Tiger's Eye Mystery Books in Order
Part ofAlyssa Day Books in OrderSee the Tiger's Eye Mystery books by Alyssa Day in order, with short summaries, Dead End background, and a handy guide to where to start.
Last updated: July 6, 2026
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Tiger's Eye Mystery books in publication order
16 books
Dead Eye
by Alyssa Day
2015
Jack returns to Dead End, Florida, to claim the pawnshop and PI business his uncle left behind, then starts investigating his uncle's murder. Tess owns the other half, and their partnership gets complicated fast when another body appears.
Private Eye
by Alyssa Day
2016
Tess's life gets even stranger when the banshee claiming to be her grandmother walks into Dead End Pawn. Soon she and Jack are chasing a banshee kidnapping spree that turns family drama into a deadly investigation.
Travelling Eye
by Alyssa Day
2016
Before Dead End fully claims him, Jack Shepherd heads home on his Harley after his uncle's death. On the way, a beautiful stranger drags him into a missing-Santa mystery and a race against time.
Evil Eye
by Alyssa Day
2019
Treasure hunters flood Dead End looking for a pirate's lost gold, and the town quickly descends into chaos. When treasure chests start yielding bodies instead of coins, Jack has a murder case on his hands.
Eye of Danger
by Alyssa Day
2019
Tess's long-lost father reappears with the mob close behind him, and suddenly her deadly gift makes her a target. Jack will do whatever it takes to keep her safe, but Dead End is never simple.
Eye of the Storm
by Alyssa Day
2019
A monster hurricane, a rogue vampire, and a dangerous thief all converge on Dead End at once. When the town's senior ladies join the investigation, Tess and Jack's latest case gets even wilder.
Apple of My Eye
by Alyssa Day
2020
Tess starts receiving mysterious gifts from a stalker who calls her the apple of his eye. When the attention turns deadly, she and Jack have to find him before Dead End claims another victim.
Blink of an Eye
by Alyssa Day
2020
A fifty-year-old skeleton pulls Tess and Jack into a cold case that never really stayed buried. Old loyalties, fresh confessions, and a killer who may still be active make this one of Dead End's trickiest mysteries.
Eagle Eye
by Alyssa Day
2021
An old friend brings Jack fresh trouble, and Tess soon realizes danger may be closer than either of them thought. A mysterious eagle, a hidden secret, and a criminal mastermind turn Dead End strange all over again.
A Dead End Christmas
by Alyssa Day
2022
Christmas in Dead End turns chaotic when crimes pile up, neighbors start taking sides, and abandoned animals keep appearing near the pawnshop. Tess and Jack have to untangle the mess before holiday cheer gives way to something much darker.
Eye for an Eye
by Alyssa Day
2022
Sheriff Susan returns to Dead End with a haunted crystal ball and trouble close behind. When a family death, missing relatives, and dangerous magical objects collide, Tess and Jack race to stop a fresh disaster.
Eye on the Ball
by Alyssa Day
2022
Tess only wants to survive Dead End's softball game, but dead bodies and poisoned popcorn have other plans. With an ogre in the outfield and a pregnant witch in town, Jack and Tess land in another wildly offbeat case.
More Than Meets the Eye
by Alyssa Day
2024
Jack is about to make the biggest choice of his life when Tess finds a dead body in her garage. The decision can wait, because Dead End has another mystery on its hands, and this one includes werewolves.
A Dead End Fourth of July
by Alyssa Day
2025
Fresh off their honeymoon, Jack and Tess are ready for a quiet holiday and immediately lose that battle. A dead fireworks provider, a truth-telling magical trinket, and a town full of suspects send them straight back to work.
A Dead End Wedding
by Alyssa Day
2025
Jack and Tess should be planning their wedding, but Dead End's future as a town is suddenly on the line. Fae challenges, a lurking swamp troll, and a ticking deadline turn happily-ever-after into another case.
