Cynthia Baxter

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  • Bibliography:
    25 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    March 1981
  • Latest Book:
    November 2020
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Full Series List in Order

A Lickety Splits Mystery

1 - Murder with a Cherry on Top (Feb-2018)
2 - Hot Fudge Murder (Jan-2019)
3 - Last Licks (Jan-2020)
4 - Game of Cones (Nov-2020)

A Murder Packs a Suitcase Mystery

1 - Murder Packs a Suitcase (Nov-2008)
2 - Too Rich and Too Dead (Mar-2009)

A Reigning Cats and Dogs Mystery

1 - Dead Canaries Don't Sing (Feb-2004)
2 - Putting on the Dog (Aug-2004)
3 - Lead a Horse to Murder (Jun-2005)
4 - Hare Today, Dead Tomorrow (Apr-2006)
5 - Right from the Gecko (Apr-2007)
6 - Who's Kitten Who? (Oct-2007)
7 - Monkey See, Monkey Die (Aug-2008)
8 - Murder Had a Little Lamb (Nov-2009)
9 - Crossing the Lion (Sep-2010)

Book List in Order: 25 titles

  • Once There Was a Fat Girl

    Martha Nowicki had progressed from chubby to fat without really noticing. And she always settled for less than she wanted. But when she was passed over for a promotion at her job, and her boyfriend Eddie deserted her, she knew she’d have to make a ...

  • Summer House

    When three generations of the Gilbert family gather for a reunion at their summer house, decades of family resentments, rivalries, and secrets emerge. Patriarch Ben has experienced chest pains, and is desperate to see his children again: TV talk-show...

  • Close to Home

    When Jessica MacAllister takes time off from her career to move to the suburbs and become a full time wife and mother, it’s not all Ozzie and Harriet. Then her cigar-chomping real-estate agent is murdered, and she can’t resist investigating. Jess...

  • Going Solo

    Three girls embark on a summer adventure: a music camp for talented teens.  Shy but ambitious Megan sees it as her ticket to success. Glamorous Tiffany goes reluctantly, determined not to have fun. Violinist Allegra, whose&#x...

  • A Summer in Paris

    Love, surprises, and difficult decisions await three friends who travel to Paris, the world’s most romantic city.  Nina, who loves everything French, finds more than she expected while investigating a family secret.  Kristy, outshone by h...

  • Temptation

    Rachel Swann is a struggling writer, a divorced mother of a precocious young daughter, and the ex-wife of a jerk who’s suing her for custody of their child. So Rachel’s up for anything -- and making three wishes in front of a strange statue at th...

  • Molly and the Great American Family

    Five quirky sisters, 7 to 18, run the household when their mother goes away on business. Scatterbrained Lizzie jumps from one crazy job to another, theatrical Emma flaunts her psychic powers, Ralph (Raphaella) struggles with issues of loyalty, and Cl...

  • Alaska Adventure

    College freshman Laurel Adams joined a summer research project in Alaska, where she lived with fellow researchers in a log cabin deep in the forest. But poachers were killing Alaskan brown bears and the young researchers decided to investigate. When ...

  • Once More with Feeling

    Imagine watching your husband confess his secret life to TV viewers while you’re planning your fifteenth anniversary party. Enough to convince Laura Briggs to join a divorce support group, and worry about her son’s imaginary friends. And when she...



  • Dead Canaries Don't Sing

    A Reigning Cats and Dogs Mystery - 1

    JESSICA POPPER ISN'T YOUR USUAL AMATEUR DETECTIVE. As a veterinarian, she's more experienced with paw prints than fingerprints. But thanks to her dogged persistence and her knack for landing on her feet, Jessie's got murder on a very short leash. ...

  • Putting on the Dog

    A Reigning Cats and Dogs Mystery - 2

    PART VET, PART SLEUTH, JESSICA POPPER IS A RARE BREED. It's murder most bestial when Dr. Popper investigates the celebrity species--and finds a dog-eat-dog world... A charity dog show has Jessica hitting the road with her faithful one-eyed Dalmat...

  • Lead a Horse to Murder

    A Reigning Cats and Dogs Mystery - 3

    WHEN IT COMES TO SLEUTHING, SHE'S NOT HORSING AROUND.... When full-time vet and part-time sleuth Jessica Popper is asked to treat a billionaire's ailing horse, she gets a deadly glimpse into the lifestyles of the rich and felonious.... Murder g...

