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The Murder, She Wrote Mysteries Books in Order

by Jessica FletcherLiterature & Fiction

37 books so far (book 65 is due May 18, 2027). They run from Manhattans and Murder (2018) to Murder She Wrote: A Killer Christmas (2024). Rated 4.5 across 11,301 listener reviews.

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  1. Manhattans and Murder

    Book 2 2018 4.2 (620)

    Cabot Cove's crime-solving novelist Jessica Fletcher goes to New York just prior to Christmas, where a sidewalk Santa leads her into another mystery, in this installment of the USA Today bestselling series.

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  2. Dying to Retire

    Book 21 2004 4.6 (678)

    Cabot Cove's crime-solving novelist Jessica Fletcher has another mystery to solve, this time for the sake of a dearly departed friend, in this installment of the USA Today bestselling series.

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  3. A Vote for Murder

    Book 22 2004 4.6 (572)

    In this installment in the USA Today bestselling series, Jessica Fletcher, Cabot Cove's crime-solving novelist, goes to Washington, DC, to promote literacy but finds a mystery.

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  4. The Maine Mutiny

    Book 23 2005 4.6 (698)

    In this installment in the USA Today bestselling series, Jessica Fletcher, Cabot Cove's crime-solving novelist, finds her sleuthing skills are needed right at home.

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  5. Margaritas and Murder

    Book 24 2006 4.6 (580)

    Jessica Fletcher, Cabot Cove's crime-solving novelist, travels to sunny Mexico only to find her life is in danger, in this installment in the USA Today bestselling series.

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  6. A Question of Murder

    Book 25 2009 4.2 (937)

    Jessica Fletcher, Cabot Cove's crime-solving novelist, has a role to play in a mystery enactment that turns deadly, in this installment in the USA Today bestselling series.

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  7. Coffee, Tea, or Murder?

    Book 27 2007 4.5 (740)

    In this installment of the USA Today bestselling series, Jessica Fletcher, Cabot Cove's crime-solving novelist, is on a new airline's maiden flight when murder occurs en route.

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  8. A Slaying in Savannah

    Book 30 2008 4.6 (1k)

    Jessica Fletcher, Cabot Cove's crime-solving novelist, digs up a home-grown murder mystery down South in this installment in the USA Today bestselling series.

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  9. Madison Avenue Shoot

    Book 31 2009 4.6 (635)

    Cabot Cove's resident novelist and crime solver Jessica Fletcher travels to the Big Apple where she finds herself helping to track down a murderer, in this installment of the USA Today bestselling series.

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  10. Murder, She Wrote: A Fatal Feast

    Book 32 2015 4.6 (330)

    Jessica Fletcher would like nothing more than to sit back and relax as Thanksgiving comes to Cabot Cove. But this year, she's already got more on her plate than she can handle....

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  11. Murder, She Wrote: Nashville Noir

    Book 33 2015 4.5 (183)

    Jessica Fletcher knows better than anyone that creativity is meant to be nurtured....

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  12. Murder, She Wrote: The Queen's Jewels

    Book 34 2015 4.6 (242)

    Jessica Fletcher has always wanted to take a transatlantic voyage on the legendary Queen Mary 2. Now, she's finally getting her chance....

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  13. Murder, She Wrote: Skating on Thin Ice

    Book 35 2015 4.6 (190)

    Olympic pairs figure skating hopeful Christine Allen is training in Cabot Cove under the tutelage of former gold medalist Brian Devlin....

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  14. Murder, She Wrote: The Fine Art of Murder

    Book 36 2015 4.6 (168)

    Jessica Fletcher may not know much about art - but she sure knows when someone is being framed....

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  15. Murder, She Wrote: Trouble at High Tide

    Book 37 2015 4.6 (205)

    While on vacation in Bermuda, Jessica Fletcher is surprised to hear the local population is abuzz over a trio of murders, each bearing an eerie resemblance to the 1888 Jack the Ripper killings....

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  16. Murder, She Wrote: Domestic Malice

    Book 38 2015 4.5 (189)

    Jessica Fletcher must tread lightly when investigating a homegrown homicide....

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  17. Murder, She Wrote: Prescription for Murder

    Book 39 2015 4.5 (170)

    Jessica Fletcher must diagnose a killer with a taste for bad medicine....

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  18. Murder, She Wrote: Close-Up on Murder

    Book 40 2015 4.7 (195)

    Jessica Fletcher learns that the movie biz can make you, break you, or kill you....

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  19. Murder, She Wrote: Aloha Betrayed

    Book 41 2015 4.6 (212)

    Jessica is on the Hawaiian island of Maui, giving a lecture at Maui College on community involvement in police investigations - a subject she knows well....

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  20. Murder, She Wrote: Death of a Blue Blood

    Book 42 2015 4.6 (230)

    Jessica Fletcher is invited to ring in the New Year with British aristocracy. Too bad someone's about to end the life of the party....

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  21. Murder, She Wrote: Killer in the Kitchen

    Book 43 2015 4.6 (238)

    In the latest in the USA Today best-selling series, someone writes a recipe for murder....

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  22. Murder, She Wrote: The Ghost and Mrs. Fletcher

    Book 44 2015 4.6 (291)

    Jessica's friend, Eve Simpson, is Cabot Cove's premier real estate agent and is currently trying to sell one of the town's oldest properties, rumored to be haunted....

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  23. Murder, She Wrote: Design for Murder

    Book 45 2016 4.6 (141)

    Jessica Fletcher's been invited to New York Fashion Week to see a show from Cabot Cove's own Xandr Ebon....

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  24. Murder, She Wrote: Hook, Line, and Murder

    Book 46 2016 4.7 (180)

    Jessica enters a fishing competition at a nearby lake. Joining her is the sheriff's wife, Maureen, who surprises Jess with her enthusiasm for the sport. Their guide, however, is a surprise to both....

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  25. Murder, She Wrote: A Date with Murder

    Book 47 2018 3.9 (145)

    Jessica Fletcher takes up the cause of her good friend Barbara Babs Wirth after Babs's husband Hal suffers a fatal heart attack that Jessica has reason to believe was actually murder.

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  26. Murder, She Wrote: Manuscript for Murder

    Book 48 2018 by Jon Land 4.0 (142)

    Jessica Fletcher has had plenty to worry about over her storied career, both as a best-selling novelist and as a part-time sleuth. But she's never had any reason to doubt her longtime publisher and trusted friend, Lane Barfield.

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  27. Murder, She Wrote: Murder in Red

    Book 49 2019 4.3 (122)

    Jessica Fletcher’s favorite gin-rummy partner, Mimi Van Dorn, checks into the brand-new Clifton Care Partners, a private hospital that’s just opened up shop in town, for a simple procedure - one that leads tragically, and inexplicably, to…

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  28. Murder, She Wrote: A Time for Murder

    Book 50 2019 4.6 (155)

    Young Jessica Fletcher’s life couldn’t be more ordinary. She teaches at the local high school while she and her loving husband, Frank, are raising their nephew Grady together.

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  29. Murder, She Wrote: The Murder of Twelve

    Book 51 2020 4.6 (197)

    Still staying at the Hill House hotel while her beloved home is being rebuilt, Jessica Fletcher finds herself sharing the space for a weekend with a dozen members of a wedding party who have gathered there for a rehearsal dinner.

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  30. Murder, She Wrote: Murder in Season

    Book 52 2020 4.6 (183)

    With work on the reconstruction of her beloved home almost complete, Jessica Fletcher is in high holiday spirits, spearheading the annual Christmas parade and preparing for her nephew Grady and his family to come to town.

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  31. Murder, She Wrote: Killing in a Koi Pond

    Book 53 2021 4.6 (142)

    After traveling to Bethesda for a mystery writers’ conference, Jessica Fletcher decides she’s earned a vacation and takes a train to Columbia, South Carolina, to visit her old college friend Dolores, who has recently married her third…

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  32. Debonair in Death

    Book 54 2021 4.6 (129)

    When Nelson Penzell, co-owner of a local art and treasure store in Cabot Cove, is murdered, the nail tech from Jessica Fletcher's favorite beauty parlor is the main suspect.

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  33. Killer on the Court

    Book 55 2022 4.7 (108)

    Jessica is delighted when her nephew Grady invites her to spend a few days with his family in an oceanside New York bungalow.

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  34. Murder, She Wrote: Death on the Emerald Isle

    Book 56 2023 4.6 (88)

    Jessica Fletcher is quick to accept an invitation to replace a speaker who couldn’t attend a Book Festival in Belfast, Ireland.

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  35. Murder, She Wrote: Fit for Murder

    Book 57 2024 4.6 (88)

    Former editor of the Cabot Cove Gazette Evelyn Phillips is back in Cabot Cove. Evelyn tells Jessica and Seth that she got a couple of really weird notes from Bertha Mae Cormier, so shes come back to town to check on her old friend.

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  36. Murder, She Wrote: Murder Backstage

    Book 58 2024 4.6 (59)

    Jessica Fletchers British cousin, Emma MacGill, will be traveling to Edmonton in Alberta, Canada, to perform with internationally famous star of stage, screen, and television Derek Braverman in an old-fashioned musical revue.

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  37. Murder She Wrote: A Killer Christmas

    Book 59 2024 by Terrie Farley Moran 4.5 (80)

    Its Christmastime in Cabot Cove, but theres more homicide than ho-ho-ho in the newest entry in the USA Today bestselling Murder, She Wrote series.

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  38. Murder, She Wrote: Only Murders in the Castle

    Book 65 Out May 18, 2027

    The newest delightful entry in the USA Today bestselling Murder, She Wrote series, featuring mystery novelist Jessica Fletcher. One of Jessica’s novels, The Highland Fling Murders, is being adapted for television.

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About this reading order

Books are listed in the series' own numbering, which for The Murder, She Wrote Mysteries 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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