Amanda Flower

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  • Bibliography:
    49 Books (12 Series)
  • First Book:
    June 2010
  • Latest Book:
    September 2025
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Full Series List in Order

An Amish Candy Shop Mystery

1 - Assaulted Caramel (Sep-2017)
2 - Lethal Licorice (Mar-2018)
3 - Premeditated Peppermint (Sep-2018)
3.5 - Criminally Cocoa (Feb-2019)
4 - Toxic Toffee (Jun-2019)
5 - Botched Butterscotch (May-2020)
5 - Marshmallow Malice (Jun-2020)
5.5 - Candy Cane Crime (Nov-2020)
6 - Lemon Drop Dead (May-2021)
7 - Peanut Butter Panic (Aug-2022)
8 - Blueberry Blunder (May-2023)
9 - Gingerbread Danger (Oct-2024)

An Amish Matchmaker Mystery

1 - Matchmaking Can Be Murder (Jan-2020)
2 - Courting Can Be Killer (Dec-2020)
3 - Marriage Can Be Mischief (Dec-2021)
4 - Honeymoons Can Be Hazardous (Jan-2023)
5 - Dating Can Be Deadly (Oct-2023)

An Andi Boggs Novel

1 - Andi Unexpected (Sep-2013)
2 - Andi Under Pressure (Sep-2014)
3 - Andi Unstoppable (Oct-2015)

An Appleseed Creek Mystery

1 - A Plain Death (Jul-2012)
2 - A Plain Scandal (Feb-2013)
3 - A Plain Disappearance (Sep-2013)
4 - A Plain Malice (Sep-2014)

An Emily Dickinson Mystery

1 - Because I Could Not Stop for Death (Sep-2022)
2 - I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died (Nov-2023)
3 - I Died for Beauty (Mar-2025)

A Farm to Table Mystery

1 - Farm to Trouble (Mar-2021)
2 - Put Out to Pasture (Feb-2022)
3 - In Farm's Way (Mar-2023)
4 - Crime and Cherry Pits (Feb-2024)
5 - Natural Barn Killer (Sep-2025)

An India Hayes Mystery

1 - Maid of Murder (Jun-2010)
2 - Murder in a Basket (Feb-2012)

A Living History Museum Mystery

1 - The Final Reveille (May-2015)
2 - The Final Tap (May-2016)
3 - The Final Vow (May-2017)

A Magic Garden Mystery

1 - Flowers and Foul Play (Apr-2018)
2 - Death and Daisies (Oct-2018)
3 - Mums and Mayhem (Aug-2020)

A Magical Bookshop Mystery

1 - Crime and Poetry (Apr-2016)
2 - Prose and Cons (Dec-2016)
3 - Murders and Metaphors (Feb-2019)
4 - Verse and Vengeance (Dec-2019)
5 - Crimes and Covers (Jan-2022)

A Mystery in The First Days of Flight

1 - To Slip the Bonds of Earth (Mar-2024)
2 - Not They Who Soar (May-2025)

A Piper and Porter Mystery

1 - Dead End Detective (Sep-2020)
2 - Frozen Detective (Dec-2022)

Book List in Order: 49 titles

  • Maid of Murder

    An India Hayes Mystery - 1
    Worldwide Mysteries - 903

    India Hayes, a college librarian and reluctant bridesmaid, is thrown into the role of amateur sleuth as she hunts down the person who murdered her childhood friend and framed her brother for the crime. ...

  • Murder in a Basket

    An India Hayes Mystery - 2
    Worldwide Mysteries - 922

    She's dressed in pioneer garb and running a face-painting booth -- not exactly college librarian India Hayes's ideal way to display her artistic skill. Still, working her town's Founder's Festival beats getting grief from her officious committee-runn...

  • A Plain Death

    An Appleseed Creek Mystery - 1

    Welcome to Appleseed Creek, the heart of Ohio’s Amish Country, where life is not as serene as it seems. While her Cleveland friends relocated to Southern California and Italy, 24-year-old computer whiz Chloe Humphrey moves with some uncertainty ...

  • A Plain Scandal

    An Appleseed Creek Mystery - 2

    The people of Appleseed Creek in the heart of Ohio’s Amish Country are under attack. Soon after the dust has settled on a buggy accident that turned out to be murder, an unknown assailant begins cutting off the long hair of Amish women and the bear...

  • A Plain Disappearance

    An Appleseed Creek Mystery - 3

    USA Today recently hailed award-nominated author Amanda Flower for A Plain Death, calling it “the first Amish rom-com . . . bring on the next one!” As the enthusiastic reviews continue to mount, she’s back with her third Appleseed Creek mystery...

