Ellie Alexander Books in Order
Ellie Alexander has written 56 books, published between 2010 and 2026. The first book is Underneath the Ash (As: Kate Dyer-Seeley) (2010) and the newest is The Pumpkin Vice Cafe (2026). 2 more titles are announced, the first of them A Fatal Frost (2027). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 56 + 2 announced
- Published
- 2010–2026
- Confirmed
- 57 of 58 titles
- Pages on record
- 6,344 in 21 of 58 books
Ellie Alexander writes mysteries, with subjects that include bakeries, family-owned businesses, Oregon and women sleuths. The catalogue lists 58 books from 2010 to 2027; the earliest, Underneath the Ash (2010), appeared as Kate Dyer-Seeley. Meet Your Baker (2014), A Batter of Life and Death (2015) and On Thin Icing (2015) come next. Series include Bakeshop Mysteries, Secret Bookcase Mysteries, Meg Reed Investigates, Novel Detectives Mystery and the Sloan Krause shorts. The Pumpkin Vice Cafe (2026) is the newest title and A Fatal Frost is set for 2027.
The Secret Bookcase Mysteries series follows Annie Murray, who runs The Secret Bookcase, an Agatha Christie-themed bookstore in Redwood Grove, and draws on a criminology background to help solve crimes connected to events at the store.
How many Ellie Alexander books are there?
Ellie Alexander has 56 published books, released between 2010 and 2026. They include 6 series and 1 title listed outside any series. 2 more are announced, starting with A Fatal Frost (2027).
Ellie Alexander Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 58 Ellie Alexander books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1Underneath the Ash (As: Kate Dyer-Seeley)Ellie Alexander Non-Fiction #12010 · 240 pages · confirmed 3/420102403/4
- 220143204/4
- 320153044/4
- 420153043/4
- 520163084/4
- 62017–3/4
- 720173204/4
- 820172884/4
- 92017–3/4
- 1020183103/4
- 1120182963/4
- 1220183204/4
- 1320182944/4
- 1420183044/4
- 1520192883/4
- 1620193044/4
- 1720203043/4
- 1820203364/4
- 1920203044/4
- 202021–3/4
- 2120213204/4
- 2220212884/4
- 232022–3/4
- 242022–3/4
- 252022–4/4
- 262022–4/4
- 272023–3/4
- 282023–3/4
- 292023–3/4
- 302023–3/4
- 312023–4/4
- 322024–4/4
- 332024–4/4
- 342024–4/4
- 352024–4/4
- 362024–3/4
- 37Killing Me Souffle2024 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/420243201/4
- 382024–3/4
- 392025–3/4
- 402025–3/4
- 412025–3/4
- 422025–3/4
- 432025–3/4
- 442025–3/4
- 452025–4/4
- 462025–3/4
- 472025–3/4
- 482025–3/4
- 492025–4/4
- 502026–3/4
- 512026–3/4
- 522026–3/4
- 532026–3/4
- 5420262723/4
- 552026–4/4
- 562026–4/4
- 572027–3/4
- 582027–3/4
Ellie Alexander series and characters in order
The character linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Sloan Krause books in order 10 books
Ellie Alexander books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. A group whose heading is a link has its own reading-order page; the other groups have no page of their own on this site.
Bakeshop Mysteries in order
25 books- 1. Meet Your Baker
- 2. A Batter of Life and Death
- 3. On Thin Icing
- 4. Caught Bread Handed
- 5. Fudge and Jury
- 6. A Crime of Passion Fruit
- 7. Trouble Is Brewing
- 8. Another One Bites the Crust
- 9. Till Death Do Us Tart
- 10. Live and Let Pie
- 11. A Cup of Holiday Fear
- 12. Nothing Bundt Trouble
- and 13 more in the table above
Sloan Krause books in order
9 books by Ellie AlexanderSecret Bookcase Mysteries in order
6 booksMeg Reed Investigates in order
5 booksNovel Detectives Mystery in order
5 booksEllie Alexander Standalone Novels
3 books3 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Ellie Alexander Non-Fiction
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Cozy Case Files Mystery Sampler in order
1 bookSloan Krause Mystery Shorts in order
1 bookHalf Moon Bay in order
1 bookStandalone books
1 book1 Ellie Alexander title here is not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Ellie Alexander books in order?
You only need to read Ellie Alexander books in order within each series: the books listed here span 6 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Ellie Alexander
Start with Death on Tap (2018), the first Sloan Krause book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Underneath the Ash (As: Kate Dyer-Seeley) (2010).
What is the newest Ellie Alexander book?
The Pumpkin Vice Cafe (2026) is the newest Ellie Alexander book released so far.
Is there a new Ellie Alexander book coming?
Yes. A Fatal Frost (2027) is the next Ellie Alexander book announced in the catalogue. A publication year announced this far ahead moves, so it is worth rechecking: every announced title dated after 2026 sits on the upcoming book releases page.
Ellie Alexander at a glance
- Still publishing
- Ellie Alexander is still publishing. A Fatal Frost is announced for 2027.
- Release pace
- Ellie Alexander books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 6,344 pages across the 21 of 58 books with a recorded length, a median of 304 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Ellie Alexander books, 40 of 58, were published in the 2020s.
- Corroboration
- 24 of the 58 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and 57 in at least three.
What the Ellie Alexander books are about
18 of the 58 Ellie Alexander books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: murder is tagged on 8 of 18. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Murder 8 of 18 books
- Mystery & detective 8 of 18 books
- Investigation 6 of 18 books
- American literature 5 of 18 books
- Oregon 5 of 18 books
- Bakers 4 of 18 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 4 of 18 books
- Bakeries 3 of 18 books
- Crime 3 of 18 books
- Family-owned business enterprises 3 of 18 books
- Bakery employees 2 of 18 books
- Brewers 2 of 18 books
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Each link below opens a reading-order page with every book in publication order.
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