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Lou Allin Books in Order

Lou Allin has written 14 books, published between 2000 and 2015. The first book is Northern Winters Are Murder (2000) and the newest is The Woman Who Did (2015). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
14
Published
2000–2015
Pages on record
2,729 in 11 of 14 books
Reading time
45–68 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,729 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 14 titles with a page count on record.

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Lou Allin is a mystery author with four series: Belle Palmer, Holly Martin, Maddie Temple and Terry Hart. Northern Winters Are Murder (2000) is the first of 14 catalogued books, and The Woman Who Did (2015) is the last. Blackflies Are Murder (2002), Murder, Eh? (2006) and She Felt No Pain (2010) are among them. Subject headings include police procedurals, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Vancouver and widows.

How many Lou Allin books are there?

Lou Allin has 14 books, released between 2000 and 2015. They include 4 series and 4 titles listed outside any series.

Lou Allin Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 14 Lou Allin 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 Northern Winters Are Murder by Lou Allin, book 1 of the Belle Palmer series (2000)
  2. Cover of Blackflies Are Murder by Lou Allin, book 2 of the Belle Palmer series (2002)
  3. Cover of Bush Poodles Are Murder by Lou Allin, book 3 of the Belle Palmer series (2003)
  4. Cover of A Little Learning Is A Murderous Thing by Lou Allin, book 1 of the Maddie Temple series (2005)
  5. Cover of Murder, Eh? by Lou Allin, book 4 of the Belle Palmer series (2006)
  6. Cover of Memories Are Murder by Lou Allin, book 5 of the Belle Palmer series (2007)
  7. Cover of And on the Surface Die by Lou Allin, book 1 of the Holly Martin series (2008)
  8. Cover of Man Corn Murders by Lou Allin, book 1 of the Terry Hart series (2009)
  9. Cover of That Dog Won't Hunt by Lou Allin (2010)
  10. Cover of She Felt No Pain by Lou Allin, book 2 of the Holly Martin series (2010)
  11. Cover of Contingency Plan by Lou Allin (2012)
  12. Cover of Twilight Is Not Good for Maidens by Lou Allin, book 3 of the Holly Martin series (2013)
  13. Cover of The Woman Who Did by Lou Allin (2015)
  1. 1
    Northern Winters Are MurderBelle Palmer #12000 · 251 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000251
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  2. 2
    Blackflies Are MurderBelle Palmer #22002 · 268 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002268
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  3. 3
    Bush Poodles Are MurderBelle Palmer #32003 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003288
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  4. 4
    A Little Learning Is A Murderous ThingMaddie Temple #12005 · 291 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005291
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  5. 5
    Murder, Eh?Belle Palmer #42006 · 274 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006274
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  6. 6
    Memories Are MurderBelle Palmer #52007 · 296 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007296
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  7. 7
    And on the Surface DieHolly Martin #12008 · 271 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008271
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  8. 8
    Man Corn MurdersTerry Hart #12009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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  9. 9
    That Dog Won't Hunt2010 · 105 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010105
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  10. 10
    She Felt No PainHolly Martin #22010 · 284 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2010284
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  11. 11
    Contingency Plan2012 · 130 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2012130
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  12. 12
    Twilight Is Not Good for MaidensHolly Martin #32013 · 271 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013271
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  13. 13
    Vancouver or Bust/ No Crime2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
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  14. 14
    The Woman Who Did2015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015–
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Lou Allin 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.

Belle Palmer in order

5 books
  1. 1. Northern Winters Are Murder
  2. 2. Blackflies Are Murder
  3. 3. Bush Poodles Are Murder
  4. 4. Murder, Eh?
  5. 5. Memories Are Murder

Holly Martin in order

3 books
  1. 1. And on the Surface Die
  2. 2. She Felt No Pain
  3. 3. Twilight Is Not Good for Maidens

Maddie Temple in order

1 book
  1. 1. A Little Learning Is A Murderous Thing

Terry Hart in order

1 book
  1. 1. Man Corn Murders

Standalone books

4 books

4 Lou Allin titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Lou Allin books in order?

You only need to read Lou Allin books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Lou Allin

Start with Northern Winters Are Murder (2000), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Lou Allin book?

The Woman Who Did (2015) is the newest Lou Allin book released so far.

Is there a new Lou Allin book coming?

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

Lou Allin at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Lou Allin title on record dates from 2015, 11 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Lou Allin books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,729 pages across the 11 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 271 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Lou Allin books, 8 of 14, were published in the 2000s.

What the Lou Allin books are about

11 of the 14 Lou Allin 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 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.