The Donut Mysteries Books in Order

A local busybody dies after eating one of Suzanne Hart's donuts, and the police swarm her kitchen. To save her reputation and her shop, Suzanne has to find out who turned a sweet treat into a murder weapon.

After her divorce, Suzanne Hart opens Donut Hearts in April Springs, North Carolina, hoping for a clean start. Then a body is dumped outside her shop, and she has to clear her new business before gossip and suspicion ruin it.

Winter festival cheer fades fast when Max's former girlfriend is found dead and he becomes the main suspect. Suzanne digs into messy relationships and old grudges to keep her ex from being fried for murder.

A hostile radio host has been attacking Suzanne's donut shop on air, so his murder puts her straight in the spotlight. With an eclair at the scene and half the town talking, she has to prove she was framed.

When newsstand owner Emily Hargraves vanishes after visiting Donut Hearts, Suzanne becomes one of the last people to see her. A strange special order, a missing Max, and a body in the park make the case even stranger.

Suzanne's mother jumps into a heated mayoral race, with chocolate donuts helping fuel the campaign. But when her opponent is murdered, Suzanne has to sort out politics, family, and motive before her mother takes the fall.

After Suzanne clashes with a local blacksmith, he is murdered and she becomes the obvious suspect. To save her shop and her name, she has to uncover who else had a reason to silence the man.

A furious stranger buys a box of crullers and uses them to pelt Suzanne's friend Gabby's shop. When he later turns up dead outside Donut Hearts, Suzanne and Gabby must untangle the trouble before it sticks to them.

Grace's cheating boyfriend is dead, and the evidence is piling up around her. Suzanne is sure her best friend is innocent, so she starts digging through broken relationships, ugly secrets, and plenty of people with reason to kill.

Emily Hargraves announces she is marrying Suzanne's ex husband Max, but the wedding turns deadly when one of her old flames is killed. Suzanne and Grace have to sort through jealous guests and long standing resentments fast.

A stranger claims he can prove Suzanne's late father had dangerous secrets, then gets murdered before he can talk. With Suzanne and her mother under suspicion, they have to learn who wanted the man silenced first.

A high school reunion brings Suzanne and Grace face to face with old classmates and older secrets. When one of them is murdered, the women have to untangle buried grudges before the past claims someone else.

Chief Martin's brother is murdered on the very day he is meant to retire. Jake takes over the case, but Suzanne and Grace keep digging until all the suspects are gathered in a mountain lodge with nowhere to hide.

The chief's ex wife is found dead, and Jake is brought in because he believes it was murder, not accident. Suzanne and Grace investigate from the sidelines, only to discover the case could upend far more than their plans.

Jake comes to April Springs to recover after being shot, but recovery is not simple when the criminal he was after has a dangerous partner. Suzanne soon finds herself facing threats from Jake's case and from her own past.

When Aunt Jean dies suddenly, Suzanne and her mother suspect murder almost at once. The case grows stranger when clues left behind suggest Jean knew she was in danger and planned one last message from beyond the grave.

Emma's awful boyfriend is found dead in the middle of a bonfire during Spirit Night, and Emma becomes a target of suspicion. Suzanne, Grace, and Jake have to work together before the case turns more dangerous still.

A holiday case pulls Suzanne back into the familiar mix of small town secrets, holiday stress, and trouble near Donut Hearts. Even at the most festive time of year, someone in April Springs is ready to steal more than pastries.

Suzanne joins Grace at a fancy corporate retreat expecting a little pampering and a lot of scenery. Instead, a guest dies, the group is cut off from help, and a killer is trapped on the mountain with them.

Suzanne and Jake return from their honeymoon to find April Springs in chaos and a new police chief dead. With friends, family, and even Suzanne's assistant among the suspects, married life starts with a murder investigation.

A time capsule opened in the town square reveals a murder confession that should have stayed buried. Suzanne, Grace, and Jake follow the trail into the past, only to find the danger may still be active in the present.

A murder at an old wagon factory drags Suzanne and Jake into a case tied to renovation plans and rumors of hidden gold. The clues suggest greed, history, and something personal are all tangled together.

When Crazy Dan, the local junk man, is found murdered in his shop, most people assume he was harmless. Suzanne and Grace learn otherwise as they uncover the surprising life, and many enemies, behind the old man.

Kindly old Gray Vincent is stabbed after movie night in the park, leaving April Springs baffled. Suzanne and Grace soon discover the man had a buried past, and that old sins may still be shaping the present.

An ice storm leaves April Springs frozen in place, and one resident is found dead outdoors in a Santa suit. Suzanne and Grace quickly learn the cold did not kill him, someone with a gun did.

A new attorney in April Springs is murdered soon after a public clash with Jake, putting him and Suzanne in the crosshairs. As they work to prove their innocence, family news threatens to change Suzanne's life as well.

While Donut Hearts is being repaired after storm damage, contractor Snappy Mack is found murdered inside the shop. Suzanne and Jake have to sort through his enemies before the killer decides one body is not enough.

A missing newspaper owner is only the start of Suzanne's trouble when an old flame soon turns up dead near a waterfall. The case forces her to confront secrets from her own past before they become a new danger.

The mayor's biggest rival is found murdered in city hall, behind the mayor's own desk, and then the mayor disappears. Suzanne, Grace, and Momma must clear his name before politics turns into a permanent setup.

