Christmas River books in order

Reading order

Christmas River is a small Oregon town that seems to attract an improbable amount of crime, and Cinnamon Peters, who runs a pie shop there, has made herself into an unlikely but effective amateur detective. Meg Muldoon launched the series with Murder in Christmas River in 2012, and it has grown to twenty-two books over more than a decade.

The books lean into their small-town setting and the seasonal, festive atmosphere of the town’s name. There is a warmth to the series that goes beyond the murders, and Cinnamon is a lead character with enough personality to carry a long run of books. The side cast builds gradually across the series, giving regular readers a sense of a community they know well.

With twenty-two books available and the series still running as of 2025, Christmas River offers one of the longer continuous reading experiences available in cozy mystery fiction.