Midwest Cozy Mystery Books in Order

Romance novelist Kat Denham visits her acupuncturist friend Mitzi's clinic while considering a new kind of book. A patient's unexplained death draws Kat into an investigation that could damage both women's reputations unless she uncovers the killer.

Widowed novelist Kat's secret life as steamy romance author Sexy Cissy is exposed just as she discovers her murdered editor. To protect her reputation and avoid becoming another victim, she must investigate who resented the editor or her books.

A county judge's murder makes Kat's recently married district-attorney husband a suspect. Determined to clear his name, she investigates a case that disrupts their honeymoon period and brings dangers requiring help from both human and canine protectors.

A murder involving a prominent publisher and a celebrity newscaster draws Kat into an unfamiliar family circle. Her daughter's possible marriage into the victim's family makes identifying the killer especially important, even as the investigation puts Kat at risk.

Professor Deborah White discovers her husband's affairs just as a student involved with him is murdered. Kat investigates to help her friend, but competing motives among spouses and lovers make the case complicated and increasingly dangerous.

Kat and Blaine travel to the Caribbean after a troubling mix of business dealings, infidelity and an apparent death. Finding someone who wants to disappear proves difficult, turning an island trip into a search through secrets and uncertainty.

Kat and Blaine travel to Florence for a wedding, expecting a romantic visit to Italy. The murder of the groom's best friend takes them to Sardinia instead, where they search for the killer amid unfamiliar surroundings.

Hollywood veteran Marie Moorhead is murdered just before launching a book exposing industry secrets. Ghostwriter Kat and her dog Rudy investigate who wanted to silence the eighty-four-year-old, knowing that the same killer could turn on Kat.

Kat attends a writing convention hoping to learn about successful books, only to encounter a tell-all author's murder. Blackmail, resentment, and suspicious attendees draw her into an investigation where the victim's revelations may explain the crime.

Newly licensed private investigator Kat Denham takes her first case in South Africa, where a U.S. Trade Commission member has been murdered. Navigating local customs and the Cape Town police investigation, she sorts through jealousy, gambling, and old feuds.

Kat’s literary sightseeing trip to northern England turns into an investigation when a pub employee is murdered on her first night. Despite promising her husband to avoid more cases, she helps the victim’s uncle and a local police sergeant.

Kat and her friends expect a relaxing Seychelles vacation until a Texas oil tycoon is killed before his daughter’s beachside wedding. His wealthy family offers plenty of motives, and the investigators must act before the killer leaves the island.

A body found on a Kansas golf course brings Kat Denham into another murder investigation. Working with Detective Exall, she examines marital betrayal and suspicious business dealings to discover who used a golf club as a weapon.