Maeve Gardner
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| A Ghostwriter’s Guide to Murder | 2025 | Buy |
Whisky Business Mysteries Reading Order
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| Single Malt Murder | 2017 | N/A |
| Death Distilled | 2017 | N/A |
| Deadly Dram | 2018 | N/A |
| Died in the Wool | 2019 | N/A |
| In the Still of the Night | 2023 | Buy |
| Spirit of the Dead | 2024 | Buy |
Melinda Mullet is an American crime fiction author whose work is primarily set in Scotland. Her first and longest-running series, the Whisky Business Mysteries, follows a protagonist embedded in the Scottish whisky industry and combines cozy mystery plotting with an immersive distillery setting. The six books in the series were published between 2017 and 2024, beginning with Single Malt Murder.
Mullet’s writing draws on a strong sense of place, using the culture and landscape of Scotland’s whisky regions as a backdrop for her mysteries. In 2025, she began a new series with A Ghostwriter’s Guide to Murder, introducing protagonist Maeve Gardner and branching into a different mystery subgenre. Readers who enjoy cozy mysteries with distinctive occupational or regional settings will find Mullet’s work a good fit.