Julia Buckley

(aka Veronica Bond – see below)

Julia Buckley   An English teacher for over two decades, Julia Buckley is a Chicago based writer and active in a number of mystery writers associations. She is the author of the the Undercover Dish Mystery Series, starring Lilah Lake, a caterer in a small town who lets her clients take credit for her delicious meals. She also writes Writer’s Apprentice Mystery Series which stars Lena London, a budding author who apprentices for a best selling author. She also authors the Madeline Mann Mystery Series, starring a reporter and the Teddy Thurber Mystery Series, starring an English teacher. Recipes are included in the Undercover Dish Cozy Mysteries.

HUNGARIAN TEA HOUSE MYSTERY Series:

Main Character: Hana Keller works in her family-owned Maggie’s Tea House which specializes in traditional tea services. Juliana is her Hungarian grandmother who is a tea-leaf reader.

1. Death in a Budapest Butterfly    ’19
2. Death of a Wandering Wolf   ’20
3. Death on the Night of Lost Lizards   ’21

WRITER’S APPRENTICE MYSTERY Series:

Main Character: Lena London, writer’s assistant in Blue Lake, Indiana

1. A Dark and Stormy Murder    ’16
2. Death in Dark Blue    ’17
3. A Dark and Twisting Path    ’18
4. Death Waits in the Dark    ’19
5. Death with a Dark Red Rose   ’20

A Dark and Silent Night   ’20 (short story) (Christmas)

UNDERCOVER DISH MYSTERY Series:

Main Character: Lilah Drake, owner of Covered Dish, catering business where client can claim to have made the meal in Pine Haven, Illinois

1. The Big Chili    ’15
2. Cheddar Off Dead    ’16
3. Pudding Up With Murder    ’17
4. A Fatal Fettuccine   ’21

MADELINE MANN Series:

Main Character: Madeline Mann, small town reporter

1. Madeline Mann    ’10
2. Lovely, Dark and Deep   ’11
3. One Fool At Least    ’12

STAND ALONES:

The Ghosts of Lovely Women    ’11

Ginevra Bond     ’12

Written as Veronica Bond:

A DINNER AND A MURDER MYSTERY Series:

Main Character: Nora Blake, actress in a murder-mystery acting troupe

1. Death in Castle Dark   ’21
2. Castle Deadly, Castle Deep  ’22