Paige Shelton Books in Order
Explore Paige Shelton books in order, from cozy food and bookshop mysteries to Alaska suspense, with summaries, series notes, and easy starting-point guidance.
Last updated: June 7, 2026
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Publication Order
36 books
Chewy Moon
by Paige Shelton
2007
After losing her parents, Josie Abernathy meets Sanana, a strange girl who pulls her into a moonlit adventure full of magic, history, and grief. Their growing friendship forces Josie to face fears she has been hiding from.
Farm Fresh Murder
by Paige Shelton
2010
Jam maker Becca Robins arrives at Bailey's Farmers' Market to find a peach vendor murdered and a longtime seller under suspicion. To protect the market and clear an innocent man, she starts digging through vendor secrets.
Crops and Robbers
by Paige Shelton
2011
When powerful food-world figure Joan Ashworth turns up dead and the evidence points toward Becca's mother, Becca has no choice but to investigate. Clearing her family means untangling business rivalries and small-town grudges.
Fruit of All Evil
by Paige Shelton
2011
Wedding plans take over Bailey's Farmers' Market when Becca's friend Linda is set to marry, but the celebration sours fast. When the groom's difficult mother is murdered, Becca has to sort through family grudges and local resentment.
A Killer Maize
by Paige Shelton
2012
Becca is working a county fall festival when a Ferris wheel operator is found dead and her ex-husband starts acting suspiciously. Between the corn maze, old secrets, and new danger, the fair turns into a trap.
If Fried Chicken Could Fly
by Paige Shelton
2012
At Gram's Country Cooking School, Betts Winston is helping with a big cook-off when a local theater owner is found dead in the supply closet. With fingers pointed at Gram, Betts digs into Broken Rope's past and present.
If Mashed Potatoes Could Dance
by Paige Shelton
2012
A group of foodie tourists brings fresh chaos to Broken Rope just as the ghost of ax murderess Sally Swarthmore begs Betts for help. Then a tourist turns up dead, and Betts is stuck solving two mysteries at once.
Red Hot Deadly Peppers
by Paige Shelton
2012
While visiting Arizona, Becca finds a jewelry maker murdered and learns the death may connect to a family's fiery pepper business. Far from home, she still cannot resist chasing the truth.
Clockwork
by Paige Shelton
2013
In a future where the government controls time and love, sixteen-year-old Kally Bright repairs clocks and waits for her fate to be assigned. Then she is sent back to 1750 Scotland, where freedom comes with its own risks.
If Bread Could Rise to the Occasion
by Paige Shelton
2013
A new term at Gram's Country Cooking School is thrown off balance when a stranger shows up claiming he belongs there. Betts and Gram soon find themselves sorting through suspicious stories, town secrets, and another dangerous mystery.
Merry Market Murder
by Paige Shelton
2013
Christmas brings extra business to Bailey's Farmers' Market until a rival tree seller is found dead with a stake in his chest. Strange ornaments left at Becca's stall become the only clue to a very unseasonal killer.
If Catfish Had Nine Lives
by Paige Shelton
2014
At Broken Rope's cowboy poetry convention, a staged gunfight turns into a real killing and Betts's brother becomes a suspect. With ghosts crowding close and family on the line, Betts has to move fast.
Bushel Full of Murder / Wound Up in Murder
by Paige Shelton
2015
Food trucks roll into Bailey's Farmers' Market and stir up instant trouble, especially when Becca's cousin Peyton is among the newcomers. After the town's business manager is murdered, Becca races to clear her cousin.
If Onions Could Spring Leeks
by Paige Shelton
2015
Summer tourists fill Broken Rope as Betts is drawn into a ghostly mystery tied to a vanished train station and a woman from the past. A present-day murder proves the town is not finished with old secrets.
A Christmas Tartan
by Paige Shelton
2016
While tracing the history of a mysterious box of objects, Delaney finds an old photo tucked inside a worn copy of A Christmas Carol. The clue leads her to a missing granddaughter and a holiday mystery with real stakes.
