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  • Bibliography:
    9 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    October 1993
  • Latest Book:
    December 2012
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Full Series List in Order

A Tory Bauer Mystery

1 - The Missionary Position // Funeral Food (Oct-1993)
2 - Sex and Salmonella (Aug-1996)
3 - The Hotel South Dakota (Mar-1997)
4 - Mourning Shift (Oct-1998)
5 - Cold Front (Oct-2000)
6 - Foreign Body (Aug-2001)

Book List in Order: 9 titles





  • MURDER CAN KILL THE APPETITE There aren't many amusements in little Delphi, South Dakota--and that suits Tory Bauer just fine. Widowed, over forty, and somewhat exceeding the surgeon general's weight guidelines, she's content to sling hash at the lo...



  • When the remains of real murder victims are discovered among the grisly special effects at the amusement park horror house, forty-something waitress and amateur sleuth Tory Bauer finds a mystery in the Hall of Mirrors. Original....



  • LIFE -- AND DEATH -- LESSONS "In 1969, I, Tory Bauer, was a high school sophomore. For me, a Life and Death issue involved finding a date for Homecoming. The only thing I had in common with the rest of my generation was the notion that love was al...



  • ALL HALLOWS HELL Overworked, overweight, eminently inquisitive waitress Tory Bauer thought she knew about most of the closeted skeletons in this not-so-sleepy little corner of South Dakota. But on this very special Halloween at the Delphi Cafe--co...



  • Death is a Party Pooper Waitress Tory Bauer is good at dishing out food and dishing out gossip. Now it's her steamy secrets that are being dished out all over town. But it's New Years Eve in tiny Delphi, South Dakota, one of the few fun dates on the...



  • BLAME CANADA? Ample-bodied, salty-tongued waitress Tory Bauer is no longer taking orders from anyone -- now that she has become co-owner of the only cafe in tiny Delphi, South Dakota. And since corpses on the premises are bad for business, Tory is...



  • Delphi, South Dakota is a dusty little prairie town, the kind people drive through on their way to bigger cities. But as Tory Bauer, middle-aged, widowed, overweight, cranky waitress might say, “Everything that happens in big towns, happens here to...



  • In late January, 1971, eighteen-year-old Becky Decker reported for her first day of work at Byerley State Hospital and School, a state-run institution spoken of mostly in whispers. She hoped to make friends, and to "make a difference" in her very fir...





Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Kathleen Taylor has published 9 books.

Kathleen Taylor does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Nut Hut, was published in December 2012.

The first book by Kathleen Taylor, The Missionary Position // Funeral Food, was published in October 1993.

Yes. Kathleen Taylor has 1 series.