Cathy Ace Books in Order
Cathy Ace has written 32 books, published between 2008 and 2026. The first book is Murder Knows No Season (2008) and the newest is The Corpse with the Steely Gaze (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 32
- Published
- 2008–2026
- Pages on record
- 3,073 in 13 of 32 books
Cathy Ace writes crime fiction. The Cait Morgan Mysteries are her main sequence, running on titles of the form The Corpse with the Silver Tongue (2012), The Corpse with the Golden Nose (2013) and The Corpse with the Platinum Hair (2014), and the WISE Enquiries Agency books form a second series, catalogued under Wales, villages and nobility. Ace has 32 books published between 2008 and 2026, from Murder Knows No Season (2008) to The Corpse with the Steely Gaze (2026).
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How many Cathy Ace books are there?
Cathy Ace has 32 books, released between 2008 and 2026. They include 2 series and 3 titles listed outside any series.
Cathy Ace Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 32 Cathy Ace 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 November 2026.
- 1Murder Knows No Season2008 · confirmed 2/42008–2/4
- 220122322/4
- 320132332/4
- 420142312/4
- 520142312/4
- 620152132/4
- 720152632/4
- 820152722/4
- 920162302/4
- 1020162402/4
- 1120162402/4
- 12Murder Keeps No Calendar2017 · confirmed 2/42017–2/4
- 1320171972/4
- 1420182032/4
- 15The Wrong Boy2019 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/420192882/4
- 162020–2/4
- 172021–2/4
- 182021–2/4
- 192022–2/4
- 202022–2/4
- 212022–2/4
- 222023–2/4
- 232023–2/4
- 242023–2/4
- 252024–2/4
- 262024–2/4
- 272024–2/4
- 282025–2/4
- 292025–2/4
- 302025–2/4
- 312026–2/4
- 322026–2/4
Cathy Ace 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.
Cait Morgan in order
16 books- 1. The Corpse with the Silver Tongue
- 2. The Corpse with the Golden Nose
- 3. The Corpse with the Emerald Thumb
- 4. The Corpse with the Platinum Hair
- 5. The Corpse with the Sapphire Eyes
- 6. The Corpse with the Diamond Hand
- 7. The Corpse with the Garnet Face
- 8. The Corpse with the Ruby Lips
- 9. The Corpse with the Crystal Skull
- 10. The Corpse with the Iron Will
- 11. The Corpse with the Granite Heart
- 12. The Corpse with the Turquoise Toes
- and 4 more in the table above
WISE Enquiries Agency in order
13 books- 1. The Case of the Dotty Dowager
- 2. The Case of the Missing Morris Dancer
- 3. The Case of the Curious Cook
- 4. The Case of the Unsuitable Suitor
- 5. The Case of the Disgraced Duke
- 6. The Case of the Absent Heirs
- 7. The Case of the Cursed Cottage
- 8. The Case of the Uninvited Undertaker
- 9. The Case of the Bereaved Butler
- 10. The Case of the Secretive Secretary
- 11. The Case of the Unfortunate Fortune Teller
- 12. The Case of the Devious Daughter
- and 1 more in the table above
Standalone books
3 books3 Cathy Ace titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Cathy Ace books in order?
You only need to read Cathy Ace books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Cathy Ace
Start with Murder Knows No Season (2008), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Cathy Ace book?
The Corpse with the Steely Gaze (2026) is the newest Cathy Ace book released so far.
Is there a new Cathy Ace book coming?
No next Cathy Ace book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Cathy Ace at a glance
- Still publishing
- Cathy Ace published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Cathy Ace books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 3,073 pages across the 13 of 32 books with a recorded length, a median of 232 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Cathy Ace books, 17 of 32, were published in the 2020s.
When Cathy Ace books were published
Publication distribution by decade, showing when Cathy Ace titles appeared. 2020s was the most productive decade with 17 titles.
32 books total across 3 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.
What the Cathy Ace books are about
13 of the 32 Cathy Ace books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: murder is tagged on 8 of 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Murder 8 of 13 books
- Crime 5 of 13 books
- Investigation 5 of 13 books
- Mystery & detective 5 of 13 books
- Private investigators 3 of 13 books
- Villages 3 of 13 books
- Wales 3 of 13 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 3 of 13 books
- Nobility 2 of 13 books