Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bury the Lead | 2024 | Kate Hilton | Buy |
| 2 | Widows and Orphans | 2025 | Kate Hilton | Buy |
The Quill and Packet Mystery series by Kate Hilton is a cozy mystery set in a small Canadian town. The series takes its name from the local newspaper at the center of the stories, and the plots revolve around a newspaper editor who keeps finding herself entangled in local crimes.
Bury the Lead (2024) opens the series with a murder that shakes the quiet community, drawing the protagonist into an investigation that turns up long-buried secrets. Widows and Orphans (2025) continues the story with a new case and further develops the town’s cast of characters. Hilton brings her background in contemporary fiction to the mystery genre, giving the series a strong sense of place and realistic small-town dynamics.
The books should be read in publication order, as character relationships and subplots carry forward between entries.