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Jean Harrington Books in Order

Jean Harrington has written 12 books, published between 2007 and 2022. The first book is The Barefoot Queen (2007) and the newest is A Wild Colonial Girl (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
12
Published
2007–2022
Pages on record
935 in 3 of 12 books
See all 12 books in order Printable Jean Harrington checklist

Jean Harrington has 12 catalogued books dated 2007 to 2022, with the series Murders by Design and Listed and Lethal. The Barefoot Queen (2007) and In the Lion's Mouth (2009) come first. Later titles include Designed for Death (2012), Killer Kitchens (2013), Murder on Moon Mountain (2018) and A Wild Colonial Girl (2022). Subject headings list historical romance, mystery, women detectives, interior decorators, real estate, Ireland and England, and name Honey Ingersill as a fictitious character.

How many Jean Harrington books are there?

Jean Harrington has 12 books, released between 2007 and 2022. They include 2 series and 4 titles listed outside any series.

Jean Harrington Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 Jean Harrington 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 Designed for Death by Jean Harrington, book 1 of the Murders by Design series (2012)
  2. Cover of Killer Kitchens by Jean Harrington, book 3 of the Murders by Design series (2013)
  3. Cover of Murder on Pea Pike by Jean Harrington, book 1 of the Listed and Lethal series (2018)
  1. 1
    The Barefoot Queen2007 · confirmed 1/4
    2007–
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  2. 2
    In the Lion's Mouth2009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  3. 3
    Designed for DeathMurders by Design #12012 · 253 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012253
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  4. 4
    The Monet MurdersMurders by Design #22012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  5. 5
    Killer KitchensMurders by Design #32013 · 266 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013266
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  6. 6
    Rooms to Die forMurders by Design #42013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
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  7. 7
    The Design Is MurderMurders by Design #52014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
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  8. 8
    Murder on Pea PikeListed and Lethal #12018 · 416 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018416
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  9. 9
    Murder on Moon MountainListed and Lethal #22018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
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  10. 10
    Murder in the Missions2019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019–
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  11. 11
    Murder on Sugar StreetListed and Lethal #32020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020–
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  12. 12
    A Wild Colonial Girl2022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022–
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Jean Harrington 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.

Murders by Design in order

5 books
  1. 1. Designed for Death
  2. 2. The Monet Murders
  3. 3. Killer Kitchens
  4. 4. Rooms to Die for
  5. 5. The Design Is Murder

Listed and Lethal in order

3 books
  1. 1. Murder on Pea Pike
  2. 2. Murder on Moon Mountain
  3. 3. Murder on Sugar Street

Standalone books

4 books

4 Jean Harrington titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Jean Harrington books in order?

You only need to read Jean Harrington 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 Jean Harrington

Start with The Barefoot Queen (2007), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Jean Harrington book?

A Wild Colonial Girl (2022) is the newest Jean Harrington book released so far.

Is there a new Jean Harrington book coming?

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

Jean Harrington at a glance

Paused
No new Jean Harrington title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
Release pace
Jean Harrington books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
935 pages across the 3 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 266 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Jean Harrington books, 8 of 12, were published in the 2010s.

What the Jean Harrington books are about

7 of the 12 Jean Harrington 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 2 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.