Penny Hawthorne Cozy Mystery Books in Order

Penny Hawthorne’s latest trip brings her face-to-face with a fatality that puts her in the wrong place at the wrong time. Using her knowledge of plants, and her growing detective instincts, she unravels who’s lying, and why someone needed a death to happen.

An Earl Grey trail leads Penny Hawthorne into a case where the neatest alibi is the most suspicious. With a British detective at her side, she follows the evidence through charm and deception, determined to clear her name and catch the killer.

A calming cup of chamomile becomes the start of calamity when Penny Hawthorne is drawn into another investigation far from home. Following subtle clues and bitter grudges, she works to expose the person turning healing herbs into harm.

Penny Hawthorne’s search for rare botanicals leads her into another vendetta-fueled mystery. As she follows clues through a new locale and a tight suspect list, she learns that something as sweet as vanilla can hide very sharp motives.

A sourcing trip turns perilous when Penny Hawthorne is pulled into a case tied to peppermint, poison, and competing agendas. Determined to stay free, and keep traveling, she tracks the truth alongside an ally who won’t let her face danger alone.

Penny Hawthorne expects calm and clean flavors, not minty malice and a fresh body. As suspicion falls on the outsider, Penny uses her sharp senses to sift truth from lies, and identify the killer before the trail goes cold.

Herbalist Penny Hawthorne travels the world for rare ingredients, but in the Swiss Alps a death makes her the prime suspect. With help from a British detective, she investigates the bitter rivalries behind the crime to clear her name.