Cynthia Riggs Books in Order
Cynthia Riggs has written 14 books, published between 2001 and 2018. The first book is Deadly Nightshade (2001) and the newest is Widow's Wreath (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 14
- Published
- 2001–2018
- Confirmed
- 14 of 14 titles
- Pages on record
- 3,486 in 13 of 14 books
- Reading time
- 58–87 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,486 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 13 of 14 titles with a page count on record.
Victoria Trumbull, an elderly poet who investigates murders on Martha's Vineyard, is the detective Cynthia Riggs writes. The Martha's Vineyard Mystery series accounts for all 14 of Riggs's catalogued books, opening with Deadly Nightshade (2001) and closing with Widow's Wreath (2018). Titles across the run take their names from plants: The Cranefly Orchid Murders, The Paperwhite Narcissus, Indian Pipes, Touch-Me-Not and The Bee Balm Murders. Nothing new has appeared since 2018, so the series reads as finished.
How many Cynthia Riggs books are there?
Cynthia Riggs has 14 books, released between 2001 and 2018.
Cynthia Riggs Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 14 Cynthia Riggs 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.
- 120012573/4
- 2The Cranefly Orchid MurdersVictoria Trumbull/Martha's Vineyard Mystery #22002 · 260 pages · confirmed 3/420022603/4
- 320032433/4
- 420042113/4
- 5The Paperwhite NarcissusVictoria Trumbull/Martha's Vineyard Mystery #52005 · 245 pages · confirmed 3/420052453/4
- 620062563/4
- 720072503/4
- 82009–3/4
- 920102613/4
- 1020112913/4
- 1120122943/4
- 1220162963/4
- 1320172953/4
- 1420183273/4
Cynthia Riggs characters in order
The character linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Victoria Trumbull books in order 14 books
Cynthia Riggs 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.
Victoria Trumbull/Martha's Vineyard Mystery in order
14 books- 1. Deadly Nightshade
- 2. The Cranefly Orchid Murders
- 3. The Cemetery Yew
- 4. Jack in the Pulpit
- 5. The Paperwhite Narcissus
- 6. Indian Pipes
- 7. Shooting Star
- 8. Death and Honesty
- 9. Touch-Me-Not
- 10. The Bee Balm Murders
- 11. Poison Ivy
- 12. Bloodroot
- and 2 more in the table above
Cynthia Riggs Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Cynthia Riggs books run from Deadly Nightshade (2001) to Widow's Wreath (2018), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Cynthia Riggs in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Cynthia Riggs books in order?
You only need to read Cynthia Riggs books in order within the Victoria Trumbull/Martha's Vineyard Mystery series, which holds 14 of the 14 Cynthia Riggs books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Cynthia Riggs
Start with Deadly Nightshade (2001), the first Victoria Trumbull book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.
What is the newest Cynthia Riggs book?
Widow's Wreath (2018) is the newest Cynthia Riggs book released so far.
Is there a new Cynthia Riggs book coming?
No next Cynthia Riggs book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Cynthia Riggs at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Cynthia Riggs title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Cynthia Riggs books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 3,486 pages across the 13 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 260 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Cynthia Riggs books, 8 of 14, were published in the 2000s.
What the Cynthia Riggs books are about
All 14 Cynthia Riggs books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: victoria trumbull (fictitious character) is tagged on 12 of 14. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Victoria Trumbull (Fictitious character) 12 of 14 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 9 of 14 books
- Older women 7 of 14 books
- Trumbull, victoria (fictitious character) 7 of 14 books
- Martha's vineyard (mass.) 6 of 14 books
- Mystery & detective 5 of 14 books
- Massachusetts 4 of 14 books
- Women poets 4 of 14 books
- Murder 3 of 14 books
- Crimes against 2 of 14 books