Daryl Wood Gerber

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  • Bibliography:
    29 Books (6 Series)
  • First Book:
    July 2013
  • Latest Book:
    March 2025
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Full Series List in Order

An Aroma Wellness Mystery

1 - Essence of Foul Play (Mar-2025)

An Aspen Adams Novel

1 - Desolate Shores (Aug-2019)
2 - Fan Mail (Nov-2019)
3 - Cold Conviction (Nov-2020)

Cookbook Nook

1 - Final Sentence (Jul-2013)
2 - Inherit the Word (Mar-2014)
3 - Stirring the Plot (Oct-2014)
4 - Fudging the Books (Aug-2015)
5 - Grilling the Subject (Aug-2016)
6 - Pressing the Issue (Feb-2018)
7 - Wreath Between the Lines (Oct-2018)
8 - Sifting Through Clues (Mar-2019)
9 - Shredding the Evidence (Apr-2020)
10 - Wining and Dying (May-2021)
11 - Simmering with Resentment (May-2022)
12 - Poaching Is Puzzling (Apr-2023)

A Fairy Garden Mystery

1 - A Sprinkling of Murder (Jul-2020)
2 - A Glimmer of a Clue (Jul-2021)
3 - A Hint of Mischief (Jul-2022)
4 - A Flicker of a Doubt (Apr-2023)
5 - A Twinkle of Trouble (Apr-2024)

A French Bistro Mystery

1 - A Deadly Eclair (Nov-2017)
2 - A Souffle of Suspicion (Jul-2018)

A Literary Dining Mystery

1 - Murder on the Page (Oct-2024)

Book List in Order: 29 titles

  • Final Sentence

    Cookbook Nook - 1

    In need of a change, Jenna Hart leaves the high-pressure world of advertising to help her aunt Vera open a culinary bookshop and café. Back with her family in Crystal Cove, California, Jenna seems to have all the right ingredients for a fresh start-...

  • Inherit the Word

    Cookbook Nook - 2

    Jenna Hart moved back to Crystal Cove, California, to recapture her joie de vivre and to help her aunt Vera run the local culinary bookshop and cafe.But it's hard to follow a simple recipe for relaxation when murder gets thrown in the mix... The ...

  • Stirring the Plot

    Cookbook Nook - 3

    Halloween in Crystal Cove, California, is a big deal, involving a spooky soiree where the Winsome Witches, a fund-raising group, gather to open up their purse strings and trade superstitions. But party magicians, fortune-tellers, and herbalists are o...

  • Fudging the Books

    Cookbook Nook - 4

    The Agatha Award-winning author of Stirring the Plot returns to the Cookbook Nook in Crystal Cove, California, where February brings Pirate Week, National Chocolate Month -- and bitter murder… Pirate Week is sweeping through Crystal Cove and kee...

  • Girl on the Run

    “Readers will be shocked by this exciting, fast-paced thriller’s twists and turns." Kirkus Reviews

    From nationally bestselling author Daryl Wood Gerber comes a gripping new suspense!

    When a fairytale fantasy night becomes a nightmare...

  • Grilling the Subject

    Cookbook Nook - 5

    Things heat up for bookstore owner Jenna Hart in the latest Cookbook Nook mystery from the Agatha Award-winning author of Fudging the Books. As the Wild West Extravaganza rides into Crystal Cove, California, Cookbook Nook store owner Jenna Hart i...

  • Day of Secrets

    A mother he thought he’d lost. A father he never knew. An enemy that wants them dead. At the age of five, Chase Day became an orphan. For thirty-one years, after a rebellious youth, he did his best to turn his life around and build a normal life --...

  • A Deadly Eclair

    A French Bistro Mystery - 1

    It’s always been Mimi Rousseau’s dream to open her own bistro, but it seems beyond her grasp since she’s been chased back home to Nouvelle Vie in Napa Valley by her late husband’s tremendous debt. Until her best friend Jorianne James introduc...

  • Pressing the Issue

    Cookbook Nook - 6

    The Agatha Award-winning author of Grilling the Subject returns to the Cookbook Nook in Crystal Cove, where the annual Renaissance Fair serves up a helping of crafty courtiers, damsels in distress, and medieval murder....



  • A Souffle of Suspicion

    A French Bistro Mystery - 2

    The buoyant mood at Bistro Rousseau deflates when Chef Camille’s sister, Renee, turns up dead in the chef’s kitchen, and Mimi Rousseau must tease the real killer out of a mélange of menacing characters. Crush Week in Nouvelle Vie is a madhous...

  • Wreath Between the Lines

    Cookbook Nook - 7

    The Agatha Awardâ€"winning author of Pressing the Issue returns to the Cookbook Nook, where Jenna Hart is busy decking the halls and ducking a killer . . .

    The holidays are Jenna Hart’s favorite time of year, but just as she’s decorating...

  • Sifting Through Clues

    Cookbook Nook - 8

    The Agatha Awardâ€"winning author of Wreath Between the Lines returns to the Cookbook Nook, where culinary mysteries are giving everyone food for thought . . .Book clubs from all over have descended on Crystal Cove to celebrate the library’s Book C...

