Second Chance Cat Mystery (Darlene Ryan) Books in Order

Sarah Grayson runs a secondhand shop in North Harbor, Maine, and has recently taken in a scarred stray cat named Elvis. When her friend Maddie is found with a dead man in her garden, Sarah has to clear her name and find the real killer.

A waterfront development fight turns deadly when stubborn baker Lily Carter is murdered in her own shop. Sarah and Elvis dig through town politics, old grudges, and a growing suspect list, with Elvis's lie-sensing instincts giving them an edge.

Sarah heads to a wealthy collector's estate hoping to find stock for Second Chance, but Elvis uncovers a body instead. A dead appraiser, a valuable wine collection, and feuding relatives pull Sarah and Charlotte's Angels into another messy case.

Kathleen's friend Maggie thinks someone at the artists' co-op is stealing small but troubling items, and she does not want the police involved. Kathleen and her two magical cats take on the quiet little mystery before suspicion tears friendships apart.

Rose sees a customer murdered by his wife, then wakes up to find no one believes her story, because the husband seems to have vanished alive. Sarah, Elvis, and the Angels have to untangle a clever setup before the killer strikes again.

When a woman from Mac's past comes to North Harbor and ends up dead, suspicion lands squarely on him. Sarah and Elvis start digging into secrets Mac has kept buried, hoping to prove her right-hand man is no killer.

A teenager asks Charlotte's Angels to reopen the case that sent her father to prison after his wife's mysterious death. Sarah and Elvis follow the cold trail, trying to decide whether this is an old tragedy or a miscarriage of justice.

A celebration of North Harbor's redevelopment plans ends badly when a young man tied to a proposed nature preserve is poisoned. Sarah, Elvis, and the Angels have to sort out land disputes, local grudges, and a murder with plenty of personal fallout.

Charlotte's Angels take on a case involving sabotage at Maine cat shows, and their boldest move is sending Elvis undercover as a contestant. When a volunteer is murdered, Sarah has to solve the case before the next show turns dangerous.

Sarah's night off ends when she finds library board member Stella Hall standing over a body in the street. With the evidence piling up against Stella, Sarah, Elvis, and the Angels have to find out who really wanted the victim dead.

A spring house tour leads Sarah into a home with a haunted reputation and a fresh corpse upstairs. When a ghost hunter is found dead, she and Elvis have to sort through local legends, nerves, and very real motives.

While visiting a friend, Sarah and her rescue cat, Elvis, are led to a storm cellar hiding a dead financial adviser long presumed gone. The case pulls in angry investors, buried resentments, and a friend Charlotte's Angels are determined to protect.

A new murder on the same stretch of beach where a young woman drowned years earlier sends Sarah back into an old case. With Elvis and Charlotte's Angels helping, she starts to suspect the first death may have sent the wrong man to prison.