Writer's Retreat Mysteries Books in Order

Journalist Jillian Hanford investigates the murder of a woman who survived a teenage massacre eleven years earlier. Seeking to revive her career, she recruits writers at the Gull Island retreat to examine the victim's past.

Letters discovered inside a retreat cabin cast doubt on a decades-old murder attributed to the Silk Stalking Strangler. The Mystery Mastermind group reopens the case, questioning assumptions about a killer who was never caught.

A skeleton discovered during an estate demolition belongs to the suspect in a five-year-old party murder. The discovery challenges the original explanation of the crime and prompts a new investigation into what happened that night.

Baseball player Trey Alderman collapses during a crucial moment in a game and is pronounced dead at the scene. The writers of Gull Island's Mystery Mastermind group investigate what happened during his final appearance at bat.

A pregnant mother asks the Gull Island writers to prove that her husband was murdered rather than taking his own life. Jack, Jill and their colleagues examine a death whose evidence appears to support the insurance company's conclusion.

A writer disappears while researching Skull Island's abandoned lighthouse and its keeper's mysterious death. The Mystery Mastermind group investigates both the missing author and an old case surrounded by tales of pirates, greed, and revenge.

Sixteen-year-old runaway Emily stops sending the weekly photographs that reassured her half-sister she was safe. Nicole turns to the Mystery Mastermind group, whose members take on a cold trail despite the diminishing chances of finding Emily alive.

Alex believes a prisoner who insists he did not murder the woman whose death put him behind bars. The Gull Island writers join forces to examine the evidence, uncovering complications beyond the apparently straightforward conviction.

An email from someone claiming eight murders sends Jack, Jill, and Kizzy on a road trip to prevent a ninth. Their Mystery Mastermind friends help trace earlier victims and uncover the pattern that could identify the next target.