Order of Scumble River Mysteries Books

Order of Scumble River Mysteries Books

Scumble River Mysteries by Denise Swanson

The Scumble River Mysteries is a series of cozy mystery novels by American author Denise Swanson. The protagonist is a school psychologist named Skye Denison, who has run into a stretch of bad luck in the big city and has been forced to move home to the small town of Scumble River, Illinois.

Denise Swanson began her Scumble River Mysteries series in 2000 with the novel Murder of a Small-Town Honey. A new novel is published each year in the series. Below is a list of Denise Swanson’s Scumble River Mystery books in order of when they were originally published (which is the same as their chronological order):

Publication Order of Scumble River Mysteries Books

Murder of a Small-Town Honey

(2000)

Murder of a Sweet Old Lady

(2001)

Murder of a Sleeping Beauty

(2002)

Murder of a Snake in the Grass

(2003)

Murder of a Barbie and Ken

(2003)

Murder of a Pink Elephant

(2004)

Murder of a Smart Cookie

(2005)

Murder of a Real Bad Boy

(2006)

Murder of a Botoxed Blonde

(2007)

Murder of a Chocolate-Covered Cherry

(2008)

Murder of a Royal Pain

(2009)

Murder of a Wedding Belle

(2010)

Murder of a Bookstore Babe

(2011)

Murder of a Creped Suzette

(2011)

Murder of the Cat’s Meow

(2012)

Murder of a Stacked Librarian

(2013)

Murder of a Needled Knitter

(2014)

Murder of an Open Book

(2015)

Murder of a Cranky Catnapper

(2016)

Publication Order of Scumble River Mysteries Short Stories Books

Dead Blondes Tell No Tales

(2012)

Not a Monster of a Chance

(2012)