Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Murdering the Roses | 2013 | Cindy Bell | Buy |
| 2 | Dead in the Daisies | 2013 | Cindy Bell | Buy |
| 3 | Killing the Carnations | 2014 | Cindy Bell | Buy |
| 4 | Drowning the Daffodils | 2014 | Cindy Bell | Buy |
| 5 | Suffocating the Sunflowers | 2014 | Cindy Bell | Buy |
| 6 | Books, Bullets and Blooms | 2014 | Cindy Bell | Buy |
| 7 | A Deadly Serious Gardening Contest | 2014 | Cindy Bell | Buy |
| 8 | A Bridal Bouquet and a Body | 2015 | Cindy Bell | Buy |
| 9 | Digging for Dirt | 2016 | Cindy Bell | Buy |
Cindy Bell’s Heavenly Highland Inn is a nine-book mystery series that ran from 2013 to 2016. The titles lean heavily on flower and garden wordplay: Murdering the Roses, Dead in the Daisies, Killing the Carnations, Drowning the Daffodils, and Suffocating the Sunflowers make up the first five entries. Later books shift to broader settings with Books, Bullets and Blooms, A Deadly Serious Gardening Contest, A Bridal Bouquet and a Body, and Digging for Dirt.
Five of the nine books came out in 2014 alone, so Bell wrote at a steady pace during the series’ peak. The first two books appeared in 2013, one more in 2015, and the final entry in 2016. Readers who like cozy mysteries with a garden theme will find plenty to work through here, and the series is best read in the order listed above to follow recurring characters.