Hard On The Eye
by Alyssa Day
2026
When a celebrity ghost hunter buys Dead End's motel and starts digging up a century-old murder, the whole town ends up under a spotlight. Tess and Jack have enough trouble already, especially since Tess can see ghosts and the ghosts can see her.
Tiger's Eye Mystery books in chronological order

Dead Eye
by Alyssa Day
2015Tiger's Eye Mystery, Book 1
Private Eye
by Alyssa Day
2016Tiger's Eye Mystery, Book 2
Travelling Eye
by Alyssa Day
2016Tiger's Eye Mystery, Book 3
Evil Eye
by Alyssa Day
2019Tiger's Eye Mystery, Book 4
Eye of Danger
by Alyssa Day
2019Tiger's Eye Mystery, Book 5
Eye of the Storm
by Alyssa Day
2019Tiger's Eye Mystery, Book 6
Apple of My Eye
by Alyssa Day
2020Tiger's Eye Mystery, Book 7
Blink of an Eye
by Alyssa Day
2020Tiger's Eye Mystery, Book 8
Eagle Eye
by Alyssa Day
2021Tiger's Eye Mystery, Book 9
A Dead End Christmas
by Alyssa Day
2022Tiger's Eye Mystery, Book 10
Eye for an Eye
by Alyssa Day
2022Tiger's Eye Mystery, Book 11
Eye on the Ball
by Alyssa Day
2022Tiger's Eye Mystery, Book 12
More Than Meets the Eye
by Alyssa Day
2024Tiger's Eye Mystery, Book 13
A Dead End Wedding
by Alyssa Day
2025Tiger's Eye Mystery, Book 14
A Dead End Fourth of July
by Alyssa Day
2025Tiger's Eye Mystery, Book 15
Hard On The Eye
by Alyssa Day
2026Tiger's Eye Mystery, Book 16
Series background & context
The Tiger's Eye Mystery books drop you into Dead End, Florida, a town that sounds like a joke and behaves like one right up until the bodies start turning up. This is Alyssa Day in a looser, funnier mode, mixing cozy mystery rhythms with paranormal chaos, ongoing romance, and a supporting cast that never met a normal day they couldn't make stranger.
The series begins with Dead Eye. Jack Shepherd, a tiger shifter and former soldier, comes back to Dead End after inheriting his uncle's pawnshop and private investigation agency. Tess Callahan already owns half the shop, and she has a problem of her own: with a single touch, she can see how people will die. That is useful in a murder investigation, but not exactly calming. Together, Jack and Tess make an excellent team, even before they admit how much they want to be more than business partners.
Dead End itself is one of the main draws. The pawnshop sits at the center of everything, and the town around it is packed with relatives, local officials, supernatural neighbors, stray troublemakers, and one unforgettable taxidermied alligator named Fluffy. Banshees, vampires, ogres, witches, fae politics, strange artifacts, and impossible weather all fit naturally into daily life here. Nobody in town is ever far from the next crisis, and somehow that becomes part of the charm.
Jack and Tess are the heart of it.
The series follows both the cases and the relationship, which is why it works best in order. Early books build their partnership through murder investigations and magical messes. Later books deepen the romance while keeping the mystery engine running. The cases range from pirate treasure and mob trouble to cold cases, stalkers, Christmas crimes, ghost hunters, and wedding-day chaos. Even when the setup sounds ridiculous, Day keeps the emotional thread steady by making sure Jack and Tess always have something real at stake.
Tone matters a lot here. These books are funny, but they are not throwaway. There are real murders, real danger, and characters carrying old grief, family trouble, and hard choices. The humor comes from the town, the banter, and the sheer number of ways Dead End can go off the rails in a single afternoon. If you like your mysteries with romance, supernatural weirdness, and a cast that feels like a whole eccentric community, this series is a very good fit.
Think small-town mystery, but with tiger shifters, haunted crystal balls, vampire nonsense, and a lot more pie. That is the basic promise of Tiger's Eye, and the books stick to it beautifully.
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