Margot Arnold Books in Order
Margot Arnold has written 19 books, published between 1972 and 1995. The first book is The Officers' Woman (1972) and the newest is The Midas Murders (1995). Publication order is the reading order below. 12 of the 19 books listed here are in the Penny Spring and Sir Toby Glendower series, which has its own page: Penny Spring and Sir Toby Glendower books in order.
- Books
- 19
- Published
- 1972–1995
- Pages on record
- 4,610 in 17 of 19 books
- Reading time
- 77–115 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,610 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 17 of 19 titles with a page count on record.
Margot Arnold is the pen name of Petronelle Marguerite Mary Cook, née Crouch, a mystery novelist born in Britain who became American. Cook lived from May 16, 1925 to September 22, 2016. The catalogue lists 19 Margot Arnold books from The Officers' Woman (1972) to The Midas Murders (1995), including the Penny Spring and Sir Toby Glendower series. Subject tags name archaeologists, women anthropologists and England, and other titles include Exit Actors, Dying (1979) and The Cape Cod Caper (1980).
How many Margot Arnold books are there?
Margot Arnold has 19 books, released between 1972 and 1995. 12 of them belong to the Penny Spring and Sir Toby Glendower series.
Margot Arnold Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 19 Margot Arnold 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.
- 1The Officers' Woman1972 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/419723201/4
- 2The Villa On The Palatine1975 · 447 pages · confirmed 1/419754471/4
- 319791761/4
- 419791921/4
- 5Marie, Voodoo Queen1979 · 461 pages · confirmed 1/419794611/4
- 619801921/4
- 7Affairs of State1982 · 352 pages · confirmed 1/419823521/4
- 819822201/4
- 919822241/4
- 1019822241/4
- 11Love Among the Allies1985 · 320 pages · confirmed 1/419853201/4
- 12Desperate Measures1986 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/419862881/4
- 13Sinister Purposes1988 · confirmed 1/41988–1/4
- 1419892581/4
- 151990–1/4
- 1619912751/4
- 1719922241/4
- 1819932381/4
- 1919951991/4
Margot Arnold series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
Margot Arnold 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.
Standalone books
7 books7 Margot Arnold titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Margot Arnold books in order?
You only need to read Margot Arnold books in order within the Penny Spring and Sir Toby Glendower series, which holds 12 of the 19 Margot Arnold books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Margot Arnold
Start with Exit Actors, Dying (1979), the first Penny Spring and Sir Toby Glendower book. The earliest catalogued title overall is The Officers' Woman (1972).
What is the newest Margot Arnold book?
The Midas Murders (1995) is the newest Margot Arnold book released so far.
Is there a new Margot Arnold book coming?
No next Margot Arnold book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Margot Arnold at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Margot Arnold title on record dates from 1995, 31 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Margot Arnold books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 4,610 pages across the 17 of 19 books with a recorded length, a median of 238 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Margot Arnold books, 9 of 19, were published in the 1980s.
What the Margot Arnold books are about
16 of the 19 Margot Arnold books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: archaeologists is tagged on 11 of 16. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Archaeologists 11 of 16 books
- Women anthropologists 11 of 16 books
- Penny Spring (Fictitious character) 10 of 16 books
- Glendower, toby (fictitious character) 9 of 16 books
- Spring, penny (fictitious character) 9 of 16 books
- Toby Glendower (Fictitious character) 9 of 16 books
- Mystery & detective, hard-boiled 5 of 16 books
- England 2 of 16 books