About this series
Miss Fortune Mysteries is a series by Jana DeLeon. We list 30 books in this series so far, in reading order.
Start with Book 1: Louisiana Longshot.
Tagged on most books in this series: Southern and Humor.
If you like Miss Fortune Mysteries, try Davis Way Crime Caper by Gretchen Archer, A Charlie Rhodes Cozy Mystery by Amanda M. Lee and Cealie Gunther mysteries by June Shaw.
What readers say
Readers come to Miss Fortune for the laughs: a retired CIA assassin hiding in a Louisiana bayou town alongside two scheming older sidekicks, with a slow-building romance and plenty of food and swamp color. Fans call it a dependable pick-me-up and enjoy the friendships and twisty plots, and several praise the audiobook narration. Criticism grows in the later books, where some readers find the humor faded, the tone heavier, the antics over the top or the culprits easy to guess. Opinion has shifted from the enthusiastic early years to a more split picture today.
Best for: Readers who want a zany, laugh-out-loud Southern cozy with action and don't mind a formula that wears thin.
Summary of public reader reviews, updated November 2026.
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