Elaine Viets Reading Order

9 books (2003–2021)

Start with Blood on Their Hands, the first of 9 books in the Anthologies series.

#	Title
1	Blood on Their Hands 2003Buy 🇺🇸
2	High Stakes 2003Buy 🇺🇸
3	Show Business is Murder 2004Buy 🇺🇸
4	Drop-Dead Blonde 2005Buy 🇺🇸
5	Many Bloody Returns 2007Buy 🇺🇸
6	Crimes by Moonlight 2010Buy 🇺🇸
7	Writes of Passage 2014Buy 🇺🇸
8	The Beat of Black Wings 2020Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Great Filling Station Holdup 2021Buy 🇺🇸

16 books (2003–2016)

Start with Murder Between the Covers, the first of 16 books in the Dead-End Job Mystery series.

#	Title
1	Murder Between the Covers 2003Buy 🇺🇸
2	Shop Till You Drop 2003Buy 🇺🇸
3	Dying to Call You 2004Buy 🇺🇸
4	Just Murdered 2005Buy 🇺🇸
5	Killer Blonde 2005Buy 🇺🇸
6	Murder Unleashed 2006Buy 🇺🇸
7	Murder with Reservations 2007Buy 🇺🇸
8	Clubbed to Death 2008Buy 🇺🇸
9	Killer Cuts 2009Buy 🇺🇸
10	Half-Price Homicide 2010Buy 🇺🇸
11	Pumped for Murder 2011Buy 🇺🇸
12	Final Sail 2012Buy 🇺🇸
13	Board Stiff 2013Buy 🇺🇸
14	Catnapped! 2014Buy 🇺🇸
15	Checked Out 2015Buy 🇺🇸
16	The Art of Murder 2016Buy 🇺🇸

9 books (2016–2024)

Start with Brain Storm, the first of 9 books in the Death Investigator Angela Richman series.

#	Title
1	Brain Storm 2016Buy 🇺🇸
2	Fire and Ashes 2017Buy 🇺🇸
3	Ice Blonde 2018Buy 🇺🇸
4	A Star is Dead 2020Buy 🇺🇸
5	Death Grip 2021Buy 🇺🇸
6	Life Without Parole 2021Buy 🇺🇸
7	Late for His Own Funeral 2022Buy 🇺🇸
8	The Dead Of Night 2023Buy 🇺🇸
9	A Scarlet Death 2024Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (2025–2025)

4 books (1997–2000)

Start with Backstab, the first of 4 books in the Francesca Vierling Mystery series.

#	Title
1	Backstab 1997Buy 🇺🇸
2	Rubout 1998Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Pink Flamingo Murders 1999Buy 🇺🇸
4	Doc in the Box 2000Buy 🇺🇸

10 books (2005–2014)

Start with Dying in Style, the first of 10 books in the Josie Marcus: Mystery Shopper series.

#	Title
1	Dying in Style 2005Buy 🇺🇸
2	High Heels are Murder 2006Buy 🇺🇸
3	Accessory to Murder 2007Buy 🇺🇸
4	Murder with All the Trimmings 2008Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Fashion Hound Murders 2009Buy 🇺🇸
6	An Uplifting Murder 2010Buy 🇺🇸
7	Death on a Platter 2011Buy 🇺🇸
8	Murder is a Piece of Cake 2012Buy 🇺🇸
9	Fixing to Die 2013Buy 🇺🇸
10	A Dog Gone Murder 2014Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1993–1997)

Start with Viets Guide to Sex, Travel and Anything Else That Will Sell This Book and read in order.

#	Title
1	Viets Guide to Sex, Travel and Anything Else That Will Sell This Book 1993Buy 🇺🇸
2	St. Louis 1995Buy 🇺🇸
3	How to Commit Monogamy 1997Buy 🇺🇸

5 books (2003–2020)

Start with Red Meat, the first of 5 books in the Short Stories/Novellas series.

#	Title
1	Red Meat 2003Buy 🇺🇸
2	Sex and Bingo 2003Buy 🇺🇸
3	Wedding Knife 2004Buy 🇺🇸
4	After the Fall 2006Buy 🇺🇸
5	Dog Eat Dog 2020Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (1988–2018)

Start with Urban Affairs and read in order.

#	Title
1	Urban Affairs 1988Buy 🇺🇸
2	Deal with the Devil 2018Buy 🇺🇸