Marcia Talley Books in Order
Marcia Talley has written 33 books, published between 1999 and 2024. The first book is Sing It To Her Bones (1999) and the newest is Circles of Death (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 33
- Published
- 1999–2024
- Pages on record
- 1,887 in 8 of 33 books
Marcia Talley is an American mystery novelist and a former librarian who took early retirement in 2000 to write full-time. Hannah Ives carries Talley's series, which opens with Sing It To Her Bones in 1999 and continues through Unbreathed Memories, Occasion of Revenge, In Death's Shadow and Dead Man Dancing. Maryland and the Bahamas supply the settings, and two collaborative novels and a body of short stories sit beside the 33 catalogued books. Circles of Death is dated 2024.
Source: Wikidata
How many Marcia Talley books are there?
Marcia Talley has 33 books, released between 1999 and 2024. 20 of them belong to the Hannah Ives Mystery series.
Marcia Talley Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 33 Marcia Talley 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 October 2026.
- 11999–1/4
- 2With Love, Marjorie Ann1999 · confirmed 1/41999–1/4
- 32000–1/4
- 420012701/4
- 52004–1/4
- 620052551/4
- 720062721/4
- 82008–1/4
- 92009–1/4
- 102010–1/4
- 11Driven to Distraction2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 12For Sale by Owner2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 13Can You Hear Me Now?2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 14The Queen is Dead, Long Live the Queen2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 15Home Movies2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 16Safety First2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 17Too Many Cooks2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 18Vital Signs2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 1920111981/4
- 20Two Sisters2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 21To Catch a Fish2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 22Miss Havisham Regrets2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 23Conventional Wisdom2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
- 242012–1/4
- 2520131981/4
- 2620141821/4
- 2720143201/4
- 282016–1/4
- 292018–1/4
- 3020191921/4
- 312021–1/4
- 322022–1/4
- 332024–1/4
Marcia Talley 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.
Hannah Ives Mystery in order
20 books- 1. Sing It To Her Bones
- 2. Unbreathed Memories
- 3. Occasion of Revenge
- 4. In Death's Shadow
- 5. This Enemy Town
- 6. Through the Darkness
- 7. Dead Man Dancing
- 8. Without a Grave
- 9. All Things Undying
- 10. A Quiet Death
- 11. The Last Refuge
- 12. Dark Passage
- and 8 more in the table above
Standalone books
13 books13 Marcia Talley titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Marcia Talley books in order?
You only need to read Marcia Talley books in order within the Hannah Ives Mystery series, which holds 20 of the 33 Marcia Talley books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Marcia Talley
Start with Sing It To Her Bones (1999), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Marcia Talley book?
Circles of Death (2024) is the newest Marcia Talley book released so far.
Is there a new Marcia Talley book coming?
No next Marcia Talley book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Marcia Talley at a glance
- Still publishing
- Marcia Talley published a book as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- Marcia Talley books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 1,887 pages across the 8 of 33 books with a recorded length, a median of 226 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Marcia Talley books, 21 of 33, were published in the 2010s.
When Marcia Talley books were published
Publication distribution by decade, showing when Marcia Talley titles appeared. 2010s was the most productive decade with 21 titles.
33 books total across 4 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.
What the Marcia Talley books are about
13 of the 33 Marcia Talley 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 9 of 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Mystery & detective 9 of 13 books
- Ives, hannah (fictitious character) 8 of 13 books
- Crime 5 of 13 books
- Hannah Ives (Fictitious character) 5 of 13 books
- Maryland 2 of 13 books