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Perri O’Shaughnessy Books in Order

Perri O’Shaughnessy has written 15 books, published between 1995 and 2011. The first book is Motion to Suppress (1995) and the newest is Dreams of the Dead (2011). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
15
Published
1995–2011
Pages on record
6,029 in 14 of 15 books
Reading time
100–151 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 6,029 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 14 of 15 titles with a page count on record.

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Perri O'Shaughnessy is the pen name of two sisters, Mary and Pamela O'Shaughnessy, writing together from Northern California. Pamela trained at Harvard Law School and practised as a trial lawyer for sixteen years; Mary worked as an editor and writer on multimedia projects. Their legal suspense series follows Nina Reilly, a woman lawyer, across 15 books from Motion to Suppress (1995) to Dreams of the Dead (2011). Courtroom language marks the run, Invasion of Privacy, Obstruction of Justice, Acts of Malice, Writ of Execution.

How many Perri O’Shaughnessy books are there?

Perri O’Shaughnessy has 15 books, released between 1995 and 2011. 13 of them belong to the Nina Reilly series.

Perri O’Shaughnessy Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 15 Perri O’Shaughnessy 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 Motion to Suppress by Perri O’Shaughnessy, book 1 of the Nina Reilly series (1995)
  2. Cover of Invasion of Privacy by Perri O’Shaughnessy, book 2 of the Nina Reilly series (1996)
  3. Cover of Obstruction of Justice by Perri O’Shaughnessy, book 3 of the Nina Reilly series (1997)
  4. Cover of Breach of Promise by Perri O’Shaughnessy, book 4 of the Nina Reilly series (1998)
  5. Cover of Acts of Malice by Perri O’Shaughnessy, book 5 of the Nina Reilly series (1999)
  6. Cover of Move to Strike by Perri O’Shaughnessy, book 6 of the Nina Reilly series (2000)
  7. Cover of Writ of Execution by Perri O’Shaughnessy, book 7 of the Nina Reilly series (2001)
  8. Cover of Unfit to Practice by Perri O’Shaughnessy, book 8 of the Nina Reilly series (2002)
  9. Cover of Presumption of Death by Perri O’Shaughnessy, book 9 of the Nina Reilly series (2003)
  10. Cover of Unlucky in Law by Perri O’Shaughnessy, book 10 of the Nina Reilly series (2004)
  11. Cover of Case of Lies by Perri O’Shaughnessy, book 11 of the Nina Reilly series (2005)
  12. Cover of Dreams of the Dead by Perri O’Shaughnessy, book 13 of the Nina Reilly series (2011)
  1. 1
    Motion to SuppressNina Reilly #11995 · 450 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995450
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  2. 2
    Invasion of PrivacyNina Reilly #21996 · confirmed 2/4
    1996–
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  3. 3
    Obstruction of JusticeNina Reilly #31997 · 482 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997482
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  4. 4
    Breach of PromiseNina Reilly #41998 · 535 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998535
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  5. 5
    Acts of MaliceNina Reilly #51999 · 448 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999448
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  6. 6
    Move to StrikeNina Reilly #62000 · 488 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000488
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  7. 7
    Writ of ExecutionNina Reilly #72001 · 427 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2001427
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  8. 8
    Unfit to PracticeNina Reilly #82002 · 454 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2002454
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  9. 9
    Presumption of DeathNina Reilly #92003 · 443 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2003443
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  10. 10
    Unlucky in LawNina Reilly #102004 · 427 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2004427
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  11. 11
    Case of LiesNina Reilly #112005 · 390 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005390
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  12. 12
    Keeper of the Keys2006 · 385 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006385
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  13. 13
    Sinister Shorts2006 · 320 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2006320
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  14. 14
    Show No FearNina Reilly #122008 · 438 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008438
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  15. 15
    Dreams of the DeadNina Reilly #132011 · 342 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011342
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Perri O’Shaughnessy 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.

Nina Reilly in order

13 books
  1. 1. Motion to Suppress
  2. 2. Invasion of Privacy
  3. 3. Obstruction of Justice
  4. 4. Breach of Promise
  5. 5. Acts of Malice
  6. 6. Move to Strike
  7. 7. Writ of Execution
  8. 8. Unfit to Practice
  9. 9. Presumption of Death
  10. 10. Unlucky in Law
  11. 11. Case of Lies
  12. 12. Show No Fear
  13. and 1 more in the table above

Standalone books

2 books

2 Perri O’Shaughnessy titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Perri O’Shaughnessy books in order?

You only need to read Perri O’Shaughnessy books in order within the Nina Reilly series, which holds 13 of the 15 Perri O’Shaughnessy books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Perri O’Shaughnessy

Start with Motion to Suppress (1995), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Perri O’Shaughnessy book?

Dreams of the Dead (2011) is the newest Perri O’Shaughnessy book released so far.

Is there a new Perri O’Shaughnessy book coming?

No next Perri O’Shaughnessy book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Perri O’Shaughnessy at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Perri O’Shaughnessy title on record dates from 2011, 15 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Perri O’Shaughnessy books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
6,029 pages across the 14 of 15 books with a recorded length, a median of 440 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Perri O’Shaughnessy books, 9 of 15, were published in the 2000s.

What the Perri O’Shaughnessy books are about

All 15 Perri O’Shaughnessy books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: nina reilly (fictitious character) is tagged on 13 of 15. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.