Carolyn Ridder Aspenson

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  • Bibliography:
    66 Books (9 Series)
  • First Book:
    April 2013
  • Latest Book:
    September 2025
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Full Series List in Order

An Angela Panther Mystery

1 - Unfinished Business (Apr-2013)
2 - Unbreakable Bonds (Apr-2014)
3 - Uncharted Territory (Jan-2015)
3.5 - The Christmas Elf (May-2016)
3.6 - Unbinding Love (Jul-2016)
3.7 - The Ghosts (Oct-2016)
4 - Unexpected Outcomes (Sep-2017)
5 - Undesirable Situations (Dec-2020)

A Chantilly Adair Psychic Medium Cozy Mystery

1 - Get Up and Ghost (May-2019)
2 - Ghosts are People Too (Sep-2019)
3 - Praying for Peace (Nov-2019)
3.5 - Haunting Hooligans (Feb-2020)
4 - Ghost From the Grave (Aug-2020)
5 - Deceased and Desist (May-2021)
6 - Deja Boo (Nov-2021)

A Holiday Hills Witch Cozy Mystery

1 - There's a New Witch in Town (Jan-2020)
2 - Witch This Way (Jul-2020)
3 - Who's That Witch? (Mar-2021)
4 - Another Witch Bites the Dust (Jul-2021)
5 - Hungry Like the Witch (Oct-2022)
5.5 - Witchy Wonderland (Nov-2022)
6 - Witch or Without You (Feb-2023)
7 - Bust a Witch (Mar-2023)
8 - Let's Hear it for the Witch (Apr-2023)
9 - Any Way You Witch It (Jun-2023)
10 - Goody Witch Shoes (Jul-2023)
10.5 - All Out of Spells (Jul-2023)
11 - Don't Worry Be Witchy (Sep-2023)

The Inn at Laurel Creek

1 - The Inn at Laurel Creek (Oct-2014)
2 - Zoe & Daniel's Story (Nov-2017)

Jenna Wyatt

1 - How They Were Taken (Sep-2025)

A Lily Sprayberry Realtor Cozy Mystery

1 - Deal Gone Dead (Sep-2018)
2 - Decluttered and Dead (Oct-2018)
3 - Signed, Sealed and Dead (Jan-2020)
4 - Bidding War Break-In (Jan-2020)
5 - Open House Heist (Jan-2020)
6 - Realtor Rub Out (Jan-2020)
6.5 - The Scarecrow Snuff Out (Feb-2020)
6.6 - The Claus Killing (Feb-2020)
6.7 - Santa's Little Thief (Apr-2020)
7 - Foreclosure Fatality (Jun-2020)
7.5 - Squatter's Fight (Feb-2021)
8 - Upgraded for Murder (Jun-2022)

A Midlife Psychic Medium Novel

1 - Untrue Accusations (Jul-2023)

A Pooch Party Cozy Mystery

1 - Pooches, Pumpkins, and Poison (Jan-2020)
2 - Hounds, Harvest, and Homicide (Dec-2019)
3 - Dogs, Dinners, and Death (Nov-2020)

Rachel Ryder

1 - Damaging Secrets (Jan-2021)
2 - Hunted Girl (Jun-2021)
3 - Overkill (Oct-2021)
4 - Countdown (Mar-2022)
5 - Body Count (Sep-2022)
6 - Fatal Silence (Feb-2023)
7 - Deadly Means (Jun-2023)
8 - Final Fix (Dec-2023)
9 - Dark Intent (Aug-2024)
10 - Foul Play (Apr-2025)
Fatal Fortune (Feb-2023)

Multi-Author Series List

The Funeral Fakers

6 - Mourning Crisis (Dec-2018)

Book List in Order: 66 titles

  • Unfinished Business

    An Angela Panther Mystery - 1

    Sometimes the dead need our help and sometimes, we need theirs... ANGELA PANTHER HAS A PERFECT LIFE: A lovely home, an attentive, successful husband, two reasonably behaved children, a devoted dog and a lot of coffee and cupcakes. But while her life ...

