Cynthia Baxter
Cynthia Baxter is an American author of mystery, romance, women’s fiction and horror novels for adults and young adults. She began her career as a novelist writing teen, romantic, women’s and horror fiction under the name of Cynthia Blair. Cynthia is the author of the Pratt Twins (as Blair), Reigning Cats and Dogs Mysteries and Murder Packs a Suitcase Mysteries series. Besides being a novelist, she has also written for various newspapers and magazines and has also taught writing at Hofstra University.

Cynthia Baxter made her debut as a published author writing as Cynthia Blair with the 1981 novel Once There Was a Fat Girl. Her debut as Baxter (which she uses primarily for cozy mysteries, but also to reissue out-of-print titles) came in 2004 with the novel Dead Canaries Don’t Sing, which began her Reigning Cats and Dogs Mysteries series. Below is a list of Cynthia Baxter’s books in order of when they were first released:

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Publication Order of Pratt Twins Books

The Banana Split Affair (1984)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Hot Fudge Sunday Affair (1985)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Strawberry Summer (1986)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Pumpkin Principle (1986)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Marshmallow Masquerade (1987)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Candy Cane Caper (1987)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Pink Lemonade Charade (1988)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Double-Dip Disguise (1988)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Popcorn Project (1989)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Apple Pie Adventure (1989)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Jelly Bean Scheme (1990)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Lollipop Plot (1990)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Coconut Connection (1991)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Lickety Splits Ice Cream Shoppe Mystery Books

Murder with a Cherry on Top (2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Hot Fudge Murder (2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Last Licks (2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Game of Cones (2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Bubble Gum Gang Mysteries Books

There's No Such Thing as a Haunted House (1991)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Chocolate Is My Middle Name (1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Warning: Baby-Sitting May Be Hazardous to Your Health (1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Buried Treasure... In My Own Attic (1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Dark Moon Legacy Books

Publication Order of Nightmares Books

Publication Order of Reigning Cats & Dogs Mystery Books

Dead Canaries Don't Sing (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Putting On The Dog (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Lead a Horse to Murder (2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Hare Today, Dead Tomorrow (2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Right from the Gecko (2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Who's Kitten Who? (2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Monkey See, Monkey Die (2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder Had a Little Lamb (2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Crossing the Lion (2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Murder Packs A Suitcase Mysteries Books

Murder Packs a Suitcase (2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Too Rich and Too Dead (2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Once There Was a Fat Girl (1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Lovers Choice (1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Forever Rainbows (1982)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Commitment (1982)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Beautiful Dreamer (1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Battle Scars (1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Just Married (1984)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
All Our Secrets (1985)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Starstruck (1986)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Freedom to Dream (1987)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Three of Us (1987)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Crazy in Love (1988)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Summer House (1989)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Close to Home (1990)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Going Solo (1991)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Summer in Paris (1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Temptation (1993)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Molly and the Great American Family (1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Alaska Adventure (1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Once More with Feeling (1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Housesitter (2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Notes: The Pratt Twins, Bubble Gum Gang, Dark Moon Legacy and Nightmares series as well as all standalone novels (except for The Housesitter) were written as Cynthia Blair.

The standalone novels Close to Home, Summer House, Temptation, Once More with Feeling, Alaska Adventure and A Summer in Paris were re-published in eBook format as by Cynthia Baxter.

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Cynthia Baxter Synopses: Chocolate is My Middle Name is the second book in the Bubble Gum Gang Mysteries series from Cynthia Blair. Kelly is accused of stealing jewelry from the store she’s working at, so the Bubble Gum Gang must look deeper into this crime and find the real culprit in order to clear their friend’s name.

In Warning: Baby-Sitting May Be Hazardous to Your Health by Cynthia Blair (book 3 of the Bubble Gum Gang Mysteries), Samantha’s father’s company is threatened by a corporate spy, so she and the Bubble Gum Gang are looking to catch this spy in the middle of the act.

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