Denise Swanson Reading Order

2 books (2001–2005)

Start with ...And the Dying is Easy and read in order.

#	Title
1	...And the Dying is Easy 2001Buy 🇺🇸
2	Drop-Dead Blonde 2005Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (2015–2015)

Start with Good Girl Overboard, the first of 4 books in the Change Of Heart series.

#	Title
1	Good Girl Overboard 2015Buy 🇺🇸
2	Lucky Girl Hits the Jackpot 2015Buy 🇺🇸
3	Smart Girl Swept Away 2015Buy 🇺🇸
4	Sweet Girl Undone 2015Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (2018–2023)

Start with Tart of Darkness, the first of 4 books in the Chef-To-Go Mysteries series.

#	Title
1	Tart of Darkness 2018Buy 🇺🇸
2	Leave No Scone Unturned 2019Buy 🇺🇸
3	Winner Cake All 2020Buy 🇺🇸
4	Chili Chili Bang Bang 2023Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2016–2018)

Start with Sinfully Delicious and read in order.

#	Title
1	Sinfully Delicious 2016Buy 🇺🇸
2	Dangerously Delicious 2018Buy 🇺🇸

7 books (2012–2021)

Start with Little Shop of Homicide, the first of 7 books in the Devereaux's Dime Store Mysteries series.

#	Title
1	Little Shop of Homicide 2012Buy 🇺🇸
2	Nickeled-and-Dimed to Death 2013Buy 🇺🇸
3	Dead Between the Lines 2014Buy 🇺🇸
4	Dying for a Cupcake 2015Buy 🇺🇸
5	Between a Book and a Hard Place 2016Buy 🇺🇸
6	Lions and Tigers and Murder, Oh My 2017Buy 🇺🇸
7	Fly Me to the Tomb 2021Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (2019–2019)

#	Title
1	A Call to Charms 2019Buy 🇺🇸

19 books (2000–2016)

Start with Murder of a Small-Town Honey, the first of 19 books in the Scumble River Mysteries series.

#	Title
1	Murder of a Small-Town Honey 2000Buy 🇺🇸
2	Murder of a Sweet Old Lady 2001Buy 🇺🇸
3	Murder of a Sleeping Beauty 2002Buy 🇺🇸
4	Murder of a Barbie and Ken 2003Buy 🇺🇸
5	Murder of a Snake in the Grass 2003Buy 🇺🇸
6	Murder of a Pink Elephant 2004Buy 🇺🇸
7	Murder of a Smart Cookie 2005Buy 🇺🇸
8	Murder of a Real Bad Boy 2006Buy 🇺🇸
9	Murder of a Botoxed Blonde 2007Buy 🇺🇸
10	Murder of a Chocolate-Covered Cherry 2008Buy 🇺🇸
11	Murder of a Royal Pain 2009Buy 🇺🇸
12	Murder of a Wedding Belle 2010Buy 🇺🇸
13	Murder of a Bookstore Babe 2011Buy 🇺🇸
14	Murder of a Creped Suzette 2011Buy 🇺🇸
15	Murder of the Cat's Meow 2012Buy 🇺🇸
16	Murder of a Stacked Librarian 2013Buy 🇺🇸
17	Murder of a Needled Knitter 2014Buy 🇺🇸
18	Murder of an Open Book 2015Buy 🇺🇸
19	Murder of a Cranky Catnapper 2016Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2012–2012)

Start with Dead Blondes Tell No Tales and read in order.

2 books (2015–2015)

Start with A Finger in Every Lie and read in order.

5 books (2017–2026)

Start with Dead in the Water, the first of 5 books in the Welcome Back To Scumble River series.

#	Title
1	Dead in the Water 2017Buy 🇺🇸
2	Die Me a River 2018Buy 🇺🇸
3	Come Homicide or High Water 2019Buy 🇺🇸
4	Body Over Troubled Waters 2021Buy 🇺🇸
5	Wedding Jitters and Stormy Rivers 2026Buy 🇺🇸