  • Desolate Shores

    An Aspen Adams Novel - 1

    Daryl Wood Gerber, the national bestselling and Agatha Awardâ€"winning author of the Cookbook Nook Mysteries, returns with a novel of gripping suspense . . .

    A chilling murder, an elusive killer, and a family mystery that hits too close to hom...

  • Mistletoe and Murder

    A heartwarming collection of holiday mysteries full of merriment . . . and murder!Wreath Between the Lines by Daryl Wood GerberThe Agatha Awardâ€"winning author of Sifting Through Clues returns to the Cookbook Nook, where Jenna Hart is busy decking t...

  • Fan Mail

    An Aspen Adams Novel - 2

    Agatha Awardâ€"winning and national bestselling author Daryl Wood Gerber returns with a dark new novel of suspense . . .An adoring fan and a string of murders: a demented show of love that leaves no one safe . . .Local celebrity news anchor Gloria Mo...

  • Shredding the Evidence

    Cookbook Nook - 9

    The Agatha Award–winning author of Sifting Through Clues returns to the Cookbook Nook, where a combative food reporter gets her just deserts . . .The denizens of Crystal Cove are salivating over the upcoming Food Bowl Week, when local chefs of...

  • A Sprinkling of Murder

    A Fairy Garden Mystery - 1

    Fairy garden store owner Courtney Kelly believes in inviting magic into your life. But when uninvited trouble enters her shop, she’ll need more than a sprinkling of her imagination to solve a murder . . . Since childhood, Courtney has loved fai...

  • Cold Conviction

    An Aspen Adams Novel - 3

    Agatha Award–winning author Daryl Wood Gerber returns with private investigator Aspen Adams taking on a cold case that has haunted her for years . . .When her parents were murdered fourteen years ago, Aspen Adams coped as best she could as a c...

  • Wining and Dying

    Cookbook Nook - 10

    The Agatha Award–winning author of Shredding the Evidence returns to the Cookbook Nook, where it will take a stroke of genius for Jenna Hart to solve the murder of a local artist . . .Crystal Cove is buzzing with the launch of its fifth annual...



  • A Glimmer of a Clue

    A Fairy Garden Mystery - 2

    Courtney Kelly has a shop full of delights, a cat named Pixie, a green thumb -- and a magical touch when it comes to garden design. But in Carmel-by-the-Sea, things aren’t all sweetness and fairy lights . . .  When Courtney’s friend Wanda ge...

  • Simmering with Resentment

    Cookbook Nook - 11

    The Agatha Award–winning author of Wining and Dying returns to the Cookbook Nook, where a killer's explosive vengeance may lead to Jenna Hart's happily never after . . .With Bride's Dream Expo in town, it's all things wedding in Crystal Cove, ...

  • A Hint of Mischief

    A Fairy Garden Mystery - 3

    The proprietor of a fairy garden and tea shop in Carmel-by-the-Sea, Courtney Kelly has an occasional side gig as a sleuth -- with a sprinkling of magical assistance. . . . Courtney has thrown a few fairy garden parties -- for kids. But if a local soc...

  • A Flicker of a Doubt

    A Fairy Garden Mystery - 4

    Fairies are trending hard, especially when it comes to fairy garden décor in Walmart and Target and on Amazon. The latest installment in the nationally bestselling Daryl Wood Gerber's Fairy Garden mysteries is a perfect read for Laura Childs readers...

  • Poaching Is Puzzling

    Cookbook Nook - 12

    In the cutthroat world of crossword solvers, Jenna Hart will have to decipher some puzzling clues to catch a killer …The annual crossword puzzle contest has drawn contestants from near and far to Crystal Cove, and Jenna watches in amazement as...

  • Hope for the Holidays

    Hope Lyons's husband ran through all their money and split Portland, Oregon, forcing Hope to sell her beloved Pie in the Sky bakery and move with her two children back to charming Hope Valley, her hometown. She has been working as a waitress and...

  • The Son's Secret

    What if you're the only one who believes your son is missing? A chilling, twisty psychological suspense novel, perfect for fans of Laura Dave and Gillian Flynn.Maggie Lawson is the smart, capable dean of a boutique college, but even the most confiden...

  • A Twinkle of Trouble

    A Fairy Garden Mystery - 5

    Carmel-by-the-Sea garden shop owner Courtney Kelly sees things others can’t -- like fairies, and hidden motives for murder . . . Courtney is delighted when her tiny friend Fiona returns from the fairy realm, appearing at the base of a Cypress tree....

  • Murder on the Page

    A Literary Dining Mystery - 1

    Featuring twin hooks that cozy readers can’t get enough of -- classic books and delicious food -- this new series from the Agatha Award-winning, nationally bestselling author of several much loved series, including the Fairy Garden Mysteries and th...

  • Essence of Foul Play

    An Aroma Wellness Mystery - 1

    Emma Brennan may have her head in a cloud of eucalyptus, but her feet are firmly planted on the ground in breathtaking Carmel, California, as she prepares to open her new spa business, Aroma Wellness. But all the reiki, shiatsu, and massage in the wo...



Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Daryl Wood Gerber has published 29 books.

The next book by Daryl Wood Gerber, Essence of Foul Play, will be published in March 2025.

The first book by Daryl Wood Gerber, Final Sentence, was published in July 2013.

Yes. Daryl Wood Gerber has 6 series.
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