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  • Bibliography:
    12 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    August 1999
  • Latest Book:
    April 2016
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Full Series List in Order

A Daphne Martin Cake Mystery

1 - Murder Takes the Cake (Oct-2009)
2 - Dead Pan (Nov-2009)
3 - Killer Sweet Tooth (Oct-2011)
4 - Battered to Death (Sep-2013)
5 - Killer Wedding Cake (Apr-2015)

A Myrtle Crumb Mystery

1 - Claus of Death (Sep-2013)

Multi-Author Series List

Mossy Creek

Blessings of Mossy Creek (Jun-2004)

Book List in Order: 12 titles



  • Adria Simms has something dangerous, and doesn't even know it. When her long time friend and photographer goes on a bender and takes photos of a crime he doesn't even recall, things get out of control quickly. Beautiful, rich, spoiled rotten, Adria h...





  • The good-hearted citizens of Mossy Creek, Georgia are in a mood to count their blessings. Maybe it's the influence of the new minister in town, who keeps his sense of humor while battling a stern church treasurer. Maybe it's the afterglow of Josie Mc...




  • Jade Burt can do without her grandmother, Millie, meddling in her love life. But when Millie finds an abandoned baby possum, it leads her to Caleb Young. Caleb would be perfect for Jade! When Jade meets Caleb, it's hard to argue with her grandmother'...



  • A routine cake delivery becomes a culinary nightmare when a small-town baker discovers her first client's dead body in this irresistible new mystery series. It'll take more than a little sugar to convince folks Daphne Martin's freshly baked spice ca...



  • Book Two of Gayle Trent's cozy mystery series about a Virginia baker turned mystery sleuth. Once again Daphne Martin is the prime suspect when her baked goods are found at the scene of the crime....



  • Dead as a . . . dentist? They say sugar is bad for your teeth, but can it actually kill you? The Brea Ridge police seem to think so when they find cake decorator Daphne Martin wielding an oversized plastic toothbrush over a dentist's dead body. Da...



  • Myrtle Crumb, the sassy, sixty-something sleuth from BETWEEN A CLUTCH AND A HARD PLACE and WHEN GOOD BRAS GO BAD, is suspicious when the mall Santa is found dead "on the throne"--the Santa Land throne, that is. The police are saying it was suicide, b...






  • A RECIPE FOR MURDER Life is sweet for Daphne Martin right now, from her flourishing cake-decorating business to a rekindled romance with her high school boyfriend, Ben. All that’s about to change, courtesy of famously foul-mouthed celebrity chef...



  • Daphne Martin’s wedding to Ben Jacobs is only a couple of weeks away. An award-winning cake decorator, Daphne is busy designing their wedding cake. Her twin nephew and niece, Lucas and Leslie, are excited about being in the wedding party. And Daphn...



  • Sparks flew from the moment they met. Beryl Madison answered her summons to teacher Terry Goodson's second-grade classroom to defend her nephew's "odd behavior" like an avenging angel. It seems poor little Duncan "is having some type of fantasy ideat...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Gayle Trent has published 12 books.

Gayle Trent does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Flame, was published in April 2016.

The first book by Gayle Trent, Photo Finish, was published in August 1999.

Yes. Gayle Trent has 2 series.