Donut Shop Mysteries Books in Order

Donut Shop Mysteries contains 59 books, published between 2010 and 2023. The first book is Glazed Murder (2010) and the newest is The Last Donut (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
59
Published
2010–2023
Pages on record
7,484 in 36 of 59 books
Reading time
125–187 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 7,484 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 36 of 59 titles with a page count on record.

Donut Shop Mysteries is a 59-book mystery series featuring the character Suzanne Hart, with subjects that include doughnuts, coffee shops, women sleuths, private investigators, murder and North Carolina. Glazed Murder (2010) opens the series, followed the same year by Fatally Frosted and Sinister Sprinkles. Evil Eclairs, Killer Crullers and Deadly Donuts are among the later titles, and The Last Donut (2023) is the newest. Jessica Beck is credited on 41 books and Tim Myers on 18. The catalogue marks the series as dormant.

How many Donut Shop Mysteries books are there?

Donut Shop Mysteries has 59 books, released between 2010 and 2023.

Donut Shop Mysteries Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 59 Donut Shop Mysteries 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
    Glazed Murder2010 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010320
  2. 2
    Fatally Frosted2010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010
  3. 3
    Sinister Sprinkles2010 · 305 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010305
  4. 4
    Evil Eclairs2011 · 291 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011291
  5. 5
    Tragic Toppings2011 · 302 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011302
  6. 6
    Killer Crullers2012 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012304
  7. 7
    Drop Dead Chocolate2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012
  8. 8
    Powdered Peril2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012
  9. 9
    Illegally Iced2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012
  10. 10
    Deadly Donuts2013 · 221 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013221
  11. 11
    Assault and Batter2013 · 196 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013196
  12. 12
    Sweet Suspects2013 · 200 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013200
  13. 13
    Deep Fried Homicide2014 · 176 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014176
  14. 14
    Custard Crime2014 · 204 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014204
  15. 15
    Lemon Larceny2014 · 200 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014200
  16. 16
    Bad Bites2014 · 246 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014246
  17. 17
    Old Fashioned Crooks2014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014
  18. 18
    Dangerous Dough2015 · 202 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015202
  19. 19
    Troubled Treats2015 · 172 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015172
  20. 20
    Sugar Coated Sins2015 · 196 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015196
  21. 21
    Criminal Crumbs2015 · 184 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015184
  22. 22
    A Holiday Donut Steal2015 · confirmed 2/4
    2015
  23. 23
    Vanilla Vices2015 · 194 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015194
  24. 24
    Raspberry Revenge2016 · 186 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016186
  25. 25
    Fugitive Filling2016 · 181 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016181
  26. 26
    Devil's Food Defense2016 · 186 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016186
  27. 27
    Pumpkin Pleas2016 · 194 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016194
  28. 28
    Floured Felonies2016 · 175 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016175
  29. 29
    Mixed Malice2016 · 175 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016175
  30. 30
    Tasty Trials2017 · 161 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017161

Do you have to read Donut Shop Mysteries books in order?

You should read the Donut Shop Mysteries books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Donut Shop Mysteries book also stands alone.

Where to start with Donut Shop Mysteries

Start with Glazed Murder (2010), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Donut Shop Mysteries book?

The Last Donut (2023) is the newest Donut Shop Mysteries book released so far.

Is there a new Donut Shop Mysteries book coming?

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

Donut Shop Mysteries at a glance

Paused
No new Donut Shop Mysteries title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Donut Shop Mysteries books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
7,484 pages across the 36 of 59 books with a recorded length, a median of 194 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Donut Shop Mysteries books, 45 of 59, were published in the 2010s.
Attribution
Of the 59 titles, 41 are credited to Jessica Beck and 18 to Tim Myers.

What the Donut Shop Mysteries books are about

11 of the 59 Donut Shop Mysteries books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: private investigators is tagged on 10 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.