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Publication Order of Cackleberry Club Mysteries Books

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Laura Childs writes the “Cackleberry Club Mysteries” series of New York Times bestselling novels. These books present the best way to kick your day off: a hearty breakfast with hard-boiled murder on the side.

Three women over 40 years old (Toni, Petra, and Suzanne) run the egg-themed Cackleberry Club in the small town of Kindred.

“Eggs in Purgatory Eggs” is the first novel in the “Cackleberry Club Mysteries” series and was released in 2008. Petra, Suzanne, and Toni each lost their husbands, however they found their independence, and in one another, this life raft of inspiration, support, fresh baked goods, and their own business. However once the Cackleberry Club cafe opened its doors in the town of Kindred, who would have guessed that this cozy oasis would become a crime scene?

Suzanne’s lawyer is discovered in his own car out back of the Cackleberry with egg on his face and blood on the dash. Suzanne’s taking this crime quite personally. Not only does the murder expose a scandal in her late husband’s past, however a stranger fleeing from a messianic sect begs Suzanne for help. Now, finding a link between a dead man with some secrets and a runaway cultist might be putting Suzanne’s very life on the line.

“Eggs Benedict Arnold” is the second novel in the “Cackleberry Club Mysteries” series and was released in 2009. Don’t put all your eggs in one casket.

Who would have guessed that Toni, Petra, and Suzanne would be working a double shift as amateur sleuths?

Suzanne drops by the local funeral home in order to deliver a pie to Ozzie Driedsen (the funeral director) she finds that he is not working at the embalming table however he’s lying on the embalming table. She’s barely got enough time to recognize his corpse before she gets drugged with chloroform.

With more suspects than breakfast specials, the Cackleberry Club scrambles to crack this case before one of their own winds up six feet under.

“Bedeviled Eggs” is the third novel in the “Cackleberry Club Mysteries” series and was released in 2010. Serving up another delicious whodunit that features murder, friendship, and a spectacular breakfast after another.

Getting prepared for Halloween, the ladies at the Cackleberry Club cafe are busy stocking up on candy, carving up jack-o’-lanterns, and baking pumpkin bread. However somebody’s jumped the gun on the tricks. While Chuck Peebler (a mayoral candidate) is leaving the cafe, he gets struck by a crossbow arrow and is killed instantly. When another murder happens on the historical society’s Quilt Trail, there is no disguising it: there is a murderer running loose in Kindred. Now Suzanne’s on the beat in order to sniff a bad egg out.

“Stake & Eggs” is the fourth novel in the “Cackleberry Club Mysteries” series and was released in 2012. The best way to start your day: a hearty breakfast and a side of hard-boiled murder.

A killer has this town walking on egg shells.

After a snowmobile crashes into the woods right behind the Cackleberry Club cafe, Suzanne finds her town’s most-hated banker has been decapitated by this wire staked in the snow. And now, some of her best customers are prime suspects with this bushel of motives, and the murder investigation is snowballing.

This elusive young runaway might just be the Cackleberry Club’s one and only way to crack this case, provided Suzanne’s able to keep her head just long enough to track this cold blooded killer down.

“Eggs in a Casket” is the fifth novel in the “Cackleberry Club Mysteries” series and was released in 2014. The Cackleberry Club ladies are always ready to serve, whether they are cooking breakfast up or sniffing a bad egg out.

As Petra is handling the breakfast rush at the Cackleberry Club, the other two owners head to Memorial Cemetery to help prepare for the 150th anniversary celebration. However while they search these winding paths for the historical society tent, they find something else is out of place: the body of Lester Drummond (ex-prison warden) is lying facedown in somebody else’s freshly dug grave.

In the tiny town of Kindred, everybody knows everybody, and Lester wasn’t an exception. Suzanne knew him as the creepy guy that would make unwanted advances on Missy Langston, her friend. However it now seems that the man was hiding just a few secrets, and at least one of them was worth murdering over.

While the case cracks open, there are numerous suspects to consider: from recent parolees to Missy herself, who Toni and Suzanne saw speeding off right before they discovered the body. Now, with the cemetery celebration coming, and the local authorities in over their heads, it is up to the Cackleberry Club to unscramble these clues and clear their good friend’s name.

“Scorched Eggs” is the sixth novel in the “Cackleberry Club Mysteries” series and was released in 2014. The co-owners of the Cackleberry Club cafe are just as good at serving up breakfast as they are serving up justice. This time around they turn the heat up on a deadly firebug.

While Suzanne is getting her hair colored at Root 66, she is stunned to bear witness the County Services office next door burst into flames all of a sudden. Concerned neighbors start to throng the streets, and the fire department does their best. But unfortunately, their best is not enough to save Hannah Venable, the longtime civil service worker, and friend of the Cackleberry Club.

Before long, it is discovered that there was accelerant used to fan the flames. Somebody set this fire on purpose, could Hannah have been the intended victim? Toni, Suzanne, and Petra vow to smoke this culprit out.

Unfortunately, the suspects is just as varied as the Cackleberry Club’s menu. Suzanne finds this possible link between the fire and the closeby Prairie Star Casino, she comes to find that the arsonist wanted something major and bad kept secret. And if these ladies are not careful, they could be the next ones that are gambling with their lives.

2 Responses to “Cackleberry Club Mysteries”

1. Mary Rogge: 1 year ago

   Loves Cackleberry Club Mysteries please continue series

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2. Nadine Bauer: 2 years ago

   Loved each and every one of these delightful books. Thank you for the hours of enjoyment you have given me.
   God bless you and keep writing!!!

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