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Fran Rizer Books in Order

Fran Rizer has written 11 books, published between 2007 and 2017. The first book is A Tisket, A Tasket, A Fancy Stolen Casket (2007) and the newest is A Skull Full of Posies (2017). Publication order is the reading order below. 8 of the 11 books listed here are in the A Callie Parrish Mystery series, which has its own page: A Callie Parrish Mystery books in order.

Books
11
Published
2007–2017
Pages on record
1,973 in 7 of 11 books
Reading time
33–49 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,973 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 Fran Rizer checklist

Fran Rizer writes mystery fiction, and the series on the site is A Callie Parrish Mystery. Callie Parrish is recorded as a fictitious character, and subject headings include beauty operators, funeral homes and homicide. The 11 books date from A Tisket, A Tasket, A Fancy Stolen Casket (2007) to A Skull Full of Posies (2017). Casket Case (2008), A Corpse Under the Christmas Tree (2013), Kudzu River (2014) and Southern Swamps and Ruins (2016) are among them. The catalogue marks the list as likely complete.

How many Fran Rizer books are there?

Fran Rizer has 11 books, released between 2007 and 2017. 8 of them belong to the A Callie Parrish Mystery series.

Fran Rizer Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 Fran Rizer 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 Tisket, A Tasket, A Fancy Stolen Casket by Fran Rizer, book 1 of the A Callie Parrish Mystery series (2007)
  2. Cover of Casket Case by Fran Rizer, book 2 of the A Callie Parrish Mystery series (2008)
  3. Cover of Hey Diddle Diddle, the Corpse and the Fiddle by Fran Rizer, book 3 of the A Callie Parrish Mystery series (2008)
  4. Cover of Murder is on the Clock by Fran Rizer, book 7 of the A Callie Parrish Mystery series (2015)
  5. Cover of The Horror of Julie Bates by Fran Rizer (2016)
  6. Cover of A Skull Full of Posies by Fran Rizer, book 8 of the A Callie Parrish Mystery series (2017)
  1. 1
    A Tisket, A Tasket, A Fancy Stolen CasketA Callie Parrish Mystery #12007 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007288
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  2. 2
    Casket CaseA Callie Parrish Mystery #22008 · 262 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008262
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  3. 3
    Hey Diddle Diddle, the Corpse and the FiddleA Callie Parrish Mystery #32008 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008288
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  4. 4
    Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, There's a Body in the CarA Callie Parrish Mystery #42011 · 231 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011231
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    Mother Hubbard Has a Corpse in the CupboardA Callie Parrish Mystery #52013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    A Corpse Under the Christmas TreeA Callie Parrish Mystery #62013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    Kudzu River2014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  8. 8
    Murder is on the ClockA Callie Parrish Mystery #72015 · 268 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015268
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    Southern Swamps and Ruins2016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    The Horror of Julie Bates2016 · 356 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016356
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    A Skull Full of PosiesA Callie Parrish Mystery #82017 · 280 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017280
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Fran Rizer series and characters in order

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

Fran Rizer 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.

Standalone books

3 books

3 Fran Rizer titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Fran Rizer books in order?

You only need to read Fran Rizer books in order within the A Callie Parrish Mystery series, which holds 8 of the 11 Fran Rizer books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Fran Rizer

Start with the first book of the Fran Rizer series you want to read: A Callie Parrish Mystery starts with A Tisket, A Tasket, A Fancy Stolen Casket (2007), Callie Parrish starts with A Tisket, A Tasket, A Fancy Stolen Casket (2007) and Callie Parrish Mystery starts with A Tisket, A Tasket, A Fancy Stolen Casket (2007). The earliest catalogued title overall is A Tisket, A Tasket, A Fancy Stolen Casket (2007).

What is the newest Fran Rizer book?

A Skull Full of Posies (2017) is the newest Fran Rizer book released so far.

Is there a new Fran Rizer book coming?

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

Fran Rizer at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Fran Rizer title on record dates from 2017, 9 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Fran Rizer books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,973 pages across the 7 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 280 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Fran Rizer books, 8 of 11, were published in the 2010s.

What the Fran Rizer books are about

4 of the 11 Fran Rizer books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: beauty operators is tagged on 3 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.