Linda Reilly Books in Order

Paralegal and title searcher Apple Mariani is pulled into murder when an appraiser is stabbed at an estate sale. With Aunt Tressa suspected and an elderly friend missing, Apple follows a decades-old valentine toward a dangerous secret.

Starting over in the Berkshires, Talia Marby helps her friend Bea run a fish-and-chips shop. When a troublesome neighbor is found murdered and Bea is suspected, Talia digs for clues before her friend pays the price.

Talia Marby's growing deep-fried eatery is threatened by a hostile boutique owner with a mysterious grudge. When the woman is found strangled with Talia's scarf, Talia must clear her name before the killer strikes again.

Talia enters a high-stakes cooking contest hoping to win money for restaurant renovations. When the winner is murdered at her station, Talia investigates a tense field of competitors before another cook becomes the killer's target.

At Whisker Jog's holiday cookie competition, a disliked former teacher dies after tasting a festive treat. With her best friend's mother suspected, Lara Caphart follows unsettling clues tied to Blue while a dangerous killer stays close.

Retired actress Deanna Daltry settles in Whisker Jog and adopts two shelter kittens, but old secrets soon make her a murder suspect. Lara, Aunt Fran, and their mysterious Ragdoll must expose the person trying to frame her.

Lara Caphart returns to Whisker Jog to reconnect with Aunt Fran and care for her eleven cats. When a developer threatening Fran's property is murdered, Lara follows clues from a blue-eyed Ragdoll to clear them both.

Lara and Aunt Fran are about to open a reading nook at their cat shelter when a health inspector orders it shut down. When the inspector is found dead, the pair must clear their names and identify a killer with plenty of motives.

As her best friend prepares to marry, cat shelter manager Lara Caphart faces trouble when her boyfriend's former flame is accused of murder. With Blue, the mysterious Ragdoll, offering clues, Lara must set jealousy aside and uncover the truth.

Carly Hale hopes Balsam Dell's Halloween food competition will spotlight her grilled cheese eatery. After a rival sandwich-shop owner is stabbed, Carly faces a crowded suspect list and must find the murderer before someone she loves is blamed.

Widowed Carly Hale returns to Vermont and opens the grilled cheese restaurant she has always wanted. When her bullying landlord is found dead behind the shop and an employee is blamed, Carly must save both her friend and business.

Carly caters a wedding shower at a luxurious Balsam Dell mansion with her grilled cheese donuts. When the groom is found poisoned and a guest disappears, she follows cryptic clues through a case that is growing more dangerous.

Carly's polite young delivery driver, Ross, finds a difficult customer's body and becomes the leading suspect. To prove his innocence, Carly looks into the victim's bitter family history and a long trail of people she hurt.

A Christmas production of A Christmas Carol brings cheer, drama, and a thoroughly unpleasant actor to Balsam Dell. When he is murdered and Carly's friend Gina is framed, Carly must uncover the secrets behind his troubled past.

Carly and her mother sell grilled cheese sandwiches at a school fundraiser, where a rude neighboring vendor causes a scene. When he is found strangled with her mother's scarf, Carly must prove that someone else had reason to kill.

Carly visits a historic mansion to make grilled cheese while her husband works on its renovation. After he clashes with the contractor, the man falls to his death, leaving Carly to clear her husband's name and stop a determined killer.