Kathleen Bridge Books in Order
Kathleen Bridge has written 13 books, published between 2015 and 2024. The first book is Better Homes and Corpses (2015) and the newest is High Style and Homicide (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 13
- Published
- 2015–2024
- Confirmed
- 13 of 13 titles
- Pages on record
- 1,744 in 7 of 13 books
- Reading time
- 29–44 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,744 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 13 titles with a page count on record.
Kathleen Bridge writes cozy mysteries in two series. The Hamptons Home & Garden Mysteries open the catalogue with Better Homes and Corpses (2015), followed by Hearse and Gardens (2016), Ghostal Living (2017) and A Design to Die For (2020). The By the Sea Mysteries account for A Killing by the Sea (2018), Death by the Sea (2018), Murder by the Sea (2019) and Evil by the Sea (2020). Interior decoration, women sleuths, New York and Florida are the recurring subjects. Thirteen books are catalogued through High Style and Homicide (2024), and Bridge is still publishing.
How many Kathleen Bridge books are there?
Kathleen Bridge has 13 books, released between 2015 and 2024. They include 2 separate series.
Kathleen Bridge Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 13 Kathleen Bridge 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.
- 120152923/4
- 220163203/4
- 320173043/4
- 420182003/4
- 520182063/4
- 620192043/4
- 72019–3/4
- 82020–3/4
- 920202183/4
- 102021–3/4
- 112021–3/4
- 122023–3/4
- 132024–3/4
Kathleen Bridge characters in order
The character linked below has its own reading-order page.
Kathleen Bridge 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.
Hamptons Home & Garden Mysteries in order
8 booksBy the Sea Mysteries in order
5 booksDo you have to read Kathleen Bridge books in order?
You only need to read Kathleen Bridge 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 Kathleen Bridge
Start with Better Homes and Corpses (2015), the first Hamptons Home & Garden Mystery book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.
What is the newest Kathleen Bridge book?
High Style and Homicide (2024) is the newest Kathleen Bridge book released so far.
Is there a new Kathleen Bridge book coming?
No next Kathleen Bridge book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Kathleen Bridge at a glance
- Still publishing
- Kathleen Bridge published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Kathleen Bridge books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 1,744 pages across the 7 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 218 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Kathleen Bridge books, 7 of 13, were published in the 2010s.
What the Kathleen Bridge books are about
6 of the 13 Kathleen Bridge 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 3 of 6. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Mystery & detective 3 of 6 books
- Interior decoration 2 of 6 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 2 of 6 books
- New York (N.Y.) 2 of 6 books