  • Hare Today, Dead Tomorrow

    A Reigning Cats and Dogs Mystery - 4

    Can a vet detective catch a killer who's hopping mad? Veterinarian and amateur sleuth Jessica Popper races down the rabbit hole and into a vintage case of passion and betrayal in Long Island's elite wine country in... HARE TODAY, DEAD TOMORROW ...

  • Right from the Gecko

    A Reigning Cats and Dogs Mystery - 5

    IS A VET DETECTIVE ANY MATCH FOR A KILLER THIS COLD-BLOODED? Surf's up . . . and so are the stakes when veterinarian and amateur sleuth Jessica Popper escapes to the land of hula, hibiscus, and geckos for a professional conference. The last time s...

  • Who's Kitten Who?

    A Reigning Cats and Dogs Mystery - 6

    WHEN IT COMES TO MURDER, THIS SLEUTH ISN'T PUSSYFOOTIN' AROUND Veterinarian and amateur sleuth Jessica Popper takes center stage in the cast of an up-and-coming Long Island playwright's last production--and the fur flies as Jess finds the theater ...

  • Monkey See, Monkey Die

    A Reigning Cats and Dogs Mystery - 7

    Is a certain vet detective about to become an endangered species? It's been over a decade since Jessica Popper spoke to vet-school friend Erin Walsh. So when Erin calls out of the blue, Jess agrees to meet her. When Erin doesn't show, Jessie begin...

  • Murder Packs a Suitcase

    A Murder Packs a Suitcase Mystery - 1

    DISCOVER THE GOOD LIFE: SUN, FUN -- AND MURDER. Mallory Marlowe is ready to turn a corner--one lined with palm trees, plastic pink flamingo lawn ornaments, and snack bars shaped like giant ice cream cones. Thanks to her new job as travel writer for ...

  • Too Rich and Too Dead

    A Murder Packs a Suitcase Mystery - 2

    HAVE SUITCASE, WILL SLEUTH... Mallory Marlowe, travel writer for the Good Life magazine, heads to Colorado to answer the question: Can nonskiers have fun in Aspen? It's also a chance to visit a now rich and famous high-school classmate, Carly Cass...

  • Murder Had a Little Lamb

    A Reigning Cats and Dogs Mystery - 8

    WHO BETTER THAN A PET DETECTIVE TO EXPOSE A WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING? Things get wild and woolly when Jessica Popper's wedding to longtime fiance Nick Burby is interrupted by the sound of bloody murder. The sacrificial lamb is the black sheep of t...



  • Crossing the Lion

    A Reigning Cats and Dogs Mystery - 9

    CAN A SMALL-TOWN PET DETECTIVE HUNT DOWN A BEAST OF A KILLER IN ITS OWN LAIR? Veterinarian Jessica Popper is still basking in newlywedded bliss when neighbors Betty and Winston beg her to investigate the suspicious death of Linus Merrywood, king ...

  • The Housesitter

    No job, no boyfriend, no plans for the future . . .

    No wonder Megan Quinn is thrilled when she lands a fabulous housesitting gig in an affluent Los Angeles suburb. John Davis, the homeowner who posted the ad, explains he's desperate for som...

  • Murder with a Cherry on Top

    A Lickety Splits Mystery - 1

    Kate McKay had doubts about swapping her high-powered life in Manhattan for Wolfert’s Roost, the quaint Hudson Valley village where she grew up. But when she moves back to care for her ailing grandmother, Kate decides to start fresh and indulge her...

  • Hot Fudge Murder

    A Lickety Splits Mystery - 2

    Just six weeks after the grand opening of Lickety Splits Ice Cream Shoppe, owner Kate McKay has been enlisted to whip up sundaes at the most decadent soiree in the Hudson Valley. If only Kate knew how deadly sticky her sweet deal will turn out... ...

  • Last Licks

    A Lickety Splits Mystery - 3

    It’s autumn in the Hudson Valley, and Kate McKay has some tricks up her sleeve for a deliciously spooky Halloween at Lickety Splits Ice Cream Shoppe. But with a cold-blooded murderer thrown into the mix, the scares are about to become a little too ...

  • Game of Cones

    A Lickety Splits Mystery - 4

    In Cynthia Baxter's fourth Lickety Splits Mystery, ice cream shoppe owner and amateur sleuth Kate McKAy doesn't waffle around scooping up new clientele at a historic hotel, but her hopes of becoming the Hudson Valley's reigning ice cream ...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Cynthia Baxter has published 25 books.

Cynthia Baxter does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Game of Cones, was published in November 2020.

The first book by Cynthia Baxter, Once There Was a Fat Girl, was published in March 1981.

Yes. Cynthia Baxter has 3 series.
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