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Stranded in Provence Books in Order

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Browse the Stranded in Provence books by Susan Kiernan Lewis in order, with quick summaries, series background, and where to begin.

Last updated: June 30, 2026

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Stranded in Provence books in publication order

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13 books

1

A Bad Eclair Day

by Susan Kiernan Lewis

2017

Jules is still learning that in post-reset Provence, no ordinary day stays ordinary for long. Another killing sends her back into the fray with wit, stubbornness, and not nearly enough information.

2

A French Country Christmas

by Susan Kiernan Lewis

2017

Christmas in Chabanel should bring light, warmth, and a little peace after the world's reset. Instead, Jules gets another reminder that holiday cheer and mystery can share the same table.

3

Accent on Murder

by Susan Kiernan Lewis

2017

When Jules's French tutor is strangled and her best friend is accused, she has to investigate with almost no tools and very shaky language skills. The timing could not be worse, because home may finally be within reach.

4

Crime and Croissants

by Susan Kiernan Lewis

2017

Still adjusting to a Provence without power, cars, or an easy way home, Jules heads to Aix to help a fellow American accused of killing a pastry chef. The croissants are great, the odds are not.

5

Parlez-Vous Murder?

by Susan Kiernan Lewis

2017

Dumped, grieving, and hiding out in France, Jules Hooker finds a dead body in her rental house. Then a dirty bomb knocks modern life backward and leaves her stranded with a murder to solve.

6

Croak, Monsieur!

by Susan Kiernan Lewis

2018

Jules stumbles into yet another village mystery where charm and menace sit side by side. In Provence, even the quaintest trouble can turn deadly fast.

7

Death du Jour

by Susan Kiernan Lewis

2018

Life in Chabanel has its routines now, but murder keeps breaking them. Jules has to rely on instinct, shoe leather, and stubborn persistence to make sense of another deadly puzzle.

8

Murder Tres Gauche

by Susan Kiernan Lewis

2018

Jules faces another off-kilter Provençal case where bad manners are the least of anyone's problems. Beneath the wit and village life, something ugly is waiting to surface.

9

Wined and Died

by Susan Kiernan Lewis

2018

Wine country gives Jules a fresh setting for murder, but no easier path to the truth. In a world with fewer modern distractions, motives stand out more sharply than ever.

10

Murder, Voila!

by Susan Kiernan Lewis

2023

Jules is still stranded in Provence and still tripping over murder when she least wants to. Another case tests her patience, her instincts, and her place in this reset world.

11

Crepe Expectations

by Susan Kiernan Lewis

2024

Jules gets pulled into another charmingly titled, not at all charming murder case in Provence. Good food may be nearby, but so are lies, grudges, and fresh trouble.

12

Fromage to Eternity

by Susan Kiernan Lewis

2024

Cheese, village loyalties, and murder make an unusually French mix in this Provence mystery. Jules has to sort through local ties before another secret curdles into danger.

13

French Fried

by Susan Kiernan Lewis

2025

Life in reset-era France is still anything but settled for Jules. Another mystery lands in her lap, and staying out of it is never really an option.

Stranded in Provence books in chronological order

  1. Book cover for "Parlez-Vous Murder?"

    Parlez-Vous Murder?

    by Susan Kiernan Lewis

    2017Stranded in Provence, Book 1
  2. Book cover for "Crime and Croissants"

    Crime and Croissants

    by Susan Kiernan Lewis

    2017Stranded in Provence, Book 2
  3. Book cover for "Accent on Murder"

    Accent on Murder

    by Susan Kiernan Lewis

    2017Stranded in Provence, Book 3
  4. Book cover for "A Bad Eclair Day"

    A Bad Eclair Day

    by Susan Kiernan Lewis

    2017Stranded in Provence, Book 4
  5. Book cover for "A French Country Christmas"

    A French Country Christmas

    by Susan Kiernan Lewis

    2017Stranded in Provence, Book 5
  6. Book cover for "Croak, Monsieur!"

    Croak, Monsieur!

    by Susan Kiernan Lewis

    2018Stranded in Provence, Book 6
  7. Book cover for "Death du Jour"

    Death du Jour

    by Susan Kiernan Lewis

    2018Stranded in Provence, Book 7
  8. Book cover for "Murder Tres Gauche"

    Murder Tres Gauche

    by Susan Kiernan Lewis

    2018Stranded in Provence, Book 8
  9. Book cover for "Wined and Died"

    Wined and Died

    by Susan Kiernan Lewis

    2018Stranded in Provence, Book 9
  10. Book cover for "Murder, Voila!"

    Murder, Voila!

    by Susan Kiernan Lewis

    2023Stranded in Provence, Book 10
  11. Book cover for "Fromage to Eternity"

    Fromage to Eternity

    by Susan Kiernan Lewis

    2024Stranded in Provence, Book 11
  12. Book cover for "Crepe Expectations"

    Crepe Expectations

    by Susan Kiernan Lewis

    2024Stranded in Provence, Book 12
  13. Book cover for "French Fried"

    French Fried

    by Susan Kiernan Lewis

    2025Stranded in Provence, Book 13

Series background & context

The Stranded in Provence books take one of Lewis's favorite ingredients, an American woman dropped into France, and give it a very odd, very fun twist. Jules Hooker heads to the south of France expecting a getaway and a chance to recover from a breakup. Instead she finds a dead body, and then a dirty bomb over the Mediterranean knocks modern life backward so completely that daily existence starts to resemble the 1950s.

That premise changes the whole feel of the series. This is Provence, but not the Provence of carefree vacation fantasy. Cars, computers, easy communication, and modern forensic tools are gone or badly limited. Jules cannot lean on technology, and neither can the police. If she wants to solve a murder, she has to do it the slow way, with questions, observation, legwork, and nerve.

The setting still matters in the most Lewis way possible. There are village cafés, food markets, bicycles, language mishaps, and the pleasures of French daily life. The fictional village of Chabanel, along with nearby Aix-en-Provence, gives the series warmth and texture even when the premise sounds grim. That contrast is really the hook. It is part post-apocalyptic setup, part cozy village mystery, and part fish-out-of-water expat story.

Jules has to grow up fast.

She is witty, prickly, and not always graceful, which makes her a good guide through a world that has become both simpler and harder overnight. The books build around her efforts to adapt, solve crimes, handle romance, and figure out what a future in this reset France might even look like.

If you like mysteries that bend genre without losing readability, this series is worth a look. It takes the old-fashioned detective idea of shoe leather over gadgets and drops it into a Provençal setting full of croissants, suspicion, and very real danger.

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