  • Santa's Gift

    Cumming, Georgia journalist Jessica Holland isn't feeling the joy of the holiday. Recently dumped by someone she didn't even love, she's more fa la la la blah than fa la la la la. So when her best friend Ashley forces her to sit on Santa's lap at the...

  • Unbreakable Bonds

    An Angela Panther Mystery - 2

    When you're a psychic medium, and your best friend needs help catching her husband cheating, what do you do? You get your dead mother to get the goods on him, that's what. When Angela first discovered her gift to gab with ghosts, she fought it...

  • The Inn at Laurel Creek

    The Inn at Laurel Creek - 1

    From the best-selling author of the Angela Panther series comes the contemporary romance novella: The Inn At Laurel Creek Do You Believe in Love at First Sight? Frustrated and hurt by the news of her ex-boyfriend's pending marriage to a virtual stran...

  • Uncharted Territory

    An Angela Panther Mystery - 3

    Fans of Janet Evanovich will love Aspenson's snarky wit and laugh out loud character antics in this Five-Star Rated Cozy Mystery!
     
    Grab a latté, a box of Kleenex and a clean pair of panties. Carolyn Ridder A...

  • The Christmas Elf

    An Angela Panther Mystery - 3.5

    Christmas gifts come in all shapes and sizes and sometimes, in ways we least expect. In The Christmas Elf, An Angela Panther Mystery Holiday Short, psychic medium Angela Panther, her sidekick and best friend Mel, and celestial super sleuth Fran join ...

  • Unbinding Love

    An Angela Panther Mystery - 3.6

    When Atlanta-based psychic medium-turned amateur sleuth Angela Panther teams up with her best friend Mel and celestial super sleuth -- and Angela's dead mother -- Fran to help Detective Aaron Banner find a lost boy, the trio heads into ghostly territ...

  • The Ghosts

    An Angela Panther Mystery - 3.7

    When psychic medium Angela Panther dreams of an old abandoned mansion, she knows she's been given a sign. A spirit needs her, and Halloween season or not; she's determined to help. The place is haunted, and it's her biggest job yet. When Angela, side...

  • Unexpected Outcomes

    An Angela Panther Mystery - 4

    LIES, SECRETS AND THE ULTIMATE BETRAYAL.A FIVE STAR Readers' Favorite!“Keeps the reader hooked until the startling conclusion.” Susan Sewell, Reader’s Favorite When a frantic 911 call stumps a suburban Atlanta police department, psychic medium ...



  • Zoe & Daniel's Story

    The Inn at Laurel Creek - 2

    LOVE WILL FIND YOU, EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT LOOKING FOR IT.Do Miracles Really Happy at the Inn at Laurel Creek?With a broken heart and a bruised ego, best-selling romance novelist Zoe Mayfield retreats to the inn at Laurel Creek hoping to recharge her mus...

  • Deal Gone Dead

    A Lily Sprayberry Realtor Cozy Mystery - 1

    Meet Lily Sprayberry. Selling homes is her career. Solving murders, her calling. There’s money buried somewhere on Myrtle Redbecker’s property, and people are dying to find out where. Literally. When Bramblett County, Georgia’s number one realt...

  • Decluttered and Dead

    A Lily Sprayberry Realtor Cozy Mystery - 2

    Watch out! Lily and Belle are back, but they've got competition for BFF's of the year with the addition of new characters in this series by USA Today Bestselling Author Carolyn Ridder Aspenson!Think Golden Girls meets Steel Magnolias!LILY SPRAYBERRY ...

  • Mourning Crisis

    The Funeral Fakers - 6

    USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR CAROLYN RIDDER ASPENSON IS BACK WITH ANOTHER LAUGH OUT LOUD SOUTHERN COZY MYSTERY! Nothing will bring your acting career to a halt like literally crashing through the stage floor. But that's exactly what happened to Mayme...

  • Get Up and Ghost

    A Chantilly Adair Psychic Medium Cozy Mystery - 1

    Welcome to Castleberry, Georgia! Settle in with a cup of sweet tea and let me tell you a ghost story.I’ve got a secret. I see ghosts.I haven’t always seen the dead. It happened after I took a tumble down a flight of stairs and bumped my h...

