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Cindy Sample Books in Order

Cindy Sample has written 11 books, published between 2010 and 2025. The first book is Dying for a Date (2010) and the newest is All's Faire in Love and Murder (2025). Publication order is the reading order below. 9 of the 11 books listed here are in the Laurel McKay Mysteries series, which has its own page: Laurel McKay Mysteries books in order.

Books
11
Published
2010–2025
Pages on record
1,872 in 7 of 11 books
Reading time
31–47 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,872 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 11 titles with a page count on record.

See all 11 books in order Printable Cindy Sample checklist

Cindy Sample is the author of the Laurel McKay Mysteries and the Spindrift Cove Mystery series, with 11 catalogued books published from 2010 to 2025. Laurel McKay is the character named in the catalogue. For the Cindy Sample books in order, start with Dying for a Date and Dying for a Dance (2010), then Dying for a Daiquiri (2013), Dying for a Dude (2014), Dying for a Donut (2015), Dying for a Diamond (2017), Dying for a Deal (2018) and Dying for a Double (2019). Birthdays Are Murder (2022) and Dying for a Decoration (2023) follow, and All's Faire in Love and Murder (2025) is the newest. Subject tags include women detectives, single mothers, dating services and dance teachers.

How many Cindy Sample books are there?

Cindy Sample has 11 books, released between 2010 and 2025. They include 2 separate series.

Cindy Sample Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 Cindy Sample 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 Dying for a Date by Cindy Sample, book 1 of the Laurel McKay Mysteries series (2010)
  2. Cover of Dying for a Dance by Cindy Sample, book 2 of the Laurel McKay Mysteries series (2010)
  3. Cover of Dying for a Daiquiri by Cindy Sample, book 3 of the Laurel McKay Mysteries series (2013)
  4. Cover of Dying for a Donut by Cindy Sample, book 5 of the Laurel McKay Mysteries series (2015)
  5. Cover of Dying for a Diamond by Cindy Sample, book 6 of the Laurel McKay Mysteries series (2017)
  6. Cover of Dying for a Double by Cindy Sample, book 8 of the Laurel McKay Mysteries series (2019)
  1. 1
    Dying for a DateLaurel McKay Mysteries #12010 · 252 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010252
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  2. 2
    Dying for a DanceLaurel McKay Mysteries #22010 · 248 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010248
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  3. 3
    Dying for a DaiquiriLaurel McKay Mysteries #32013 · 265 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013265
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  4. 4
    Dying for a DudeLaurel McKay Mysteries #42014 · 284 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014284
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  5. 5
    Dying for a DonutLaurel McKay Mysteries #52015 · 284 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015284
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  6. 6
    Dying for a DiamondLaurel McKay Mysteries #62017 · 278 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017278
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  7. 7
    Dying for a DealLaurel McKay Mysteries #72018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
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  8. 8
    Dying for a DoubleLaurel McKay Mysteries #82019 · 261 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019261
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  9. 9
    Birthdays Are MurderSpindrift Cove Mystery #12022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
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  10. 10
    Dying for a DecorationLaurel McKay Mysteries #92023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    All's Faire in Love and MurderSpindrift Cove Mystery #22025 · confirmed 1/4
    2025–
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Cindy Sample series and characters in order

Each link below opens a reading-order page with every book in publication order.

Cindy Sample 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.

Spindrift Cove Mystery in order

2 books
  1. 1. Birthdays Are Murder
  2. 2. All's Faire in Love and Murder

Do you have to read Cindy Sample books in order?

You only need to read Cindy Sample 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 Cindy Sample

Start with the first book of the Cindy Sample series you want to read: Laurel McKay Mysteries starts with Dying for a Date (2010) and Laurel McKay starts with Dying for a Date (2010). The earliest catalogued title overall is Dying for a Date (2010).

What is the newest Cindy Sample book?

All's Faire in Love and Murder (2025) is the newest Cindy Sample book released so far.

Is there a new Cindy Sample book coming?

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

Cindy Sample at a glance

Still publishing
Cindy Sample published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Cindy Sample books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
1,872 pages across the 7 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 265 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Cindy Sample books, 8 of 11, were published in the 2010s.

What the Cindy Sample books are about

2 of the 11 Cindy Sample books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.