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Carol Ann O’Marie Books in Order

Carol Ann O’Marie has written 12 books, published between 1984 and 2020. The first book is A Novena for Murder (1984) and the newest is Like a Swarm of Bees (2020). Publication order is the reading order below. 11 of the 12 books listed here are in the Sister Mary Helen series, which has its own page: Sister Mary Helen books in order.

Books
12
Published
1984–2020
Pages on record
2,663 in 11 of 12 books
Reading time
44–67 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,663 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 12 titles with a page count on record.

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Carol Ann O'Marie is the author of the Sister Mary Helen mysteries, which feature a nun as detective. The catalogue lists 12 books from A Novena for Murder (1984) to Like a Swarm of Bees (2020). Subjects include Catholics, women sleuths, murder and California. Other titles are Advent of Dying (1986), The Missing Madonna (1988), Murder Makes a Pilgrimage (1993) and Death Takes Up a Collection (1998).

How many Carol Ann O’Marie books are there?

Carol Ann O’Marie has 12 books, released between 1984 and 2020. 11 of them belong to the Sister Mary Helen series.

Carol Ann O’Marie Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 Carol Ann O’Marie books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Advent of Dying by Carol Ann O’Marie, book 2 of the Sister Mary Helen series (1986)
  2. Cover of The Missing Madonna by Carol Ann O’Marie, book 3 of the Sister Mary Helen series (1988)
  3. Cover of Murder in Ordinary Time by Carol Ann O’Marie, book 4 of the Sister Mary Helen series (1991)
  4. Cover of Murder Makes a Pilgrimage by Carol Ann O’Marie, book 5 of the Sister Mary Helen series (1993)
  5. Cover of Death Goes on Retreat by Carol Ann O’Marie, book 6 of the Sister Mary Helen series (1995)
  6. Cover of Death of an Angel by Carol Ann O’Marie, book 7 of the Sister Mary Helen series (1996)
  7. Cover of Death Takes Up a Collection by Carol Ann O’Marie, book 8 of the Sister Mary Helen series (1998)
  8. Cover of Requiem at the Refuge by Carol Ann O’Marie, book 9 of the Sister Mary Helen series (2000)
  9. Cover of The Corporal Works of Murder by Carol Ann O’Marie, book 10 of the Sister Mary Helen series (2002)
  10. Cover of Murder at the Monks' Table by Carol Ann O’Marie, book 11 of the Sister Mary Helen series (2006)
  1. 1
    A Novena for MurderSister Mary Helen #11984 · 183 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1984183
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  2. 2
    Advent of DyingSister Mary Helen #21986 · 277 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1986277
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  3. 3
    The Missing MadonnaSister Mary Helen #31988 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1988272
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  4. 4
    Murder in Ordinary TimeSister Mary Helen #41991 · 245 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991245
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  5. 5
    Murder Makes a PilgrimageSister Mary Helen #51993 · 276 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993276
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  6. 6
    Death Goes on RetreatSister Mary Helen #61995 · 230 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995230
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  7. 7
    Death of an AngelSister Mary Helen #71996 · 211 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996211
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  8. 8
    Death Takes Up a CollectionSister Mary Helen #81998 · 252 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998252
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  9. 9
    Requiem at the RefugeSister Mary Helen #92000 · 276 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000276
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  10. 10
    The Corporal Works of MurderSister Mary Helen #102002 · 212 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002212
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  11. 11
    Murder at the Monks' TableSister Mary Helen #112006 · 229 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006229
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  12. 12
    Like a Swarm of Bees2020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020–
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Carol Ann O’Marie series in order

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.

Carol Ann O’Marie books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Standalone books

1 book

1 Carol Ann O’Marie title here is not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Carol Ann O’Marie books in order?

You only need to read Carol Ann O’Marie books in order within the Sister Mary Helen series, which holds 11 of the 12 Carol Ann O’Marie books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Carol Ann O’Marie

Start with A Novena for Murder (1984), the first Sister Mary Helen book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.

What is the newest Carol Ann O’Marie book?

Like a Swarm of Bees (2020) is the newest Carol Ann O’Marie book released so far.

Is there a new Carol Ann O’Marie book coming?

No next Carol Ann O’Marie book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Carol Ann O’Marie at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Carol Ann O’Marie title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Carol Ann O’Marie books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
2,663 pages across the 11 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 245 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Carol Ann O’Marie books, 5 of 12, were published in the 1990s.

What the Carol Ann O’Marie books are about

11 of the 12 Carol Ann O’Marie books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: catholics is tagged on 11 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.