  • Andi Unexpected

    An Andi Boggs Novel - 1

    Twelve-year-old Andora 'Andi' Boggs and her fourteen-year-old sister Bethany move to rural Ohio to live with their eccentric twenty-something aunt after the sudden death of their parents. While dealing with her grief, Andi discovers proof of another ...

  • Andi Under Pressure

    An Andi Boggs Novel - 2

    Twelve-year-old Andora ‘Andi’ Boggs and her new best friend Colin Carter couldn’t be more excited to attend the prestigious science camp at the local university in Killdeer, Ohio. Unfortunately, Discovery Camp’s curriculum appears to include ...

  • A Plain Malice

    An Appleseed Creek Mystery - 4

    “Flower has hit it out of the ballpark with this series and continues to amaze with her knowledge of the Amish way of life."- 4 1/2 stars Top Pick RT Book Reviews about A Plain Disappearance The Amish community in Appleseed Creek’s new bishop bel...

  • The Final Reveille

    A Living History Museum Mystery - 1

    As the director of Barton Farm, a living history museum, Kelsey Cambridge is underpaid and underappreciated, but she loves every minute of it. Determined to keep the struggling museum open, she plans to impress Barton Farm's wealthy benefactress, Cyn...



  • Andi Unstoppable

    An Andi Boggs Novel - 3

    Andi Boggs and her best friend Colin Carter are at it again in this third book of the Andi Boggs series, Andi Unstoppable, school has begun for the two Killdeer middle schoolers and the science teacher has a great idea! He is an expert birder and wan...

  • Crime and Poetry

    A Magical Bookshop Mystery - 1

    From Amanda Flower -- who writes the national bestselling Amish Quilt Shop Mysteries as Isabella Alan -- comes the first in the new Magical Bookshop Mystery series. Rushing home to sit by her ailing grandmother’s bedside, Violet Waverly is shock...

  • The Final Tap

    A Living History Museum Mystery - 2

    Kelsey Taps for Something Much Deadlier Than Sap March on Barton Farm can only mean one thing: maple sugar season. To combat the winter slump, resilient director Kelsey Cambridge organizes a Maple Sugar Festival, complete with school visits, panca...

  • Prose and Cons

    A Magical Bookshop Mystery - 2

    Magic, books, and cats collide in a village near Niagara Falls in the latest mystery from the author of Crime and Poetry... In Cascade Springs, New York, Violet Waverly and her grandma, Daisy, are the proprietors of Charming Books, where the powe...

  • The Final Vow

    A Living History Museum Mystery - 3

    Summer weddings in Barton Farm's picturesque church are standard procedure for museum director Kelsey Cambridge. At least they were until the Cherry Foundation, which supports the museum, orders Kelsey to host her ex-husband's wedding on Farm grounds...

  • Assaulted Caramel

    An Amish Candy Shop Mystery - 1

    Sometimes you need a sweet tooth to take a bite out of crime . . . Bailey King is living the sweet life as assistant chocolatier at world-famous JP Chocolates in New York City. But just when Bailey’s up for a life-changing promotion, her grandmo...

  • Lethal Licorice

    An Amish Candy Shop Mystery - 2

    Too many sweets spoil the murder... Harvest, Ohio, is a long way from New York City, where Bailey King left a coveted job as a head chocolatier to take over Swissmen Sweets, her Amish grandparents’ candy shop. Now, while caring for her recently...

  • Flowers and Foul Play

    A Magic Garden Mystery - 1

    The first in a “quirky” cozy mystery series “full of magical fun,” featuring an enchanted garden in Scotland -- “a delight from start to finish” (Juliet Blackwell, New York Times"bestselling author). Reeling from the loss of her fiancé...

  • Premeditated Peppermint

    An Amish Candy Shop Mystery - 3

    Someone’s sweet on revenge... Christmas is Bailey King’s favorite time of year. For her first Yuletide in Harvest, Ohio, the former big-city chocolatier is recreating a cherished holiday treat: peppermint combined with molten white chocolate....

  • Death and Daisies

    A Magic Garden Mystery - 2

    National bestselling author: Florist Fiona Knox left behind her gloomy life for a magical garden in Scotland, but a murder on her shop’s opening day spells doomFiona Knox thought she was pulling her life back together when she inherited her godfath...



  • Murders and Metaphors

    A Magical Bookshop Mystery - 3

    Niagara region booksellers Violet Waverly and Grandma Daisy sleuth the slaying of a sommelier whose book signing turned into her sayonara. January means ice wine season in the Niagara Falls region, but the festivities leave Charming Books owner Vi...