  • Ghosts are People Too

    A Chantilly Adair Psychic Medium Cozy Mystery - 2

    When her best friend Gen comes from Birmingham for an extended visit, psychic medium Chantilly Adair can't wait to show her Castleberry, Georgia. Excited to introduce her to what makes her home town so unique, Chantilly plans to throw a party the siz...

  • Praying for Peace

    A Chantilly Adair Psychic Medium Cozy Mystery - 3

    Talking to ghosts can be killer.Castleberry, Georgia is a small Southern town with a ton of history, and that history includes a lot of ghosts. How do I know? Because I can see them.And trust me, that's not always a good thing.As the city's historica...

  • Hounds, Harvest, and Homicide

    A Pooch Party Cozy Mystery - 2

    USA Today"Bestselling Author: A fundraiser turns fatal, and an animal-shelter volunteer has to sniff out a killer . . .   When Missy Kingston brought her pooch-party program to an annual gala fundraiser for the city’s women’s she...

  • Bidding War Break-In

    A Lily Sprayberry Realtor Cozy Mystery - 4

    A Georgia realtor is selling a townhouse -- but there are perils hidden in the property -- in this witty mystery by the USA Today"Bestselling author.   Being a realtor is a lot like being a bartender: Sometimes you get an up-close and personal...

  • Open House Heist

    A Lily Sprayberry Realtor Cozy Mystery - 5

    A realtor in small-town Georgia is dealing with a hot property -- and a cold case -- in this mystery from the USA Today"Bestselling author.  You solve new murders and uncover old crimes,but can you save someone from doing hard time?To return w...



  • Pooches, Pumpkins, and Poison

    A Pooch Party Cozy Mystery - 1

    USA Today"Bestselling Author: A widowed mom and animal-shelter volunteer has to put Halloween celebrations aside to hound a killer . . .   It’s Halloween season, and the local animal shelter’s pooch adoption manager, Missy Kingst...

  • Realtor Rub Out

    A Lily Sprayberry Realtor Cozy Mystery - 6

    USA Today"Bestselling Author: A house on the market becomes the scene of a homicide -- and one realtor is listing all the suspects . . .   Bramblett County, Georgia realtor Lily Sprayberry’s brand new listing is a hit, just not the...

  • Signed, Sealed and Dead

    A Lily Sprayberry Realtor Cozy Mystery - 3

    USA Today"Bestselling Author: The clock runs out for a Georgia high school coach -- and a sleuthing realtor is on the case . . .  Realtor Lily Sprayberry hopes to have kids someday -- and if she does, she’ll refuse to let them play...

  • There's a New Witch in Town

    A Holiday Hills Witch Cozy Mystery - 1

    Welcome to Holiday Hills, where the coffee’s fresh and there’s magic in the air…I have a perfect life. I recently rented the most adorable little apartment on top of my favorite bookstore coffee shop on Main Street in Holiday Hills, the charmin...

  • The Claus Killing

    A Lily Sprayberry Realtor Cozy Mystery - 6.6

    A small-town realtor must solve Santa’s murder in this Southern holiday whodunit from the author of the Pooch Party Cozy Mysteries.   Christmas is just around the corner, and the entire town of Bramblett County, Georgia, is ready and waiting f...

  • Haunting Hooligans

    A Chantilly Adair Psychic Medium Cozy Mystery - 3.5

    Halloween is like a free-for-all for ghosts.I’m pretty new to the whole, "I see dead people" thing. But I’ve never been one not to go with the flow—as a divorced mom, that’s kind of a requirement, right?So, go with t...

  • The Scarecrow Snuff Out

    A Lily Sprayberry Realtor Cozy Mystery - 6.5

    A Lily Sprayberry Realtor Cozy Mystery NovellaAll of Bramblett County is keyed up and rarin' to go for the annual Abernathy Farm, "It's Fall, Y'all" festival, including realtor Lily Sprayberry and her friends. The haunted corn m...

