Marie Astor Books in Order
Marie Astor has written 12 books, published between 2010 and 2016. The first book is A Dress in a Window (2010) and the newest is It Doesn't Pay to be Bad (2016). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 12
- Published
- 2010–2016
- Pages on record
- 1,758 in 7 of 12 books
- Reading time
- 29–44 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,758 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 12 titles with a page count on record.
Marie Astor is the author of the Janet Maple and Sinful Business series, with 12 catalogued books from 2010 to 2016. A Dress in a Window (2010) is the first title, and It Doesn't Pay to be Bad (2016) the last. Lucky Charm, This Tangled Thing Called Love, To Catch a Bad Guy, Bad Guys Get Caught, Baiting Trouble and Thirsty for Payback are among the others. The catalogue lists Astor's output as likely complete.
How many Marie Astor books are there?
Marie Astor has 12 books, released between 2010 and 2016. They include 2 series and 5 titles listed outside any series.
Marie Astor Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 12 Marie Astor 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.
- 1A Dress in a Window2010 · confirmed 2/42010–2/4
- 2Lucky Charm2011 · confirmed 2/42011–2/4
- 320122502/4
- 4Over the Mountain and Back2012 · 312 pages · confirmed 2/420123122/4
- 5This Tangled Thing Called Love2012 · confirmed 2/42012–2/4
- 620132562/4
- 720132482/4
- 820142142/4
- 92014–2/4
- 10Smitten at First Sight2014 · 258 pages · confirmed 2/420142582/4
- 112015–2/4
- 1220162202/4
Marie Astor 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.
Janet Maple in order
5 booksSinful Business in order
2 booksStandalone books
5 books5 Marie Astor titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Marie Astor books in order?
You only need to read Marie Astor 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 Marie Astor
Start with A Dress in a Window (2010), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Marie Astor book?
It Doesn't Pay to be Bad (2016) is the newest Marie Astor book released so far.
Is there a new Marie Astor book coming?
No next Marie Astor book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Marie Astor at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Marie Astor title on record dates from 2016, 10 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Marie Astor books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 1,758 pages across the 7 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 250 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Marie Astor books, 12 of 12, were published in the 2010s.