Nancy Martin Reading Order

1 book (2005–2005)

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1	Drop-Dead Blonde 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

15 books (2002–2016)

The Blackbird Sisters Mysteries series consists of 15 complete books published between 2002 and 2016, blending mystery and romance throughout. These novels follow a cast of eccentric characters through interconnected cases and romantic entanglements, with most entries focusing on the resourceful sisters at the heart of the series. The books should be read in publication order, beginning with How to Murder a Millionaire, as subsequent volumes build on character development and ongoing plot threads established earlier. A few entries, including Mick Abruzzo's Story and Mick Abruzzo: The Second Wire, provide alternative perspectives on events central to the larger narrative arc.

Start with How to Murder a Millionaire, the first of 15 books in the Blackbird Sisters Mysteries series.

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1	How to Murder a Millionaire 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Dead Girls Don't Wear Diamonds 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Some Like It Lethal 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Cross Your Heart and Hope to Die 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Have Your Cake and Kill Him Too 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Mick Abruzzo's Story 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	A Crazy Little Thing Called Death 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Murder Melts in Your Mouth 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	No Way to Kill a Lady 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Slay Belles 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Little Black Book of Murder 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	A Little Night Murder 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Lady Be Good 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Mick Abruzzo: The Second Wire 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Bye, Bye Blackbird 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2015–2015)

3 books (1995–1998)

Nancy Martin's Opposite Attract series consists of three mystery romance novels published between 1995 and 1998. The complete series should be read in publication order, beginning with The Cop and the Chorus Girl, followed by The Pauper and the Pregnant Princess, and concluding with Cowboy and the Calendar Girl. Each book pairs contrasting characters in a blend of mystery and romantic elements.

Start with The Cop and the Chorus Girl and read in order.

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1	The Cop and the Chorus Girl 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Pauper and the Pregnant Princess 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Cowboy and the Calendar Girl 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2010–2011)

The Roxy Abruzzo series is a two-book mystery and romance collection by Nancy Martin, published between 2010 and 2011. Both novels should be read in publication order, beginning with Our Lady of Immaculate Deception / Foxy Roxy, followed by Sticky Fingers. The series is complete.

Start with Our Lady of Immaculate Deception / Foxy Roxy and read in order.

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1	Our Lady of Immaculate Deception / Foxy Roxy 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Sticky Fingers 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

14 books (1980–1996)

Nancy Martin's Standalone Novels series consists of 14 complete mystery and romance books published between 1980 and 1996, with each entry functioning as an independent story. The novels should be read in publication order beginning with Showdown, followed by titles including Black Diamonds, Beyond the Dream, An Unexpected Pleasure, and concluding with Vanilla Blood. While each book stands alone narratively, reading them in the order they were released provides the best experience of Martin's evolving storytelling across these two decades.

Start with Showdown, the first of 14 books in the Standalone Novels series.

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1	Showdown 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Black Diamonds 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Beyond the Dream 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	An Unexpected Pleasure 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Nightcap 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Sable and Secrets 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Hit Man 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	A Living Legend 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Looking for Trouble 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Ready, Willing and Abel 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Fortune's Cookie 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Good Golly, Miss Molly 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Wish Upon a Star 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Vanilla Blood 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

12 books (1992–1993)

The Welcome to Tyler series is a 12-book collection of mystery and romance novels published between 1992 and 1993, featuring contributions from multiple authors including Nancy Martin, Suzanne Ellison, Ginger Chambers, Pat Warren, Marisa Carroll, Muriel Jensen, and Carla Neggers. The complete series should be read in publication order, beginning with Arrowpoint and concluding with Loveknot. Each book in this interconnected series explores mysteries and romantic storylines set in the fictional town of Tyler, offering readers a shared universe across its finished run.

Start with Arrowpoint(By: Suzanne Ellison), the first of 12 books in the Welcome To Tyler series.

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1	Arrowpoint(By: Suzanne Ellison) 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Bachelor's Puzzle(By: Ginger Chambers) 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Blazing Star(By: Suzanne Ellison) 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Bright Hopes(By: Pat Warren) 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Courthouse Steps(By: Ginger Chambers) 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Crossroads(By: Marisa Carroll) 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Milky Way(By: Muriel Jensen) 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Monkey Wrench 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Sunshine(By: Pat Warren) 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Whirlwind 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Wisconsin Wedding(By: Carla Neggers) 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Loveknot(By: Marisa Carroll) 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible