Lark Dodge Books in Order

Bookstore owner Lark Dailey and her police officer lover Jay Dodge attend a literary weekend at a poet's mountain lodge. When their host dies, the gathering becomes a murder investigation involving guests with secrets to protect.

At a London booksellers' conference, Lark befriends a Czech waiter who is stabbed after entrusting a manuscript to her companion. Another death intensifies police suspicion, forcing Lark to investigate the document and its dangerous connections.

Lark and Jay Dodge's move to Washington's Shoalwater Peninsula is disrupted by a corpse found on the beach. Suspicions center on a neighboring novelist, but Lark's doubts draw her into a dangerous dispute over development.

Lark Dodge agrees to help run a science writers' workshop on an organic farm. When a manager is found dead in a produce bin, the event proceeds anyway, leaving Lark and Jay to investigate its inhabitants.

Lark Dodge travels to Ireland to visit her recovering father and reconsider her troubled marriage. A corpse on their host's estate interrupts the respite, and further violence draws her into an increasingly personal murder investigation.