Krista Davis

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  • Bibliography:
    30 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    October 2008
  • Latest Book:
    May 2024
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Full Series List in Order

A Domestic Diva Mystery

1 - The Diva Runs Out of Thyme (Oct-2008)
2 - The Diva Takes the Cake (Jun-2009)
3 - The Diva Paints the Town (Feb-2010)
4 - The Diva Cooks a Goose (Dec-2010)
5 - The Diva Haunts the House (Sep-2011)
6 - The Diva Digs Up the Dirt (Jun-2012)
7 - The Diva Frosts a Cupcake (Jun-2013)
8 - The Diva Wraps It Up (Jun-2014)
9 - The Diva Steals a Chocolate Kiss (Jun-2015)
10 - The Diva Serves High Tea (Jun-2016)
11 - The Diva Cooks up a Storm (May-2018)
12 - The Diva Sweetens the Pie (Apr-2019)
13 - The Diva Spices It Up (May-2020)
14 - The Diva Serves Forbidden Fruit (May-2021)
15 - The Diva Says Cheesecake! (Jun-2022)
16 - The Diva Delivers on a Promise (May-2023)
17 - The Diva Goes Overboard (May-2024)

Pen & Ink

1 - Color Me Murder (Mar-2018)
2 - The Coloring Crook (Nov-2018)
3 - Murder Outside the Lines (Oct-2021)
4 - A Colorful Scheme (Sep-2022)

A Pet Hotel Mystery

1 - Murder, She Barked (Dec-2013)
2 - The Ghost and Mrs. Mewer (Dec-2014)
3 - Murder Most Howl (Dec-2015)
4 - Mission Impawsible (Feb-2017)
5 - Not a Creature Was Purring (Nov-2017)
6 - The Dog Who Knew Too Much (Nov-2019)
7 - Big Little Spies (Apr-2021)
8 - A Good Dog's Guide to Murder (Sep-2022)
9 - The Dog Across the Lake (Jan-2024)

Book List in Order: 30 titles

  • The Diva Runs Out of Thyme

    A Domestic Diva Mystery - 1

    SOME DISHES ARE BEST SERVED COLD... Few can compete with Natasha Smith when it comes to entertaining, but her childhood rival, Sophie Winston, certainly tries. While Natasha is known for her intricate centerpieces and painstakingly prepared gourme...

  • The Diva Takes the Cake

    A Domestic Diva Mystery - 2

    KEEP THE FOOD...LOSE THE GROOM. Sophie Winston's sister, Hannah, is getting married -- again! And if you ask Sophie, her future brother-in-law is no prince. But is he a killer? That's the question on everyone's mind when his ex-wife is found hangi...

  • The Diva Paints the Town

    A Domestic Diva Mystery - 3

    NOW YOU SEE ME...NOW YOU DON'T. Sophie Winston's reclusive neighbor, Professor Mordecai Artemus, has died--and left his sprawling home to his Pomeranian. Sophie feels a tad guilty for not having befriended Mordecai. But at least she's not as heartle...

  • The Diva Cooks a Goose

    A Domestic Diva Mystery - 4

    WRAPPED UP IN MURDER... It promises to be a jolly holiday for Sophie Winston, until a scrooge steals the gifts from her family and neighbors and even pinches their holiday meals! Sophie quickly ends the neighbors' finger-pointing by organizing a toy...

  • The Diva Haunts the House

    A Domestic Diva Mystery - 5

    THIS HALLOWEEN, A MURDERER IS UP TO MISCHIEF... Domestic diva Sophie Winston is getting into the holiday spirit, and her decorations for a community haunted house are so good, it's scary. Not to be outdone, rival domestic diva Natasha is throwing ...

  • The Diva Digs Up the Dirt

    A Domestic Diva Mystery - 6

    TROUBLE IN SPADES... Determined not to be a garden-variety diva, Sophie Winston’s neighbor, Natasha, cultivates a plan to shine on television -- using Sophie’s backyard. As the cast and crew of the makeover show Tear It Up With Troy bulldoze t...