The Cracked Spine
by Paige Shelton
2016
Delaney Nichols leaves Kansas for a job at Edinburgh's Cracked Spine bookshop, hoping for a fresh start among rare books and odd treasures. Instead, her new life quickly tangles with murder and hidden motives.
To Helvetica and Back
by Paige Shelton
2016
Clare Henry and her grandfather restore books and typewriters at the Rescued Word in Star City, Utah. When a stranger demands an antique Underwood and later turns up dead, Clare follows the trail into deeper trouble.
Bookman Dead Style
by Paige Shelton
2017
The Star City Film Festival brings celebrities to town, and Clare is charmed when a movie star visits the Rescued Word. That charm fades fast when he is arrested for killing his sister, and Clare decides he is not the real villain.
Comic Sans Murder
by Paige Shelton
2017
A horror author's visit to Star City turns grisly when a ski boot with a severed foot is found on the slopes. Soon Clare is pulled into a murder tied to old classmates and a high school reunion.
Of Books and Bagpipes
by Paige Shelton
2017
Delaney heads to Castle Doune to retrieve a rare old comic for the Cracked Spine and finds a dead man instead. What starts as an odd errand turns into a tangled case of missing pages, hidden motives, and danger.
Lost Books and Old Bones
by Paige Shelton
2018
A valuable set of old medical books draws Delaney into Edinburgh's darker history when bones and murder enter the picture. To understand the present case, she has to dig into the city's grim past.
The Loch Ness Papers
by Paige Shelton
2019
Delaney befriends a Loch Ness believer whose monster hunting lands him in serious trouble. When he becomes a murder suspect, she heads toward the Highland mystery and the truths people would rather bury.
Thin Ice
by Paige Shelton
2019
Bestselling thriller writer Beth Rivers hides in the remote town of Benedict, Alaska after being stalked and kidnapped. Trying to rebuild her life, she is soon pulled into the suspicious death of a local girl.
Cold Wind
by Paige Shelton
2020
A mudslide outside Benedict exposes two silent girls, a hidden trapper's house, and the frozen body of a woman no one can identify. Beth cannot stop asking questions, even as winter closes in.
The Stolen Letter
by Paige Shelton
2020
Fresh off her honeymoon, Delaney collides with a woman who looks uncannily like her and claims a link to Mary Queen of Scots. Then a deadly explosion and a threat to the Cracked Spine pull her into a stranger case.
Dark Night
by Paige Shelton
2021
Winter brings an unwelcome census man to Benedict and an even bigger shock when Beth's mother appears in town. As people begin disappearing, Beth realizes the past is getting closer, not farther away.
Deadly Editions
by Paige Shelton
2021
A mysterious summons about a wealthy collector's books sends Delaney into a snowy Edinburgh puzzle. What begins like a rare-book errand turns into a treasure hunt shadowed by real danger.
Like Seeing a Ghost
by Paige Shelton
2021
Grieving widow Katie Carter finds an old photo album that suggests her family history is not what she believed. When that mystery pulls her back to Broken Rope's haunted past, she has a chance to right old wrongs.
The Burning Pages
by Paige Shelton
2022
A Burns Night dinner at a tucked-away cottage is supposed to heal an old rift, but it ends in fire and death. When Hamlet is accused, Delaney has to prove whether he is being framed or hiding something important.
Winter's End
by Paige Shelton
2022
During Benedict's grim annual Death Walk, Beth and her friend Orin head out to check on an elderly resident. When Orin vanishes, the search leads into hidden research, fresh danger, and Beth's unresolved family past.
Fateful Words
by Paige Shelton
2023
With Edwin away, Delaney takes over his literary tour of Edinburgh and expects a busy week, not a body. When the inn manager dies and a tour member vanishes, the trail turns into a citywide puzzle.
