Life Coach Mysteries Books in Order

The Life Coach Mysteries take two familiar side characters from Laurie's other series and give them a stage of their own. The lead here is Cat Cooper, Abby Cooper's sister from the Psychic Eye Mysteries, who arrives in East Hampton after a painful divorce and tries to build a second act as a life coach. With her is Gilley Gillespie from the Ghost Hunter Mysteries, who brings loyalty, style, and plenty of sharp commentary.

Together, they are chaos in expensive shoes.

The setup is classic cozy territory with a glossy twist. Cat is smart, funny, bruised by the collapse of her marriage, and determined to prove she can rebuild her life on her own terms. East Hampton gives Laurie a perfect backdrop for that, all privilege, gossip, status games, and beautiful houses hiding ugly secrets. Cat's clients tend to be rich, restless, and very good at making trouble, which means her new career keeps overlapping with murder.

Gilley is a big part of why the series works. He is not just there for comic relief, though he absolutely delivers that. He is Cat's sounding board, co-conspirator, and emotional backup. Their friendship gives the books a lived-in feel from the beginning. Because both characters come with history from earlier series, they already know how to talk to each other, tease each other, and push each other into action.

The mysteries lean less into the paranormal and more into social maneuvering. There are still eccentric personalities and a strong sense of fun, but the crimes usually grow out of money, family resentment, betrayal, ambition, and old grudges among the East End crowd. Cat is a good sleuth for this world because she knows branding, reinvention, and the gap between what people show and what they really want. As a life coach, she spends all day listening to the stories people tell about themselves. As an amateur detective, she starts noticing the holes.

That does not mean she has an easy time of it. Cat is often under suspicion herself, or close enough to the victim that solving the case becomes personal. A local detective hovers around the edges, and the series enjoys the friction between official police work and Cat's much more improvised methods.

These books are breezy, but not empty.

They are about starting over after humiliation, finding your footing in middle age, and realizing that reinvention can be messy. If you like your cozies with friendship, glam settings, and a heroine who is rebuilding her confidence while catching killers, this is a good series to try. Start with Coached to Death and read in order so you can watch Cat's new life take shape, one murder at a time.