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Lovely Lethal Gardens Rewind Books in Order

7 books from Zonked in the Zucchinis (2025) to Trinket in the Thyme (2026). Rated 4.7 across 88 listener reviews.

Reading order

  1. Zonked in the Zucchinis

    Book 1 2025 4.5 (24)

    Doreen is slowly recovering from the mad yet joyous ending to last year, as she faces the new year and what it might bring.

  2. Yipped in the Yams

    Book 2 2025 4.7 (13)

    When the Captain suggests that Doreen might want to break her boredom spell by looking into an old case, she jumps at the chance.

  3. X-Ray in the Xanth

    Book 3 2025 4.6 (12)

    Something in Doreen’s last case sends Chester and Darren out with shovels to a location she’d never seen before. When she finds out why, she’s all in—particularly when they find a body.

  4. Weapon in the Watermelon

    Book 4 2025 4.7 (15)

    When a young couple is attacked while prepping for a catering job, it seems like the family is dealing with a long-running curse—one that ends in murder.

  5. Vandals in the Vidalias

    Book 5 2026 4.8 (13)

    Doreen eagerly anticipates her escape to the coast, leaving behind the wintery blues of Kelowna. However, the trip means returning to her old home—back when she was married to Mathew—stirring up a whirlwind of memories.

  6. Undone in the Underbrush

    Book 6 2026 4.8 (11)

    Doreen and Mack and their animal entourage are home from their crazy trip to Vancouver—yet not long enough for boredom to set in. A new murder case appears, clearly defined as Mack’s, not hers.

  7. Trinket in the Thyme

    Book 7 2026

    Doreen Montgomery—an amateur sleuth who can’t help but stumble into trouble while solving crimes—falls right into another case.

About this reading order

Books are listed in the series' own numbering, which for Lovely Lethal Gardens Rewind is also the best order to read them in. Years are first publication where we could confirm it, and otherwise the first audiobook release.