The Vera Crus Funny Cozy Mystery Series: All Six Books in Order

Meet Walt Brubaker of Vera Crus, Pennsylvania

Walt Brubaker spent forty years as an accountant making other people's numbers add up. Now he's retired, his wife Grace wants him out of the house, and the numbers around Vera Crus have started going wrong.

The Vera Crus Funny Cozy Mystery series follows Walt from one small town puzzle to the next. You won't find grisly crime scenes here. You will find Tuesday night bingo at the VFW, a deer camp that hasn't shot anything in years, a shoebox full of receipts, a folk festival quilt show, and a ridge covered in Christmas lights. Each book stands on its own, but they are the most fun read in order.

The Vera Crus books in order

Book 1: The Hobby. Walt has been retired for exactly one morning when Grace hands him his car keys and an ultimatum: "You need a hobby, and the hobby can't be me."

Book 2: The Jackpot. Tuesday night bingo at VFW Post 6640. The jackpot finally hits. Then the numbers stop adding up.

Book 3: The Opener. Walt signs on as cook for the Hollenbach deer camp in Potter County. Opening morning brings one ham biscuit and one cut strap.

Book 4: The Write Off. One more tax season at his old office on Main Street. One shoebox. One black book nobody was supposed to read.

Book 5: The Stitch. The Kutztown Folk Festival is fifty thousand dollars short, and Walt gets handed the books in a laundry basket.

Book 6: The Lights. For sixty six years Ray Gernert has lit the ridge above Hill Road by hand. This year, one window stays dark.

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