back to Wagtail, Holly rescues a black Lab left in a roadside cage with a note asking someone to care for him, and soon the friendly dog is living at the inn. When her ex boyfriend arrives with law firm colleagues and one of them dies in a suspicious fall, town gossip points at a man recently released from prison, but Holly and her friends suspect the real motive lies much closer to home.

In the middle of Old Town’s stylish autumn brunch craze, designer Mitzi Lawson asks Sophie for help because she is sure someone is following her. After Mitzi’s business partner dies during a renovation and Mitzi herself vanishes, Sophie suspects the elegant house and its complicated in laws are hiding lethal secrets.

Hoping for a few quiet days, Holly is startled to wake up beside an unfamiliar reddish dog who has apparently wandered into her apartment and charmed Trixie and Twinkletoes. The stray belongs to her cousin Josh, camping across the lake, but when Josh disappears and a guest is found dead in his tent, Holly must protect her family by finding the real killer.

Sophie attends an elaborate engagement party for Natasha’s free spirited mother and antiques dealer Orson Chatsworth, complete with eye catching food boards designed by Orson’s daughter. When Orson is fatally poisoned at the celebration and unexpectedly leaves his shop to Sophie, she must unpack his past and a long list of resentful relatives.

Sophie coordinates a convention for ghost kitchens in Old Town and attends a charity lunch at socialite Geraldine Stansfield’s pristine home. Discovering a dead stranger on the dining room floor, she peels back layers of legal and family history to learn why so many Stansfields knew the victim yet denied it.

Midsummer in Old Town brings an outdoor performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and a waterfront dinner planned by Sophie for cheesecake queen Bobbie Sue Bodoin. When Bobbie Sue’s husband Tate is found dead and her friends become suspects, Sophie combs through business rivalries and family resentments to learn who wanted him gone.

Thanksgiving tourists flood Wagtail for a Gingerbread Dog and Cat House competition held at a new convention center built beside an old oak tree. When the tree topples and reveals a body hidden in its trunk, Holly, Trixie, and Twinkletoes dig into decades of secrets to expose a patient killer.

Florrie travels to the Maxwell family estate for her boss’s high profile wedding to a bestselling romance author, only to find simmering rivalries among the writers and guests. When a young assistant turns up dead, Florrie sketches connections between jealous colleagues, old affairs, and publishing grudges.

While organizing Old Town’s DIY Home Decorating Festival, Sophie fetches her best friend Nina from the airport and learns Nina’s recent trip to Portugal went badly. After one of Nina’s tour companions is murdered and others begin to die, Sophie follows a cryptic dying message to catch a killer haunting the group.

At Color Me Read, Florrie hosts a Halloween event with a dramatic psychic who claims she just saw a foot protruding from a rolled carpet in a nearby alley. The supposed body then vanishes, a local book lover disappears, and Florrie has to decide whether the medium is faking or sensing a very real killer.

The women of WAG, a national animal rescue group, arrive in Wagtail for a glamorous charity ball, and Holly rolls out the red carpet at the inn. When a pet detective searching for a missing dog ends up dead, Holly and Trixie must figure out which gracious guest had murder in mind.

Sophie agrees to secretly ghostwrite a cookbook for former actress and lifestyle hopeful Tilly Stratford, only to learn another writer abandoned the job under murky circumstances. When that ghostwriter is found dead, Sophie suspects the project has already claimed one victim and may be hiding dangerous truths.

A famous dog from a popular television show comes to Wagtail for a rest, but the pampered star keeps running off and stirring up trouble. During a treasure hunt, he and Trixie uncover a body, then a stranger appears claiming Trixie as his own, forcing Holly to fight on two fronts.

Old Town’s annual Pie Festival turns deadly when a celebrity judge, television baking star Patsy Lee Presley, collapses during the competition. With friends among the prime suspects and long buried grudges bubbling up, Sophie has to slice through gossip to find who wanted Patsy silenced.

Sophie joins an exclusive underground pop up dinner where a celebrity chef, secret menu, and powerful guests create a buzzy night out. When a wealthy diner with a complicated family drops dead soon after, she must sort simmering resentments from real motives before someone else is served.

A lively member of Florrie’s coloring club finds what might be the earliest known coloring book and suddenly holds a fortune in her hands. When Florrie later discovers her friend dead and the rare volume missing, she wades into tangled relationships, old secrets, and dangerous collectors.