Lost Hours
by Paige Shelton
2023
On a glacier tour, Beth helps rescue a bloodied woman from a remote island. The survivor says a kidnapper is dead, but when another kidnapping follows, Beth suspects the story is only beginning.
Perfect Storm
by Paige Shelton
2024
With Travis Walker closing in on Alaska, Beth and Tex plan to disappear into the woods. A detour involving a murdered man's widow and a fresh disappearance proves there is no easy escape.
The Poison Pen
by Paige Shelton
2024
As Edinburgh mourns Queen Elizabeth II, Delaney is sent to a Roslin estate to inspect a possible historic treasure. Before long, legal intrigue, family secrets, and a corpse make the assignment far more dangerous.
Written in Stone
by Paige Shelton
2025
A festival invitation leads Delaney to an eccentric artist obsessed with the Picts and a paleontologist offering a remarkable artifact. When the scientist is murdered, the question becomes whether the relic is real at all.
The Bone Woman
by Paige Shelton
2026
Forensic consultant Hazel Dylan can read the stories bones tell, which is why her Arizona hometown calls on her after a brutal discovery in the desert. The case may also connect to the father who vanished from her life.
Where should I start?
For classic cozy mysteries: Farm Fresh Murder → Fruit of All Evil → Crops and Robbers
For ghosts and comfort food: If Fried Chicken Could Fly → If Mashed Potatoes Could Dance → If Bread Could Rise to the Occasion
For bookish mysteries: The Cracked Spine → Of Books and Bagpipes → Lost Books and Old Bones
For a colder, darker side: Thin Ice → Cold Wind → Dark Night
Author bio
Paige Shelton had a childhood that moved around a lot. Her father was a football coach, so before she was twelve she had already lived in several towns across the Midwest. One year in Portales, New Mexico stayed with her, partly because the family house felt haunted and partly because the Southwest got under her skin early.
She did get one stretch of steadier ground in Des Moines, Iowa, where she started and finished high school. She stayed there for college too, studying journalism at Drake University. That training shows up in her books. Even when the setups are playful, the plots are tidy and the clues are laid with care.
Writing was the plan from the start.
Shelton has said she wanted to be a writer from the time she was seven. Life took a few turns first. After college she moved to Salt Lake City for an advertising job, not expecting to stay long. Then she met Charlie, married him, raised a son, and wound up building a life there for decades before she and her husband moved to Arizona in February 2015.
Her first published novel was Farm Fresh Murder in 2010, and it opened the door to the warm, funny mystery world many readers know her for. From there she built several series that each have their own flavor. The Farmers' Market books follow jam maker Becca Robins through small-town murders and vendor drama, while the Country Cooking School books add ghosts, recipes, and Old West history in Broken Rope, Missouri.
Then came more bookish terrain. In the Dangerous Type mysteries, Shelton writes about a Utah shop that repairs typewriters and old books. In the Scottish Bookshop mysteries, she sends Delaney Nichols from Kansas to Edinburgh, where The Cracked Spine, Of Books and Bagpipes, and later entries mix rare books, Scottish history, and murder. Readers who love bookstores, odd corners of history, and a little travel with their cozy mysteries tend to settle in fast.
She can also shift gears.
The Alaska Wild novels, beginning with Thin Ice, are colder, darker, and more suspenseful. They still have her clear storytelling and strong sense of place, but the stakes are sharper, with a thriller writer hiding out in remote Alaska after a kidnapping. Shelton has also written outside her mystery lanes, including the young adult time-travel novel Clockwork and the earlier Chewy Moon.
What ties her books together is the way she builds communities. Her characters work with food, books, paper, history, and local lore. They live in places that feel specific, whether that is a South Carolina market, an Edinburgh bookshop, or a tiny Alaskan town at the edge of the wild. Even when murder shows up, the stories usually keep one foot in ordinary life.
These days Shelton lives in Arizona with her husband and keeps writing. That feels fitting. For someone who knew early what she wanted to do, she has found a lot of different roads into the same destination, and readers get the fun of following along.
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