  • The Diva Frosts a Cupcake

    A Domestic Diva Mystery - 7

    Revenge is sweet… Sophie Winston and her BFF, Nina Reid Norwood, share a sweet spot for animals. So Sophie is delighted to help when Nina cooks up Cupcakes and Pupcakes -- a fundraising event for animal shelters. All the local bakeries will be...

  • Murder, She Barked

    A Pet Hotel Mystery - 1

    FIRST IN A NEW SERIES The Sugar Maple Inn in Wagtail, Virginia, is the country's premiere vacation hot spot for pet owners who can’t bear to leave their furry friends behind. But this tourist town smells trouble when a killer goes on the prowl....

  • The Diva Wraps It Up

    A Domestic Diva Mystery - 8

    In the latest novel in the national bestselling Domestic Diva Mystery series, it’s beginning to look a lot like murder... The holidays are domestic diva Sophie Winston’s favorite time of year. But this season, there seem to be more mishaps tha...



  • The Ghost and Mrs. Mewer

    A Pet Hotel Mystery - 2

    Wagtail, Virginia, the top pet-friendly getaway in the United States, is gearing up for a howling good Halloween -- until a spooky murder shakes the town to its core . . . Holly Miller doesn’t believe in spirits, but the Sugar Maple Inn is fille...

  • The Diva Steals a Chocolate Kiss

    A Domestic Diva Mystery - 9

    The New York Times bestselling author of The Diva Wraps It Up unwraps an all-new tale in which chocolate is the kiss of death… Domestic Diva Sophie Winston is in charge of the sweetest event in Old Town this summer. Amore Chocolates is celebrati...

  • Murder Most Howl

    A Pet Hotel Mystery - 3

    This January, Wagtail, Virginia, the top pet-friendly destination in the country, is throwing a fun murder mystery weekend -- but no one expected the real thing... Holly Miller is delighted her grandmother has finally left the Sugar Maple Inn to t...

  • The Diva Serves High Tea

    A Domestic Diva Mystery - 10

    When The Parlour opens up in town, domestic diva Sophie Winston finally has a place to satisfy her cravings for all things tea and crumpet related. And the shop serves as the perfect place for the ladies of the town to gather and gossip, especially s...

  • Mission Impawsible

    A Pet Hotel Mystery - 4

    In the pet-friendly town of Wagtail, Virginia, there’s no love lost when Holly Miller meets her match in a murderer... Holly and her grandmother, Oma, are working their tails off to prepare the Sugar Maple Inn for an upcoming matchmaking event ...

  • Not a Creature Was Purring

    A Pet Hotel Mystery - 5

    Santa Claws is coming to town and checking his list for a murderer -- as the New York Times bestselling Paws & Claws Mysteries continue… Inn owner Holly Miller finds it ruff staying cheerful over the holidays when the dead body of a beloved busi...

  • Color Me Murder

    Pen & Ink - 1

    Includes A Front and Back Cover for You to Color! By day, Florrie Fox manages Color Me Read bookstore in Georgetown, Washington D.C. By night, she creates her own intricately detailed coloring books for adults, filling the pages with objects that...

  • The Diva Cooks up a Storm

    A Domestic Diva Mystery - 11

    When a trendy, underground dinner club leaves some guests six-feet-under the table, entertaining professional and amateur sleuth Sophie Winston hopes she has all the right ingredients to put a murderer on ice in New York Times bestselling author Kris...

  • The Coloring Crook

    Pen & Ink - 2

    Includes A Front and Back Cover for You to Color! Life is looking rosy for Florrie Fox, manager of the Color Me Read bookstore in Georgetown, Washington D.C. She’s working on an adult coloring book of gardens, her romance with Sergeant Eric Jon...

