Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Live and Let Chai | 2018 | Bree Baker | Buy |
| 2 | No Good Tea Goes Unpunished | 2019 | Bree Baker | Buy |
| 3 | Tide and Punishment | 2019 | Bree Baker | Buy |
| 4 | A Call for Kelp | 2020 | Bree Baker | Buy |
| 5 | Closely Harbored Secrets | 2020 | Bree Baker | Buy |
| 6 | Partners in Lime | 2021 | Bree Baker | Buy |
| 7 | Pleading the Fish | 2022 | Bree Baker | Buy |
Live and Let Chai (2018) introduced Everly Swan and the town of Charm in a debut that found an immediate readership among cozy mystery fans. The series title and the individual book titles all play with nautical and coastal vocabulary — Tide and Punishment, A Call for Kelp, Partners in Lime, Pleading the Fish — giving the series a consistent, playful identity.
The seven books run from 2018 to 2022 and follow Everly’s personal and professional life in Charm alongside the investigations. Her relationships with the town’s residents, including a recurring detective she has a complicated history with, develop across the books in ways that reward reading the series in order.