Patti Benning

Patti Benning is the author of over 50 novels in five distinct novel series. She is famously known as the author of Papa Pacelli’s Pizzeria, Darling Deli, Killer Cookie and Whiskers, and Witches. Killer Caramel Cookies Lilah Fallon is a woman of misfortunes; she has been bouncing from one job to another ever since a left a comfortable position at a company owned by her father.

The best place to start is the Papa Pacelli's Pizzeria series, the earliest of Patti Benning's multi-book series: it opens with Pall Bearers and Pepperoni (2016) and runs to 49 books across 2016–2022, ending with A Merry Slice of Murder (2022). Patti Benning's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Patti Benning has 307 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2016 and 2026. 295 of them belong to 20 named series — the largest being the Papa Pacelli's Pizzeria series with 49 books — and 12 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Patti Benning's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Papa Pacelli's Pizzeria (2016–2022, 49 books), Darling Deli (2016–2018, 33 books) and Killer Cookie (2016–2018, 5 books), plus 17 more.

This guide splits Patti Benning's 307 books into 20 named series and 12 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Papa Pacelli's Pizzeria (49 books, 2016–2022); Search and Rescue Cozy Mysteries (36 books, 2024–2025); Darling Deli (33 books, 2016–2018); Rambling RV Cozy Mysteries (24 books, 2022–2025); Nightsmith Novelties Cozy Mysteries (20 books, 2026), plus 15 further series.