  • Santa's Little Thief

    A Lily Sprayberry Realtor Cozy Mystery - 6.7

    A dead elf and stolen gifts put a damper on the Christmas season in this spirited whodunit from the author of the Pooch Party Cozy Mysteries.   It’s the most magical time of the year, and Bramblett County is swept up in preparations for the an...

  • Foreclosure Fatality

    A Lily Sprayberry Realtor Cozy Mystery - 7

    Murder and sparring seniors stir up trouble for a spunky, small-town Georgia realtor in this cozy mystery by the author of Realtor Rub Out.   I made a promise, multiple times actually, to my husband, the Bramblett County Sheriff. I promised I wo...

  • Witch This Way

    A Holiday Hills Witch Cozy Mystery - 2

    USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR Carolyn Ridder Aspenson is back with Witch This Way, book two in the Witches of Holiday Hills Cozy Mystery Series featuring a snarky talking cat, a parrot with attachment issues, and the best coffee this side of the Mason...



  • Ghost From the Grave

    A Chantilly Adair Psychic Medium Cozy Mystery - 4

    When psychic medium Chantilly Adair receives cryptic messages from the lacrosse park's dead groundskeeper, she knows something bad is coming. What she doesn't expect is tragedy to hit so close to home.Now her son's best friend is missing and feared d...

  • Dogs, Dinners, and Death

    A Pooch Party Cozy Mystery - 3

    USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR Carolyn Ridder Aspenson returns with Missy Kingston and their shared love for dogs in the third installment of the Pooch Party Cozy Mystery Series. Don't worry, no dogs are harmed in this series! If you love dogs the...

  • Undesirable Situations

    An Angela Panther Mystery - 5

    Menopause, mayhem, and murder. Just a normal day for psychic medium Angela Panther.Thirty-five years ago, Genevieve Ryland stepped off the stage of her high school graduation and disappeared without a trace.For years her mother searched for her, hitt...

  • Damaging Secrets

    Rachel Ryder - 1

    Bestselling author Carolyn Ridder Aspenson is back-this time with a scrappy heroine whose bold detective work and well-timed one-liners will leave you riveted-and entertained-at every turn. Detective Rachel Ryder is smart, tough, and fearless-readers...

  • A Haunted Offer

    Enjoy this quick magical cozy mystery read as a follow up to Spooks for Sale by USA Today Bestselling Author Carolyn RIdder Aspenson!  Great news! I'm still working hard as a personal assistant/real estate agent! I've been doing this for ov...

  • Spooks for Sale

    USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR CAROLYN RIDDER ASPENSON IS BACK WITH ANOTHER WITCHY COZY MYSTERY FILLED WITH MYSTERY AND MURDER, AND A MOUSE FAMILIAR! Witching isn't always what it's cracked up to be. For example, I've tried exactly ten careers in ...

  • Squatter's Fight

    A Lily Sprayberry Realtor Cozy Mystery - 7.5

    The real estate market is a tough business.When Bramblett County Realtor Lily Sprayberry finds a listing agent bound and tied in a new home, she fears the person responsible is her client.Lily isn't one to let things lie, and since the cops don't see...

  • Who's That Witch?

    A Holiday Hills Witch Cozy Mystery - 3

    USA TODAY Bestselling Author Carolyn Ridder Aspenson is back with Who's that Witch? Book three in the Witches of Holiday Hills Cozy Mysteries.My name is Abby Odell, and I must confess, I'm leading a double life. I'm a witch, but not everyone knows, i...

  • Deceased and Desist

    A Chantilly Adair Psychic Medium Cozy Mystery - 5

    To most people, I'm a middle-aged divorced mother managing the Castleberry Historical Society.What they don't know is that my side job is helping ghosts solve the mysteries of their demise.Trust me, it's not easy, especially when the ghosts don't lik...

  • Hunted Girl

    Rachel Ryder - 2

    When a routine investigation points to dangers from her past, Detective Rachel Ryder must risk everything to stop a killer.Rachel begins to worry when a seemingly simple overdose investigation uncovers a mysterious set of clues. Were the clues left a...



