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Marty Ambrose Books in Order

Marty Ambrose has written 13 books, published between 1994 and 2022. The first book is Racing to Love (As: Martha Ambrose) (1994) and the newest is Forever Past (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
13
Published
1994–2022
Pages on record
948 in 5 of 13 books
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Marty Ambrose writes mystery fiction. Catalogue subjects record women journalists, women sleuths, murder, investigation, crime and Florida settings, with romance stories alongside them. Two series are listed: Mango Bay Mysteries and Lord Byron Mystery. The 13 catalogued books span 1994 to 2022, from Racing to Love (1994) to Forever Past (2022), taking in Peril in Paradise (2008), Island Intrigue (2009), Murder in the Mangroves (2010), Killer Kool (2011) and Coastal Corpse (2016). Two titles from the 1990s are listed under the name Martha Ambrose.

How many Marty Ambrose books are there?

Marty Ambrose has 13 books, released between 1994 and 2022. They include 2 series and 5 titles listed outside any series.

Marty Ambrose Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 13 Marty Ambrose 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 Racing to Love (As: Martha Ambrose) by Marty Ambrose (1994)
  2. Cover of Murder in the Mangroves by Marty Ambrose, book 3 of the Mango Bay Mysteries series (2010)
  3. Cover of Coastal Corpse by Marty Ambrose, book 5 of the Mango Bay Mysteries series (2016)
  4. Cover of A Shadowed Fate by Marty Ambrose, book 3 of the Lord Byron Mystery series (2019)
  1. 1
    Racing to Love (As: Martha Ambrose)1994 · 164 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1994164
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  2. 2
    A Labor of Love (As: Martha Ambrose)1995 · confirmed 2/4
    1995–
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  3. 3
    Engaging1998 · confirmed 2/4
    1998–
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  4. 4
    Life and Love1999 · confirmed 2/4
    1999–
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  5. 5
    Heat Wave2000 · 171 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000171
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  6. 6
    Peril in ParadiseMango Bay Mysteries #12008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008–
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  7. 7
    Island IntrigueMango Bay Mysteries #22009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  8. 8
    Murder in the MangrovesMango Bay Mysteries #32010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  9. 9
    Killer KoolMango Bay Mysteries #42011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  10. 10
    Coastal CorpseMango Bay Mysteries #52016 · 229 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016229
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  11. 11
    Claire's Last SecretLord Byron Mystery #22018 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018192
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  12. 12
    A Shadowed FateLord Byron Mystery #32019 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019192
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  13. 13
    Forever PastLord Byron Mystery #42022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
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Marty Ambrose 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.

Mango Bay Mysteries in order

5 books
  1. 1. Peril in Paradise
  2. 2. Island Intrigue
  3. 3. Murder in the Mangroves
  4. 4. Killer Kool
  5. 5. Coastal Corpse

Lord Byron Mystery in order

3 books
  1. 2. Claire's Last Secret
  2. 3. A Shadowed Fate
  3. 4. Forever Past

Standalone books

5 books

5 Marty Ambrose titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Marty Ambrose books in order?

You only need to read Marty Ambrose 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 Marty Ambrose

Start with Racing to Love (As: Martha Ambrose) (1994), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Marty Ambrose book?

Forever Past (2022) is the newest Marty Ambrose book released so far.

Is there a new Marty Ambrose book coming?

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

Marty Ambrose at a glance

Paused
No new Marty Ambrose title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
Release pace
Marty Ambrose books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
948 pages across the 5 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 192 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Marty Ambrose books, 5 of 13, were published in the 2010s.

What the Marty Ambrose books are about

4 of the 13 Marty Ambrose books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: investigation is tagged on 2 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.