Kate Ellis Reading Order

7 books (2014–2025)

Kate Ellis has contributed to six anthology collections from 2015 to 2025, with new volumes still being added to the series. These mystery and thriller anthologies should be read in publication order, beginning with The Starlings & Other Stories. The series includes entries such as Guilty Parties, CWA Anthology of Short Stories: Mystery Tour, Ten Year Stretch, Many Deadly Returns, Midsummer Mysteries Short Stories, and Playing Dead: Short Stories by Members of the Detection Club, each featuring Ellis's short fiction alongside work by other authors in the genre.

Start with The Starlings & Other Stories, the first of 6 books in the Anthologies series.

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1	Guilty Parties 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Starlings & Other Stories 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	CWA Anthology of Short Stories: Mystery Tour 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Ten Year Stretch 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Many Deadly Returns 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Midsummer Mysteries Short Stories 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Playing Dead: Short Stories by Members of the Detection Club 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (2016–2020)

This three-book mystery series by Kate Ellis follows Inspector Albert Lincoln through cases spanning from 2016 to 2020. The complete trilogy should be read in publication order, beginning with A High Mortality of Doves, followed by The Boy Who Lived with the Dead and concluding with The House of the Hanged Woman. Ellis, known for her mystery and thriller works, delivers a finished series that can be enjoyed as a continuous narrative.

Start with A High Mortality of Doves and read in order.

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1	A High Mortality of Doves 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Boy Who Lived with the Dead 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The House of the Hanged Woman 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

6 books (2008–2026)

Kate Ellis's Joe Plantagenet series comprises six mystery and thriller novels published between 2008 and 2026, with the series still ongoing. The books should be read in publication order, beginning with Seeking The Dead and continuing through Playing with Bones, Kissing the Demons, Watching the Ghosts, Walking by Night, and Killing in the Shadows. This series is best experienced sequentially to follow character development and recurring plot threads throughout the investigations.

Start with Seeking The Dead, the first of 6 books in the Joe Plantagenet series.

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1	Seeking The Dead 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Playing with Bones 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Kissing the Demons 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Watching the Ghosts 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Walking by Night 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Killing in the Shadows 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2017–2017)

Kate Ellis's two-book series of mystery and thriller short stories and novellas was completed in 2017. Both The Mole Catcher's Daughter and Top Deck should be read in the order they were published for the intended reading experience. This compact collection offers standalone tales within the mystery and thriller genres.

Start with The Mole Catcher's Daughter and read in order.

1 book (2012–2012)

1 book (2006–2006)

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1	The Devil's Priest 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2020–2020)

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1	Dick of Devonshire 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

30 books (1998–2026)

The Wesley Peterson series comprises 29 mystery and thriller novels by Kate Ellis, beginning with The Merchant's House in 1998 and continuing through 2025. The series remains ongoing, with each book building on previous investigations and character development. Readers should follow the books in publication order to experience the detective's cases and personal evolution across the long-running sequence.

Start with The Merchant's House, the first of 29 books in the Wesley Peterson series.

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1	The Merchant's House 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	An Unhallowed Grave 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Armada Boy 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Funeral Boat 2000Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Bone Garden 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	A Painted Doom 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Skeleton Room 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Plague Maiden 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	A Cursed Inheritance 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	The Marriage Hearse 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	The Shining Skull 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	The Blood Pit 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	A Perfect Death 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	The Flesh Tailor 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	The Jackal Man 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	The Cadaver Game 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	The Shadow Collector 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	The Shroud Maker 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	The Death Season 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	The House of Eyes 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	The Mermaid's Scream 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	The Mechanical Devil 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	Dead Man's Lane 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	The Burial Circle 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	The Stone Chamber 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	Serpent's Point 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	The Killing Place 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	Coffin Island 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	Deadly Remains 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	The Chapel of Bones 2026Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible