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Country Club Murders Books in Order

by Julie MulhernMystery, Thriller & Suspense

20 books so far (book 21 is due November 17, 2026) and 2 novellas. They run from The Deep End (2014) to Bad Blood (2025). Rated 4.7 across 4,616 listener reviews.

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Reading order

  1. The Deep End

    Book 1 2014 4.4 (646)

    It's 1974 and Ellison Russell's life revolves around her daughter and her art. She's long since stopped caring about her cheating husband, Henry, and the women with whom he entertains himself.

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  2. Only the Good Die Young

    Novella 1.5 2024 4.7 (57)

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  3. Guaranteed to Bleed

    Book 2 2015 4.6 (377)

    With his dying breath, Bobby Lowell begs Ellison Russell, "Tell her I love her." Unable to refuse, Ellison struggles to find the girl the murdered boy loved.

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  4. Clouds in My Coffee

    Book 3 2016 4.7 (347)

    When Ellison Russell is nearly killed at a benefactors' party, she brushes the incident aside as an unhappy accident. But when her house is fire-bombed, she's shot at, and the person sitting next to her at a gala is poisoned, she must face…

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  5. Send in the Clowns

    Book 4 2016 4.8 (278)

    Haunted houses are scary enough without knife-wielding clowns. Especially murderous knife-wielding clowns. So thinks Ellison Russell, single mother, artist, and reluctant sleuth.

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  6. Watching the Detectives

    Book 5 2017 4.8 (252)

    Ellison Russell wanted a decorator, not a corpse. Too bad she finds Mrs. White in the study killed with a revolver. Things go from bad to worse when she finds Mr. White in the dining room killed with a candlestick.

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  7. Cold as Ice

    Book 6 2018 4.8 (231)

    Ellison Russell's life resembles a rollercoaster ride. And rollercoasters make her ill. Her daughter Grace has a crush on a boy Ellison doesn't trust and she's taken to hosting wild parties when Ellison goes out for the evening.

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  8. Shadow Dancing

    Book 7 2018 4.8 (258)

    Visiting a psychic is outside the norm for Ellison Russell. Finding bodies is not. Unfortunately, the psychic's crystal ball says she'll soon be surrounded by death. Again. Drat.

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  9. Back Stabbers

    Book 8 2018 4.7 (246)

    All Ellison Russell wanted was an update on her stock portfolio. Instead, she found her broker dead. With an unexpected out-of-town guest at her house, Ellison is too busy for a murder investigation.

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  10. Telephone Line

    Book 9 2019 4.8 (244)

    A killer is calling, and Ellison's life is on the line. Ellison Russell is planning the event of the season - and she's stressed.

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  11. Stayin' Alive

    Book 10 2020 4.8 (199)

    Springtime. Love is in the air. So is murder. When Ellison Russell, reluctant finder of bodies, chairs a gala in conjunction with the museum's Chinese funerary exhibit, she expects disaster.

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  12. Killer Queen

    Book 11 2020 4.8 (207)

    Another day, another dead woman in Ellison Russell's study. Only this one claimed to be Mrs. Anarchy Jones. As Ellison juggles mothers, daughter, unhappy wives, and near-miss murder attempts, one thing is clear - someone will go to any…

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  13. Night Moves

    Book 12 2021 4.8 (198)

    Spring is in the air, and Ellison Russell has places to go, people to see, bodies to find. Strike that. For once, Ellison doesn't discover the body.

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  14. Lyin' Eyes

    Book 13 2021 4.8 (193)

    Get me to the church on time! Not so much the church as the patio. And not if Ellison can’t stop finding bodies. She’s finding corpses in pairs now, and planning a wedding, and trying (truly, she is) to steer clear of the murder…

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  15. Evil Woman

    Book 14 2022 4.8 (196)

    More murder. More mayhem. More Ellison and anarchy...

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  16. Big Shot

    Book 15 2022 4.7 (128)

    More Ellison. More Anarchy. More murder...

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  17. Fire and Rain

    Book 16 2023 4.8 (103)

    Ellison Jones is used to sirens in the night (unfortunately, they're usually coming to her house). So, it's a surprise when the sirens that wake her from the dead come from across the street. Nosy neighbor Marian Dixon's house is on fire.

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  18. Killing Me Softly

    Book 17 2024 4.9 (105)

    Ellison Russell Jones's best friend Libba has a questionable track record when it comes to men. But finally—finally—she's selected a good one. Charlie Ardmore hales from a fine family, plays a mean game of golf, and is a cardiologist.

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  19. Back in Black

    Book 18 2024 4.8 (101)

    When Ellison's friend Kay Morrison visits Kansas City from New York, there are certain women who turn green with envy. After all, Kay works in the fashion industry, she actually attended the Battle of Versailles, and her clothes are to die…

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  20. Somewhere in the Night

    Novella 18.5 2024 4.7 (71)

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  21. Tight Rope

    Book 19 2025 4.9 (95)

    A dead body in the trunk of a car. It's the Kansas City mob's signature. So why is a member of Ellison's circle found shot to death in a sedan at the country club? Did Baxter Phelps have ties to the mafia? Did they make him an offer he…

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  22. Bad Blood

    Book 20 2025 4.9 (84)

    Prudence Davies is one of Ellison Jones's least favorite people on earth. She's vindictive. She's mean. And the two share a twisted history. Or, they did.

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  23. Evil Ways

    Book 21 Out November 17, 2026

    Julie Mulhern presents Book 21 in the Country Club Murders series...

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  24. Behind Closed Doors

    Book 22 Out March 16, 2027

    Julie Mulhern presents Book 22 in the Country Club Murders series...

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About this reading order

Books are listed in the series' own numbering, which for Country Club Murders is also the best order to read them in. Novellas and short stories sit between the novels they follow, numbered the way the publisher numbers them (1.5 comes after book 1). They are optional — you can skip them without missing the main story. Years are first publication where we could confirm it, and otherwise the first audiobook release.

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