Florrie Fox manages the Color Me Read bookstore in Georgetown and draws intricate coloring books on the side, happy to live quietly in her boss’s carriage house. After the professor’s unpleasant nephew disappears and Florrie discovers his body hidden inside the shop, she sketches out clues to clear her landlord.

A Christmas market based on Holly’s German heritage brings festive crowds and her childhood friend Holmes back to Wagtail, along with his stylish fiancée. When Trixie leads Holly to the body of a pet clothing tycoon, holiday romance, business rivalries, and family loyalties all become suspects.

Wagtail hosts a matchmaking weekend for pet owners, and Holly and Oma scramble to keep the Sugar Maple Inn running smoothly. When a man tied to the event is found dead with a personal letter from Oma in his pocket, Holly must protect her grandmother and unmask the culprit.

A new tearoom called The Parlour becomes Old Town’s favorite gossip spot until its neighbor, charming antiques dealer Robert Johnson, is poisoned after a fundraiser. Sophie sifts through customers, collectors, and whispered scandals brewed over tea to find out who wanted him gone.

Sophie is running an extravagant anniversary chocolate tasting for Amore Chocolates when the company’s CEO disappears and a rival chocolatier turns up dead. As anonymous boxes of gourmet sweets arrive on her doorstep, she must decide whether they are gifts, warnings, or bait from a killer.

Holly hosts a winter murder mystery weekend at the Sugar Maple Inn to lure tourists during the slow season, only for a blizzard to trap everyone inside. When Trixie finds an actual corpse among the faux clues, Holly has to solve the real crime before panic snowballs.

Television ghost hunters descend on Wagtail’s Halloween festival to film spooky legends, filling the Sugar Maple Inn with believers. When Trixie and Twinkletoes discover a drowned woman in a famously haunted bathhouse, Holly suspects a staged haunting is hiding a very real murder.

During a busy holiday season, a series of accidents around Old Town leaves partygoers injured and neighbors on edge, capped by a murder at a beloved cookie swap. Sophie begins to suspect the mishaps are connected and works through wish lists and grudges to catch a Christmas killer.

Sophie and friend Nina organize Cupcakes and Pupcakes, a fundraiser for animal shelters, just as a partner splits from Sugar Baby Bakery to open a rival shop. When a bakery employee is found dead, the cupcake feud turns deadly and Sophie must sift through suspects.

After losing her job, Holly Miller drives to Wagtail Mountain to help at her grandmother’s pet friendly inn, picking up a stray Jack Russell along the way. When an employee dies in a suspicious hit and run, Holly, Trixie, and kitten Twinkletoes nose out secrets beneath the town’s charm.

A home makeover show tears up Sophie’s backyard, so she escapes to boyfriend Wolf’s garden to plant a rose. Instead she uncovers a purse belonging to Wolf’s long missing wife and, soon after, a body, forcing her to question how well she knows the man she loves.

Sophie designs a community haunted house so realistic it scares the neighbors, while Natasha throws a lavish Halloween bash. When a guest is found dead among the decorations with suspicious bite marks on his neck, Sophie must decide whether the culprit is a vampire legend or a human killer.

This Agatha Award nominated short story first appeared in the water themed anthology Fish Tales and offers a compact dose of Krista Davis’s cozy crime style, blending everyday details with a tightly focused mystery that can be read in a single sitting.

A neighborhood Grinch steals presents and even holiday dinners from Sophie’s street, souring the Christmas mood. When a family celebration is interrupted by a shocking murder, Sophie digs through simmering resentments and stolen gifts to save everyone’s holiday.

Event planner Sophie is staging her sister Hannah’s latest wedding when the groom’s secret ex wife is found hanging in a pergola. As family tensions explode, Sophie races to untangle lies and stop her sister from marrying a possible killer.

Sophie helps redecorate a late professor’s mansion for a home and garden tour while rival Natasha leads a splashy makeover elsewhere in the house. When Sophie uncovers a mysterious extra body that promptly disappears, she must uncover the truth before a friend is blamed.

Thanksgiving in Old Town turns chaotic when Sophie Winston finds a corpse while hunting for last minute ingredients and a contest judge is later stabbed. With her own name tied to the victim, she must clear herself before the holiday is ruined.