Paws and Claws Mysteries Books in Order

Driving back to Wagtail, Holly rescues a black Lab left in a roadside cage with a note asking someone to care for him, and soon the friendly dog is living at the inn. When her ex boyfriend arrives with law firm colleagues and one of them dies in a suspicious fall, town gossip points at a man recently released from prison, but Holly and her friends suspect the real motive lies much closer to home.

Hoping for a few quiet days, Holly is startled to wake up beside an unfamiliar reddish dog who has apparently wandered into her apartment and charmed Trixie and Twinkletoes. The stray belongs to her cousin Josh, camping across the lake, but when Josh disappears and a guest is found dead in his tent, Holly must protect her family by finding the real killer.

Thanksgiving tourists flood Wagtail for a Gingerbread Dog and Cat House competition held at a new convention center built beside an old oak tree. When the tree topples and reveals a body hidden in its trunk, Holly, Trixie, and Twinkletoes dig into decades of secrets to expose a patient killer.

The women of WAG, a national animal rescue group, arrive in Wagtail for a glamorous charity ball, and Holly rolls out the red carpet at the inn. When a pet detective searching for a missing dog ends up dead, Holly and Trixie must figure out which gracious guest had murder in mind.

A famous dog from a popular television show comes to Wagtail for a rest, but the pampered star keeps running off and stirring up trouble. During a treasure hunt, he and Trixie uncover a body, then a stranger appears claiming Trixie as his own, forcing Holly to fight on two fronts.

A Christmas market based on Holly’s German heritage brings festive crowds and her childhood friend Holmes back to Wagtail, along with his stylish fiancée. When Trixie leads Holly to the body of a pet clothing tycoon, holiday romance, business rivalries, and family loyalties all become suspects.

Wagtail hosts a matchmaking weekend for pet owners, and Holly and Oma scramble to keep the Sugar Maple Inn running smoothly. When a man tied to the event is found dead with a personal letter from Oma in his pocket, Holly must protect her grandmother and unmask the culprit.

Holly hosts a winter murder mystery weekend at the Sugar Maple Inn to lure tourists during the slow season, only for a blizzard to trap everyone inside. When Trixie finds an actual corpse among the faux clues, Holly has to solve the real crime before panic snowballs.

Television ghost hunters descend on Wagtail’s Halloween festival to film spooky legends, filling the Sugar Maple Inn with believers. When Trixie and Twinkletoes discover a drowned woman in a famously haunted bathhouse, Holly suspects a staged haunting is hiding a very real murder.

After losing her job, Holly Miller drives to Wagtail Mountain to help at her grandmother’s pet friendly inn, picking up a stray Jack Russell along the way. When an employee dies in a suspicious hit and run, Holly, Trixie, and kitten Twinkletoes nose out secrets beneath the town’s charm.