  • Another Witch Bites the Dust

    A Holiday Hills Witch Cozy Mystery - 4

    Get ready for a quirky broomstick ride through Holiday Hills by USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR Carolyn Ridder Aspenson!Welcome to the witchy world of Holiday Hills, where magic's strong like the coffee, our residents are quirky, and the Enchanted Books...

  • Overkill

    Rachel Ryder - 3

    Multiple dead teenagers, in a town demanding answers, drives Rachel Ryder into an undercover case that is unlike any she’s faced before.Detective Rachel Ryder is smart, tough, and fearless—readers will gladly follow her through every twis...

  • Deja Boo

    A Chantilly Adair Psychic Medium Cozy Mystery - 6

    Sometimes, an innocent person is convicted of a crime they didn't commit. And sometimes, after the real guilty person dies, they fess up.To me....Because I can communicate with the dead.I try hard to help the restless dead find closure. And usually, ...

  • Countdown

    Rachel Ryder - 4

    Dark family secrets and blood-chilling suspense converge in this riveting thriller by USA Today bestselling author Carolyn Ridder Aspenson.When a prominent surgeon and his wife are found dead in small-town Georgia, Detective Rachel Ryder and her part...

  • Upgraded for Murder

    A Lily Sprayberry Realtor Cozy Mystery - 8

    Steel Magnolias meets The Golden Girls! Lily Sprayberry Solves Crimes...And sets up murders? As cozy mystery enthusiasts know all too well, sometimes even the most idyllic small towns can have a dark side. I never would have guessed that I'd find mys...

  • Uncertain Circumstances

    A LOL Paranormal Women's Fiction NovelEvery day usually starts out the same for me. A little snuggle time with my pups, and maybe my husband if he's not already out of bed, a cup of coffee, and a chat with my dead mother. Of course, one in which she ...

  • Body Count

    Rachel Ryder - 5

    A serial killer is leaving numbers as his only clues...but nothing seems to add up.From USA Today bestselling author Carolyn Ridder Aspenson.When the fire department discovers a body near the scene of a suspicious blaze, Detective Rachel Ryder and he...

  • Hungry Like the Witch

    A Holiday Hills Witch Cozy Mystery - 5

    USA TODAY Bestselling Author Carolyn Ridder Aspenson returns to Holiday Hills where cozy mystery author Abby Odell writes books and casts spells with the help of her hilarious and snarky familiar, Cooper, the cat. Welcome to the witchy world of Holid...

  • Witchy Wonderland

    A Holiday Hills Witch Cozy Mystery - 5.5

  • Fatal Fortune

    Rachel Ryder

    A wealthy shut-in is found murdered in his mansion. Five other people were in the lavish home at the time of the crime—one of whom had motive enough to kill. And Detective Rachel Ryder is determined to discover who. But the more she and pa...



  • Fatal Silence

    Rachel Ryder - 6

    One, two, three, you can't pin on me.Seven, eight, nine, I'll add to my crimes.Four, five, six, add to the mix.The riddle still haunts her.Months after Detective Rachel Ryder exposed the madman who killed six people, she can't forget his sinister puz...

  • Witch or Without You

    A Holiday Hills Witch Cozy Mystery - 6

    Grab your coffee and sit a spell. USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR Carolyn Ridder Aspenson brings back witch Abby Odell and sets her a wild ride on her cozy mystery broomstick with her snarky, talking, Burmese cat familiar by her side. Sometimes even a s...

  • Bust a Witch

    A Holiday Hills Witch Cozy Mystery - 7

    The gossip at the Enchanted Bookstore and Café is hotter than the coffee, and it's brewing a big ol' mystery in USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR Carolyn Ridder Aspenson's newest Witches of Holiday Hills cozy mystery! Two people can keep a secret if...

  • Let's Hear it for the Witch

    A Holiday Hills Witch Cozy Mystery - 8

    SHIFTERS, WITCHES, WEREWOLVES, VAMPIRES. If that's your thing, then Holiday Hills is your home. USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR Carolyn Ridder Aspenson is back with the next installment in the Witches of Holiday Hills Cozy Mystery Series where you'll si...

