Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dog Collar Crime | 2013 | Adrienne Giordano | Buy |
| 2 | Dog Collar Knockoff / Knocked Off | 2018 | Adrienne Giordano | Buy |
| 3 | Limbo | 2018 | Adrienne Giordano | Buy |
| 4 | Dog Collar Couture / Boosted | 2018 | Adrienne Giordano | Buy |
| 5 | Dog Collar Chaos / Whacked | 2018 | Adrienne Giordano | Buy |
| 6 | Dog Collar Cuisine / Cooked | 2018 | Adrienne Giordano | Buy |
| 7 | Incognito | 2019 | Adrienne Giordano | Buy |
The Lucie Rizzo Mystery series is Adrienne Giordano’s most comedic work. Lucie is the daughter of a Chicago mob boss, but she would rather sell designer-inspired handbags than deal with the family’s criminal enterprises. Of course, crime keeps finding her anyway. Dog Collar Crime starts the series with Lucie stumbling into a case that mixes fashion, fraud, and danger.
The later books were reissued with new titles (Knocked Off, Boosted, Whacked, Cooked) and follow Lucie as she gets deeper into amateur sleuthing. The books are lighter in tone than Giordano’s straight suspense novels, with a sense of humor about Lucie’s mob-adjacent life. Readers who enjoy Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum books will find a similar vibe here.