Olivia Matthews Books in Order

When controversial theologian Maurice Jordan is murdered before speaking at her congregation's celebration, Sister Lou LaSalle sees her fellow sisters fall under suspicion. She joins her nephew and a local reporter to investigate his supporters and enemies.

After Sister Marianna clashes with a resort owner over an Advent retreat, the woman is found strangled and Marianna becomes the chief suspect. Sister Lou recruits her nephew and a reporter to investigate a possible frame-up.

When a town official dies while wearing the mayor's coat and driving her car, Sister Lou suspects mistaken identity rather than an accident. She shelters the threatened mayor and investigates with her nephew and reporter Shari Henson.

Brooklyn librarian Marvey is still adjusting to life in a small Georgia town when a body is discovered in a bookstore. With her new friend under suspicion, she uses research skills and crime-fiction knowledge to investigate.

At a library fundraiser, Marvey discovers a list naming a recently deceased resident and her friend Spencer Holt. Suspecting a connection between the list and the death, she and fellow librarians investigate a threat rooted in revenge.

Lyndsay Murray opens a West Indian bakery with her family in Brooklyn's Little Caribbean neighborhood. After she publicly confronts a rival baker and he is found murdered, Lyndsay must investigate to clear her name.

Lyndsay Murray’s family bakery joins a Caribbean festival where a singer’s death is dismissed as an accident. Her cousin’s friend suspects murder, drawing Lyndsay into an investigation that threatens to overshadow the celebration and expose a killer.

A principal dies after eating at a retirement dinner hosted by Lyndsay Murray's family bakery. As police scrutiny drives customers away, Lyndsay investigates the woman's death to protect her relatives and their newly established business.