Livia J. Washburn

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  • Bibliography:
    33 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    October 2006
  • Latest Book:
    June 2021
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Full Series List in Order

A Fresh-Baked Mystery

1 - A Peach of a Murder (Oct-2006)
2 - Murder By the Slice (Sep-2007)
3 - The Christmas Cookie Killer (Oct-2008)
4 - Killer Crab Cakes (Sep-2009)
5 - The Pumpkin Muffin Murder (Nov-2010)
6 - The Gingerbread Bump Off (Nov-2011)
7 - Wedding Cake Killer (Nov-2012)
8 - The Fatal Funnel Cake (Nov-2013)
9 - Trick or Deadly Treat (Oct-2014)
10 - The Candy Cane Cupcake Killer (Oct-2015)
11 - Black and Blueberry Die (Aug-2016)
12 - The Great Chili Kill-Off (Jun-2017)
13 - Baker's Deadly Dozen (Oct-2017)
14 - Death Bakes a Pecan Pie (Oct-2018)
14.5 - The Coconut Bunny Butt Caper (Apr-2020)
15 - Never Trifle with Murder (Jun-2021)

Literary Tour

1 - Frankly My Dear, I'm Dead (Nov-2008)
2 - Huckleberry Finished (Nov-2009)
3 - Killer on a Hot Tin Roof (Dec-2010)
4 - For Whom the Funeral Bell Tolls (Mar-2012)

A Tongue-Tied Witch Novel

1 - Witch Got Your Tongue (Jul-2011)
2 - A Peck of Pickled Warlocks (Aug-2012)

Book List in Order: 33 titles

  • A Peach of a Murder

    A Fresh-Baked Mystery - 1

    All year round, retired schoolteacher Phyllis Newsom is as sweet as pie peachpie, of course, made with Parker County peaches, the sweetest in the state of Texas. All year, that is, except during the Peach Festival whose blue ribbon has slipped throug...

  • Murder By the Slice

    A Fresh-Baked Mystery - 2

    Retired schoolteacher Phyllis Newsom's scrumptious baked creations are known throughout Weatherford, Texas, for many things, but being healthy isn't one of them. So this year's contest should be quite a challenge, because even though the entries mus...

  • The Christmas Cookie Killer

    A Fresh-Baked Mystery - 3

    It's Christmastime in Weatherford, Texas, and retired teacher -- cum -- amateur sleuth Phyllis Newsom is looking forward to finishing up what has been one unlucky year. But she won't be hanging up her apron quite yet, because this year's Christmas ba...

  • Frankly My Dear, I'm Dead

    Literary Tour - 1

    No one is surprised when feisty Delilah Dickinson opens her own literary travel agency in Atlanta after her divorce. But during her first group's tour of an old plantation modeled after Tara from Gone With the Wind, she finds herself in the middle of...

  • Killer Crab Cakes

    A Fresh-Baked Mystery - 4

    In this bake-off, people get knocked off. The irresistible new entry in the national bestselling series. When Phyllis's cousin asks her to look after her Oak Knoll bed-and-breakfast for a few weeks, Phyllis jumps at the chance-mostly because the i...

  • Huckleberry Finished

    Literary Tour - 2

    DEAD MAN OVERBOARD! Delilah Dickinson’s literary travel agency is a hit! But the latest package tour, a leisurely steamboat trip down Huckleberry Finn’s Mississippi, delivered one dead passenger. As it turns out, Ben Webster made a few enemies b...

  • The Pumpkin Muffin Murder

    A Fresh-Baked Mystery - 5

    Phyllis loves to spend quality time with her grandson. She'll be taking him to a festival with hopes of winning the baking contest-now that her friendly competitor, Carolyn, is judging and not competing. But when a decorative scarecrow is actually a ...

  • Killer on a Hot Tin Roof

    Literary Tour - 3

    Delilah Dickinson is finally looking forward to a nice, relaxing time leading her literary travel agency's latest tour at the annual Tennessee Williams Literary Festival in New Orleans. After all, a group of intelligent, low-key English professors ca...

  • Witch Got Your Tongue

    A Tongue-Tied Witch Novel - 1

    Aren McAllister is a beautiful but shy and withdrawn young woman who has battled a stuttering problem her entire life. But then, seemingly by accident, she discovers that she wields an incredible power: she is actually a witch and can cast potent spe...



  • Twice As Deadly

    Laura Bailey is a young woman struggling to establish herself as a private detective following the death of her father, a veteran PI who established the agency where she works. Set in a vividly depicted Dallas during the 1980s, the two novellas coll...

  • The Gingerbread Bump Off

    A Fresh-Baked Mystery - 6

    As Christmas approaches in Weatherford, Texas; Phyllis Newsom is decorating her house in preparation for the Jingle Bell Tour. The last thing she expects is that one of her ceramic gingerbread men will be used to commit murder .... When her friend...

  • For Whom the Funeral Bell Tolls

    Literary Tour - 4

    Delilah Dickinson led a group of tourists to the tropical paradise of Key West so they could explore the home of literary icon Ernest Hemingway, take in the exciting nightlife, and enjoy the luxurious amenities of an exclusive beach resort. What Deli...

  • A Peck of Pickled Warlocks

    A Tongue-Tied Witch Novel - 2

    She had been lied to her whole life. Her father is trapped in a hostile world, and it's her fault. Her former lover is a warlock who can't be trusted. Her only hope to put things right is a thousand-year-old talisman that once belonged to a handsome ...

  • Wedding Cake Killer

    A Fresh-Baked Mystery - 7

    Wedding bells will be ringing in Weatherford, Texas, this Christmas when Phyllis Newsom opens up her home for her best friend’s wedding. And although the bride is wearing white, no one suspects that she’ll soon be wearing black… After all t...

