J.C. Eaton

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  • Bibliography:
    28 Books (4 Series)
  • First Book:
    July 2017
  • Latest Book:
    January 2025
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Full Series List in Order

A Charcuterie Shop Mystery

1 - Laid Out to Rest (Jul-2022)
2 - Sliced, Diced and Dead (Jul-2023)

A Marcie Rayner Mystery

1 - Murder in the Crooked Eye Brewery (Aug-2018)
2 - Murder at the Mystery Castle (Oct-2019)

A Sophie Kimball Mystery

1 - Booked 4 Murder (Jul-2017)
2 - Ditched 4 Murder (Dec-2017)
3 - Staged 4 Murder (Jun-2018)
4 - Botched 4 Murder (Dec-2018)
5 - Molded 4 Murder (Sep-2019)
6 - Dressed Up 4 Murder (Mar-2020)
7 - Broadcast 4 Murder (Nov-2020)
8 - Railroaded 4 Murder (Jan-2021)
9 - Saddled Up 4 Murder (Mar-2022)
10 - Grilled 4 Murder (Nov-2022)
11 - Strike Out 4 Murder (Mar-2023)

The Wine Trail Mysteries

1 - A Riesling to Die (Mar-2018)
2 - Chardonnayed to Rest (Sep-2018)
3 - Pinot Red or Dead? (Mar-2019)
4 - Sauvigone for Good (Dec-2019)
5 - Divide and Concord (May-2020)
6 - Death, Dismay and Rose (Oct-2020)
7 - From Port to Rigor Morte (Apr-2021)
8 - Murder at Classy Kitchens (Mar-2021)
9 - Mischief, Murder and Merlot (Sep-2022)
10 - Caught in the Traminette (Nov-2023)

Book List in Order: 28 titles

  • Booked 4 Murder

    A Sophie Kimball Mystery - 1

    Never judge a book by its cover... Sophie “Phee” Kimball is not a cop. She’s a divorced, middle-aged mom who works as an account clerk for the police department in a small city in Minnesota. But her retired mother, Harriet Plunkett, is convi...

  • Ditched 4 Murder

    A Sophie Kimball Mystery - 2

    She’s handling a bridezilla -- and hunting a killer... Moving from Minnesota to Arizona was a big change for Sophie “Phee” Kimball. She’s much closer to her mother’s retirement community now -- which can drive her a little crazy, but at...

  • A Riesling to Die

    The Wine Trail Mysteries - 1

    A deadly search for sour grapes... Norrie Ellington is a successful screenwriter living in New York City. She’s also been a silent partner for her family’s winery upstate -- until her sister and brother-in-law take a year-long sabbatical. Wit...

  • Staged 4 Murder

    A Sophie Kimball Mystery - 3

    Casting suspicion... Sophie “Phee” Kimball wants to get some work done at her private investigation company in Arizona -- and she’s distracted already by her old crush, who’s arriving from Minnesota to join the staff. The last thing she need...

  • Murder in the Crooked Eye Brewery

    A Marcie Rayner Mystery - 1

    Still kicking herself in the pants for ever getting married in the first place, twenty-something crime statistician Marcie Rayner does a turnaround. She divorces her philandering husband and trades her desk job in St. Paul, Minnesota, for a temporary...

  • Chardonnayed to Rest

    The Wine Trail Mysteries - 2

    Finding a murderer requires 100% proof. In Seneca Lake, New York, Norrie Ellington’s Two Witches Winery has been selected by the local vintner community to host the annual Federweisser, a celebration of the season’s first fermentation of whit...

  • Botched 4 Murder

    A Sophie Kimball Mystery - 4

    Bowled over... Sophie “Phee” Kimball is getting dragged into the drama again at her mom’s Arizona retirement community. A new board member wants to get rid of two golf courses and replace them with eco-friendly parks, and some of the residents...

  • Pinot Red or Dead?

    The Wine Trail Mysteries - 3

    There’s a lot of noir surrounding this rare pinot. As the vineyards in Seneca Lake, New York, prepare for the seasonal “Deck the Halls Around the Lake” festivities, someone is determined to keep pinot noir off the wine list. Hijacked trucks ...

  • Molded 4 Murder

    A Sophie Kimball Mystery - 5

    A view to a kiln … Sophie “Phee” Kimball enjoys working as a bookkeeper for a private investigator. If only her mother Harriet could enjoy her retirement at Sun City West in Arizona -- instead of constantly getting involved with retirees be...



  • Murder at the Mystery Castle

    A Marcie Rayner Mystery - 2

    Twenty-something neophyte detective, Marcie Rayner, has put one murder investigation to rest at Blake Investigations in New Ulm, Minnesota, when another case, emanating from the same source (her mother), lands in her lap. When Helena Heatherbrae, the...

  • Sauvigone for Good

    The Wine Trail Mysteries - 4

    Can Norrie stop a murderer’s reign of terroir? The descent of winter on the Finger Lakes means it’s time for the Wine Trail Association’s Chocolate and Wine Extravaganza. Unfortunately, for screenwriter-turned-reluctant vintner, Norrie Elli...

