Valerie Wolzien Books in Order

A poisoned canapé kills the PTA president at an affluent Connecticut luncheon, then another member dies. As the event's vice president, Susan Henshaw helps investigate a group tangled in scandal, rivalry, and secrets.

Susan Henshaw's surprise fortieth birthday party becomes a crime scene when Dawn Elliott is found murdered in Susan's new car. With gossip spreading through Hancock, Susan herself becomes a prime suspect.

After Kelly Knowlson's ex-husband is murdered, his body disappears and she becomes the leading suspect. During the Christmas rush, Susan Henshaw tries to uncover what happened and find the missing corpse.

On Halloween, Susan first mistakes a dying man in the library for a gruesome prank. A second victim, local celebrity Jason Armstrong, is stabbed, and Susan uncovers secrets someone will kill to protect.

A Yellowstone vacation turns deadly when George Ericksen is found murdered near Old Faithful. Susan Henshaw follows the troubled family's buried resentments and secrets, where nearly everyone seems to have a motive.

Susan's usual Maine summer retreat is interrupted when a neighbor is bludgeoned to death in her living room. With a small town full of possible suspects, Susan trades a quiet holiday for another investigation.

Susan hires popular caterers for her New Year's party, hoping to escape the usual holiday strain. Then chef Z Holly is found strangled in a van full of helium balloons, and Susan hunts for answers.

Wealthy Horace Harvey draws eager attention from every local organization, until he is found strangled in a hotel room. Susan Henshaw suspects money, business resentment, and social ambition may all be involved.

A burst bathroom pipe fills Susan Henshaw's house with workers and renovation headaches. When Hancock's unpopular building inspector is murdered, Susan worries the killer may be working right inside her home.

Island contractor Josie Pigeon finds a murdered body beneath a drop cloth at a beach-house renovation, then watches it vanish. With her crew under suspicion and the job still running, Josie starts asking dangerous questions.

A long-shot candidate dies after drinking cyanide-laced water during Hancock's heated mayoral race. With her husband targeted by the political fallout, Susan investigates dirty deals, property disputes, and private scandals.

Josie Pigeon discovers she has a look-alike on the island, then the other woman is murdered at Josie's job site. Fearing she may have been the intended victim, Josie investigates her own unexpected double.

As the holidays approach, carpenter Caroline Albrecht is fatally poisoned while working with Josie Pigeon's all-woman crew. Suspicion strains the team, and Josie must find the killer before Christmas turns even darker.

Susan wants her daughter Chrissy's wedding to be perfect, despite a missing dress and difficult in-laws. Then a body appears with a wedding invitation, and Susan must manage a murder without ruining the celebration.

Susan returns to college to give her empty-nest life a new direction, but her lab partner is murdered with Susan's backpack straps. Named a suspect, she investigates campus politics and her new classmates.

Susan finds wealthy Amanda Worth strangled in a dressing room at a new outlet mall, a place Amanda supposedly would never visit. Her search reveals a secret that could ruin several people, including the killer.

A television remodeling show invades Josie Pigeon's job site, bringing noise, ego, and a bludgeoned body. When police suspect Josie, she starts investigating the cast and crew before the evidence turns against her.

Josie lands a dream contract to remodel the island's grandest house, then finds its wealthy owner strangled inside. A hurricane destroys the house and washes away evidence, leaving Josie to pursue a slippery killer.

Susan and Jed revisit the inn where they honeymooned for an anniversary party that ends in murder. When Ashley Marks is found poisoned beneath gifts in their room, Susan follows clues into the victim's past.

Josie expects a New York trip with Sam to involve engagement rings, not murder. When Sam's glamorous former girlfriend is found dead in his apartment, Josie enters unfamiliar high-society circles to clear his name.

A Caribbean getaway with friends looks like paradise until a mysterious blonde is murdered. The victim has old ties to Susan, Jed, and Jerry, leaving Susan to untangle a deadly past under the island sun.

While renovating Bride's Bed and Breakfast, Josie faces an inexperienced architect, crew problems, insurance threats, and strange mannequins behind the walls. Then one discovery is a real corpse, and a killer is loose.

Susan welcomes her daughter, son-in-law, newborn twins, and their nanny into the family home. When a neighbor says the nanny is linked to nursing-home deaths and is then murdered, Susan investigates to protect her family.