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  • Bibliography:
    30 Books (5 Series)
  • First Book:
    September 2015
  • Latest Book:
    October 2024
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Full Series List in Order

A Carrie Jorgenson Mystery

1 - Death of the Big Kahuna (Jan-2017)
2 - Death of the Kona Man (Sep-2017)

A Cindy York Mystery

0.5 - A Killer Market (Oct-2023)
1 - Killer Transaction (Nov-2015)
2 - Priced to Kill (Apr-2016)
3 - For Sale By Killer (Mar-2018)
4 - Killer View (Feb-2022)
5 - With Option to Kill (Mar-2023)
6 - Killer Under Contract (Sep-2024)

A Cookies & Chance Mystery

0.5 - Formals, Fortune Cookies & Fraud (Nov-2022)
1 - Tastes Like Murder (Sep-2015)
2 - Baked to Death (Jan-2016)
3 - Burned to a Crisp (Oct-2016)
4 - Frosted With Revenge (Apr-2017)
5 - Silenced by Sugar (Jan-2018)
6 - Crumbled to Pieces (Sep-2018)
7 - Sprinkled in Malice (Mar-2019)
8 - Ginger Snapped to Death (Nov-2019)
9 - Icing on the Casket (May-2020)
10 - Knee Deep in Dough (May-2021)
11 - Dessert is the Bomb (Sep-2021)
12 - Seasoned with Murder (Sep-2022)
12.5 - Cookies, Chamomile, and Corpses (Aug-2023)
13 - Bake, Batter, and Roll (Oct-2023)

Italian Chef Mysteries

1 - Penne Dreadful (Aug-2019)
2 - It Cannoli Be Murder (Aug-2020)
3 - The Enemy You Gnocchi (Oct-2021)

Maple Syrup Mysteries

1 - A Doomful of Sugar (Nov-2022)
2 - Syrup to No Good (Oct-2023)
3 - In the Blink of a Pie (Oct-2024)

Multi-Author Series List

Aloha Lagoon

6 - Death of the Big Kahuna (Jan-2017)
9 - Death of the Kona Man (Sep-2017)

Book List in Order: 30 titles



  • Sally Muccio’s had her crosses to bear: a cheating ex-boyfriend, crazy Italian parents, and an unfaithful husband, just to name a few. After her divorce, she returns to her hometown to start a novelty cookie shop whose specialties include original ...



  • From USA Today bestselling author Catherine Bruns comes a brand new series...Real estate deals can be murder.All struggling real estate agent Cindy York wants is the home listing that was promised to her. But her deceitful co-worker, Tiffany Roberts,...



  • From #1 bestselling culinary cozy mystery author Catherine Bruns comes the next delightfully delicious Cookies & Chance Mystery... Baker turned reluctant amateur sleuth, Sally Muccio’s, finally found the happiness that’s eluded her for years. She...



  • Some secrets aren’t meant to stay buried forever. Real estate agent and super sleuth, Cindy York, has always been haunted by thoughts of her childhood friend, Paul Steadman, who committed suicide 25 years ago. A high school reunion and the prospect...



  • From USA Today bestselling author Catherine Bruns comes the next sinfully delicious Cookies & Chance Mystery... Just when things appear to be going well for baker and sometime sleuth, Sally Muccio, life turns up the heat again. It's summertime, and t...



  • From USA Today bestselling author Catherine Bruns, comes an Aloha Lagoon Mystery that proves sometimes paradise isn't all it's served up to be. New to both Hawaii and the Aloha Lagoon Resort, Carrie Jorgenson has big dreams of stardom. But while she ...



  • From USA Today bestselling author Catherine Bruns comes the next dangerously delicious Cookies & Chance Mystery...Sally Muccio’s walk down the aisle might be her last.The some-time amateur sleuth and full-time bakery owner is finally marrying the m...



  • From USA Today bestselling author Catherine Bruns comes the next deadly delicious Carrie Jorgenson adventure in paradise... Carrie Jorgenson is living the dream in Hawaii. She has a steady job as a waitress at the Loco Moco Café, a hot new love inte...



  • From USA Today bestselling author Catherine Bruns comes another to-die-for culinary mystery... Full-time baker and sometime-sleuth Sally Muccio is enjoying life as a new bride and only wishes that sales in her bakery would pick up. So when popular TV...






  • From USA Today bestselling author Catherine Bruns comes a delightfully deadly new Cindy York Mystery... If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Words for Cindy York to live by. The struggling real estate agent, full-time mother, and ...



  • From USA Today bestselling author Catherine Bruns comes another tantalizingly tasty culinary mystery...In need of some quick dough, full-time baker and sometime sleuth Sally Muccio decides to rent the vacant apartment over the bakery to a friend of h...



