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Kathleen Delaney Books in Order

Kathleen Delaney has written 9 books, published between 2002 and 2019. The first book is Dying For a Change (2002) and the newest is Dressed to Kill (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
9
Published
2002–2019
Confirmed
9 of 9 titles
Pages on record
483 in 2 of 9 books
See all 9 books in order Printable Kathleen Delaney checklist

Kathleen Delaney writes mystery and detective fiction with women sleuths. Nine books are catalogued between 2002 and 2019, split across two series: Ellen McKenzie and the Mary McGill Dog Mystery books. Subjects record murder and its investigation, California, wineries, dogs, dinners and dining, and Christmas pageants. Dying For a Change (2002) opens the listing and Dressed to Kill (2019) closes it, with Give First Place to Murder, And Murder for Dessert, Murder Half-Baked, Murder by Syllabub, Purebred Dead, Curtains for Miss Plym and Blood Red, White and Blue in between.

How many Kathleen Delaney books are there?

Kathleen Delaney has 9 books, released between 2002 and 2019. They include 2 separate series.

Kathleen Delaney Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 9 Kathleen Delaney 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 Murder by Syllabub by Kathleen Delaney, book 5 of the Ellen McKenzie series (2013)
  2. Cover of Blood Red, White and Blue by Kathleen Delaney, book 3 of the Mary McGill Dog Mystery series (2017)
  1. 1
    Dying For a ChangeEllen McKenzie #12002 · confirmed 3/4
    2002–
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  2. 2
    Give First Place to MurderEllen McKenzie #22004 · confirmed 3/4
    2004–
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  3. 3
    And Murder for DessertEllen McKenzie #32007 · 250 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2007250
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  4. 4
    Murder Half-BakedEllen McKenzie #42011 · confirmed 3/4
    2011–
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  5. 5
    Murder by SyllabubEllen McKenzie #52013 · confirmed 3/4
    2013–
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  6. 6
    Purebred DeadMary McGill Dog Mystery #12015 · confirmed 3/4
    2015–
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  7. 7
    Curtains for Miss PlymMary McGill Dog Mystery #22016 · confirmed 3/4
    2016–
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  8. 8
    Blood Red, White and BlueMary McGill Dog Mystery #32017 · 233 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017233
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  9. 9
    Dressed to KillMary McGill Dog Mystery #42019 · confirmed 3/4
    2019–
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Kathleen Delaney 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.

Ellen McKenzie in order

5 books
  1. 1. Dying For a Change
  2. 2. Give First Place to Murder
  3. 3. And Murder for Dessert
  4. 4. Murder Half-Baked
  5. 5. Murder by Syllabub

Mary McGill Dog Mystery in order

4 books
  1. 1. Purebred Dead
  2. 2. Curtains for Miss Plym
  3. 3. Blood Red, White and Blue
  4. 4. Dressed to Kill

Do you have to read Kathleen Delaney books in order?

You only need to read Kathleen Delaney 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 Delaney

Start with Dying For a Change (2002), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Kathleen Delaney book?

Dressed to Kill (2019) is the newest Kathleen Delaney book released so far.

Is there a new Kathleen Delaney book coming?

No next Kathleen Delaney 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 Delaney at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Kathleen Delaney title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Kathleen Delaney books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
483 pages across the 2 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 242 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Kathleen Delaney books, 6 of 9, were published in the 2010s.

What the Kathleen Delaney books are about

5 of the 9 Kathleen Delaney 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 5 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.