Denise Swanson

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Denise Swanson is an American mystery writer. She is the author of the Scumble River Mysteries series, which is set in a fictional town in Illinois as well as the Devereaux's Dime Store Mysteries series, which is situated in a small fictional town in Missouri. She also went to Loyola University Chicago.

The books in the Scumble River Mysteries series are all in multiple printings and many have featured in Barnes & Noble Mass-Market Mystery, IMBA and BookScan Best-Sellers lists. They have also been BookSense 76 Picks and Top Picks for RT Magazine, as well as nominated for the Agatha Award, the Mary Higgins Clark Award, and the Reviewers Choice Award. Four of her recent books, Murder of the Cat's Meow, Murder of a Wedding Belle, Murder of a Bookstore Babe and Murder of a Creped Suzette, débuted on The New York Times Best-Sellers List.

Books in order

=Scumble River mysteries=

01. Murder of a Small-Town Honey

02. Murder of a Sweet Old Lady

03. Murder of a Sleeping Beauty

04. Murder of a Snake in the Grass

05. Murder of a Barbie and Ken

06. Murder of a Pink Elephant

07. Murder of a Smart Cookie

08. Murder of a Real Bad Boy

09. Murder of a Botoxed Blonde

10. Murder of a Chocolate-Covered Cherry

11. Murder of a Royal Pain

12. Murder of a Wedding Belle

13. Murder of a Bookstore Babe

14. Murder of a Creped Suzette

15. Murder of the Cat's Meow

16. Murder of a Stacked Librarian

17. Murder of a Needled Knitter

18. Murder of an Open Book

19. Murder of a Cranky Catnapper

20. Dead in the Water

21. Die Me A River

=Devereaux's dime-store mysteries=

01. Little Shop of Homicide

02. Nickeled-and-Dimed to Death

03. Dead Between the Lines

04. Dying for a Cupcake

05. Between a Book and a Hard Place

06. Lions and Tigers and Murder Oh My

07. Fly Me to the Tomb

A Chef-To-Go Mystery

01. Tart of Darkness

02. Leave No Scone Unturned (Release date: March 26, 2019)

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