Peridale Cafe Cozy Mystery Books in Order

Julia plans Barker's birthday party as a way to finally meet his family, but the celebration ends in murder. With Barker's brothers in the frame, the case turns painfully close to home.

Barker is already under pressure when a body turns up on his doorstep. Julia dives into a tangled case full of threats, murky motives, and just enough danger to make everything personal.

A string of strange deaths at a homeless sanctuary draws Julia into one of her bleakest cases. When another witness is killed, she and Barker have to move fast before the killer strikes again.

A chain coffee shop threatens Julia's cafe just as burglary and murder hit Peridale. With her business and pride on the line, she has to untangle the clues before more damage is done.

A storm wrecks Barker's cottage and uncovers a hidden basement beneath Julia's cafe, with the body of a girl missing for decades inside. Julia takes on a cold case the village never forgot.

Christmas reaches Peridale, but the festive mood does not last long. Rumours, fear, and another death leave Julia trying to separate ghost stories and gossip from the real danger.

Julia attends her estranged father's garden party expecting awkward family drama, not a guest thrown from a window. With her family under suspicion, she digs into a knot of secrets and lies.

A gardening contest puts Peridale in the spotlight, then club members start dying after obituary notices arrive first. Julia and reporter Johnny race to stop a killer among the Green Fingers.

Newly single Julia South returns home to open a cafe in Peridale, only to find herself at the center of a murder. To protect her friends and her fresh start, she starts asking dangerous questions.

A supposed spa break in a Scottish castle sounds perfect for Julia, Dot, and Sue, until murder ruins the trip. Ancient walls, family tension, and local secrets quickly turn rest into sleuthing.

Barker's book launch at the library is shattered when a decade-old skeleton appears. Julia takes on a cold case involving a missing librarian, a complicated family, and secrets that never stayed buried.

A special celebration brings Julia back into the orbit of old friends and older secrets. As memories resurface and the mood curdles, she is forced to look hard at the past to solve the case.

Peridale does not handle change gracefully, and this time the tension turns fatal. Julia has to work out whether the trouble started with local grudges, family loyalties, or something more deliberate.

A seaside break in Blackpool should be relaxing, but a cabaret performer is badly hurt under suspicious circumstances. Julia cannot resist asking questions, even when she promised herself a holiday.

Julia and Barker's wedding day is already chaotic before the choirmaster drops dead during the ceremony. Their ruined celebration becomes the start of a fresh investigation into poison and grudges.

Dot and Percy should be enjoying their wedding, but Peridale never stays peaceful for long. When their big occasion is overshadowed by violence, Julia is pulled into another mystery shaped by long memories.

A burglary at Peridale Manor lands Julia in the middle of another mess just as family problems pile up around her. Helping her father means following a trail that may be far more serious than theft.

Julia agrees to judge a village bake-off, then her fellow judge dies after tasting cake. Between public scandal and private strain, she has to work out who turned a local contest into murder.

With her cafe, family, and future already demanding attention, Julia does not want another case. But when a farmer's young widow begs for help, she is drawn into a bitter and dangerous family feud.

A trip away should mean rest for Julia and Barker, but danger follows them out of Peridale. In unfamiliar surroundings, Julia still finds herself sorting lies, nerves, and murder.

What should be a straightforward village affair turns sour when poison enters the picture. Julia and Barker chase gossip, grudges, and hidden motives in a case that refuses to stay simple.

The sale of Wellington Manor and a threat to Peridale's library already have Julia under pressure. Then a garden party turns violent, and she has to untangle property politics, old loyalties, and gunfire.

After the local neighbourhood watch falls apart, Julia finds herself leading a new team just as the former leader is murdered. Break-ins, gossip, and Dot's ambitions make this case extra lively.

A body found in a school time capsule throws Julia into a thirty-year-old missing person case. With a wedding approaching, she has to juggle cake plans, old memories, and fresh suspicions.

A huge music festival blocks access to Julia's cafe, so she tries to make the best of a chaotic weekend. Then the headlining singer dies, and the noise gives way to murder.

Barker's long-awaited allotment should be a simple family project for spring. Instead, a shallow grave among the carrots turns his new hobby into the start of another Peridale mystery.