Carolyn G. Hart Reading Order

17 books (1990–2010)

This completed anthology series edited by Carolyn G. Hart spans 17 volumes published between 1990 and 2010, featuring collections of mystery and crime stories from various authors. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with Sisters in Crime 2, and includes themed collections such as Deadly Allies, Partners in Crime, First Cases Volume 2, and Malice Domestic 4. Alongside the fiction anthologies, Hart also edited reference works like The Fine Art of Murder and Great Mystery Series: Top Female Sleuths, offering guides to mystery literature and notable detective characters.

Start with Sisters in Crime 2, the first of 17 books in the Anthologies series.

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1	Sisters in Crime 2 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Deadly Allies 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Great Mystery Series: Top Female Sleuths 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Fine Art of Murder: The Mystery Reader's Indispensable Companion 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Partners in Crime 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Crimes of the Heart 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Malice Domestic 4 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	First Cases, Volume 2 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Funny Bones: 15 New Tales of Murder and Mayhem 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Love and Death 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Magnolias and Mayhem 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 3 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Motherhood Is Murder 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	The Sunken Sailor 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Murder Across the Map 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Crimes by Moonlight 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Mysterious Writers: The Many Facets of Mystery Writing 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

10 books (2008–2021)

The Bailey Ruth series comprises ten mysteries published between 2008 and 2021, with the sequence appearing to be complete. These books should be read in publication order, beginning with Ghost at Work and continuing through Ghost Blows a Kiss. The series follows a supernatural premise involving a ghost named Bailey Ruth who returns from the afterlife to help solve mysteries on Earth.

Start with Ghost at Work, the first of 10 books in the Bailey Ruth series.

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1	Ghost at Work 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Merry, Merry Ghost 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Ghost in Trouble 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Ghost Gone Wild 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Ghost Wanted 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Ghost to the Rescue 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Ghost Times Two 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Ghost on the Case 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Ghost Ups Her Game 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Ghost Blows a Kiss 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

32 books (1991–2020)

The Bed-and-Breakfast Mysteries series comprises 32 complete mystery novels published between 1991 and 2020, written by Mary Daheim and featuring a cozy mystery setting. Readers should begin with Fowl Prey and proceed through the series in publication order, as the mysteries are designed to build on one another with developing characters and ongoing storylines. The series concluded in 2020, making it ideal for readers seeking a long, finished mystery series to work through from start to finish.

Start with Fowl Prey(By: Mary Daheim), the first of 32 books in the Bed-and-Breakfast Mysteries series.

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1	Fowl Prey(By: Mary Daheim) 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Just Desserts(By: Mary Daheim) 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Holy Terrors(By: Mary Daheim) 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Bantam of the Opera(By: Mary Daheim) 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Dune to Death(By: Mary Daheim) 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	A Fit of Tempera(By: Mary Daheim) 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Major Vices(By: Mary Daheim) 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Murder, My Suite(By: Mary Daheim) 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Auntie Mayhem(By: Mary Daheim) 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Nutty as a Fruitcake(By: Mary Daheim) 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	September Mourn(By: Mary Daheim) 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Legs Benedict(By: Mary Daheim) 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Snow Place to Die(By: Mary Daheim) 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Wed and Buried(By: Mary Daheim) 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Creeps Suzette(By: Mary Daheim) 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	A Streetcar Named Expire(By: Mary Daheim) 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Suture Self(By: Mary Daheim) 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Silver Scream(By: Mary Daheim) 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Hocus Croakus(By: Mary Daheim) 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	This Old Souse(By: Mary Daheim) 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	Dead Man Docking(By: Mary Daheim) 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	Saks & Violins(By: Mary Daheim) 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	Scots on the Rocks(By: Mary Daheim) 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	Vi Agra Falls(By: Mary Daheim) 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	Loco Motive(By: Mary Daheim) 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	All the Pretty Hearses(By: Mary Daheim) 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	The Wurst Is Yet to Come(By: Mary Daheim) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	Gone with the Win(By: Mary Daheim) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	Clam Wake(By: Mary Daheim) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	Here Comes the Bribe(By: Mary Daheim) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	A Case of Bier(By: Mary Daheim) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	Lady MacDeath(By: Mary Daheim) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

40 books (2012–2022)

Bibliomysteries is an anthology series of 40 mystery and thriller short stories published between 2012 and 2022, with each entry written by a different acclaimed author. The series is likely complete and should be read in publication order, beginning with An Acceptable Sacrifice by Jeffery Deaver. Contributors include William Link, C.J. Box, Nelson DeMille, Laura Lippman, Ken Bruen, and many other notable crime fiction writers, each crafting original tales centered on books, libraries, and literary themes.

