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Eleanor Kuhns Books in Order

Eleanor Kuhns has written 14 books, published between 2012 and 2025. The first book is A Simple Murder (2012) and the newest is The Long Shadow of Murder (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
14
Published
2012–2025
Pages on record
2,040 in 7 of 14 books
Reading time
34–51 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,040 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 14 titles with a page count on record.

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Will Rees, a weaver in historical Maine, investigates murders through Eleanor Kuhns's mysteries, several of them set among Shaker communities. A Simple Murder (2012) opens the series, and The Long Shadow of Murder (2025) is the most recent of 14 catalogued books, with Death of a Dyer (2013), Death in Salem (2015), The Shaker Murders (2019) and Death in the Great Dismal (2021) between. Kuhns also writes An Ancient Crete Mystery. Volumes median 326 pages.

How many Eleanor Kuhns books are there?

Eleanor Kuhns has 14 books, released between 2012 and 2025. They include 3 separate series.

Eleanor Kuhns Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 14 Eleanor Kuhns 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 A Simple Murder by Eleanor Kuhns, book 1 of the Will Rees Mysteries series (2012)
  2. Cover of Death of a Dyer by Eleanor Kuhns, book 2 of the Will Rees Mysteries series (2013)
  3. Cover of Cradle to Grave by Eleanor Kuhns, book 3 of the Will Rees Mysteries series (2014)
  4. Cover of The Devil's Cold Dish by Eleanor Kuhns, book 5 of the Will Rees Mysteries series (2016)
  5. Cover of The Shaker Murders by Eleanor Kuhns, book 6 of the Will Rees Mysteries series (2019)
  6. Cover of Simply Dead by Eleanor Kuhns, book 7 of the Will Rees Mysteries series (2019)
  7. Cover of Death in the Great Dismal by Eleanor Kuhns, book 9 of the Will Rees Mysteries series (2021)
  8. Cover of Murder on Principle by Eleanor Kuhns, book 10 of the Will Rees Mysteries series (2021)
  1. 1
    A Simple MurderWill Rees Mysteries #12012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  2. 2
    Death of a DyerWill Rees Mysteries #22013 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013352
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  3. 3
    Cradle to GraveWill Rees Mysteries #32014 · 338 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014338
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  4. 4
    Death in SalemWill Rees Mysteries #42015 · 326 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015326
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  5. 5
    The Devil's Cold DishWill Rees Mysteries #52016 · 336 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016336
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  6. 6
    The Shaker MurdersWill Rees Mysteries #62019 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019240
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  7. 7
    Simply DeadWill Rees Mysteries #72019 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019224
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  8. 8
    A Circle of Dead GirlsWill Rees Mysteries #82020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020–
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  9. 9
    Death in the Great DismalWill Rees Mysteries #92021 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021224
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  10. 10
    Murder on PrincipleWill Rees Mysteries #102021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
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  11. 11
    Murder, Sweet MurderWill Rees Mysteries #112022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
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  12. 12
    In the Shadow of the BullAn Ancient Crete Mystery #12023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
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  13. 13
    On The Horns of DeathAn Ancient Crete Mystery #22024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024–
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  14. 14
    The Long Shadow of MurderWill Rees/Shaker #12025 · confirmed 1/4
    2025–
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Eleanor Kuhns characters in order

The character linked below has its own reading-order page.

Eleanor Kuhns 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.

Will Rees Mysteries in order

11 books
  1. 1. A Simple Murder
  2. 2. Death of a Dyer
  3. 3. Cradle to Grave
  4. 4. Death in Salem
  5. 5. The Devil's Cold Dish
  6. 6. The Shaker Murders
  7. 7. Simply Dead
  8. 8. A Circle of Dead Girls
  9. 9. Death in the Great Dismal
  10. 10. Murder on Principle
  11. 11. Murder, Sweet Murder

An Ancient Crete Mystery in order

2 books
  1. 1. In the Shadow of the Bull
  2. 2. On The Horns of Death

Will Rees/Shaker in order

1 book
  1. 1. The Long Shadow of Murder

Do you have to read Eleanor Kuhns books in order?

You only need to read Eleanor Kuhns 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 Eleanor Kuhns

Start with A Simple Murder (2012), the first Will Rees book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.

What is the newest Eleanor Kuhns book?

The Long Shadow of Murder (2025) is the newest Eleanor Kuhns book released so far.

Is there a new Eleanor Kuhns book coming?

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

Eleanor Kuhns at a glance

Still publishing
Eleanor Kuhns published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Eleanor Kuhns books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,040 pages across the 7 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 326 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Eleanor Kuhns books, 7 of 14, were published in the 2020s.

What the Eleanor Kuhns books are about

11 of the 14 Eleanor Kuhns books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective, historical is tagged on 6 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.