A new bookstore opens across from Donut Hearts just as mystery writers descend on April Springs for a special panel. With so many people talking about murder, it is no surprise that someone soon makes it real.

A town councilman is brutally attacked, and the evidence points toward Mayor George Morris. Suzanne and Jake know their friend is being framed, but proving it is hard when the victim cannot remember what happened.

Barton Gleason's pop up bistro is meant to be a big new start for April Springs. Instead, a rival chef is murdered nearby, and Suzanne and Grace have to solve the crime while Jake is away on family business.

Suzanne and Jake leave town for a party with friends and wind up locked in a powerless penthouse with a corpse. As the storm worsens, they have to identify the killer before being trapped becomes much worse.

Suzanne agrees to make donuts for a longtime customer's birthday party, only for the guest of honor to die before the celebration begins. She pulls Grace, Jake, and Phillip into the case before the trail goes cold.

Fright Week in April Springs is thrown off course when a body appears at the dunking booth under the town clock. Suzanne and her mother investigate, and old secrets quickly come back to haunt the present.

Suzanne and Jake think they have won a relaxing weekend at a mountain resort island. Instead, they discover they were brought there to help expose an attempted killer, and soon they are isolated with the suspect.

A prominent member of the community is murdered, and Suzanne teams up with her stepfather Phillip to investigate. The deeper they go, the more they run into the meaner, messier side of small town life.

When Emily Hargraves' beloved stuffed animals are kidnapped, the police treat it like a prank. Then the apparent abductor is murdered, and Suzanne and Jake are forced into a case that has turned suddenly serious.

A pie shop is about to open in April Springs, but its sour owner is murdered before launch day arrives. Suzanne and Grace sort through a crowded field of suspects while hoping to stop the killer's next move.

On her way home, Suzanne spots smoke over April Springs and fears the worst. The fire is at Gabby's shop, and as the damage unfolds, Suzanne and Grace have to learn who wanted the business, and owner, destroyed.

After returning to April Springs, Suzanne learns that her friend Annabeth Kline supposedly died in a studio accident. It does not take long for Suzanne to realize the artist's death was anything but accidental.

Suzanne, Jake, Momma, and Phillip buy an old house to fix up, only to discover it is being used for illegal business. Renovation headaches quickly become a full murder case with far more at stake than a remodel.

A book and donut festival should be a cheerful local draw, but one of the guest authors dies in the middle of robbing Donut Hearts. Suzanne and Grace must solve the murder and recover the missing money.

An urgent call from Suzanne's old college roommate sends her out of town in a hurry. Once she arrives, she has to decide whether her friend is spiraling or whether someone really is trying to drive her away forever.

Suzanne's mother gets a threatening note, but the police think the whole thing is a townwide prank. Suzanne and Grace keep digging, and when someone is murdered, the warning suddenly looks chillingly real.

A nasty landlord is murdered during a going out of business sale, and nearly every shop owner in the strip mall has a reason to hate him. Suzanne and Grace investigate before one of their friends is blamed.

Suzanne and Jake expect a quiet visit to Jake's friend's mountain lodge, maybe even a second honeymoon. Instead they walk into a house full of angry relatives and former partners, and then the guests start dying.

Suzanne tags along when Jake takes a missing person case on the North Carolina coast, hoping for a short break. Instead, they get caught in a small town mystery rooted in both present danger and old history.

Phillip Martin uncovers a clue to a treasure missing since the Civil War, and Suzanne, Jake, and Momma join the search. They are not alone for long, and treasure hunting quickly turns into a dangerous race.

A once famous country singer returns to April Springs and asks Suzanne to do a donut making demonstration for television. Before they can go on, someone is killed, and Suzanne and Jake are back on the case.

A mayoral election turns deadly when the newly elected winner is murdered almost at once. With suspicion falling on outgoing mayor George Morris, Suzanne and Phillip have to clear their friend before the case closes around him.

A contractor working next door to Donut Hearts is assaulted and left nailed to the wall of Gabby's shop. Until he wakes up, Suzanne must figure out what happened before the town convicts Gabby on rumor alone.

A murder during the dress rehearsal for Max's new play stops the show before opening night. Suzanne and Grace have to sift through cast drama, backstage grudges, and shaky alibis to find out who wanted blood.

When Richard Covington is murdered, Suzanne and Phillip follow the man's troubled past into the present. The case gets harder when one of Suzanne's closest friends lands on the suspect list.

Gabby surprises everyone by reopening her shop and throwing a wedding, but the joy does not last. When the groom is poisoned soon after the ceremony, Suzanne and Grace race to protect their friend and expose the truth.

A Valentine's scavenger hunt sends couples across April Springs, with Donut Hearts as one of the stops. The game ends abruptly when a player is murdered, leaving Suzanne and Trish to solve the case.

A man convicted of murder gets out of prison on a technicality and asks Phillip Martin and Suzanne to prove he was framed. The cold case is sixteen years old, but the truth may still be dangerous.

A corrupt health inspector has been shaking down local restaurants for good ratings, and then he turns up murdered. Suzanne and Grace need answers fast, because several businesses, including Donut Hearts, were already in his sights.

When Paige Hill offers Suzanne a weekend away, she gladly takes the break. But an early inheritance party turns tense fast, and Suzanne finds herself in the middle of another murder before the trip is through.