Betty Rowlands Reading Order
1 series · 94 books
Betty Rowlands crafted charming mystery novels primarily set in the English Cotswolds and Gloucestershire regions. Known for her cosy crime stories featuring amateur sleuths and small-town intrigue, she built a substantial body of work across numerous standalone titles that appeal to readers who enjoy traditional whodunits with atmospheric English countryside settings.
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Standalone Novels Series
94 books
Betty Rowlands wrote 94 standalone novels across her writing career, with publication order recommended for readers encountering her work. The series spans multiple decades and includes mystery novels featuring the amateur detective Sukey Reynolds alongside numerous other standalone titles. While the collection contains both repeated titles and distinct entries, each book can be enjoyed independently without prior knowledge of others. The complete reading order follows the sequence of original publication dates.
Start with A Fool There Was, the first of 94 books in the Standalone Novels series.
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | A Fool There Was |
| 2 | A Fool There Was |
| 3 | A Hive of Bees |
| 4 | A Little Gentle Sleuthing |
| 5 | A Man At The Window |
| 6 | A little gentle sleuthing |
| 7 | Alpha, Beta, Gamma... Dead (Sukey Reynolds Mysteries) |
| 8 | Alpha, beta, gamma ... dead |
| 9 | Alpha, beta, gamma ... dead |
| 10 | An Inconsiderate Death |
| 11 | Cherry Pickers |
| 12 | Cherry Pickers |
| 13 | Copycat |
| 14 | Copycat (Sukey Reynolds Mysteries) |
| 15 | Deadly Legacy |
| 16 | Deadly Legacy (A Melissa Craig Mystery) |
| 17 | Deadly Legacy (Melissa Craig Mysteries) |
| 18 | Deadly Obsession |
| 19 | Deadly Obsession |
| 20 | Deadly legacy |
| 21 | Death at Beacon Cottage |
| 22 | Death at Burwell Farm |
| 23 | Death at Dearley Manor |
| 24 | Death at Dearley Manor |
| 25 | Death at Hazel House |
| 26 | Death at Ivy House |
| 27 | Death at Sandy Bay |
| 28 | Death at Sycamore House |
| 29 | Death at the Library |
| 30 | Death at the Mariners Hotel |
| 31 | Death in the Village |
| 32 | Death on Clevedon Beach |
| 33 | Death on a Summer Morning |
| 34 | Death under the Apple Tree |
| 35 | Dirty Work |
| 36 | Exhaustive Enquiries |
| 37 | Exhaustive Enquiries (Melissa Craig Mysteries) |
| 38 | Exhaustive enquiries |
| 39 | Finishing Touch |
| 40 | Finishing touch |
| 41 | Finishing touch |
| 42 | Finishing touch |
| 43 | Fool There Was |
| 44 | Fourth Suspect |
| 45 | Fourth Suspect |
| 46 | Little Gentle Sleuthing |
| 47 | Malice Poetic |
| 48 | Malice Poetic |
| 49 | Malice poetic |
| 50 | Miss Minchin Dies |
| 51 | Miss Minchin Dies A Sukey Reynolds Mystery |
| 52 | Murder at Benbury Brook |
| 53 | Murder at Larkfield Barn |
| 54 | Murder at the Manor Hotel |
| 55 | Murder at the Old House |
| 56 | Murder in Langley Woods |
| 57 | Murder in a Country Garden |
| 58 | Murder in the Dining Room |
| 59 | Murder in the Morning |
| 60 | Murder in the Orchard |
| 61 | Murder on a Winter Afternoon |
| 62 | Murder on the Clifftops |
| 63 | No Laughing Matter |
| 64 | No Laughing Matter |
| 65 | No Laughing Matter (A Melissa Craig Mystery) |
| 66 | Over the Edge |
| 67 | Over the edge |
| 68 | Over the edge |
| 69 | Over the edge |
| 70 | Party to Murder |
| 71 | Party to Murder |
| 72 | Scent of Death |
| 73 | Scent of Death, The: A Sukey Reyholds British police procedural (A Sukey Reynolds Mystery) |
| 74 | Smiling at Death |
| 75 | Smiling at Death |
| 76 | Smiling at Death |
| 77 | Smiling at Death (A Melissa Craig Mystery) |
| 78 | Smokescreen |
| 79 | Smokescreen (Sukey Reynolds Mysteries) |
| 80 | Sweet Venom |
| 81 | Sweet Venom |
| 82 | Sweet Venom (Melissa Craig Mysteries) |
| 83 | Sweet venom |
| 84 | The Cherry Pickers (A Melissa Craig Mystery) |
| 85 | The Dirty Work |
| 86 | The Fourth Suspect (A Melissa Craig Mystery) |
| 87 | The Fourth Suspect (Sound) |
| 88 | The Man at the Window |
| 89 | The man at the window |
| 90 | The scent of death |
| 91 | Touch Me Not |
| 92 | Touch Me Not |
| 93 | Unnatural Wastage |
| 94 | Unnatural wastage |
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