Polly Holmes Books in Order

Polly Holmes has written 10 books, published between 2020 and 2025. The first book is Pumpkin Pies & Potions (2020) and the newest is Meringues, Matrimony & Murder (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
10
Published
2020–2025
Pages on record
1,040 in 3 of 10 books

Cozy mystery is where Polly Holmes works, with paranormal witches, amateur sleuths and cats and dogs among the recorded subjects. The 10 catalogued books open with Pumpkin Pies & Potions (2020) and take in Mistletoe, Murder & Mayhem (2021), Muffins & Magic (2021), A Deadly Disappearance Down Under (2022), Black Magic Murder (2022), Cupcakes & Cauldrons (2023) and One Hex Too Many (2023). Holmes is credited alone on all 10, and Meringues, Matrimony & Murder arrived in 2025.

Maddie, the protagonist of Holmes's cozy mystery series, is a café owner in a small Australian town whose cases lead her to uncover secrets among the townsfolk.

How many Polly Holmes books are there?

Polly Holmes has 10 books, released between 2020 and 2025.

Polly Holmes Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 Polly Holmes 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.

  1. 1
    Pumpkin Pies & Potions2020 · 364 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020364
  2. 2
    Happy Deadly New Year2021 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021320
  3. 3
    Muffins & Magic2021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021
  4. 4
    Mistletoe, Murder & Mayhem2021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021
  5. 52022
  6. 6
    Black Magic Murder2022 · 356 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2022356
  7. 7
    Cupcakes & Cauldrons2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023
  8. 8
    One Hex Too Many2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023
  9. 9
    An Act of Murder2024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024
  10. 10
    Meringues, Matrimony & Murder2025 · confirmed 1/4
    2025

Polly Holmes books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Standalone books

10 books

10 Polly Holmes titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Polly Holmes books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 10 Polly Holmes books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Polly Holmes

Start with Pumpkin Pies & Potions (2020), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Polly Holmes book?

Meringues, Matrimony & Murder (2025) is the newest Polly Holmes book released so far.

Is there a new Polly Holmes book coming?

No next Polly Holmes book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Polly Holmes at a glance

Still publishing
Polly Holmes published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Polly Holmes books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
1,040 pages across the 3 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 356 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Polly Holmes books, 10 of 10, were published in the 2020s.

What the Polly Holmes books are about

2 of the 10 Polly Holmes books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective, cozy, cats & dogs is tagged on 2 of 2. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

Other Mystery authors

Each link below opens a reading-order page with every book in publication order.