Sandy Bay Books in Order

After abandoning Hollywood, Meghan Truman opens a bakery in Sandy Bay, hoping for a fresh start. When a rival business owner dies and she becomes the prime suspect, she must find the murderer to protect her livelihood and freedom.

When a wealthy couple dies after a charity event, suspicion falls on Meghan Truman’s brownies. With her bakery and budding relationship with Officer Irvin threatened, she must uncover the truth before the rumors destroy her new life.

A mysterious guest at a birthday party brings unwelcome strangers to Sandy Bay, and one is soon found dead. Meghan Truman follows the trail of an antique gun, hoping a buried secret will help Officer Irvin identify the killer.

Tension over a donut recipe strains Meghan’s relationship with her assistant, whose unpleasant relative is then murdered. A local handyman is arrested, but Meghan and Detective Irvin doubt his guilt despite the evidence stacked against him.

Meghan offers advice to a newcomer opening a bakery, only to have her recipes and business copied. When the rival baker is murdered and Meghan’s close friend becomes the chief suspect, she must untangle the conflicting clues.

A baking convention takes Meghan to Paris, where a missing celebrity chef is found dead in her hotel room. Named a person of interest, she must clear her name before the investigation ruins her trip and business opportunity.

An evening at the movies offers Meghan a break from the pressures of her bakery, until the theater manager dies. Investigating who benefited from his death brings her dangerously close to a killer hiding behind everyday tensions.

A stranger’s death during Sandy Bay’s annual festival inflames arguments over whether the event should continue. Torn between town pride and a friend’s campaign to cancel it, Meghan helps Detective Irvin search for clues amid mounting hostility.

Invited to serve desserts at the governor’s ball, Meghan encounters a prominent guest whose cruelty surprises her. When the guest dies after eating ice cream, she and Detective Irvin investigate a world of wealth, privilege and hidden motives.

Christmas celebrations take a grim turn when a body is discovered outside Meghan’s favorite restaurant. While some people want the matter forgotten, she joins Detective Irvin in questioning the suspicious circumstances behind the death.

A pampering party for a famous painter ends with a guest dead and Meghan’s king cake under suspicion. With Detective Irvin away, she must examine the suspects’ connections to the artist and uncover the killer’s mistake.

Meghan donates her popular lemon tarts to a retiring police officer’s celebration, only for the occasion to end in murder. The victim had enemies throughout Sandy Bay, leaving Meghan and Detective Irvin to sort through grudges and secrets.

The death of a troublesome customer’s relative is dismissed as old age, but Meghan suspects murder. As a struggle over the woman’s assets intensifies, she must separate rumor from evidence and discover who stood to gain.

An entertainer dies during preparations for an unusual funeral, and Meghan’s catering is blamed for a fatal allergic reaction. As customers abandon her bakery, she must challenge the rumors and find the person responsible.

A wedding Meghan is catering collapses when a stranger claims to be the groom’s wife. After the woman is found dead on the beach, Meghan questions an apparently obvious case and searches for the truth behind the accusations.

Vandalism at Meghan’s event barn brings in an unpleasant security expert, who is soon found dead on the property. With her business and relationship already strained, she must determine whether the death was an accident or murder.

Meghan returns to Texas after learning her father is ill, only to face two murders and accusations threatening her family. Old acquaintances, strained relationships and painful secrets turn her Christmas visit into an urgent search for a killer.

Meghan’s Las Vegas bachelorette party becomes a nightmare when an Elvis impersonator dies after tasting her rhubarb pie. Treated as the leading suspect, she must find the real killer before her approaching wedding is replaced by a prison sentence.

Meghan arrives in Texas for her wedding to discover her mother has transformed the celebration. When a celebrity baker is murdered, family secrets and renewed suspicion threaten the ceremony, leaving Meghan to investigate before her plans collapse.

Meghan’s honeymoon cruise turns dangerous when a chef is murdered and an illness spreads through the ship. With her new husband arrested, she searches for connections between the death, the sickness and the many people who disliked the victim.

Newly married Meghan struggles with changes at home and fresh competition for her bakery. When a rival restaurant owner is murdered, helping his widow draws her into an investigation that exposes how many people could profit from his death.

Before her life in Sandy Bay, aspiring actress Meghan discovers a promising Hollywood role is not what she expected. When a key person on set is murdered, she must clear her name among colleagues with ample reasons for resentment.

A politician’s murder unsettles Sandy Bay just as an unexpected visitor disrupts Meghan’s marriage. Her investigation uncovers the victim’s tangled relationships throughout town, while her bakery’s desserts become an unlikely link among the suspects.

A technology firm’s promised grant sets Sandy Bay’s business owners dreaming, until a key employee dies. Meghan investigates the suspicious death while discovering that people close to her have told lies that could conceal a killer.

Meghan tolerates an arrogant wealthy customer in hopes of winning more business, then finds her treats blamed for the customer’s death. Already struggling with marital tension, she must expose the killer to protect her name and bakery.

Hospitalized as a precaution during her pregnancy, Meghan witnesses unsettling behavior on the ward. When an unpopular patient dies and one of her bakery employees becomes a suspect, she investigates to clear the employee’s name.

A neighbor’s suspicious death interrupts a period of farewells and change for Meghan. Convinced there is more to the death than others admit, she pursues the truth despite the danger to herself and the person she cherishes most.

This cookbook gathers twenty-six alphabetically arranged recipes inspired by the Sandy Bay mysteries. Ingredient lists and step-by-step instructions guide readers through the series’ dishes, including pies, cookies, cakes, savory bakes and zucchini chips.