  • Any Way You Witch It

    A Holiday Hills Witch Cozy Mystery - 9

    Welcome to Holiday Hills Georgia where the coffee's hot, and magic is on the menu! Join good witch Abby Odell, her talking Burmese cat familiar, and her quirky cast of friends and foes in the magical town of Holiday Hills, where books, coffee, pastri...

  • Deadly Means

    Rachel Ryder - 7

    One after another the extravagant homes of Hamby are being robbed.until the unthinkable happens.Three home invasions in a wealthy golf community have Hamby on edge. At first, only cash is taken. But with each break-in the crimes escalate. Jewelry is ...

  • All Out of Spells

    A Holiday Hills Witch Cozy Mystery - 10.5

    Step into the enchanting town of Holiday Hills, where the aroma of excellent coffee mingles with an extra touch of magic. That's right, we're talking about magic potions that can turn an ordinary day into an extraordinary one, among other things...

  • Goody Witch Shoes

    A Holiday Hills Witch Cozy Mystery - 10

    USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR CAROLYN RIDDER ASPENSON blends humor and magic in Goody Witch Shoes. Hey, it's me, Abby Odell - a resident witch of the quaint, magical town of Holiday Hills. My town has it all - vampires, shifters, fairies, werewolves, ...

  • Untrue Accusations

    A Midlife Psychic Medium Novel - 1

    What does a psychic medium do when her best friend's daughter has been accused of murder? Enlists the help of her own dead mother to find the true killer. Of course, even if Angela didn't ask for Fran's help, Fran would give it anyway. In my extended...

  • Don't Worry Be Witchy

    A Holiday Hills Witch Cozy Mystery - 11

  • All She Wants To Do Is Witch

    Welcome to Holiday Hills, a magical town where the tea is sweet, and magic is always on the menu. As Holiday Hills buzzes with both trepidation and excitement preparing to host the state news station's inaugural Enchanted Treats culinary competition,...

  • Fright Night Felony

    IF YOU LOVE WITCHES AND FAMILIARS, YOU'LL LOVE ESME AJAX AND HER FAMILIAR, HAROLD! Stardust Springs, where even the birds sing in riddles and the cats... well, let's just say they're the gossip queens. Who would've thought I'd end up here taking care...

  • Sharp Dressed Witch

    USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR CAROLYN RIDDER ASPENSON is back with another witchy mystery sure to light a fire under your cauldron! Welcome to Holiday Hills where murder and magic are always on the menu!Holiday Hills has a bit of a situation on our ha...

  • Final Fix

    Rachel Ryder - 8

    Detective Rachel Ryder stumbles upon a case that will force her to confront her past like never before. At a local fair, Rachel unexpectedly crosses paths with Sean, a familiar face from her past. The encounter, laced with awkward tension, takes a ha...

  • Dark Intent

    Rachel Ryder - 9

    The past comes back to haunt a small town when one murder leads to the discovery of another. When a troubled young woman, Jenn Berman, goes missing at the summer fair in Hamby, her uncaring family fails to notice. That is, until a loose dog returns h...

  • Foul Play

    Rachel Ryder - 10

    Find my killer.Rachel Ryder's world is catapulted into chaos with the discovery of a dire note on her front door begging her to solve the murder of former MLB star, Ryan Hicks. Ryan Hicks, who is very much alive. Initially written off as a dark twist...

  • How They Were Taken

    Jenna Wyatt - 1

    In Atlanta's shadows, where secrets fester and the missing stay buried, one woman's quest for truth threatens to unearth her own haunted past…Jenna Wyatt thought she'd left her demons behind when she traded her GBI badge for a private detective...

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Carolyn Ridder Aspenson has published 66 books.

The next book by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson, How They Were Taken, will be published in September 2025.

The first book by Carolyn Ridder Aspenson, Unfinished Business, was published in April 2013.

Yes. Carolyn Ridder Aspenson has 9 series.
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