  • The Fatal Funnel Cake

    A Fresh-Baked Mystery - 8

    It’s time for the State Fair of Texas -- and cooking contests galore! Fryers are heating up and stomachs are growling. But Phyllis Newsom had better watch out. Someone’s brought an appetite for murder.... Phyllis and her friends Carolyn and S...

  • Mending Fences

    Dime novelist Brianna Stark finds more than she expected in the small frontier town of Zephyr, Texas: not only a ready-made family in the form of six adorable orphaned children, but also a challenge in ruggedly handsome rancher Seth Van Dale, whose v...

  • Charlie's Pie

    Winner of the 4th annual Peacemaker award for best short western fiction.Lauralee Brannam just wants to bake her son's favorite pie for his birthday, which happens to fall on Christmas Eve. But then a wounded stranger shows up on her Texas ranch, and...

  • Trick or Deadly Treat

    A Fresh-Baked Mystery - 9

    It’s Halloween in Weatherford, Texas -- which means Phyllis Newsom is baking up a storm of yummy seasonal treats...but she’s about to get even busier unmasking a killer. While Phyllis and her friend Carolyn are preparing for a baking contest,...

  • Guarding Her Heart

    Julia Courtland was on her way west to marry a man she had never met. Henry Everett, the marshal of Flat Rock, Texas, was the grandson of her uncle's best friend. It seemed like a good match for both of them, and the wedding was scheduled to take pla...



  • Tinseltown

    Carrie Fleming was on the run from a mysterious stalker. The young cowboy known only as Pecos found the last vestiges of the Old West in 1920s Hollywood. Fate brought them together at Christmas, when the only gifts that mattered to Pecos were winning...

  • A Wild West Christmas

    Two action packed holiday Western stories by award winning author Livia J. Washburn.Blue NortherHired gun Lucas Hallam has been outnumbered plenty of times, but when he comes upon a necktie party for a young boy accused of cattle rustling, he has to ...

  • The Candy Cane Cupcake Killer

    A Fresh-Baked Mystery - 10

    In the latest from the national bestselling author of Trick or Deadly Treat, Phyllis Newsom returns with a festive Christmas recipe that’s to die for… ‘Tis the season in Weatherford, Texas, and everyone in town is gearing up for the annual h...

  • Naughty or Mice

    Dan Callahan's daughter was supposed to take care of her fourth grade class's pet mice over the Christmas vacation -- or so she claimed. Melissa Logan, the little girl's teacher, wondered why she had gotten close with the handsome single dad, only to...

  • The Badge and the Bride

    Emily Savage just wanted to help out her injured aunt. She never dreamed that she would wind up in the middle of a train robbery or being stalked by a charming but dangerous outlaw.Texas Ranger Nick Braddock had a grudge of his own against the desper...

  • Panhandle Freight

    A bitter winter storm was blowing fiercely when Lucas Hallam rode up to the isolated railroad station. It wasn’t a fit night for man or beast to be out, but Hallam found himself joined by a number of other pilgrims waiting for a train â€" and one o...

  • Black and Blueberry Die

    A Fresh-Baked Mystery - 11

    In the latest from the nationally bestselling author of The Candy Cane Cupcake Killer, Phyllis Newsom returns with a blackberry and blueberry pie recipe that’s to die for… It’s late summer in Weatherford, Texas and Mike Newsom’s childhood fri...

  • The Great Chili Kill-Off

    A Fresh-Baked Mystery - 12

    The chili in Texas is red-hot ... and so is murder! Phyllis, Sam, Carolyn, and Eve head for West Texas to compete in a Fourth of July chili cookoff. Thousands of people have descended on a sleepy little ghost town, turning it into a boomtown for chil...

  • Baker's Deadly Dozen

    A Fresh-Baked Mystery - 13

    Going back to school can be a killer! Phyllis Newsom and Sam Fletcher come out of retirement to take substitute teacher jobs as a favor for some friends, but they soon realize that the more things change, the more they stay the same. That means getti...

  • Death Bakes a Pecan Pie

    A Fresh-Baked Mystery - 14

    It’s time for the Harvest Festival again, and Phyllis is determined to bake a killer pecan pie.

    Hollywood comes to Weatherford, Texas, as a movie company arrives to shoot scenes for a film based on the novel by Phyllis Newsom’s friend Ev...



  • The Vampire Affair

    The world knew Michael Brandt as a playboy tycoon. The underworld knew him as a fierce vampire hunter. Armed with a wooden stake and superior strength, Michael targeted the most powerful overlords in a clandestine do-or-die operation...and then tablo...

  • The Coconut Bunny Butt Caper

    A Fresh-Baked Mystery - 14.5

    Zachary “Buck” Williams asks Phyllis to help him throw a big Easter shindig with games and food and an egg hunt, inviting everybody from the whole county to join in the fun.It’s a beautiful spring day in Weatherford, Texas, as kids ...

  • Never Trifle with Murder

    A Fresh-Baked Mystery - 15

    It’s early summer in Weatherford, Texas, and retired teacher/amateur sleuth Phyllis Newsom and fellow retiree Carolyn Wilbarger are taking British cooking classes at the local senior center in this suspenseful Fresh-Baked mystery.In the latest ...

  • Kingfisher P. I.

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    Callista Kingfisher is a former mixed martial arts fighter and one of the top stunt performers in Hollywood. But when an accident on a movie set leaves her badly injured, she goes home to Corpus Christi, Texas, to recuperate.Callie's triplet brother ...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Livia J. Washburn has published 33 books.

Livia J. Washburn does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Never Trifle with Murder, was published in June 2021.

The first book by Livia J. Washburn, A Peach of a Murder, was published in October 2006.

Yes. Livia J. Washburn has 3 series.
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