Wisteria Witches Mysteries Books in Order
Part ofAngela Pepper Books in OrderSee the Wisteria Witches Mysteries by Angela Pepper in order, with short summaries, series background, and tips on the best place to begin.
Last updated: June 7, 2026
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Publication Order
18 books
Wicked Wisteria
by Angela Pepper
2016
Words start vanishing from books all over Wisteria, which is bad news for a witch librarian. Zara's investigation leads to risky magic, deeper town secrets, and serious danger for Chet.
Watchful Wisteria
by Angela Pepper
2017
A wounded man from Zara's past appears almost at her door, and a very pushy ghost turns her into an unlikely gardener. Beneath the strange errands sits a death that could destroy someone close to her family.
Wisteria Witches
by Angela Pepper
2017
Zara Riddle moves to Wisteria hoping for a simpler life with her daughter, then discovers she's a witch and her new house comes with a ghost. Solving a murder means learning the town's magical rules fast.
Wisteria Wonders
by Angela Pepper
2017
Zara is still adjusting to witch life when her friend gets transformed into a flamingo. While trying to channel a missing spirit and untangle a fresh mystery, she learns magic can wreck more than schedules.
Wisteria Wyverns
by Angela Pepper
2017
Zara runs into her dead mother, only to discover she is not dead at all. A trip to Castle Wyvern brings a fresh body, an old enemy, and a case that forces Zara to face the past.
Wardens of Wisteria
by Angela Pepper
2018
Zara is used to midnight visits from the dead, so one more ghost hardly seems urgent. Detective Theodore Bentley disagrees, and their hunt for a killer drags them into darker secrets around town.
Wisteria Wrinkle
by Angela Pepper
2018
Zinnia Riddle hits a magical snag at City Hall and lands in a time-bending mystery. To protect her coworkers and Wisteria itself, she has to trust rusty magic and good instincts.
Wolves of Wisteria
by Angela Pepper
2018
A beloved coworker turns up dead beside Zinnia Riddle's desk at the Wisteria Permits Department. Office gossip, hidden clues, and a possible supernatural killer force Zinnia back into real witch work.
Wishful Wisteria
by Angela Pepper
2019
When a magic mechanic dies in the library, Zara becomes impossible to ignore as a suspect and a witness. Meanwhile a celebrity ghost and Bentley's new partner make an already messy case even messier.
Wisteria Warned
by Angela Pepper
2019
A call about a missing dollhouse figurine sounds ridiculous, until a real person disappears. Zara and Detective Bentley follow the lead into a creepy, tightly wound case with psychic warnings and real danger.
Winter in Wisteria
by Angela Pepper
2020
Picking winter snowberries sends Zara to a remote cabin and a badly injured zookeeper. Soon she is tangled in a conspiracy around Activator X, just as fresh trouble starts closing in on Wisteria.
Wisteria Woven
by Angela Pepper
2020
Zara plans a cozy Halloween, then a little girl ghost turns up and upends everything. The case leads toward a buried family secret and pushes the whole coven to the edge.
Critter Calamity
by Angela Pepper
2021
Christmas in Wisteria keeps going wrong, and someone or something seems determined to wreck the season. Zara investigates a trail of festive chaos and starts to suspect the culprit may be under her own roof.
Wayward Wisteria
by Angela Pepper
2022
Zoey Riddle falls hard for the wrong boy, and Zara will do anything to protect her daughter. The more spells the coven throws at the problem, the worse the trouble gets.
Wisteria Wedding
by Angela Pepper
2022
Wedding bells are in the air in Wisteria, but romance never arrives alone in this town. As the prophecy deepens, Zara and her circle get tangled in fresh magic, danger, and family-sized chaos.
Wisteria Wildcard
by Angela Pepper
2023
Wisteria is stuck in a Groundhog Day style time loop, and only vampire matriarch Zirconia Riddle notices. With Zara in no shape to save anyone, Zirconia has to solve the mystery herself.
Wilds of Wisteria
by Angela Pepper
2024
Zara signs up for a community garden plot and somehow grows a dancing skeleton instead of pumpkins. The mess leads her into the Wilds, a magical underground city beneath Wisteria.
Wisteria Wisdom
by Angela Pepper
2025
A former foe is now part of the family, but life at Mystery Mansion still feels off. When Zara jumps at a new investigation, she ends up lost in a reality that may be destiny, delusion, or both.
Series background & context
The Wisteria Witches Mysteries start with Zara Riddle trying to make a quieter life for herself and her daughter, Zoey. Instead, the move to Wisteria wakes up family magic she never expected, drops a ghost into her house, and turns the local librarian into a very reluctant murder magnet. From Wisteria Witches on, Zara keeps getting pulled into cases that mix the everyday rhythms of small-town life with witches, shifters, vampires, wyverns, and the recently dead.
Wisteria itself matters as much as any character. It looks cozy on the surface, but the town runs on secrets. The library, City Hall, old houses, hidden tunnels, and even a castle carry magical history. Zara's powers make her a natural point of contact for restless spirits, so a crime rarely stays buried for long. That gives the series its shape: part cozy mystery, part family fantasy, part supernatural town drama.
Family is the real center of the series.
Zara is funny, impulsive, and often in over her head, but she is never alone for long. Zoey grows from smart, steady daughter into a bigger part of the story, and Zara's aunt Zinnia is the sort of prickly mentor who can help, scold, and steal a scene all at once. Later books widen the lens. Wolves of Wisteria and Wisteria Wrinkle shift attention to Zinnia, while Wisteria Wildcard gives Zara's vampire mother, Zirconia, a leading role. Even when the point of view moves, the Riddle family remains the thread that holds everything together.
The mysteries change from book to book. Some start with a fresh ghost at Zara's door. Others begin with missing people, strange deaths, magical creatures, town conspiracies, or trouble inside the family itself. There is a larger arc running underneath the individual cases, with prophecies, old grudges, and buried history slowly coming into view, but the books still keep their cozy puzzle feel. You can enjoy the single cases, then gradually realize the town has been keeping score the whole time.
Expect banter, magical messes, and a lot of very odd neighbors.
What keeps the series moving is its tone. Angela Pepper likes quick dialogue, comic timing, and the kind of small domestic detail that makes the weird stuff land even harder. One minute Zara is juggling library work, parenting, or holiday plans. The next she is dealing with a homicide, a wyvern, or a spell gone sideways. If you like your paranormal mysteries warm, funny, and packed with ongoing character relationships, Wisteria is an easy town to settle into. Just do not expect it to stay calm for long.
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