Carole Berry Books in Order

Carole Berry has written 9 books, published between 1987 and 1999. The first book is The Letter of the Law (1987) and the newest is Death of a Downsizer (1999). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
9
Published
1987–1999
Pages on record
1,039 in 6 of 9 books
Reading time
17–26 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,039 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 9 titles with a page count on record.

Carole Berry is an American mystery writer. Nine books are catalogued under the name, published between 1987 and 1999, and the Bonnie Indermill Mystery series is the work Berry is best known for. Bonnie Indermill is an office temp in New York City, and the subjects filed against the books record women sleuths, women detectives, private investigators and law firms. The Letter of the Law (1987) opens the catalogue and Death of a Downsizer (1999) closes it. Nightmare Point (1993) is a suspense novel rather than part of the series.

Source: Wikidata

How many Carole Berry books are there?

Carole Berry has 9 books, released between 1987 and 1999. 8 of them belong to the Bonnie Indermill Mystery series.

Carole Berry Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 9 Carole Berry 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 October 2026.

  1. 1
    The Letter of the LawBonnie Indermill Mystery #11987 · 1 pages · confirmed 1/4
    19871
  2. 2
    The Year of the MonkeyBonnie Indermill Mystery #21988 · confirmed 1/4
    1988–
  3. 3
    Good Night, Sweet PrinceBonnie Indermill Mystery #31990 · confirmed 1/4
    1990–
  4. 4
    Island GirlBonnie Indermill Mystery #41991 · 250 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991250
  5. 5
    Nightmare Point1993 · 264 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993264
  6. 6
    The Death of a Difficult WomanBonnie Indermill Mystery #51994 · confirmed 1/4
    1994–
  7. 7
    The Death of a Dancing FoolBonnie Indermill Mystery #61996 · 1 pages · confirmed 1/4
    19961
  8. 8
    Death of Dimpled DarlingBonnie Indermill Mystery #71997 · 263 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997263
  9. 9
    Death of a DownsizerBonnie Indermill Mystery #81999 · 260 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999260

Carole Berry 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.

Bonnie Indermill Mystery in order

8 books
  1. 1. The Letter of the Law
  2. 2. The Year of the Monkey
  3. 3. Good Night, Sweet Prince
  4. 4. Island Girl
  5. 5. The Death of a Difficult Woman
  6. 6. The Death of a Dancing Fool
  7. 7. Death of Dimpled Darling
  8. 8. Death of a Downsizer

Standalone books

1 book

1 Carole Berry title here is not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Carole Berry books in order?

You only need to read Carole Berry books in order within the Bonnie Indermill Mystery series, which holds 8 of the 9 Carole Berry books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Carole Berry

Start with The Letter of the Law (1987), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Carole Berry book?

Death of a Downsizer (1999) is the newest Carole Berry book released so far.

Is there a new Carole Berry book coming?

No next Carole Berry book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Carole Berry at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Carole Berry title on record dates from 1999, 27 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Carole Berry books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
1,039 pages across the 6 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 255 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Carole Berry books, 7 of 9, were published in the 1990s.

When Carole Berry books were published

Publication distribution by decade, showing when Carole Berry titles appeared. 1990s was the most productive decade with 7 titles.

1980s
2
1990s
7

9 books total across 2 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.

What the Carole Berry books are about

8 of the 9 Carole Berry books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: indermill, bonnie (fictitious character) is tagged on 6 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.