Cast Iron Cooking Mystery Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Cast Iron Will |
2015 |
Buy |
| Cast Iron Conviction |
2015 |
Buy |
| Cast Iron Cover-Up |
2015 |
Buy |
| Cast Iron Motive |
2016 |
Buy |
| Cast Iron Suspicion |
2016 |
Buy |
Classic Diner Mysteries Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| A Chili Death |
2012 |
Buy |
| A Deadly Beef |
2012 |
Buy |
| A Killer Cake |
2012 |
Buy |
| A Baked Ham |
2013 |
Buy |
| A Bad Egg |
2013 |
Buy |
| A Real Pickle |
2013 |
Buy |
| A Burned Out Baker |
2014 |
Buy |
Donut Shop Mysteries Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Glazed Murder |
2010 |
Buy |
| Fatally Frosted |
2010 |
Buy |
| Sinister Sprinkles |
2010 |
Buy |
| Evil Eclairs |
2011 |
Buy |
| The Menominee iron range |
1891 |
N/A |
| Tragic Toppings |
2011 |
Buy |
| Killer Crullers |
2012 |
Buy |
| Drop Dead Chocolate |
2012 |
Buy |
| Powdered Peril |
2012 |
Buy |
| Illegally Iced |
2012 |
Buy |
| Deadly Donuts |
2013 |
Buy |
| Assault and Batter |
2013 |
Buy |
| Sweet Suspects |
2013 |
Buy |
| Deep Fried Homicide |
2014 |
Buy |
| Custard Crime |
2014 |
Buy |
| Lemon Larceny |
2014 |
Buy |
| Bad Bites |
2014 |
Buy |
| Old Fashioned Crooks |
2014 |
Buy |
| Dangerous Dough |
2015 |
Buy |
| Troubled Treats |
2015 |
Buy |
| Sugar Coated Sins |
2015 |
Buy |
| Criminal Crumbs |
2015 |
Buy |
| A Holiday Donut Steal |
2015 |
Buy |
| Vanilla Vices |
2015 |
Buy |
| Raspberry Revenge |
2016 |
Buy |
| Fugitive Filling |
2016 |
Buy |
| Devil’s Food Defense |
2016 |
Buy |
| Pumpkin Pleas |
2016 |
Buy |
| Floured Felonies |
2016 |
Buy |
| Mixed Malice |
2016 |
Buy |
| Tasty Trials |
2017 |
Buy |
| Baked Books |
2017 |
Buy |
| Cranberry Crimes |
2017 |
Buy |
| Boston Cream Bribery |
2017 |
Buy |
| Cherry Filled Charges |
2017 |
Buy |
| Scary Sweets |
2017 |
Buy |
| Cocoa Crush |
2017 |
Buy |
| Apple Stuffed Alibis |
2018 |
Buy |
| Pastry Penalties |
2018 |
Buy |
| Perjury Proof |
2018 |
Buy |
| Caramel Canvas |
2019 |
Buy |
| Dark Drizzles |
2019 |
Buy |
| Counterfeit Confections |
2019 |
Buy |
| Measured Mayhem |
2019 |
Buy |
| Blended Bribes |
2019 |
Buy |
| Sifted Sentences |
2019 |
Buy |
| Dusted Discoveries |
2020 |
Buy |
| Nasty Knead |
2020 |
Buy |
| Rigged Rising |
2020 |
Buy |
| Donut Despair |
2020 |
Buy |
| Whisked Warnings |
2020 |
Buy |
| Baker’s Burden |
2020 |
Buy |
| Battered Bluff |
2020 |
Buy |
| The Hole Truth |
2021 |
Buy |
| Donut Disturb |
2021 |
Buy |
| Wicked Wedding Donuts |
2021 |
Buy |
| Donut Hearts Homicide |
2022 |
Buy |
| Sticky Steal |
2022 |
Buy |
| Jelly-Filled Justice |
2022 |
Buy |
| The Last Donut |
2023 |
Buy |
Ghost Cat Mystery Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Midnight Paws |
2013 |
Buy |
| Bid for Midnight |
2013 |
Buy |
Non-Fiction#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Donut Mysteries Cookbook |
2019 |
Buy |
| My Camping Adventure Journal |
2019 |
Buy |
Jessica Beck writes food-themed cozy mysteries, with her seventy-six books dominated by the sixty-entry Donut Shop Mysteries. That series, running from 2010 to 2023, follows a donut shop owner who becomes an amateur detective whenever murder visits her small town. The punny titles — Glazed Murder, Evil Eclairs, Powdered Peril, Drop Dead Chocolate — established a tone that carried across thirteen years of publication.
Beyond the donut shop, Beck writes the Classic Diner Mysteries (seven books of restaurant-based crime) and the Cast Iron Cooking Mystery series (five books). She also published The Donut Mysteries Cookbook, turning her fictional recipes real. Her Ghost Cat Mystery duology adds a supernatural element to her otherwise grounded cozy mystery catalog.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Jessica Beck written?
Jessica Beck has written 76 books across five series.
What was Jessica Beck's first book?
Jessica Beck’s first book is The Menominee iron range, published in 1891.
What is Jessica Beck best known for?
Beck is best known for the Donut Shop Mysteries, a sixty-book cozy mystery series following a donut shop owner who solves murders in her small town. The series ran from 2010 to 2023 and became one of the longest-running cozy mystery series in the food-themed subgenre.