Laura Bradford Reading Order

9 books (2012–2019)

Laura Bradford's Amish Mysteries series comprises nine interconnected mystery novels published between 2012 and 2019, now complete. Readers should begin with Hearse and Buggy and follow the books in publication order to experience the full arc of the series. The series blends cozy mystery elements with Amish community settings, spanning from the initial entry through to the final installment, A Killer Carol.

Start with Hearse and Buggy, the first of 9 books in the Amish Mysteries series.

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1	Hearse and Buggy 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Assaulted Pretzel 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Shunned and Dangerous 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	A Christmas Mourning 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Suspendered Sentence 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	A Churn for the Worse 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Just Plain Murder 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Plain as Day 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	A Killer Carol 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (1985–2020)

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1	The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Amish Christmas Miracles 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

42 books (1984–2020)

The Babies & Bachelors USA Series is a complete collection of nine books published between 1988 and 2010, written by various authors including Laura Bradford and others. These books should be read in publication order to follow the series' intended progression. The series spans multiple decades and features interconnected stories centered around themes of romance and family life across different American settings.

Start with Twilight(By: Judith Arnold), the first of 9 books in the Babies & Bachelors USA Series series.

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1	Danielle's Doll(By: Angel Milan) 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Anna's Child(By: Angel Milan) 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Reluctant Dreamer(By: Dixie Browning) 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Summer Charade(By: Karen Toller Whittenburg) 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Sparks(By: Vicki Lewis Thompson) 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Twilight(By: Judith Arnold) 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	His Kind of Woman(By: Pat Tracy) 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Violets are Blue(By: Andrea Edwards) 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Double Exposure(By: Lisa Jackson) 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Winter Morning(By: B.J. James) 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	A New World(By: Patricia McLinn) 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Building Dreams(By: Ginna Gray) 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Gifts of Love(By: Theresa Michaels) 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	A Ghostly Affair(By: Charlotte Maclay) 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Cameron(By: Beverly Barton) 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Diamond Willow(By: Kathleen Eagle) 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Her Bad Boy Billionaire Lover(By: Barbara Bretton) 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Imitation Love(By: Jackie Merritt) 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Island Baby(By: Anne Marie Winston) 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	No Room at the Inn(By: Linda Randall Wisdom) 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	Baby Doctor(By: Peggy Moreland) 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	Fugitive Father(By: Carla Cassidy) 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	Say You Love Me(By: Trisha Alexander) 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	The Sugarman(By: Mary McBride) 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	Father in the Making(By: Marie Ferrarella) 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	The Baby Caper(By: Emma Goldrick) 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	The Secret Baby(By: Amy Frazier) 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	A Baby to Love(By: Susan Kearney) 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	Keeping Her Safe(By: Sherry Lewis) 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	Baby Bombshell(By: Lisa Ruff) 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	Baby in the Boardroom(By: Michele Dunaway) 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	Her Christmas Hero(By: Linda Warren) 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	His Baby Surprise(By: Lisa Childs) 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
34	Kayla's Daddy 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
35	Safe Harbor(By: Judith Arnold) 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
36	Surprise Dad(By: Daly Thompson) 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
37	Texas Baby(By: Tanya Michaels) 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
38	The Baby Twins(By: Laura Marie Altom) 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
39	The Lawman's Little Surprise(By: Roxann Delaney) 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
40	The Sheriff's Christmas Surprise(By: Marie Ferrarella) 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
41	Land of Dreams(By: Cheryl St. John) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
42	Tanner(By: Cheryl St. John) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2010–2010)

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1	Miracle Baby 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2016–2018)

The Emergency Dessert Squad Mysteries by Laura Bradford is a three-book mystery series published between 2016 and 2018. The complete series should be read in publication order, beginning with Éclair and Present Danger, followed by The Silence of the Flans and concluding with Dial M for Mousse.

Start with Éclair and Present Danger and read in order.

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1	Éclair and Present Danger 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Silence of the Flans 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Dial M for Mousse 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2021–2022)

The Friend for Hire Mystery series consists of two standalone mystery novels by Laura Bradford, released between 2021 and 2022. While the books can be enjoyed individually, reading them in publication order—beginning with A Plus One for Murder followed by A Perilous Pal—is recommended to experience the series as intended. The series appears to be complete.

Start with A Plus One for Murder and read in order.

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1	A Plus One for Murder 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	A Perilous Pal 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

4 books (2005–2013)

The Jenkins & Burns Mysteries series by Laura Bradford comprises four complete mystery novels published between 2005 and 2013. Readers should follow the books in publication order, beginning with Jury of One and concluding with Deadly Ambition. This mystery and thriller series offers a finished narrative arc across its four installments.

Start with Jury of One / Deadly Readings, the first of 4 books in the Jenkins & Burns Mysteries series.

