Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Funeral Food | 1993 | Kathleen Taylor | Buy |
| 2 | Sex and Salmonella | 1996 | Kathleen Taylor | Buy |
| 3 | Hotel South Dakota | 1997 | Kathleen Taylor | Buy |
| 4 | Mourning Shift | 1998 | Kathleen Taylor | Buy |
| 5 | Cold Front | 2000 | Kathleen Taylor | Buy |
| 6 | Foreign Body | 2001 | Kathleen Taylor | Buy |
The Tory Bauer Mystery series follows a waitress in tiny Delphi, South Dakota, who finds herself solving murders among her neighbors. Funeral Food (1993) introduces Tory and the close-knit community where everyone knows everyone else’s business.
The six-book series ran through Foreign Body (2001), with entries like Sex and Salmonella (1996) and Cold Front (2000) mixing small-town life with murder.