  • The Diva Sweetens the Pie

    A Domestic Diva Mystery - 12

    In New York Times bestselling author Krista Davis’s new Domestic Diva mystery, Old Town’s annual Pie Festival crumbles into chaos after a celebrity judge is murdered, leaving it up to entertaining maven and sometime-sleuth Sophie Winston to dole ...



  • The Dog Who Knew Too Much

    A Pet Hotel Mystery - 6

    When a famous pooch comes to Wagtail for some downtime, inn owner Holly Miller learns that murder never rests in this all-new Paws & Claws mystery in the New York Times bestselling series. America's favorite dog comes to pet-friendly Wagtail f...

  • The Diva Spices It Up

    A Domestic Diva Mystery - 13

    She's a young Martha Stewart...in Old Town Virginia! New York Times bestselling author Krista Davis delights with the 13th in her enormously popular and completely charming Domestic Diva Mystery series. When a celebrity ghostwriter dies on the...

  • Big Little Spies

    A Pet Hotel Mystery - 7

    A pet detective on the hunt for a prominent pooch is found dead, and inn owner Holly Miller has to sort through her guest list for suspects in this all new Paws & Claws mystery in the New York Times bestselling series.The ladies of the Wagtail An...

  • The Diva Serves Forbidden Fruit

    A Domestic Diva Mystery - 14

    In the latest Domestic Diva mystery from New York Times bestselling author, Krista Davis, entertaining maven Sophie Winston must cut to the core of another murder investigation when members of an international tour group begin dropping like flie...

  • Murder Outside the Lines

    Pen & Ink - 3

    With Halloween just around the corner, the fall colors in Georgetown are brilliant. As manager of the Color Me Read bookstore, coloring book creator Florrie Fox has arranged for psychic author Hilda Rattenhorst to read from Spooktacular Ghost Stories...

  • The Diva Says Cheesecake!

    A Domestic Diva Mystery - 15

    “Reminiscent of Joanne Fluke’s Hannah Swensen cozies, which also include baking and a group of close friends working together to solve crimes.” " Booklist  A delightful new story from a New York Times bestselling author perfect for ...

  • A Colorful Scheme

    Pen & Ink - 4

    After a wedding guest’s murder, Florrie Fox sees a picture taking shape . . . Coloring-book creator and Washington, DC, bookstore owner Florrie Fox is attending the wedding of her wealthy boss and a famous romance author, who are taking their vows ...

  • A Good Dog's Guide to Murder

    A Pet Hotel Mystery - 8

    The great Gingerbread Dog & Cat House competition has come to Wagtail, along with another murder to solve for Holly and her supersmart Jack Russell terrier Trixie in the New York Times bestselling Paws & Claws series by Krista Davis!Visitors ...

  • The Diva Delivers on a Promise

    A Domestic Diva Mystery - 16

    The latest in the New York Times bestselling author’s enormously popular culinary cozy series featuring a young Martha Stewart in the making, the maven of entertaining and sometimes sleuth Sophie Winston. Delicious recipes and a picturesq...

  • The Dog Across the Lake

    A Pet Hotel Mystery - 9

    Holly and Trixie meet a strange new dog in Wagtail that leads them right into murder. . . .Holly Miller is looking forward to finally taking a few days to relax. Enjoying an early morning on her terrace, she spots an unfamiliar reddish-gold pooc...



  • The Diva Goes Overboard

    A Domestic Diva Mystery - 17

    For once, event planner Sophie Winston finds herself a guest at a lavish engagement party, but things go horrifyingly awry when the groom-to-be is fatally poisoned . . . In Old Town Alexandria’s unlikeliest match, Natasha Smith’s free-spirited mo...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Krista Davis has published 30 books.

The next book by Krista Davis, The Diva Goes Overboard, will be published in May 2024.

The first book by Krista Davis, The Diva Runs Out of Thyme, was published in October 2008.

Yes. Krista Davis has 3 series.
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