Deb Baker Books in Order
Deb Baker has written 23 books, published between 2006 and 2019. The first book is Dolled Up for Murder (2006) and the newest is Be Still My Bleating Heart (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 23
- Published
- 2006–2019
- Pages on record
- 3,432 in 12 of 23 books
- Reading time
- 57–86 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,432 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 23 titles with a page count on record.
Deb Baker, born in 1953, is an American mystery writer from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, with three mystery series to the Baker name: Gertie Johnson: Yooper Mysteries, the Queen Bee Mysteries and Gretchen Birch. Murder, investigation, doll collecting and beekeeping appear in the recorded subjects, as do Wisconsin and Scotland. Gertie Johnson is listed among the characters. The catalogue holds 23 books from Dolled Up for Murder (2006) to Be Still My Bleating Heart (2019), a run marked likely complete.
How many Deb Baker books are there?
Deb Baker has 23 books, released between 2006 and 2019. They include 3 series and 2 titles listed outside any series.
Deb Baker Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 23 Deb Baker 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.
- 120062882/4
- 220062702/4
- 320072882/4
- 420072802/4
- 520082882/4
- 620082662/4
- 720082622/4
- 82010–2/4
- 9Cooking Can Be Murder2010 · confirmed 2/42010–2/4
- 1020112922/4
- 112011–2/4
- 122011–2/4
- 13Cave Of Memories2012 · confirmed 2/42012–2/4
- 142012–2/4
- 152012–2/4
- 162012–2/4
- 1720143042/4
- 1820142902/4
- 1920153042/4
- 202015–2/4
- 2120163002/4
- 222016–2/4
- 232019–2/4
Deb Baker series and characters in order
Each link below opens a reading-order page with every book in publication order.
Deb Baker 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.
Queen Bee Mysteries in order
5 booksGretchen Birch in order
4 booksScottish Highlands in order
4 booksStandalone books
2 books2 Deb Baker titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Deb Baker books in order?
You only need to read Deb Baker books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Deb Baker
Start with the first book of the Deb Baker series you want to read: Gertie Johnson: Yooper Mysteries starts with Murder Passes The Buck (2006) and Gertie Johnson starts with Murder Passes The Buck (2006). The earliest catalogued title overall is Dolled Up for Murder (2006).
What is the newest Deb Baker book?
Be Still My Bleating Heart (2019) is the newest Deb Baker book released so far.
Is there a new Deb Baker book coming?
No next Deb Baker book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Deb Baker at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Deb Baker title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Deb Baker books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 3,432 pages across the 12 of 23 books with a recorded length, a median of 288 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Deb Baker books, 16 of 23, were published in the 2010s.
What the Deb Baker books are about
15 of the 23 Deb Baker books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective is tagged on 11 of 15. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Mystery & detective 11 of 15 books
- Murder 10 of 15 books
- Investigation 9 of 15 books
- Crime 7 of 15 books
- Beekeepers 4 of 15 books
- Collectors and collecting 4 of 15 books
- Dolls 4 of 15 books
- Wisconsin 4 of 15 books
- Gertie Johnson (Fictitious character) 3 of 15 books
- Grandmothers 3 of 15 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 3 of 15 books
- Scotland 3 of 15 books