Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Murder Marks the Page | 2024 | Karen Rose Smith | Buy |
| 2 | Booked for Revenge | 2025 | Karen Rose Smith | Buy |
| 3 | If Books Could Kill | 2026 | Karen Rose Smith | Buy |
Tomes and Tea Mystery Mysteries is Karen Rose Smith’s newest cozy mystery series, with three books published from 2024 to 2026: Murder Marks the Page, Booked for Revenge, and If Books Could Kill. The series is set in a bookshop-tea room, combining two popular cozy mystery settings into a single venue. The protagonist investigates murders that touch the bookish community around her shop.
The series continues Smith’s cozy mystery work after the conclusion of her Daisy’s Tea Garden Mysteries series in 2023. The bookshop element adds a literary dimension to the tea-room setting she established in that earlier series, giving book lovers two reasons to enjoy the community the series builds.
The books should be read in publication order, as the protagonist’s personal and professional life develops across the series. The mysteries are self-contained, but character relationships and ongoing storylines reward readers who start with Murder Marks the Page.