Connie Shelton Books in Order
Connie Shelton has written 59 books, published between 1995 and 2026. The first book is Deadly Gamble (1995) and the newest is Bestsellers Can Be Murder (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 59
- Published
- 1995–2026
- Pages on record
- 8,905 in 33 of 59 books
- Reading time
- 148–223 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 8,905 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 33 of 59 titles with a page count on record.
Connie Shelton writes mysteries with women sleuths. Charlie Parker and Samantha Sweet are the recurring figures, and subjects include women private investigators, women accountants, Albuquerque and New Mexico, missing persons, crime and the occult and supernatural. The 59 catalogued titles open with Deadly Gamble and Vacations Can Be Murder in 1995 and reach Bestsellers Can Be Murder in 2026. Series listed include Samantha Sweet, Heist Ladies Caper Mystery, Ghost in the Library and Adventures of Daisy and Maisie.
How many Connie Shelton books are there?
Connie Shelton has 59 books, released between 1995 and 2026. They include 5 series and 2 titles listed outside any series.
Connie Shelton Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 59 Connie Shelton 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.
- 119952752/4
- 219952532/4
- 3Publish Your Own Novel1996 · confirmed 2/41996–2/4
- 419962242/4
- 519982562/4
- 619992802/4
- 720012842/4
- 820022642/4
- 920043262/4
- 1020052802/4
- 1120062702/4
- 1220091482/4
- 1320102422/4
- 14Show, Don't Tell2010 · confirmed 2/42010–2/4
- 1520102862/4
- 1620112612/4
- 1720112802/4
- 1820112782/4
- 1920123002/4
- 2020122782/4
- 2120122662/4
- 2220132722/4
- 2320132882/4
- 2420132682/4
- 252014–2/4
- 2620142542/4
- 2720143222/4
- 28Daisy and Maisie and the Great Lizard HuntAdventures of Daisy and Maisie #12015 · 34 pages · confirmed 2/42015342/4
- 292015–2/4
- 3020152962/4
- 312015–2/4
- 3220163182/4
- 3320162962/4
- 3420173442/4
- 352017–2/4
- 362017–2/4
- 3720183522/4
- 3820183462/4
- 392018–2/4
- 402019–2/4
- 4120193082/4
- 422020–2/4
- 432020–2/4
- 4420201562/4
- 452021–2/4
- 462021–2/4
- 472022–2/4
- 482022–2/4
- 492023–2/4
- 502023–2/4
- 512024–2/4
- 522024–2/4
- 532024–2/4
- 542025–2/4
- 552025–2/4
- 562025–2/4
- 572026–2/4
- 582026–2/4
- 592026–2/4
Connie Shelton characters in order
The character linked below has its own reading-order page.
Connie Shelton 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.
Charlie Parker in order
25 books- 1. Deadly Gamble
- 2. Vacations Can Be Murder
- 3. Partnerships Can Kill
- 4. Small Towns can be Murder
- 5. Memories Can Be Murder
- 6. Honeymoons Can Be Murder
- 7. Reunions Can Be Murder
- 8. Competition Can Be Murder
- 9. Balloons Can Be Murder
- 10. Obsessions Can Be Murder
- 11. Holidays Can Be Murder
- 12. Gossip Can Be Murder
- and 13 more in the table above
Samantha Sweet in order
23 books- 1. Sweet Masterpiece
- 2. Sweet's Sweets
- 3. Sweet Holidays
- 4. Sweet Hearts
- 5. Bitter Sweet
- 6. Sweets Galore
- 7. Sweets, Begorra
- 8. Sweet Payback
- 9. Sweet Somethings
- 10. Sweets Forgotten
- 11. The Woodcarver's Secret
- 12. Spooky Sweet
- and 11 more in the table above
Heist Ladies Caper Mystery in order
5 booksAdventures of Daisy and Maisie in order
2 booksGhost in the Library in order
2 booksStandalone books
2 books2 Connie Shelton titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Connie Shelton books in order?
You only need to read Connie Shelton books in order within each series: the books listed here span 5 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Connie Shelton
Start with Deadly Gamble (1995), the first Charlie Parker Mysteries book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.
What is the newest Connie Shelton book?
Bestsellers Can Be Murder (2026) is the newest Connie Shelton book released so far.
Is there a new Connie Shelton book coming?
No next Connie Shelton book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Connie Shelton at a glance
- Still publishing
- Connie Shelton published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Connie Shelton books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 8,905 pages across the 33 of 59 books with a recorded length, a median of 278 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Connie Shelton books, 29 of 59, were published in the 2010s.
What the Connie Shelton books are about
17 of the 59 Connie Shelton books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective, women sleuths is tagged on 14 of 17. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 14 of 17 books
- Parker, charlie (fictitious character) 10 of 17 books
- New Mexico 8 of 17 books
- Charlie Parker (Fictitious character) 5 of 17 books
- Private investigators 5 of 17 books
- Missing persons 4 of 17 books
- Women private investigators 4 of 17 books
- Albuquerque (n.m.) 3 of 17 books
- Air pilots 2 of 17 books
- Crime 2 of 17 books
- Mystery & detective 2 of 17 books
- Supernatural 2 of 17 books