Kate Collins is the author of the best-selling Flower Shop Mystery series. For her plots, Kate draws upon her own love of flowers, a multitude of crazy cats who've allowed her to care for them, children she adores, a lawyer husband who inspires her, and an intimate knowledge of life in a Midwestern college town. She states firmly for the benefit of all who live near her that none of the zany characters that populate the fictional town of New Chapel are based on people she knows. Honest.
Genres: Cozy Mystery, Historical Romance
Series
Flower Shop Mystery
0. The Jillian Knight Osbourne Fashionista Diaries (2020)
1. Mum's the Word (2004)
2. Slay It With Flowers (2005)
3. Dearly Depotted (2005)
4. Snipped in the Bud (2006)
5. Acts Of Violets (2007)
6. A Rose from the Dead (2007)
7. Shoots to Kill (2008)
8. Evil in Carnations (2009)
9. Sleeping With Anemone (2009)
10. Dirty Rotten Tendrils (2010)
11. Night of the Living Dandelion (2011)
12. To Catch a Leaf (2011)
13. Nightshade on Elm Street (2012)
14. Seed No Evil (2013)
15. Throw in the Trowel (2014)
16. A Root Awakening (2015)
17. Florist Grump (2015)
18. Moss Hysteria (2016)
19. Yews with Caution (2017)
19.1. Missing Under The Mistletoe (2017)
19.2. Tulips Too Late (2018)
19.3. A Frond in Need (2020)
Till Death Do Us Pot (2020)
20. Kick the Bouquet (2022)
21. Roses Are Dead, Violets Are Blue (2024)
0. The Jillian Knight Osbourne Fashionista Diaries (2020)
1. Mum's the Word (2004)
2. Slay It With Flowers (2005)
3. Dearly Depotted (2005)
4. Snipped in the Bud (2006)
5. Acts Of Violets (2007)
6. A Rose from the Dead (2007)
7. Shoots to Kill (2008)
8. Evil in Carnations (2009)
9. Sleeping With Anemone (2009)
10. Dirty Rotten Tendrils (2010)
11. Night of the Living Dandelion (2011)
12. To Catch a Leaf (2011)
13. Nightshade on Elm Street (2012)
14. Seed No Evil (2013)
15. Throw in the Trowel (2014)
16. A Root Awakening (2015)
17. Florist Grump (2015)
18. Moss Hysteria (2016)
19. Yews with Caution (2017)
19.1. Missing Under The Mistletoe (2017)
19.2. Tulips Too Late (2018)
19.3. A Frond in Need (2020)
Till Death Do Us Pot (2020)
20. Kick the Bouquet (2022)
21. Roses Are Dead, Violets Are Blue (2024)
Cozy Chicks Kitchen
1. The Cozy Chicks Kitchen (2012) (with Ellery Adams, Deb Baker, Lorraine Bartlett, Maggie Sefton, Leann Sweeney and Heather Webber)
2. Tea Time With The Cozy Chicks (2015) (with Ellery Adams, Lorraine Bartlett, Duffy Brown, Mary Kennedy, Mary Jane Maffini, Maggie Sefton and Leann Sweeney)
1. The Cozy Chicks Kitchen (2012) (with Ellery Adams, Deb Baker, Lorraine Bartlett, Maggie Sefton, Leann Sweeney and Heather Webber)
2. Tea Time With The Cozy Chicks (2015) (with Ellery Adams, Lorraine Bartlett, Duffy Brown, Mary Kennedy, Mary Jane Maffini, Maggie Sefton and Leann Sweeney)
Goddess of Greene St. Mystery
1. Statue of Limitations (2020)
2. A Big Fat Greek Murder (2020)
3. Big Trouble in Little Greektown (2021)
4. Gone But Not For Garden (2023)
1. Statue of Limitations (2020)
2. A Big Fat Greek Murder (2020)
3. Big Trouble in Little Greektown (2021)
4. Gone But Not For Garden (2023)
Novels
Promised to a Stranger (1998) (as by Linda O'Brien)
Courting Claire (1999) (as by Linda O'Brien)
His Forbidden Touch (2000) (as by Linda O'Brien)
Beloved Protector (2001) (as by Linda O'Brien)
Courting Claire (1999) (as by Linda O'Brien)
His Forbidden Touch (2000) (as by Linda O'Brien)
Beloved Protector (2001) (as by Linda O'Brien)
Collections
Novellas and Short Stories
Kate Collins recommends
In Hot Water (2021)
(Misty Bay Tea Room Mystery, book 1)
Kate Kingsbury
"A trio of lively sleuths, a delightfully cozy tea parlor, and enough suspects to keep the reader guessing to the end."
The Grave Gourmet (2010)
(Capucine Culinary Mystery, book 1)
Alexander Campion
"A saucy detective, a spicy murder, a soupcon of haute cuisine with Paris as a backdrop. Ooh-la-la! What a feast. Alexander Campion captures the French flavor and Parisian personality perfectly in his tasty debut novel."
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