Start with An Acceptable Sacrifice(By: Jeffery Deaver), the first of 40 books in the Bibliomysteries series.

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1	An Acceptable Sacrifice(By: Jeffery Deaver) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Death Leaves a Bookmark(By: William Link) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Pronghorns of the Third Reich(By: C.J. Box) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Book Case(By: Nelson DeMille) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Book Thing(By: Laura Lippman) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Book of Virtue(By: Ken Bruen) 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Rides a Stranger(By: David Bell) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Book of Ghosts(By: Reed Farrel Coleman) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Final Testament(By: Peter Blauner) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	The Long Sonata of the Dead(By: Andrew Taylor) 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Book Club(By: Loren D. Estleman) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	It's in the Book(By: Max Allan Collins,Mickey Spillane) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Remaindered(By: Peter Lovesey) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	The Compendium of Srem(By: F. Paul Wilson) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	The Gospel of Sheba(By: Lyndsay Faye) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	The Nature of My Inheritance(By: Bradford Morrow) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	The Scroll(By: Anne Perry) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	The Sequel(By: R.L. Stine) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	What's in a Name?(By: Thomas H. Cook) 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	Condor in the Stacks(By: James Grady) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	Every Seven Years(By: Denise Mina) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	From the Queen 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	Mystery, Inc.(By: Joyce Carol Oates) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	The Book of the Lion(By: Thomas Perry) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	The Little Men(By: Megan Abbott) 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	Citadel(By: Stephen Hunter) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	Dead Dames Don't Sing(By: John Harvey) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	Reconciliation Day(By: Christopher Fowler) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	The Haze(By: James W. Hall) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	The Travelling Companion(By: Ian Rankin) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	Hoodoo Harry(By: Joe R. Lansdale) 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	Seven Years(By: Peter Robinson) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository(By: John Connolly) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
34	The Hemingway Valise(By: Robert Olen Butler) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
35	The Last Honest Horse Thief(By: Michael Koryta) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
36	The Pretty Little Box(By: Charles Todd) 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
37	The Girl Who Did Say No(By: David Handler) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
38	The Dark Door(By: Lisa Unger) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
39	The Honeymoon Trap(By: Peter Swanson) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
40	The Traitor(By: Martin Edwards) 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2005–2009)

Carolyn G. Hart's non-fiction trilogy consists of three books published between 2005 and 2009, exploring topics related to cooking and food literature. The series is complete and should be read in publication order, beginning with Cooks' Books, followed by Much Depends on Dinner, and concluding with A Feast of Cooks. These volumes represent Hart's ventures into non-fiction writing outside her primary work in mystery and romance.

Start with Cooks' Books and read in order.

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1	Cooks' Books 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Much Depends on Dinner 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	A Feast of Cooks 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2009–2009)

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1	Your Turn 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (1999–2002)

Carolyn G. Hart's two short story collections span mystery and suspense, published between 1999 and 2002. The series is complete and should be read in publication order, beginning with Crime on Her Mind followed by Secrets and Other Stories of Suspense. These collections showcase Hart's range across mystery, thriller, and suspenseful storytelling.

Start with Crime on Her Mind and read in order.

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1	Crime on Her Mind 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Secrets and Other Stories of Suspense 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

18 books (1964–2018)

Carolyn G. Hart's collection of 18 standalone novels spans from 1964 to 2018, offering mystery and thriller stories that can be read independently in any order. Though complete, reading them in publication order beginning with The Secret of the Cellars provides a chronological view of the author's evolving style across five decades. Each novel stands alone with its own plot and characters, making this series ideal for readers who prefer mystery stories without the commitment of following a continuous narrative.

