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Retired Assassin's Guide Books in Order

by Naomi KuttnerMystery, Thriller & Suspense

2 books so far (book 3 is due April 20, 2027). They run from The Retired Assassin's Guide to Country Gardening (2025) to The Retired Assassin's Guide to Orchid Hunting (2026). Rated 4.7 across 1,642 listener reviews.

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Reading order

  1. The Retired Assassin's Guide to Country Gardening

    Book 1 2025 4.6 (904)

    Dante has come to the small coastal town of Te Kohe, New Zealand, for a fresh start in life. But he doesn't want to open a B&B, or save a charming bookshop, or start a romance with a single mother in need of rescuing.

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  2. The Retired Assassin's Guide to Orchid Hunting

    Book 2 2026 4.8 (738)

    Assassin. Gardener. Reluctant cat adoptee. All Dante wants is to be left alone in the small New Zealand town no one's heard of. No drama. No bodies. No questions.

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  3. The Retired Assassin's Guide to Amateur Theatrics

    Book 3 Out April 20, 2027

    It's theatre season in Te Kohe, and the director has decided to liven things up with a production of Macbeth. Except... something sinister happened when this play was performed twenty years ago, and the ghosts of past murders are...

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About this reading order

Books are listed in the series' own numbering, which for Retired Assassin's Guide 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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