Kay Finch Books in Order

Kay Finch has written 8 books, published between 2003 and 2020. The first book is Final Decree (2003) and the newest is The Black Cat Breaks a Mirror (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
8
Published
2003–2020
Pages on record
1,416 in 5 of 8 books
Reading time
24–35 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,416 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 8 titles with a page count on record.

Mystery runs through Kay Finch's eight catalogued books, which stretch from Final Decree (2003) to The Black Cat Breaks a Mirror (2020). Subject headings cover women private investigators, murder, investigation, black cats, Texas, women novelists, crime and family relationships. Finch writes the Bad Luck Cat Mystery and Corie McKenna Mystery series. Readers looking up Kay Finch books in order work through eight titles, at a median of 295 pages.

How many Kay Finch books are there?

Kay Finch has 8 books, released between 2003 and 2020. They include 2 series and 1 title listed outside any series.

Kay Finch Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 8 Kay Finch 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. 1
    Final DecreeCorie McKenna Mystery #12003 · 279 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003279
  2. 2
    Relative Chaos2010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010
  3. 3
    Final CutCorie McKenna Mystery #22010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010
  4. 4
    Black Cat CrossingBad Luck Cat Mystery #12015 · 296 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015296
  5. 5
    The Black Cat Knocks on WoodBad Luck Cat Mystery #22016 · 295 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016295
  6. 6
    The Black Cat Sees His ShadowBad Luck Cat Mystery #32017 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017304
  7. 7
    The Black Cat Steps on a CrackBad Luck Cat Mystery #42019 · confirmed 2/4
    2019
  8. 8
    The Black Cat Breaks a MirrorBad Luck Cat Mystery #52020 · 242 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020242

Kay Finch 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.

Bad Luck Cat Mystery in order

5 books
  1. 1. Black Cat Crossing
  2. 2. The Black Cat Knocks on Wood
  3. 3. The Black Cat Sees His Shadow
  4. 4. The Black Cat Steps on a Crack
  5. 5. The Black Cat Breaks a Mirror

Corie McKenna Mystery in order

2 books
  1. 1. Final Decree
  2. 2. Final Cut

Standalone books

1 book

1 Kay Finch title here is not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Kay Finch books in order?

You only need to read Kay Finch 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 Kay Finch

Start with Final Decree (2003), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Kay Finch book?

The Black Cat Breaks a Mirror (2020) is the newest Kay Finch book released so far.

Is there a new Kay Finch book coming?

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

Kay Finch at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Kay Finch title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Kay Finch books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
1,416 pages across the 5 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 295 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Kay Finch books, 6 of 8, were published in the 2010s.

What the Kay Finch books are about

All 8 Kay Finch 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 6 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.