  • Criminally Cocoa

    An Amish Candy Shop Mystery - 3.5

    Simple treats turn dangerously tricky on the set of an Amish cooking show in this mystery by the Agatha Award-winning author of Assaulted Caramel. For Easter this year, Charlotte Weaver is leaving Amish country with her cousin Bailey on her firs...

  • Toxic Toffee

    An Amish Candy Shop Mystery - 4

    A sweet tooth for murder . . . Bailey King’s in New York wrapping up a six-week shoot on her first cable TV show, Bailey’s Amish Sweets, when she gets a call from her Ohio town’s resident busybody. With Easter around the corner, Bailey’s...

  • Verse and Vengeance

    A Magical Bookshop Mystery - 4

    USA Today bestselling author and Agatha Award winner Amanda Flower turns the charm up to ten in her fourth Magical Bookshop mystery.With the help of Walt Whitman's works, magical bookshop owner Violet Waverly puts her pedal to the metal to sleuth a b...

  • Matchmaking Can Be Murder

    An Amish Matchmaker Mystery - 1

    Matchmaking can be murder . . . When widowed Millie Fisher moves back to her childhood home of Harvest, Ohio, she notices one thing right away -- the young Amish are bungling their courtships and marrying the wrong people! A quiltmaker by trade,...

  • Botched Butterscotch

    An Amish Candy Shop Mystery - 5

    A slice of intrigue. . .    Mother’s Day is a sweet and busy time at the candy shop Bailey King runs with her Amish grandmother. This year is extra special, because Bailey’s parents are visiting Harvest, Ohio. Bailey’s father has rare...

  • Marshmallow Malice

    An Amish Candy Shop Mystery - 5

    Caught in a sticky situation . . . With Juliet Brody and Reverend Brook tying the knot in Ohio’s Amish Country’s most anticipated nuptials of the year, Bailey King is determined to do everything in her power to make the event a sweet success....

  • Mums and Mayhem

    A Magic Garden Mystery - 3

    A famous fiddler has been kilt. A magic garden''s left to wilt. Does Fiona Knox''s father hold the guilt? Will florist Fiona''s blood be spilt? World-famous fiddle player Barley McFee arrives in blustery Bellewick, Aberdeen...

  • Dead End Detective

    A Piper and Porter Mystery - 1

     Starred Review on Library Journal! USA Today bestselling author and Agatha Award winner Amanda Flower brings charm and intrigue to her first cozy mystery for Hallmark.Darby Piper is in shock. A seasoned female detective, she worked wi...

  • Candy Cane Crime

    An Amish Candy Shop Mystery - 5.5

    A candy-striped caper . . .  Christmas is coming all too quickly for Harvest, Ohio’s famous chocolatier, Bailey King. Thanks to her new cable TV show, her shop has more candy orders than she can handle this holiday season. Fortunately, her bel...



  • Courting Can Be Killer

    An Amish Matchmaker Mystery - 2

    “The Amish Miss Marple strikes again…exciting.” -- Kirkus Reviews“Refreshing…Flower combines quirky characters, close-knit community, and first-class sleuthing to great effect. Fans of Amish mysteries will love this.” -- Publishers...

  • Farm to Trouble

    A Farm to Table Mystery - 1

    First in a new cozy mystery series from USA Today bestselling author Amanda Flower!Coming home to a run-down farm, gossipy neighbors, and a shady investor is a lot to handle… but a murderer on the loose is the final straw!Shiloh Bellamy cashed in h...

  • Lemon Drop Dead

    An Amish Candy Shop Mystery - 6

    Murder always leaves a sour taste . . .   Although baby showers aren’t an Amish tradition, Bailey King wants to celebrate Emily Keim’s forthcoming bundle of joy. It’s the least she can do for her hardworking assistant at Swissmen Sweets, e...

  • Marriage Can Be Mischief

    An Amish Matchmaker Mystery - 3

    Millie Fisher may be widowed, but she leads a full life in her Amish hometown of Harvest, Ohio. There’s her quilting circle, her Boer goats, her gift for matchmaking -- and the occasional murder . . .   Millie is happy that her childhood frie...

  • Crimes and Covers

    A Magical Bookshop Mystery - 5

    Violet Waverly sleuths a Thoreau-ly puzzling Christmastime murder in Agatha Award-winning, USA Today bestselling author Amanda Flower's fifth Magical Bookshop mystery.Christmas is coming to the Western New York village of Cascade Springs, and so is t...

  • Put Out to Pasture

    A Farm to Table Mystery - 2

    A delightful new cozy mystery from USA Today bestselling author Amanda Flower!There's fowl play afoot on the farmShiloh Bellamy has saved her family's farm from financial ruin -- but now what? She's barely scraping by on the farm's new organic busine...