  • From USA Today bestselling author Catherine Bruns comes another deliciously deadly culinary mystery...Spring has officially arrived, and while the weather outside may still be frightful, Sally Muccio is feeling especially delightful as she prepares a...



  • First book in a new series from USA Today bestselling author Catherin Bruns! Penne Dreadful, the first in the Italian Chef Mystery books, finds Tessa Esposito embroiled in a hot investigation.Tomato sauce isn't the only thing that runs red...A delici...



  • From USA Today bestselling author Catherine Bruns comes a hilarious holiday whodunit!It’s the most wonderful time of the year… Unless you’re Sally Muccio.The full-time baker and sometime sleuth is ready to burst into song. She and her husband a...



  • From USA Today bestselling author Catherine Bruns comes the next humorous romantic Cookies & Chance mystery!Full-time baker and sometime sleuth Sally Muccio finally has everything she’s always wanted—a beautiful baby, loving husband, and ...



  • A delicious new title in a new series from USA Today bestselling author Catherine Bruns! Tessa's biscotti have always been killer, but never as deadly as in this addition to the Italian Chef mystery books!It's time to serve some just desserts…•Fo...



  • From USA Today bestselling author Catherine Bruns comes a hilariously homicidal Cookies & Chance mystery!For once, baker Sally Muccio’s life isn’t a recipe for disaster. She’s happy to be out celebrating her wedding anniversary... t...



  • From USA Today bestselling author Catherine Bruns comes a hauntingly hilarious Halloween Cookies & Chance mystery!Baker turned sometimes-sleuth Sally Muccio has always loved Halloween, but this year she has more on her mind than ghosts and goblins. I...



  • A delicious new holiday mystery from USA Today bestselling author Catherine Bruns! It's Christmas time in Harvest Park, so grab your cocoa and sleuthing snow boots for a Christmas cozy mystery sure to sleigh!It's the deadliest thyme of the year…Wit...






  • It's been four years since sometime sleuth Cindy York left the real estate world behind in favor of a more fulfilling career as a stay-at-home mom. Now that her little one is starting school, Cindy fears her life is about to become dull.She shouldn't...



  • From USA Today bestselling author Catherine Bruns comes a delicious mystery on a cruise ship!Full time baker and sometime sleuth Sally Muccio is excited to be traveling on her first cruise along with family and friends. Sal and coworker Josie have be...



  • First in the new Maple Syrup cozy mystery series from USA Today bestselling author Catherine Bruns.There's nothing sweet about murder…Leila Khoury has always believed that everyone loved her father as much as they loved his artisanal maple syrup. B...



  • A short story and prequel to Tastes Like Murder, the first book in the Cookies & Chance series!Ten years before Sally Muccio became the owner of a a novelty cookie shop in Western New York, she had other things on her mind...namely, the senior prom. ...



  • You can choose your friends, but you sure can't choose your relatives.It's been a busy year for real estate agent Cindy York. She's excited to be making a killing at selling houses and is in the middle of planning a surprise 50th birthday party for h...



  • From USA Today bestselling author Catherine Bruns comes a delicious mystery novella...After her disastrous marriage comes to an end, Sally Muccio decides that she's unlucky in love and returns home with hopes to start a novelty cookie shop. ThereR...



  • "With romance, recipes, and a murderer on the loose, this book will delight fans of Joanne Fluke, Jenn McKinlay, or Laura Childs.” -- BooklistSpring has finally come to Sugar Ridge, Vermont, and with it the end of syrup-making season. But Leila Kh...



  • From USA Today bestselling author Catherine Bruns comes the next deliciously delightful Cookies & Chance mystery!Full time baker and part time sleuth Sally Muccio has witnessed many bizarre events during her lifetime. But one thing that she never exp...



  • A short story prequel to the Cindy York Series! After spending years as a stay-at-home mom, Cindy York is excited to begin a new career in real estate and hopes to make a killing in the red-hot housing market. But her first day on the job doesn'...



  • There's no such thing as the perfect house, especially when karma comes to call.With the real estate world thriving and her daughter's wedding right around the corner, Cindy York is busier than ever. The bridal couple is searching for their first hom...






  • USA Today bestselling author Catherine Bruns is back with the third installment in the "delightfully sweet" Maple Syrup Mysteries, transporting readers back to the cozy town of Sugar Ridge, Vermont, where things are bound to go from sweet, to sour.So...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Catherine Bruns has published 30 books.

The next book by Catherine Bruns, In the Blink of a Pie, will be published in October 2024.

The first book by Catherine Bruns, Tastes Like Murder, was published in September 2015.

Yes. Catherine Bruns has 5 series.