Cathy Ace Books in Order

Four seasonal novellas showcase Cathy Ace's range, from a snowbound Cait Morgan mystery to an early WISE case and a darker Evan Glover investigation. Each story brings a fresh setting, a tight puzzle, and a different mood.

At a dinner party in the south of France, a feared man drops dead and Cait Morgan becomes one of the suspects. To clear her name, she must untangle old grudges, a missing Celtic treasure, and a killer hiding in plain sight.

Drawn to British Columbia wine country by whispers of murder, Cait investigates the death of a celebrated vintner. Another killing soon follows, and the vineyard's tidy surface gives way to obsession, family strain, and danger.

A dream trip to Mexico turns grim when a local florist is murdered and Bud becomes the chief suspect. Cait races to clear him while navigating a close-knit community full of secrets.

Bud's birthday break in Las Vegas becomes a locked-room nightmare when the Queen of the Strip is murdered at a private dinner. Trapped with a shrinking list of suspects, Cait has only hours to find the killer.

When the Duke of Chellingworth fears his mother has imagined a corpse in the dining room, he hires the WISE Enquiries Agency to prove it. A bloodied hat is the only clue, but the truth at the estate is deadly.

On their Hawaiian honeymoon cruise, Cait and Bud watch a man collapse in the games room. With the ship still at sea and suspects everywhere, Cait has to investigate quietly before the killer slips away.

Cait and Bud's wedding weekend in a Welsh castle is shaken by a body on the stairs and a string of unsettling incidents. Before the ceremony is ruined, Cait must work out who turned a celebration into murder.

With a duke's wedding approaching, the WISE women must find a missing Morris dancer and recover valuable old artefacts. Their search pulls back the curtains on village traditions, family loyalties, and buried trouble.

Bud learns he had a long-lost uncle, and that the man died under troubling circumstances in Amsterdam. Cait joins him in tracing the dead man's art-filled life, where charm, money, and old lies hide the truth.

In Budapest, Cait agrees to help a student investigate her grandmother's long-unsolved murder. The case reaches back to Cait's own university, and as the clues sharpen, so does the danger around her.

This collection gathers twelve murder tales linked to the months of the year. It also lets readers see how Cait, Bud, the WISE women, and DI Evan Glover first crossed paths with the people who changed their lives.

Water damage at Chellingworth Hall leads the WISE women toward a bookshop, a celebrity cook, and a second puzzle involving rare artwork. Seemingly separate mysteries begin to converge in unexpected ways.

When Annie Parker's old admirer returns to the village, Tudor asks the agency to look into his unsettling past, including three dead wives. The answer may decide Annie's future, and other lives besides.

Human remains found on a Welsh clifftop shatter the calm of a small village and drag DI Evan Glover into a case he hoped to leave behind. Family secrets, old wounds, and a close-knit community drive this darker standalone.

Cait's fiftieth birthday trip to Jamaica turns into an impossible murder case when an estate owner is found dead inside a locked tower. Treasure legends, old secrets, and Bud's hidden mission raise the stakes.

A Christmas visit to London goes wrong when a death at a grand dinner party threatens powerful reputations. Cait and Bud keep digging even as influential people try to shut the investigation down.

Back home in British Columbia, Cait is asked to speak at a neighbor's memorial after his sudden death. An odd will, a suspicious theft, and cracks in a quiet community push the case uncomfortably close to home.

A festive stay at Chellingworth turns busy when the agency is asked to track down missing triplets tied to an inheritance. Strange doorstep gifts and a troubling antiques case make this holiday mystery anything but cozy.

The Duke of Chellingworth wants the WISE women to clear his ancestor's name before gossip stains the family again. Between an undercover job, village mischief, and danger close to home, the agency has more than one fire to put out.

Invited to a glamorous Arizona retreat, Cait and Bud expect good food and a restful week. Instead they find a suspicious death, a self-help movement that may be something darker, and an opponent Cait cannot easily read.

A seaside cottage seems cursed after a guest dies and another attack follows, so Christine and Annie move in to investigate. Around them, the rest of the team juggle spa secrets, surveillance, and family chaos at the Hall.

A mysterious figure leaves funeral wreaths around Anwen-by-Wye, then tragedy hits close to the agency itself. As the WISE women dig deeper, old secrets and personal choices make the case more dangerous than it first appears.

While visiting family in Australia, Cait is drawn into a decades-old murder tied to her brother-in-law's past. What begins as an old case soon turns deadly, with her own family caught in the fallout.

When the widow of the duke's butler's brother insists his death was no accident, the WISE women take the case. At the same time, thefts, wartime memories, and relationship strains complicate life across the village.

Mavis and the dowager investigate trouble at a hotel near Tenby, only for a sudden death to turn their trip serious. Back in Anwen-by-Wye, the rest of the agency wrestle with smaller puzzles that may connect in surprising ways.

On Tahiti, Cait literally stumbles across a body in a lagoon near a luxury resort. Beneath the postcard beauty lie jealousy, hidden histories, and a case that leaves her doubting her usual instincts.

With the team scattered across the UK, Annie and Carol tackle a possible poisoning in snowy Anwen-by-Wye while Christine and Mavis handle cases of their own. Separate problems begin to point toward deeper family trouble.

A fortune teller says someone is trying to harm her, and the WISE women soon discover she has been keeping important truths to herself. Meanwhile, pantomime chaos and holiday visitors bring more trouble to the village.

After teaching in Paris, Cait thinks she sees a woman being strangled and ends up helping unravel a murder linked to a famous fashion house. Glamour, ambition, and carefully stitched lies drive this elegant case.

The WISE women reopen a death from 1984 after a reclusive Welsh potter asks for the truth about her sister's last day. The cold case reaches into village memory, old grief, and danger that has never fully gone away.