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Nancy Fairbanks Books in Order

Nancy Fairbanks has written 12 books, published between 2001 and 2009. The first book is Crime Brûlée (2001) and the newest is Blood Pudding (2009). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
12
Published
2001–2009
Pages on record
3,377 in 11 of 12 books
Reading time
56–84 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,377 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 12 titles with a page count on record.

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Carolyn Blue, a food writer, is the detective in Nancy Fairbanks's culinary mysteries. Cooking supplies both the plots and the puns, from Crime Brûlée (2001) and Truffled Feathers (2001) to Mozzarella Most Murderous (2005) and Blood Pudding (2009). Twelve books appeared across nine years, and the series ended in 2009.

How many Nancy Fairbanks books are there?

Nancy Fairbanks has 12 books, released between 2001 and 2009.

Nancy Fairbanks Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 Nancy Fairbanks 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 Crime Brûlée by Nancy Fairbanks, book 1 of the Carolyn Blue Culinary Mysteries series (2001)
  2. Cover of Truffled Feathers by Nancy Fairbanks, book 2 of the Carolyn Blue Culinary Mysteries series (2001)
  3. Cover of Death A L'Orange by Nancy Fairbanks, book 3 of the Carolyn Blue Culinary Mysteries series (2002)
  4. Cover of Chocolate Quake by Nancy Fairbanks, book 4 of the Carolyn Blue Culinary Mysteries series (2003)
  5. Cover of The Perils of Paella by Nancy Fairbanks, book 5 of the Carolyn Blue Culinary Mysteries series (2004)
  6. Cover of Holy Guacamole! by Nancy Fairbanks, book 6 of the Carolyn Blue Culinary Mysteries series (2004)
  7. Cover of Mozzarella Most Murderous by Nancy Fairbanks, book 7 of the Carolyn Blue Culinary Mysteries series (2005)
  8. Cover of Three-Course Murder by Nancy Fairbanks, book 8 of the Carolyn Blue Culinary Mysteries series (2006)
  9. Cover of Bon Bon Voyage by Nancy Fairbanks, book 9 of the Carolyn Blue Culinary Mysteries series (2006)
  10. Cover of French Fried by Nancy Fairbanks, book 10 of the Carolyn Blue Culinary Mysteries series (2006)
  11. Cover of Turkey Flambé by Nancy Fairbanks, book 11 of the Carolyn Blue Culinary Mysteries series (2007)
  1. 1
    Crime BrûléeCarolyn Blue Culinary Mysteries #12001 · 274 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001274
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  2. 2
    Truffled FeathersCarolyn Blue Culinary Mysteries #22001 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2001272
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  3. 3
    Death A L'OrangeCarolyn Blue Culinary Mysteries #32002 · 273 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2002273
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  4. 4
    Chocolate QuakeCarolyn Blue Culinary Mysteries #42003 · 290 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003290
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  5. 5
    The Perils of PaellaCarolyn Blue Culinary Mysteries #52004 · 290 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004290
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  6. 6
    Holy Guacamole!Carolyn Blue Culinary Mysteries #62004 · 276 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004276
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  7. 7
    Mozzarella Most MurderousCarolyn Blue Culinary Mysteries #72005 · 294 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005294
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  8. 8
    Three-Course MurderCarolyn Blue Culinary Mysteries #82006 · 538 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006538
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  9. 9
    Bon Bon VoyageCarolyn Blue Culinary Mysteries #92006 · 292 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006292
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  10. 10
    French FriedCarolyn Blue Culinary Mysteries #102006 · 290 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006290
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  11. 11
    Turkey FlambéCarolyn Blue Culinary Mysteries #112007 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007288
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  12. 12
    Blood PuddingCarolyn Blue Culinary Mysteries #122009 · confirmed 1/4
    2009–
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Nancy Fairbanks 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.

Carolyn Blue Culinary Mysteries in order

12 books
  1. 1. Crime Brûlée
  2. 2. Truffled Feathers
  3. 3. Death A L'Orange
  4. 4. Chocolate Quake
  5. 5. The Perils of Paella
  6. 6. Holy Guacamole!
  7. 7. Mozzarella Most Murderous
  8. 8. Three-Course Murder
  9. 9. Bon Bon Voyage
  10. 10. French Fried
  11. 11. Turkey Flambé
  12. 12. Blood Pudding

Do you have to read Nancy Fairbanks books in order?

You only need to read Nancy Fairbanks books in order within the Carolyn Blue Culinary Mysteries series, which holds 12 of the 12 Nancy Fairbanks books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Nancy Fairbanks

Start with Crime Brûlée (2001), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Nancy Fairbanks book?

Blood Pudding (2009) is the newest Nancy Fairbanks book released so far.

Is there a new Nancy Fairbanks book coming?

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

Nancy Fairbanks at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Nancy Fairbanks title on record dates from 2009, 17 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Nancy Fairbanks books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
3,377 pages across the 11 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 290 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Nancy Fairbanks books, 12 of 12, were published in the 2000s.

What the Nancy Fairbanks books are about

All 12 Nancy Fairbanks books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: carolyn blue (fictitious character) is tagged on 10 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.