Bed-And-Breakfast Books in Order

Mary Daheim has written 32 Bed-And-Breakfast books, published between 1991 and 2020. The first book is Just Desserts (1991) and the newest is Lady MacDeath (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
32
Published
1991–2020
Confirmed
32 of 32 titles
Pages on record
7,983 in 27 of 32 books
Reading time
133–200 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 7,983 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 27 of 32 titles with a page count on record.

The Bed-and-Breakfast Mysteries follow Judith McMonigle Flynn, who runs a bed and breakfast in Seattle, through a long run of murder cases. Mary Daheim published 32 of them between 1991 and 2020, starting with Just Desserts and Fowl Prey in 1991 and ending with Lady MacDeath (2020). Titles turn on puns: Holy Terrors (1992), Bantam of the Opera (1993), Dune to Death (1993), Major Vices (1995), Auntie Mayhem (1996) and Nutty as a Fruitcake (1996). Books run to a median of 291 pages.

How many Bed-And-Breakfast books are there?

Bed-And-Breakfast has 32 books, released between 1991 and 2020.

Bed-And-Breakfast Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 32 Bed-And-Breakfast 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
    Just DessertsBed-and-Breakfast Mysteries #11991 · 220 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1991220
  2. 2
    Fowl PreyBed-and-Breakfast Mysteries #21991 · 272 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1991272
  3. 3
    Holy TerrorsBed-and-Breakfast Mysteries #31992 · 246 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1992246
  4. 4
    Dune to DeathBed-and-Breakfast Mysteries #41993 · 232 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1993232
  5. 5
    Bantam of the OperaBed-and-Breakfast Mysteries #51993 · 252 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1993252
  6. 6
    A Fit of TemperaBed-and-Breakfast Mysteries #61994 · 256 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1994256
  7. 7
    Major VicesBed-and-Breakfast Mysteries #71995 · 256 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1995256
  8. 8
    Murder, My SuiteBed-and-Breakfast Mysteries #81995 · 261 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1995261
  9. 9
    Auntie MayhemBed-and-Breakfast Mysteries #91996 · 268 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1996268
  10. 10
    Nutty as a FruitcakeBed-and-Breakfast Mysteries #101996 · 266 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1996266
  11. 11
    September MournBed-and-Breakfast Mysteries #111997 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1997320
  12. 12
    Wed and BuriedBed-and-Breakfast Mysteries #121998 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1998304
  13. 13
    Snow Place to DieBed-and-Breakfast Mysteries #131998 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1998304
  14. 14
    Legs BenedictBed-and-Breakfast Mysteries #141998 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1998320
  15. 15
    Creeps SuzetteBed-and-Breakfast Mysteries #152000 · 323 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2000323
  16. 16
    A Streetcar Named ExpireBed-and-Breakfast Mysteries #162001 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2001320
  17. 17
    Suture SelfBed-and-Breakfast Mysteries #172001 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2001352
  18. 18
    Silver ScreamBed-and-Breakfast Mysteries #182002 · 368 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2002368
  19. 19
    Hocus CroakusBed-and-Breakfast Mysteries #192003 · 314 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2003314
  20. 20
    This Old SouseBed-and-Breakfast Mysteries #202004 · confirmed 3/4
    2004
  21. 21
    Dead Man DockingBed-and-Breakfast Mysteries #212005 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2005320
  22. 22
    Saks & ViolinsBed-and-Breakfast Mysteries #222006 · 326 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2006326
  23. 23
    Scots on the RocksBed-and-Breakfast Mysteries #232007 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2007384
  24. 24
    Vi Agra FallsBed-and-Breakfast Mysteries #242008 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2008352
  25. 25
    Loco MotiveBed-and-Breakfast Mysteries #252010 · confirmed 3/4
    2010
  26. 26
    All the Pretty HearsesBed-and-Breakfast Mysteries #262011 · confirmed 3/4
    2011
  27. 27
    The Wurst Is Yet to ComeBed-and-Breakfast Mysteries #272012 · confirmed 3/4
    2012
  28. 28
    Gone with the WinBed-and-Breakfast Mysteries #282013 · 278 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013278
  29. 29
    Clam WakeBed-and-Breakfast Mysteries #292014 · 291 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014291
  30. 30
    Here Comes the BribeBed-and-Breakfast Mysteries #302015 · 290 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015290
  31. 31
    A Case of BierBed-and-Breakfast Mysteries #312018 · 288 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018288
  32. 32
    Lady MacDeathBed-and-Breakfast Mysteries #322020 · confirmed 3/4
    2020

Do you have to read Bed-And-Breakfast books in order?

You should read the Bed-And-Breakfast books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Bed-And-Breakfast book also stands alone.

Where to start with Bed-And-Breakfast

Start with Just Desserts (1991), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Bed-And-Breakfast book?

Lady MacDeath (2020) is the newest Bed-And-Breakfast book released so far.

Is there a new Bed-And-Breakfast book coming?

No next Bed-And-Breakfast book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Bed-And-Breakfast at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Bed-And-Breakfast title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Bed-And-Breakfast books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
7,983 pages across the 27 of 32 books with a recorded length, a median of 291 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Bed-And-Breakfast books, 14 of 32, were published in the 1990s.

What the Bed-And-Breakfast books are about

31 of the 32 Bed-And-Breakfast books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective is tagged on 21 of 31. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Mary Daheim

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.