  • Peanut Butter Panic

    An Amish Candy Shop Mystery - 7

    Dead by dessert . . . Thanksgiving is Bailey King’s busiest holiday weekend. This year promises to be even more hectic, since Bailey’s candy shop, Swissmen Sweets, is providing desserts for Harvest, Ohio’s first village-wide Thanksgiving celebr...

  • Because I Could Not Stop for Death

    An Emily Dickinson Mystery - 1

    Emily Dickinson and her housemaid, Willa Noble, realize there is nothing poetic about murder in this first book in an all-new series from USA Today bestselling and Agatha Award"winning author Amanda Flower.January 1855 Willa Noble knew it was bad l...

  • Frozen Detective

    A Piper and Porter Mystery - 2

    Murder on the ski slopes. The weapon? A bow and arrow. The suspects? Every guest at the villa.Intrigue, a fake relationship, and humor come together in a Knives Out-style cozy mystery from bestselling author Amanda Flower and Hallmark Publishing.A we...

  • Honeymoons Can Be Hazardous

    An Amish Matchmaker Mystery - 4

    Set in the fan favorite Amish village of Harvest, Ohio, the latest novel in USA Today bestselling author Amanda Flower's Amish Matchmaker series brings back the unlikely sleuthing duo of an Amish widow and her zany, thrice divorced best friend. Will ...



  • In Farm's Way

    A Farm to Table Mystery - 3

    "An adorable pug and characters you can invest in enliven a very cherry-centric mystery." -- Kirkus ReviewsWhen the biggest catch at the annual Ice Fishing Derby is the body of brewmaster Wallace, Shiloh must reel in the killer before her farm goes...

  • Blueberry Blunder

    An Amish Candy Shop Mystery - 8

    For fans of Laura Childs' Tea Shop Mysteries and Ellery Adams'  Culinary Cozy Mysteries, the Amish Candy Shop series combines a fascinating look at Amish life with the fun of candy making and a hint of romance between chocolatier Bailey King and...

  • Dating Can Be Deadly

    An Amish Matchmaker Mystery - 5

    Set in the fan favorite Amish village of Harvest, Ohio, the latest novel in the USA Today bestselling author’s Amish Matchmaker series features the unlikely sleuthing duo of an Amish widow and her zany, oft-divorced English best friend. Will appeal...

  • I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died

    An Emily Dickinson Mystery - 2

    When a literary icon stays with the Dickinson family, Emily and her housemaid Willa find themselves embroiled in a shocking murder in this new mystery from USA Today bestselling and Agatha Award"winning author Amanda Flower.August 1856. The Dickins...

  • Crime and Cherry Pits

    A Farm to Table Mystery - 4

    Head back to snowy Michigan just in time for the annual cherry pit spitting contest. It’s all fun and games until the local drama professor chokes on more than just his pride.Shiloh Bellamy can hardly believe it -- for the first time in her family ...

  • To Slip the Bonds of Earth

    A Mystery in The First Days of Flight - 1

    While not as famous as her older siblings Wilbur and Orville, the celebrated inventors of flight, Katharine Wright is equally inventive " especially when it comes to solving crimes " in USA Today bestselling author Amanda Flower’s radiant new h...

  • Gingerbread Danger

    An Amish Candy Shop Mystery - 9

    For fans of Laura Childs' Tea Shop Mysteries and Ellery Adams'  Culinary Cozy Mysteries, the Ohio-set Amish Candy Shop series combines a fascinating look at Amish life with the fun of candy making, plus the romance between chocolatier Bailey Kin...

  • I Died for Beauty

    An Emily Dickinson Mystery - 3

    When a blaze takes both a neighbor’s home and his life, Emily Dickinson and her maid Willa have a burning desire to crack the case in this new historical mystery from Agatha Award"winning author Amanda Flower.Amherst, 1857. The Dickinson family b...

  • Not They Who Soar

    A Mystery in The First Days of Flight - 2

    The equally brilliant real-life sister of the famous flying Wright Brothers, Katharine Wright, investigates an unsettling death at the 1904 World's Fair in this radiant new historical mystery from USA Today bestselling author Amanda Flower.Summer 190...

  • Natural Barn Killer

    A Farm to Table Mystery - 5



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2015 Agatha Award -- Children/Young Adult


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Amanda Flower has published 49 books.

The next book by Amanda Flower, Natural Barn Killer, will be published in September 2025.

The first book by Amanda Flower, Maid of Murder, was published in June 2010.

Yes. Amanda Flower has 12 series.
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