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Maia Chance Books in Order

Maia Chance has written 13 books, published between 2014 and 2026. The first book is Snow White Red-Handed (2014) and the newest is The Ravine (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
13
Published
2014–2026
Pages on record
2,783 in 9 of 13 books
Reading time
46–70 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,783 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 13 titles with a page count on record.

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Maia Chance writes historical mysteries with women sleuths. Snow White Red-Handed (2014) opens the catalogue, and fairy tales run through its titles: Cinderella Six Feet Under (2015), Beauty, Beast, and Belladonna (2016), Sleeping Beauty, Borrowed Time (2017). Three series divide the list, Fairy Tale Fatal Mystery, Discreet Retrieval Agency and An Agnes and Effie Mystery, and Prohibition, actresses, hotels and castles appear among the subjects. 13 titles reach The Ravine (2026).

How many Maia Chance books are there?

Maia Chance has 13 books, released between 2014 and 2026. They include 3 series and 3 titles listed outside any series.

Maia Chance Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 13 Maia Chance 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 Snow White Red-Handed by Maia Chance, book 1 of the Fairy Tale Fatal Mystery series (2014)
  2. Cover of Come Hell or Highball by Maia Chance, book 1 of the Discreet Retrieval Agency series (2015)
  3. Cover of Cinderella Six Feet Under by Maia Chance, book 2 of the Fairy Tale Fatal Mystery series (2015)
  4. Cover of Teetotaled by Maia Chance, book 2 of the Discreet Retrieval Agency series (2016)
  5. Cover of Beauty, Beast, and Belladonna by Maia Chance, book 3 of the Fairy Tale Fatal Mystery series (2016)
  6. Cover of Bad Housekeeping by Maia Chance, book 1 of the An Agnes and Effie Mystery series (2017)
  1. 1
    Snow White Red-HandedFairy Tale Fatal Mystery #12014 · 328 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014328
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  2. 2
    Come Hell or HighballDiscreet Retrieval Agency #12015 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015320
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  3. 3
    Cinderella Six Feet UnderFairy Tale Fatal Mystery #22015 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015320
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  4. 4
    TeetotaledDiscreet Retrieval Agency #22016 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016304
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  5. 5
    Beauty, Beast, and BelladonnaFairy Tale Fatal Mystery #32016 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016320
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  6. 6
    Bad HousekeepingAn Agnes and Effie Mystery #12017 · 311 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017311
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  7. 7
    The Trophy Wives of Alpenrose2017 · confirmed 2/4
    2017–
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  8. 8
    Gin and PanicDiscreet Retrieval Agency #32017 · 278 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2017278
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  9. 9
    Sleeping Beauty, Borrowed TimeFairy Tale Fatal Mystery #42017 · confirmed 2/4
    2017–
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  10. 10
    Bad NeighborsAn Agnes and Effie Mystery #22018 · 328 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018328
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  11. 11
    Naughty on IceDiscreet Retrieval Agency #42018 · 274 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018274
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  12. 12
    The Body Next Door2024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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  13. 13
    The Ravine2026 · confirmed 2/4
    2026–
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Maia Chance 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.

Fairy Tale Fatal Mystery in order

4 books
  1. 1. Snow White Red-Handed
  2. 2. Cinderella Six Feet Under
  3. 3. Beauty, Beast, and Belladonna
  4. 4. Sleeping Beauty, Borrowed Time

Discreet Retrieval Agency in order

4 books
  1. 1. Come Hell or Highball
  2. 2. Teetotaled
  3. 3. Gin and Panic
  4. 4. Naughty on Ice

An Agnes and Effie Mystery in order

2 books
  1. 1. Bad Housekeeping
  2. 2. Bad Neighbors

Standalone books

3 books

3 Maia Chance titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Maia Chance books in order?

You only need to read Maia Chance books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Maia Chance

Start with Snow White Red-Handed (2014), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Maia Chance book?

The Ravine (2026) is the newest Maia Chance book released so far.

Is there a new Maia Chance book coming?

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

Maia Chance at a glance

Still publishing
Maia Chance published a book as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Maia Chance books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,783 pages across the 9 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 320 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Maia Chance books, 11 of 13, were published in the 2010s.

What the Maia Chance books are about

9 of the 13 Maia Chance books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: murder is tagged on 8 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.