Gayle Leeson

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  • Bibliography:
    21 Books (5 Series)
  • First Book:
    June 2016
  • Latest Book:
    March 2024
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Full Series List in Order

A Down South Cafe Mystery

1 - The Calamity Cafe (Jun-2016)
2 - Silence of the Jams (Apr-2017)
3 - Honey-Baked Homicide (Dec-2017)
4 - Apples and Alibis (Aug-2019)
5 - Fruit Baskets and Holiday Caskets (Sep-2020)
6 - Truffles and Tragedy (Mar-2021)
7 - Pickled to Death (Oct-2022)
8 - Cake and I Scream (Nov-2023)

A Ghostly Fashionista Mystery

1 - Designs On Murder (Mar-2019)
2 - Perils and Lace (Apr-2020)
3 - Christmas Cloches and Corpses (Nov-2020)
4 - Buttons and Blows (May-2021)
5 - Secrets and Sequins (May-2023)

Kinsey Falls

1 - Hightail It to Kinsey Falls (May-2018)
2 - Putting Down Roots in Kinsey Falls (Sep-2018)

Literatia

1 - An Eyre of Mystery (Jun-2022)
2 - A Tale of Two Enemies (Jan-2023)
2.5 - The Legend of Creepy Hollow (Oct-2023)

A Movie Memorabilia Mystery

1 - We'll Always Have Murder (Aug-2023)

Book List in Order: 21 titles

  • The Calamity Cafe

    A Down South Cafe Mystery - 1

    Aspiring chef and small-town Virginia native Amy Flowers is ready to open her own café offering old-fashioned Southern food. But her dream may go up in smoke when someone kills the competition... Tired of waiting tables at Lou’s Joint, Amy Flow...

  • Silence of the Jams

    A Down South Cafe Mystery - 2

    In the latest Southern cozy from the author of The Calamity Café, small-town chef Amy Flowers can’t take her freedom for granted when she’s served up as a murder suspect... It's Independence Day in Winter Garden, Virginia, and the residents ...

  • Honey-Baked Homicide

    A Down South Cafe Mystery - 3

    The owner of a delightful Southern café tastes the sharp sting of suspicion in this delectable comfort food mystery . . . It’s fall in Winter Garden, Virginia, and business at Amy Flowers’ Down South Café has never been better. So when stru...

  • Hightail It to Kinsey Falls

    Kinsey Falls - 1

    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'...

  • Putting Down Roots in Kinsey Falls

    Kinsey Falls - 2

    Joanne Faraday comes to Kinsey Falls to find her birth parents. What she doesn’t expect to find is eccentric Greta Parker and her band of Silver Sleuths. The amateur “detectives” mistakenly think that Joanne is hiding something and start follow...

  • Designs On Murder

    A Ghostly Fashionista Mystery - 1

    What if you discovered your lively new friend wasn't really...alive? Amanda Tucker is excited about opening her fashion design studio in Shops On Main, a charming old building in historic Abingdon, Virginia. She didn't realize a ghost came wi...

  • Apples and Alibis

    A Down South Cafe Mystery - 4

    That's the last time Amy agrees to do a favor for a stranger...Down South Cafe owner, Amy Flowers is in over her head. Operating a cafe while hosting the first Farmers' Market in Winter Garden has her swimming in apples. And when an elderly woman ca...

  • Perils and Lace

    A Ghostly Fashionista Mystery - 2

    A murderer outwitting a quirky flapper ghost? Seams unlikely!Budding retro fashion designer and entrepreneur Amanda Tucker is thrilled about making costumes for Winter Garden High School's production of Beauty and the Beast. But when the play's direc...

  • Fruit Baskets and Holiday Caskets

    A Down South Cafe Mystery - 5

    Christmas comes with chaos-and a murder-in the fifth book in the Down South Café cozy mystery series! Amy Flowers thinks her biggest problem is going to be creating an enormous cake dummy to mount atop her car for Winter Garden's upcoming Chri...



  • Christmas Cloches and Corpses

    A Ghostly Fashionista Mystery - 3

    Bodies are dropping like gumdrops off a gingerbread house!Max's nephew, Dwight, is in a nursing home; but instead of the holiday season being a time of goodwill, several of Dwight's friends have died under mysterious circumstances. Is the facility me...

  • Truffles and Tragedy

    A Down South Cafe Mystery - 6

    Down South Cafe owner Amy Flowers learns her chocolate truffles might not be the only things her patrons find out of this world. When her cousin, Jackie, asks her to give a presentation to her online class, Amy thinks all she has to worry about ...

  • Buttons and Blows

    A Ghostly Fashionista Mystery - 4

    FIND OUT WHO KILLED VIOLET. I WON'T REST UNTIL I KNOW...AND NEITHER WILL YOU.The note, typed on a manual typewriter, is Amanda Tucker's first introduction to the second ghost she's ever met. When retro fashion designer Amanda learns that Violet, the ...

  • An Eyre of Mystery

    Literatia - 1

    Classic literature is at risk of disappearing from the world...When Gia accepts a job as a library archivist at a manor house in North Carolina, she has no idea what she's in for. On day one, she finds herself outside her comfort zone when she accide...

  • Deadly Traditions

    Have yourself a DEADLY little Christmas.Celebrate the holidays with mistletoe, mayhem, and murder. Join your favorite authors as they cozy up by the fire with twelve festive short mysteries that feature treasured holiday traditions. Serve up a slice ...

  • Pickled to Death

    A Down South Cafe Mystery - 7

    The fair would have been a lot more fun if Aunt Bess hadn't been accused of murder...and if the streaker hadn't been such a disappointment! (Aunt Bess has her priorities straight!)​​When Aunt Bess enters the county fair's pickle competiti...

  • A Tale of Two Enemies

    Literatia - 2

    Have you ever wished you could be in two places at once? Gia's second trip into the fantasy portal of Literatia involves the murder of Dr. Manette, a key character from the classic book, A TALE OF TWO CITIES, by Charles Dickens. Gia's goal is to...

  • Secrets and Sequins

    A Ghostly Fashionista Mystery - 5

    The masquerade may be over, but a deadly mystery still looms. Amanda Tucker, a masterful retro fashion designer, jumps at the chance to showcase her skills by designing stunning gowns for an upcoming masquerade ball. Her talented assistant, Zoe, is ...

  • We'll Always Have Murder

    A Movie Memorabilia Mystery - 1

    The art of deception takes center stage.Dina and Patty, two sisters with a shared love for the arts, find themselves entangled in a real-life mystery that mirrors the intrigue of the stage. Dina, the proud owner of a quaint movie memorabilia shop, an...

  • The Legend of Creepy Hollow

    Literatia - 2.5

    In a world where literary realms collide with reality, Cooper Wellingham embarks on a perilous journey from his tranquil North Carolina home into the enigmatic realm of Literatia. But his quest quickly takes a nightmarish turn as he comes face-to-fac...



  • Cake and I Scream

    A Down South Cafe Mystery - 8

    In the snowy retreat of Beech Mountain, the grand opening of a ski lodge becomes the backdrop for a chilling crime when a cast-iron skillet attack shatters the festivities, drawing Amy, Scott, and Aunt Bess into an icy puzzle.Join Amy, the owner of t...

  • Secrets in Wonderland

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Gayle Leeson has published 21 books.

Gayle Leeson does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Secrets in Wonderland, was published in March 2024.

The first book by Gayle Leeson, The Calamity Cafe, was published in June 2016.

Yes. Gayle Leeson has 5 series.
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