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Booktown Mystery Books in Order

by Lorna BarrettMystery, Thriller & Suspense

19 books so far (book 20 is due October 13, 2026). They run from Murder Is Binding (2008) to A Perilous Plot (2025). Rated 4.4 across 5,145 listener reviews.

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A Critical Conjunction

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Reading order

  1. Murder Is Binding

    Book 1 2008 4.1 (930)

    The streets of Stoneham, New Hampsire are lined with bookstores...and paved with murder.When she moved to Stoneham, city slicker Tricia Miles met nothing but friendly faces.

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  2. Bookmarked for Death

    Book 2 2009 4.4 (428)

    Tricia Miles, owner of the Havenâ€t Got a Clue bookstore, must solve her own mystery when a bestselling author is found dead in the washroom...

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  3. Bookplate Special

    Book 3 2009 4.4 (362)

    Bookstore owner Tricia Miles has put up-and put up with-her uninvited college roommate for weeks. In return, Pammy has stolen $100. But the day she's kicked out, Pammy's found dead in a Dumpster, leaving loads of questions unanswered...

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  4. Chapter & Hearse

    Book 4 2010 4.5 (331)

    Mystery bookstore owner Tricia Miles has been spending more time solving whodunits than reading them. Now a nearby gas explosion has injured Tricia's sister's boyfriend, Bob Kelly, the head of the Chamber of Commerce, and killed the owner…

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  5. Sentenced to Death

    Book 5 2011 4.5 (328)

    Unabridged, 9 hours Read by Cassandra Campbell The latest in the New York Times-bestselling Booktown mystery series...

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  6. Murder on the Half Shelf

    Book 6 2013 4.4 (307)

    The town of Stoneham is a haven for bookstores, but it is sadly lacking in bed-and-breakfasts. Fortunately Pippa and Jon Comfort's Sheer Comfort Inn is about to open, and the couple has offered some locals a free night as a trial run.

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  7. Not the Killing Type

    Book 7 2013 4.4 (296)

    It's November in Stoneham, New Hampshire, and time for the Chamber of Commerce elections. The long-standing Chamber president is being challenged by a former lover-Tricia's own sister, Angelica.

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  8. Book Clubbed

    Book 8 2014 4.5 (300)

    Cranky Chamber of Commerce receptionist Betsy Dittmeyer is done reading people the riot act. After she's crushed by a fallen bookcase, the next item to be read is her last will and testament - which is packed with surprises.

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  9. A Fatal Chapter

    Book 9 2015 4.6 (264)

    While out walking Sarge, her sister's bichon frise, Tricia is led by the agitated dog to a man lying in a gazebo. She's startled when she recognizes Pete Renquist, the president of the Stoneham Historical Society, who appears to be…

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  10. Title Wave

    Book 10 2016 4.4 (312)

    While her bookstore, Haven't Got a Clue, is rebuilt following a devastating fire, Tricia Miles and her sister, Angelica, decide to book a cruise for some much needed R&R.

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  11. A Just Clause

    Book 11 2017 4.5 (248)

    Tricia Miles, mystery bookstore owner and amateur sleuth, is in for a surprise when her ne'er-do-well father, John, comes to town - and promptly becomes a prime suspect in the murder of a woman with her own scandalous past.

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  12. Poisoned Pages

    Book 12 2018 4.7 (229)

    Mystery bookstore owner Tricia Miles learns that nothing kills a good party like a murder in the latest entry in The New York Times best-selling Booktown Mysteries.

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  13. Killer Edition

    Book 13 2019 4.3 (197)

    Murder's in the mix for mystery bookstore owner and amateur sleuth Tricia Miles, in the latest entry of Lorna Barrett's New York Times best-selling Booktown series.

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  14. Handbook for Homicide

    Book 14 2020 4.5 (151)

    Tricia Miles must swim against the tide to catch a killer when Haven't Got a Clue's assistant manager is accused of murder in the latest entry to Lorna Barrett's New York Times best-selling Booktown series.

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  15. A Deadly Deletion

    Book 15 2021 4.5 (168)

    Tricia Miles has just received a second marriage proposal within 15 minutes. The first was from her friend with benefits, Marshall Chambers, and the second from her ex-lover, Police Chief Grant Baker.

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  16. Clause of Death

    Book 16 2022 4.5 (143)

    Tricia Miles and her sister, Angelica, are copresidents of the Stoneham Chamber of Commerce. Things are changing in the booktown, and some merchants would say not for the better.

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  17. A Questionable Character

    Book 17 2023 3.9 (55)

    It's a busy summer in Booktown. Contractor Jim Stark is in great demand: he's overseeing a number of projects, including Angelica Miles's newly constructed building on Main Street, finishing up the new brew pub, and gutting a stone mansion…

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  18. A Controversial Cover

    Book 18 2024 4.6 (55)

    When a famous children's author is murdered at the library, Tricia Miles has to find the killer before it's too late. Tricia Miles is ready to close the book on all her amateur sluething-she's tired of finding dead bodies and being accused…

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  19. A Perilous Plot

    Book 19 2025 4.7 (41)

    Family reunions are killer—literally—in the newest mystery in Lorna Barrett's New York Times bestselling Booktown series. Everything was going great for Tricia Miles, right up until her estranged mother, Sheila, arrives on her front step…

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  20. A Critical Conjunction

    Book 20 Out October 13, 2026

    A new business isn't the only thing going belly-up in the newest mystery in Lorna Barrett's New York Times bestselling Booktown series.

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About this reading order

Books are listed in the series' own numbering, which for Booktown Mystery is also the best order to read them in. Years are first publication where we could confirm it, and otherwise the first audiobook release.

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