  • Dressed Up 4 Murder

    A Sophie Kimball Mystery - 6

    Last one standing is the winner . . . The holiday season has arrived and bookkeeper/amateur sleuth, Sophie “Phee” Kimball, would love nothing more than to enjoy the comforts of her new home with her detective boyfriend near Arizona’s Sun C...

  • Divide and Concord

    The Wine Trail Mysteries - 5

    Norrie Ellington is a sucker for doing good deeds, but when she agrees to let a film crew use her winery as a backdrop and one of them turns up dead, she'll have to act fast because this crew knows how to put on an act . . .When screenwriter and wine...

  • Death, Dismay and Rose

    The Wine Trail Mysteries - 6

    When a local historian is found dead, Norrie Ellington has to dig through the clues to prove the cause was not a centuries-old curse but coldblooded murder . . .It's rare that the summer solstice and a full moon fall on the same night, but winery man...

  • Broadcast 4 Murder

    A Sophie Kimball Mystery - 7

    In J.C. Eaton's seventh Sophie Kimball Mystery, Sophie's kooky mother, Harriet, is gearing up to become Arizona's newest radio star as the host of the Booked 4 Murder Mystery Hour. But when she ends up broadcasting herself discovering a d...

  • Railroaded 4 Murder

    A Sophie Kimball Mystery - 8

    While planning her wedding, Sophie “Phee” Kimball gets sidetracked by the murder of a model train enthusiast . . .    Phee’s marriage to Marshall Gregory promises to be the wedding of the year in Arizona’s Sun City West -- that is, ...

  • Murder at Classy Kitchens

    The Wine Trail Mysteries - 8

    A not quite thirty-year-old divorcee and neophyte detective finds herself investigating the murder of her ex-husband's new wife.Proving her ex-husband not guilty of murder, by finding the real killer, wasn't how detective Marcie Rayner planned on sta...

  • From Port to Rigor Morte

    The Wine Trail Mysteries - 7

    Norrie Ellington has to pour herself into a case to bottle up a crafty killer . . .With her overlong stay at Two Witches Winery extended yet again, screenwriter Norrie Ellington wants nothing more than to lay low and avoid murder investigations at al...

  • Saddled Up 4 Murder

    A Sophie Kimball Mystery - 9

    With a killer on the loose and horse thieves plaguing the area, it's up to Sophie Phee Kimball to corral the clues and bring an outlaw to justice . . . Spring is in the air as Sun City West gears up for its annual Bye Bye Birdie festivities, when res...



  • Laid Out to Rest

    A Charcuterie Shop Mystery - 1

    Next time you rent a house, make sure you're the only occupant. If it wasn't for a flamboyant, self-absorbed ghost occupying Katie Aubrey's rental house, the thirtysomething former business tech turned charcuterie chef would be able to concentra...

  • Mischief, Murder and Merlot

    The Wine Trail Mysteries - 9

    Norrie Ellington gears up for Halloween at Two Witches Winery, where the phrase wine and spirits takes on spooky—and deadly—overtones . . .Back at Two Witches Winery for a short stay, Norrie Ellington is warming to the holiday spirit an...

  • Grilled 4 Murder

    A Sophie Kimball Mystery - 10

    With a high-stakes barbecue contest coming to town, Sophie Phee Kimball's friends will get raked over the coals when one of the contestants is murdered . . .Sun City West is abuzz with the news that the Food Network is sponsoring a local barbecue coo...

  • Strike Out 4 Murder

    A Sophie Kimball Mystery - 11

    When softball fever overtakes Sun City West, foul balls and foul play add up to murder . . . When a member of the local pinochle club rallies everyone in the community to come cheer on the softball team he's joined, Sophie Phee Kimball can't imagine ...

  • Sliced, Diced and Dead

    A Charcuterie Shop Mystery - 2

    Charcuterie chef Katie Aubrey is overjoyed when asked to create charcuterie boards for the summer fashion show at the prestigious Hidden Boulders Community in Cave Creek. However, the challenge for Katie isn't designing the complex cured meat and che...

  • Caught in the Traminette

    The Wine Trail Mysteries - 10

    You can't plant traminette if you're behind bars . . .When reluctant winery owner Norrie Ellington is gifted with cockroach DNA, she thinks things couldn't get worse. But then the body of a noted developer is found at a neighboring winery, and all fi...

  • Revved Up 4 Murder

    When a corpse is discovered under a car at the local auto restoration garage, Sophie Phee Kimball gears up to investigate a crime that puts a whole new twist on the term body shop . . . The seniors of Sun City West are celebrating again, this time o...

  • Pinned 4 Murder

    When a dead body shows up in the pin return at Sun City West's bowling alley, it's only the beginning of a tumultuous league season for this retirement community . . . With a killer in their midst and a high-tech developer threatening to overhaul the...

  • Death on a Serving Board

    It's tough to teach the art of charcuterie with bodies piling up at your doorstep Just as burgeoning charcuterie entrepreneur, Katie Aubrey, gets ready to teach a charcuterie class for a handful of adults, the body of a retired investigative repo...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

J.C. Eaton has published 28 books.

The next book by J.C. Eaton, Death on a Serving Board, will be published in January 2025.

The first book by J.C. Eaton, Booked 4 Murder, was published in July 2017.

Yes. J.C. Eaton has 4 series.
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