Michelle Cox Books in Order

Michelle Cox has written 9 books, published between 2016 and 2024. The first book is A Girl Like You (2016) and the newest is Matched in Merriweather (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
9
Published
2016–2024
Pages on record
1,737 in 5 of 9 books
Reading time
29–43 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,737 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 9 titles with a page count on record.

Michelle Cox writes historical mystery set in the 1930s. Henrietta and Inspector Howard is her main series, pairing the two named characters across murder investigations from A Girl Like You (2016) to A Haunting at Linley (2023), with dance halls and the Depression among its subjects. Merriweather follows it, beginning with Matched in Merriweather (2024). Nine catalogued titles make up the work so far, and Cox is listed as ongoing.

How many Michelle Cox books are there?

Michelle Cox has 9 books, released between 2016 and 2024. They include 2 series and 1 title listed outside any series.

Michelle Cox Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 9 Michelle Cox 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. 1
    A Girl Like YouHenrietta and Inspector Howard #12016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016
  2. 2
    A Ring of TruthHenrietta and Inspector Howard #22017 · 307 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2017307
  3. 3
    A Promise GivenHenrietta and Inspector Howard #32018 · 366 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2018366
  4. 4
    A Veil RemovedHenrietta and Inspector Howard #42019 · 400 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2019400
  5. 5
    A Child LostHenrietta and Inspector Howard #52020 · 408 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020408
  6. 6
    A Spying EyeHenrietta and Inspector Howard #62022 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2022256
  7. 7
    A Haunting at LinleyHenrietta and Inspector Howard #72023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023
  8. 8
    Matched in MerriweatherMerriweather #12024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024
  9. 9
    The Fallen Woman's Daughter2024 · confirmed 1/4
    2024

Michelle Cox 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.

Henrietta and Inspector Howard in order

7 books
  1. 1. A Girl Like You
  2. 2. A Ring of Truth
  3. 3. A Promise Given
  4. 4. A Veil Removed
  5. 5. A Child Lost
  6. 6. A Spying Eye
  7. 7. A Haunting at Linley

Merriweather in order

1 book
  1. 1. Matched in Merriweather

Standalone books

1 book

1 Michelle Cox title here is not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Michelle Cox books in order?

You only need to read Michelle Cox 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 Michelle Cox

Start with A Girl Like You (2016), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Michelle Cox book?

Matched in Merriweather (2024) is the newest Michelle Cox book released so far.

Is there a new Michelle Cox book coming?

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

Michelle Cox at a glance

Still publishing
Michelle Cox published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Michelle Cox books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,737 pages across the 5 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 366 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Michelle Cox books, 5 of 9, were published in the 2020s.

What the Michelle Cox books are about

7 of the 9 Michelle Cox books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: couples is tagged on 2 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.