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1	Jury of One / Deadly Readings 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Forecast of Evil / Deadly Getaway 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Marked by Fate / Deadly Expressions 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Deadly Ambition 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

12 books (2024–2024)

Love's A Mystery is an ongoing cozy mystery series featuring twelve books published in 2024, with each installment set in a uniquely named American town. The series is collaborative, with different author pairs contributing to various entries across locations ranging from Cape Disappointment, Washington to Tombstone, Arizona. Readers should begin with Cape Disappointment and follow the publication order through the complete collection of twelve mysteries.

Start with Love's a Mystery in Cape Disappointment, WA(By: Elizabeth Ludwig,LeslieGould), the first of 12 books in the Love's A Mystery series.

20 books (2025–2026)

The Mysteries of Blackberry Valley is an ongoing mystery series featuring 14 books published from 2025 to 2026 by various authors including Laura Bradford, Roseanna M. White, Stephanie Coleman, Beth Adams, Cate Nolan, Elizabeth Penney, and Virginia Smith. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with A Likely Story and continuing through titles like Crooks and Christmas Cookies, Out of the Depths, and Seeds of Suspicion. Each book offers a standalone mystery while contributing to the larger tapestry of the valley's stories.

Start with A Likely Story(By: Roseanna M. White), the first of 14 books in the Mysteries of Blackberry Valley series.

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1	A Likely Story(By: Roseanna M. White) 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Crooks and Christmas Cookies(By: Stephanie Coleman) 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Out of the Depths(By: Beth Adams) 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Run for the Roses(By: Cate Nolan) 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Seeds of Suspicion(By: Elizabeth Penney) 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Smoke and Mirrors 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Key Question(By: Virginia Smith,Beth Adams) 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Where There's Smoke 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	A Brush with Danger(By: Beth Adams) 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Forged in Fire(By: Stephanie Coleman) 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Lost in a Book(By: Becky Melby) 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	No Love Lost(By: Becky Melby) 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Pumpkin Peril(By: Elizabeth Penney) 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Snowbound Secrets(By: Cate Nolan) 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	That Christmas Feeling(By: Beth Adams) 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	The Big Picture 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	The Cookbook Clue(By: Elizabeth Penney) 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	The Final Cut(By: Roseanna M. White) 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	The Mandolin Mystery(By: Cate Nolan) 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	The Pilfered Pearls(By: Stephanie Coleman) 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

24 books (2024–2026)

The Mysteries of Cobble Hill Farm is an ongoing mystery series featuring 15 books published from 2024 to 2025. Written by Laura Bradford and a rotating group of authors including Elizabeth Penney, Beth Adams, Sandra Orchard, and others, the series should be read in publication order beginning with A Little Bird Told Me. Each installment delivers a standalone mystery set within the Cobble Hill Farm setting, making the series accessible to readers who prefer to jump between entries while rewarding those who follow the complete sequence.

Start with A Little Bird Told Me, the first of 15 books in the Mysteries of Cobble Hill Farm series.

12 books (2009–2017)

The Southern Sewing Circle Mysteries is a complete twelve-book mystery series by Laura Bradford, published between 2009 and 2017. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with Sew Deadly and concluding with Patterned After Death. Each book features the amateur sleuths of a Southern sewing circle as they become entangled in murder investigations throughout their community.

Start with Sew Deadly, the first of 12 books in the Southern Sewing Circle Mysteries series.

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1	Sew Deadly 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Death Threads 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Pinned for Murder 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Dangerous Alterations 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Deadly Notions 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Let It Sew 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Reap What You Sew 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Remnants of Murder 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Taken In 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Wedding Duress 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Needle and Dread 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Patterned After Death 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

6 books (2010–2021)

Laura Bradford has written six standalone mystery and thriller novels published between 2010 and 2021. While each book stands alone as a complete story, they are best read in publication order beginning with A Mom for Callie, followed by Storybook Dad, Portrait of a Sister, A Daughter's Truth, Piece by Piece, and Her New Story. The series appears to be complete with no new releases planned.

Start with A Mom for Callie, the first of 6 books in the Standalone Novels series.

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1	A Mom for Callie 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Storybook Dad 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Portrait of a Sister 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	A Daughter's Truth 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Piece by Piece 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Her New Story 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2017–2017)

Laura Bradford's Tobi Tobias series is a three-book mystery and thriller collection published in 2017, consisting of 30 Second Death, And Death Goes To..., and Death in Advertising. The series is complete and should be read in publication order to follow the narrative progression. Each book builds upon the previous installment, making sequential reading essential to fully appreciate the story arc.

Start with 30 Second Death and read in order.

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1	30 Second Death 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	And Death Goes To... 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Death in Advertising 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

23 books (2023–2025)

The Whistle Stop Cafe Mysteries is an ongoing mystery and thriller series featuring 23 books published between 2023 and 2025. Written by Laura Bradford along with several contributing authors including Jenelle Hovde, Jeanette Hanscome, Ruth Logan Herne, Beth Adams, Gabrielle Meyer, and Leslie Gould, the series should be read in publication order beginning with A String of Pearls. Each installment in the series stands as its own mystery while contributing to the overall world of the cafe.

Start with A String of Pearls(By: Jenelle Hovde), the first of 23 books in the Whistle Stop Cafe Mysteries series.