Gayle Trent Books in Order
Gayle Trent has written 35 books, published between 1999 and 2026. The first book is Photo Finish (1999) and the newest is Dressed to Grill (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 35
- Published
- 1999–2026
- Pages on record
- 2,148 in 11 of 35 books
Gayle Trent lives in Southwest Virginia and writes full time, and has also used the pseudonym Amanda Lee for cozy mystery novels. Murder, investigation, bakers and detective and mystery stories run through the recorded subjects, along with Virginia and motion pictures. The catalogue lists 35 books from Photo Finish (1999) to Dressed to Grill (2026), across the Daphne Martin Mystery, Myrtle Crumb, Ghostly Fashionista Mystery, Kinsey Falls, Literatia and Movie Memorabilia series. At least one title carries the byline Gayle Leeson.
How many Gayle Trent books are there?
Gayle Trent has 35 books, released between 1999 and 2026. They include 6 series and 8 titles listed outside any series.
Gayle Trent Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 35 Gayle Trent 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.
- 1Photo Finish1999 · 120 pages · confirmed 2/419991202/4
- 2Anything for a Buck2001 · confirmed 2/42001–2/4
- 3Laughing and Learning2003 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/420031922/4
- 420041242/4
- 5The Mourning Ring2006 · 121 pages · confirmed 2/420061212/4
- 620082612/4
- 72009–2/4
- 820112482/4
- 9Broken Promise2011 · 266 pages · confirmed 2/420112662/4
- 1020121122/4
- 112012–2/4
- 12The Perfect Woman2012 · confirmed 2/42012–2/4
- 132013–2/4
- 1420133302/4
- 152013–2/4
- 162014–2/4
- 1720152142/4
- 182015–2/4
- 19In Her Blood2015 · confirmed 2/42015–2/4
- 202015–2/4
- 21The Flame2016 · 160 pages · confirmed 2/420161602/4
- 222018–2/4
- 232020–2/4
- 242020–2/4
- 262021–2/4
- 272021–2/4
- 282022–2/4
- 292023–2/4
- 302023–2/4
- 312023–2/4
- 322023–2/4
- 332025–2/4
- 342026–2/4
- 352026–2/4
Gayle Trent 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.
Myrtle Crumb in order
6 booksDaphne Martin Mystery in order
5 booksGhostly Fashionista Mystery in order
5 booksDown South Café Mystery in order
4 booksKinsey Falls in order
2 booksLiteratia in order
2 booksMovie Memorabilia in order
1 bookEmbroidery Mysteries in order
1 bookVictoria Square Mystery in order
1 bookStandalone books
8 books8 Gayle Trent titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Gayle Trent books in order?
You only need to read Gayle Trent books in order within each series: the books listed here span 6 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Gayle Trent
Start with Photo Finish (1999), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Gayle Trent book?
Dressed to Grill (2026) is the newest Gayle Trent book released so far.
Is there a new Gayle Trent book coming?
No next Gayle Trent book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Gayle Trent at a glance
- Still publishing
- Gayle Trent published a book as recently as 2026.
- Release pace
- Gayle Trent books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 2,148 pages across the 11 of 35 books with a recorded length, a median of 192 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Gayle Trent books, 15 of 35, were published in the 2010s.
What the Gayle Trent books are about
6 of the 35 Gayle Trent books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: investigation is tagged on 5 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Investigation 5 of 6 books
- Murder 5 of 6 books
- Bakers 4 of 6 books
- Daphne Martin (Fictitious character) 4 of 6 books
- Mystery & detective 4 of 6 books
- City and town life 3 of 6 books