Gayle Trent Reading Order

1 book (2022–2022)

#	Title
1	Mysteries, Midsummer Sun and Murders 2022Buy 🇺🇸

5 books (2008–2015)

Start with Murder Takes the Cake, the first of 5 books in the Daphne Martin Mystery series.

#	Title
1	Murder Takes the Cake 2008Buy 🇺🇸
2	Dead Pan 2009Buy 🇺🇸
3	Killer Sweet Tooth 2011Buy 🇺🇸
4	Battered to Death 2013Buy 🇺🇸
5	Killer Wedding Cake 2015Buy 🇺🇸

8 books (2016–2026)

Start with The Calamity Café(As:Gayle Leeson), the first of 8 books in the Down South Café Mystery series.

#	Title
1	The Calamity Café(As:Gayle Leeson) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
2	Honey-Baked Homicide(As:Gayle Leeson) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
3	Silence of the Jams(As:Gayle Leeson) 2017Buy 🇺🇸
4	Apples and Alibis(As:Gayle Leeson) 2019Buy 🇺🇸
5	Fruit Baskets and Holiday Caskets 2020Buy 🇺🇸
6	Truffles and Tragedy 2021Buy 🇺🇸
7	Cake and I Scream 2023Buy 🇺🇸
8	A Recipe for Death 2026Buy 🇺🇸

10 books (2010–2016)

Start with The Quick and the Thread, the first of 10 books in the Embroidery Mysteries series.

#	Title
1	The Quick and the Thread 2010Buy 🇺🇸
2	Stitch Me Deadly 2011Buy 🇺🇸
3	Thread Reckoning 2011Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Long Stitch Good Night 2012Buy 🇺🇸
5	Thread on Arrival 2012Buy 🇺🇸
6	Cross Stitch Before Dying 2013Buy 🇺🇸
7	Thread End 2014Buy 🇺🇸
8	The Stitching Hour 2015Buy 🇺🇸
9	Wicked Stitch 2015Buy 🇺🇸
10	Better Off Thread 2016Buy 🇺🇸

6 books (2019–2025)

Start with Designs On Murder, the first of 6 books in the Ghostly Fashionista Mystery series.

#	Title
1	Designs On Murder 2019Buy 🇺🇸
2	Christmas Cloches and Corpses 2020Buy 🇺🇸
3	Perils and Lace 2020Buy 🇺🇸
4	Buttons and Blows 2021Buy 🇺🇸
5	Secrets and Sequins 2023Buy 🇺🇸
6	Corsets and Casualties 2025Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (2012–2018)

Start with Hightail It to Kinsey Falls(As:Gayle Leeson) and read in order.

#	Title
1	Hightail It to Kinsey Falls(As:Gayle Leeson) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
2	Putting Down Roots in Kinsey Falls(As:Gayle Leeson) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
3	Sleighing It in Kinsey Falls(As:Gayle Leeson) 2018Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (2022–2023)

Start with An Eyre of Mystery and read in order.

11 books (2001–2017)

Start with Mossy Creek, the first of 11 books in the Mossy Creek series.

#	Title
1	Mossy Creek 2001Buy 🇺🇸
2	Reunion at Mossy Creek 2002Buy 🇺🇸
3	Summer in Mossy Creek 2003Buy 🇺🇸
4	Blessings of Mossy Creek 2004Buy 🇺🇸
5	A Day in Mossy Creek 2006Buy 🇺🇸
6	At Home in Mossy Creek 2007Buy 🇺🇸
7	Gone But Not Forgotten 2008Buy 🇺🇸
8	Critters of Mossy Creek 2009Buy 🇺🇸
9	Homecoming in Mossy Creek 2011Buy 🇺🇸
10	Closer Than They Appear 2014Buy 🇺🇸
11	Christmas in Mossy Creek 2017Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (2023–2023)

6 books (2004–2015)

Start with Between a Clutch and a Hard Place, the first of 6 books in the Myrtle Crumb series.

#	Title
1	Between a Clutch and a Hard Place 2004Buy 🇺🇸
2	When Good Bras Go Bad 2012Buy 🇺🇸
3	Claus of Death 2013Buy 🇺🇸
4	Soup...Er...Myrtle! 2014Buy 🇺🇸
5	Perp and Circumstance 2015Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Party Line 2015Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (2003–2003)

#	Title
1	Laughing and Learning 2003Buy 🇺🇸

7 books (1999–2016)

Start with Photo Finish, the first of 7 books in the Standalone Novels series.

#	Title
1	Photo Finish 1999Buy 🇺🇸
2	Anything for a Buck 2001Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Mourning Ring 2006Buy 🇺🇸
4	Broken Promise 2011Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Perfect Woman 2012Buy 🇺🇸
6	In Her Blood 2015Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Flame 2016Buy 🇺🇸

9 books (2010–2024)

Start with A Crafty Killing(By: Lorraine Bartlett), the first of 9 books in the Victoria Square Mystery series.

#	Title
1	A Crafty Killing(By: Lorraine Bartlett) 2010Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Walled Flower(By: Lorraine Bartlett) 2012Buy 🇺🇸
3	One Hot Murder(By: Lorraine Bartlett) 2013Buy 🇺🇸
4	Dead, Bath, and Beyond(By: Laurie Cass,Lorraine Bartlett) 2016Buy 🇺🇸
5	Yule Be Dead(As: Gayle Leeson, With: Lorraine Bartlett) 2018Buy 🇺🇸
6	Murder Ink(As: Gayle Leeson, With: Lorraine Bartlett) 2019Buy 🇺🇸
7	A Murderous Misconception(As: Gayle Leeson, With: Lorraine Bartlett) 2020Buy 🇺🇸
8	Dead Man's Hand(As: Gayle Leeson, With: Lorraine Bartlett) 2021Buy 🇺🇸
9	A Lethal Lake Effect(By: Lorraine Bartlett) 2024Buy 🇺🇸