Norwegian Forest Café Cozy Mystery Books in Order

Lauren, Zoe, and Annie run a cat café in Gold Leaf Valley, until a beloved regular is poisoned. Their customers become suspects, and the trio investigates despite warnings from the town's new detective.

A feared food critic arrives in Gold Leaf Valley, then turns up dead after Lauren delivers pastries to his motel. With Lauren under suspicion, she, Zoe, and Annie sort through a crowded list of enemies.

While catering a senior-center anniversary party, Lauren, Zoe, and Annie witness the aftermath of a landlord's fatal hit-and-run. Was it an accident, or murder? Local gossip and a rescued kitten complicate their search.

Lauren and Zoe sign up for an advanced latte-art class, only for their famous instructor to be murdered. Annie finds a clue at the café, and the cousins investigate classmates, business ties, and a mysterious stranger.

Lauren's romantic bed-and-breakfast weekend with Detective Mitch ends when the owner is murdered and they become suspects. While Mitch handles a garden-gnome theft, Lauren, Zoe, and Annie quietly investigate the death.

Annie is recruited to play Mrs. Claus in Gold Leaf Valley's Christmas show. Opening night ends with a backstage murder, and Lauren and Zoe investigate when a grieving brother points suspicion their way.

A cocky rival opens a cupcake truck outside Lauren's cat café and steals the customers' attention. When he is found dead, Lauren, Zoe, and Annie become prime suspects and need to clear their names.

A disastrous haircut sends Lauren and Zoe to a new salon, where an angry customer causes a scene. Days later she is found strangled outside, and the cousins and Annie begin looking for the killer.

Annie enters a cat show to support the local park, but a fierce competitor's owner dies during the event. Lauren and Zoe must protect a valuable Persian cat while untangling rivalry, bribery, and murder.

Zoe enters a local pizza-making contest while Lauren bakes red velvet cupcakes and Annie supervises. When the winner is murdered, the cousins become suspects and must investigate a competitive field full of grudges.

When a visiting priest is found dead in a church parking lot, Lauren and Zoe are drawn into the case. Counterfeit money in the café register suggests the murder may involve more than an unhappy parish.

A local television celebrity wants Lauren's cupcake idea, then turns up murdered after Lauren refuses his offer. With Lauren under suspicion, she, Zoe, and Annie follow the clues back toward the TV studio.

Two weeks before Lauren's wedding, she and Mitch take dance lessons with a flirtatious instructor. When the instructor is murdered, Lauren, Zoe, and Annie must solve the case before wedding plans unravel.

Kitten adoption day should be a happy event at the cat café, until a difficult woman is found murdered. Lauren, Zoe, and Annie investigate while Lauren wonders why Mitch has been visiting a jewelry store.

Lauren's wedding planning takes a grim turn when she and Zoe find a venue owner dead in a hedge. With Annie nearby and suspects ranging from a bride to the victim's ex-wife, the trio needs answers fast.

A new paramedic joins Gold Leaf Valley, but troubling details soon emerge about him. When Lauren, Zoe, and Annie find a body, they investigate amid daytime burglaries and Martha's risky solo sleuthing.

A local talk about the gold rush inspires Lauren, Zoe, Annie, and Martha to try panning for gold. Then a woman's prized nugget, a dead body, and a trail of hidden clues point toward a very modern motive.

When Lauren's unreliable college helper fails to show up for work, she, Annie, and Mitch find him dead. Zoe returns from her honeymoon ready to investigate, but the victim's friends and professor all have reasons to resent him.

Fresh from their honeymoons, Lauren and Zoe help a friend recover jewelry left with her uncle. When the jewels vanish and a body is found, Lauren, Annie, and Zoe must work out whether the crimes are connected.

A young woman asks Lauren, Zoe, and Annie to investigate the death of her fashion-designer boss. Police call it a burglary, but the victim's fiancé, business circle, and employees leave plenty of room for doubt.

A new gossip column has Gold Leaf Valley talking until tragedy strikes at the newspaper office. Lauren, Zoe, Annie, and Annie's feline friends hunt for a killer while a local pickpocket adds another puzzle.

Gold Leaf Valley is excited when Zoe's princess script becomes a movie, bringing cast and crew to town. Then Lauren, Zoe, and Annie discover a body and must uncover who brought murder to the production.

Zoe's princess movie has its big Gold Leaf Valley premiere, until she and Lauren find a dead journalist. Mitch investigates officially, but Lauren, Zoe, Annie, and Martha start following their own clues.