Sweet Home Louisiana Cozy Mysteries Books in Order

Missy Beckett returns to LaChance, Louisiana, hoping for a quiet retirement with Chas. When her daughter Kaylee’s police-academy instructor is murdered and Kaylee becomes a suspect, Missy resumes sleuthing to protect her family.

A Christmas gala in LaChance turns deadly after Missy Beckett helps arrange its last-minute Santa. With festive gossip concealing dangerous secrets, she follows clues through her Louisiana hometown to discover who has turned the celebration into a murder scene.

A body at an investment property puts Melissa Beckett’s realtor friend and a recently displaced single mother under suspicion. As Missy investigates, ominous objects left in her yard suggest that someone wants her to stop.

A celebrity chili champion is poisoned at a Texas cookoff, and the fatal meal was served in Melissa Beckett’s bowl. Facing suspicion, Missy investigates culinary rivalries and old betrayals to uncover who wanted the champion dead.

Dress shopping with her police-officer daughter leads Missy Beckett to a boutique where a body is discovered. Despite Kaylee’s warning to stay out, Missy investigates the victim’s many enemies as anonymous threats complicate the case.

A camping trip with her husband and son turns into an investigation when Missy Beckett’s family discovers a root beer maker’s body. A missing recipe and old rivalries lead her into the local craft brewing community.

A couple’s plans to open a taco stand bring unexpected trouble to LaChance. When an apparent accident becomes suspicious, Missy Beckett follows swamp clues while risking conflict with a detective and her daughter’s new police career.

A museum fundraiser turns deadly, and a dinosaur bone points suspicion toward someone Missy Beckett knows. Missing artifacts and vandalism suggest a wider campaign against the museum, drawing her into an investigation of carefully concealed grudges.

Renovating her former cupcake shop, Missy Beckett finds a missing wedding ring. Returning it introduces her to an endangered possum and its absent caretaker, prompting an investigation into a husband’s disappearance and the secrets surrounding his home.

Missy Beckett and her husband Chas investigate a murder involving glamorous stars and suspicious agents. Their search takes them beyond Louisiana, where unfamiliar surroundings and concealed motives make identifying the killer an increasingly dangerous undertaking for the couple.

A movie outing ends with a former theatre employee dead in the back row. Missy Beckett investigates the theft accusations that shadowed Darcy LeMoyne, seeking whoever wanted to stop the young woman from clearing her name.