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Frances Brody Books in Order

Frances Brody has written 20 books, published between 2005 and 2024. The first book is Somewhere Behind the Morning (2005) and the newest is Six Motives for Murder (2024). Publication order is the reading order below. 14 of the 20 books listed here are in the Kate Shackleton series, which has its own page: Kate Shackleton books in order.

Books
20
Published
2005–2024
Confirmed
20 of 20 titles
Pages on record
5,193 in 13 of 20 books
Reading time
87–130 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,193 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 13 of 20 titles with a page count on record.

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Kate Shackleton, a private investigator in England, leads Frances Brody's historical mystery series, which opens with Dying in the Wool (2009) and continues in A Medal for Murder (2010) and Murder in the Afternoon (2011). Brody's catalogue holds 20 books, from Somewhere Behind the Morning (2005) to Six Motives for Murder (2024), and takes in the Brackerley Prison Mysteries. The First World War recurs as a subject.

How many Frances Brody books are there?

Frances Brody has 20 books, released between 2005 and 2024. They include 2 separate series.

Frances Brody Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 20 Frances Brody books in the order they were released, 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 Somewhere Behind the Morning by Frances Brody, book 1 of the Frances Brody Standalone Novels series (2005)
  2. Cover of Sixpence in Her Shoe by Frances Brody, book 2 of the Frances Brody Standalone Novels series (2006)
  3. Cover of Sisters of Fortune / Halfpenny Dreams by Frances Brody, book 3 of the Frances Brody Standalone Novels series (2008)
  4. Cover of Dying in the Wool by Frances Brody, book 1 of the Kate Shackleton series (2009)
  5. Cover of A Medal for Murder by Frances Brody, book 2 of the Kate Shackleton series (2010)
  6. Cover of Murder in the Afternoon by Frances Brody, book 3 of the Kate Shackleton series (2011)
  7. Cover of A Woman Unknown by Frances Brody, book 4 of the Kate Shackleton series (2012)
  8. Cover of Murder on a Summer's Day by Frances Brody, book 5 of the Kate Shackleton series (2013)
  9. Cover of A Death in the Dales by Frances Brody, book 7 of the Kate Shackleton series (2015)
  10. Cover of Death in the Stars by Frances Brody, book 9 of the Kate Shackleton series (2017)
  11. Cover of The Body on the Train by Frances Brody, book 11 of the Kate Shackleton series (2019)
  12. Cover of Sisters on Bread Street by Frances Brody, book 4 of the Frances Brody Standalone Novels series (2020)
  13. Cover of Murder is in the Air / Death and the Brewery Queen by Frances Brody, book 12 of the Kate Shackleton series (2020)
  14. Cover of A Murder Inside by Frances Brody, book 1 of the Brackerley Prison Mysteries series (2021)
  15. Cover of A Mansion for Murder by Frances Brody, book 14 of the Kate Shackleton series (2022)
  1. 1
    Somewhere Behind the MorningFrances Brody Standalone Novels #12005 · 400 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2005400
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  2. 2
    Sixpence in Her ShoeFrances Brody Standalone Novels #22006 · 448 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2006448
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  3. 3
    Sisters of Fortune / Halfpenny DreamsFrances Brody Standalone Novels #32008 · confirmed 3/4
    2008–
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  4. 4
    Dying in the WoolKate Shackleton #12009 · 359 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2009359
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  5. 5
    A Medal for MurderKate Shackleton #22010 · 448 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2010448
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  6. 6
    Murder in the AfternoonKate Shackleton #32011 · confirmed 3/4
    2011–
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  7. 7
    A Woman UnknownKate Shackleton #42012 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2012384
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  8. 8
    Murder on a Summer's DayKate Shackleton #52013 · 416 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013416
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  9. 9
    Death of an Avid ReaderKate Shackleton #62014 · 368 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014368
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  10. 10
    A Death in the DalesKate Shackleton #72015 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015384
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  11. 11
    Death at the SeasideKate Shackleton #82016 · 400 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016400
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  12. 12
    Death in the StarsKate Shackleton #92017 · 390 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017390
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  13. 13
    A Snapshot of MurderKate Shackleton #102018 · 400 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018400
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  14. 14
    The Body on the TrainKate Shackleton #112019 · confirmed 3/4
    2019–
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  15. 15
    Sisters on Bread StreetFrances Brody Standalone Novels #42020 · 480 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2020480
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  16. 16
    Murder is in the Air / Death and the Brewery QueenKate Shackleton #122020 · 316 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2020316
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  17. 17
    A Murder InsideBrackerley Prison Mysteries #12021 · confirmed 3/4
    2021–
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  18. 18
    Kate Shackleton's First CaseKate Shackleton #132022 · confirmed 3/4
    2022–
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  19. 19
    A Mansion for MurderKate Shackleton #142022 · confirmed 3/4
    2022–
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  20. 20
    Six Motives for MurderBrackerley Prison Mysteries #22024 · confirmed 3/4
    2024–
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Frances Brody series in order

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

Frances Brody 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.

Frances Brody Standalone Novels

4 books

4 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Brackerley Prison Mysteries in order

2 books
  1. 1. A Murder Inside
  2. 2. Six Motives for Murder

Frances Brody Books in Chronological Order

By publication date, the Frances Brody books run from Somewhere Behind the Morning (2005) to Six Motives for Murder (2024), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Frances Brody in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.

Do you have to read Frances Brody books in order?

You only need to read Frances Brody books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Frances Brody

Start with Dying in the Wool (2009), the first Kate Shackleton book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Somewhere Behind the Morning (2005).

What is the newest Frances Brody book?

Six Motives for Murder (2024) is the newest Frances Brody book released so far.

Is there a new Frances Brody book coming?

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

Frances Brody at a glance

Still publishing
Frances Brody published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Frances Brody books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
5,193 pages across the 13 of 20 books with a recorded length, a median of 400 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Frances Brody books, 10 of 20, were published in the 2010s.

What the Frances Brody books are about

16 of the 20 Frances Brody 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 8 of 16. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.