Liz Lucas Cozy Mystery Books in Order

Liz Lucas hires a student intern to help prepare meals at her spa, but his car plunges from a cliff shortly before graduation. Suspecting murder, she investigates his classmates and acquaintances to discover what lay behind the fatal crash.

A murder disrupts a wedding reception and exposes a circle of guests with tangled loyalties. Old romances, political rivalries and troubled family relationships provide motives, leaving the investigation to distinguish personal grudges from a willingness to kill.

Widow Liz Lucas enjoys a fresh start running a coastal spa until a guest is murdered in one of its cottages. Determined to protect her business, she investigates the victim's husband, employees and others whose secrets may explain the killing.

Red Cedar's police chief asks Liz Lucas to investigate his deputy's murder, fearing suspicion because the dead man planned to challenge him politically. His claimed tarot-reading alibi collapses when the reader denies it, leaving Liz to find the truth.

Liz Lucas joins her husband at an exclusive Texas hunting lodge, where his law school friend is murdered. The victim's political ambitions, romantic history and policy proposals offer numerous motives, leaving Liz to identify the person who acted on one.

The sighting of an endangered butterfly in a logging area unsettles Red Cedar, and a Forest Service employee is murdered. Liz Lucas investigates environmental conflicts and personal grudges before the police chief mistakenly arrests her friend Gertie.

A guest is murdered in the sauna during a Calistoga hotel's opening weekend. Visiting sleuth Liz Lucas investigates to save her friend's new business, examining old grudges, marital secrets and rivals who might benefit from its failure.

A murdered millionaire's unborn child may inherit part of his fortune, putting expectant mother Michelle in danger. Liz and Roger investigate competing claims and family grievances, racing to identify the killer before Michelle becomes the next victim.

Nicole receives threatening voodoo dolls before being murdered with one beside her body. Liz investigates the apparent connection, seeking guidance in New Orleans while attending a cooking school and trying to separate superstition from the killer's actions.

Federal employees are murdered across several professions, suggesting a serial killer is targeting Red Cedar. When a spa guest becomes a victim, Liz joins an FBI agent to find the shared connection while the local police chief neglects the danger.

Wealthy real estate prodigy Connor arrives at Liz Lucas's lodge with his assistant, then becomes the center of a murder investigation. Liz must unravel business secrets and personal grudges before the danger reaches her other guests.

Liz Lucas helps a former cop search for a runaway teenager and the predator who lured her away. A body in the woods and a killer's three-day deadline force them to find another captive girl quickly.

Four young developers create an app expected to earn millions, then their founder is killed. With local police sidelined by illness, Liz Lucas investigates whether a burglar or someone staying at her lodge committed the crime.