Maggie Benton Books in Order

Starting over in a small Appalachian town, Helen joins a birdwatching club and discovers a body on its first outing. Helping her new friends solve the crime may save one of them from prison and give her a sense of belonging.

While preparing a harvest festival at the library, Helen discovers a murder involving her former husband and his new wife. She and her friends must follow the evidence through a complicated personal situation before the town’s autumn celebration begins.

A rare snowstorm disrupts Valentine’s Day preparations in Helen’s mountain town and brings a tragedy uncomfortably close to home. Suspecting murder beneath an apparent accident, she joins her birdwatching friends to investigate before the celebration is overshadowed by another death.

Helen anticipates a Thanksgiving weekend of baking, friends and family, but wedding preparations lead her and Annie to a body. Their search for a reception venue becomes a murder investigation that must be resolved before the holiday celebrations begin.

Helen’s library receives a valuable first edition just as the town prepares its autumn festival. When the book disappears and a staff member is murdered, she and her birdwatching friends investigate the connection between the theft and the killing.

A summer festival promises wedding celebrations and funds for Helen’s new library stargazing deck. When fire breaks out at a lakeside pavilion, signs of arson and murder draw her away from the festivities and into another investigation.

Helen prepares for Halloween with library ghost stories, a town ghost walk and time with her family. The discovery of a body during the walk turns seasonal scares into a real investigation that she and her friends must solve.

Helen and her birdwatching friends travel to a festival in Virginia, staying at an inn reputedly haunted by a woman from the Civil War. A real incident interrupts their holiday, forcing them to investigate dangers that have little to do with ghosts.

Holiday celebrations in Helen’s mountain town turn deadly when a runner dies after eating a pie from her friend’s diner. With the library bustling and the restaurant reopening, Helen and her companions must uncover who turned a festive race into murder.

As a blizzard approaches, Helen prepares for life with her new husband while trying to sell her former home. Discovering a body on the property forces her into a race to identify the killer before the storm traps the town.

Busy with Christmas visitors and library events, Helen volunteers at a local tree farm and discovers an unfamiliar man dead. Identifying him becomes the first challenge in a holiday investigation whose answers are far from obvious to her or her friends.

Library director Helen Bennett is juggling a birthday party and wedding duties when a death at Town Hall interrupts spring celebrations. With dear friends among the suspects, she must discover whether to clear their names or expose their guilt.