Start with The Secret of the Cellars, the first of 18 books in the Carolyn G. Hart Standalone Novels series.

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1	The Secret of the Cellars 1964Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Dangerous Summer 1969Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	No Easy Answers 1970Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Rendezvous in Veracruz 1970Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Danger High Explosives! 1972Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Flee From the Past 1975Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	A Settling of Accounts 1976Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Escape from Paris 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Castle Rock 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Death by Surprise 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	The Rich Die Young 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Brave Hearts 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Skulduggery 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Letter From Home 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Cry in the Night 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Cliff's Edge 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	High Stakes 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Peril Off Padre 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

27 books (1987–2017)

Carolyn G. Hart's Death On Demand series comprises 27 mystery novels published between 1987 and 2017, following the same amateur detective protagonist through investigations at a bookstore in South Carolina. The series is complete and should be read in publication order, beginning with the 1987 debut novel Death On Demand and continuing through Murder Walks the Plank and beyond. Each installment stands as a self-contained mystery while building on the established setting and cast of characters across the span of three decades.

Start with Death On Demand, the first of 27 books in the Death On Demand series.

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1	Death On Demand 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Design For Murder 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Honeymoon with Murder 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Something Wicked 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	A Little Class on Murder 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Deadly Valentine 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Christie Caper 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Southern Ghost 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Mint Julep Murder 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Yankee Doodle Dead 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	White Elephant Dead 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Sugarplum Dead 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	April Fool Dead 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Engaged to Die 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Murder Walks the Plank 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Death of the Party 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Dead Days of Summer 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Death Walked In 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Dare to Die 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	Laughed 'Til He Died 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	Dead by Midnight 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	Death Comes Silently 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	Dead, White, and Blue 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	Death at the Door 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	Don't Go Home 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	From the Queen 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	Walking on My Grave 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

19 books (1979–1988)

This completed series comprises 19 gothic romance novels published between 1979 and 1988 by various authors under the Harlequin Gothic Romance imprint. The books should be read in publication order, beginning with Castle Malice and continuing through the complete nineteen-book collection. Each novel stands as an independent entry featuring atmospheric settings and romantic suspense, making them accessible to readers who may start at any point, though following publication order provides the fullest experience of the series' evolution.

Start with Castle Malice(By: Marilyn Ross), the first of 19 books in the Harlequin Gothic Romance series.

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1	Castle Malice(By: Marilyn Ross) 1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Seventh Gate(By: Dolores Holliday) 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Ravens of Rockhurst(By: Marian Martin) 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Satyr Ring(By: Alison Quinn) 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	An Innocent Madness(By: Dulcie Hollyock) 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Castle At Jade Cove(By: Helen B. Hicks) 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Restless Obsession(By: Jane Toombs) 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Double Masquerade(By: Dulcie Hollyock) 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Legacy Of Raven's Rise(By: Helen B. Hicks) 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	The Fourth Letter(By: Alison Quinn) 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Lord of High Cliff Manor(By: Irene M. Pascoe) 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Return To Shadow Creek(By: Helen B. Hicks) 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Shadows Over Briarcliff(By: Marilyn Ross) 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	The Blue House(By: Dolores Holliday) 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	The Devereaux Legacy 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Island Of Mystery(By: Margaret M. Scariano) 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Mirage On The Amazon(By: Mary Kistler) 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	Secret At Orient Point(By: Patricia Werner) 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Shadow Over Bright Star(By: Irene M. Pascoe) 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

8 books (1992–2007)

The Henrie O series comprises eight mystery novels published between 1992 and 2007, following the adventures of an intrepid amateur sleuth. The complete series should be read in publication order, beginning with Henrie O's Holiday and concluding with Set Sail for Murder. Each book stands as its own mystery while contributing to the larger arc of the character's story.

Start with Henrie O's Holiday, the first of 8 books in the Henrie O series.

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1	Henrie O's Holiday 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Dead Man's Island 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Scandal in Fair Haven 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Death in Lovers' Lane 1997Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Death in Paradise 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Death on the River Walk 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Resort to Murder 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Set Sail for Murder 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2012–2012)

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1	What the Cat Saw 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible