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Rebecca M. Hale Books in Order

Rebecca M. Hale has written 12 books, published between 2008 and 2016. The first book is How to Wash a Cat (2008) and the newest is Death of a Day-Tripper (2016). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
12
Published
2008–2016
Pages on record
2,316 in 7 of 12 books
Reading time
39–58 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,316 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.

See all 12 books in order Printable Rebecca M. Hale checklist

Rebecca M. Hale has 12 catalogued books from 2008 to 2016, spread across the Cats and Curios Mystery, Mystery in the Islands and Quirky Tales from the Caribbean series. How to Wash a Cat (2008) is the first title, and How to Moon a Cat, How to Tail a Cat and How to Paint a Cat followed. Adrift on St. John, Afoot on St. Croix and Aground on St. Thomas date from 2012 to 2014. Death of a Day-Tripper (2016) is the most recent. Subject tags include cats, San Francisco, the Virgin Islands and women sleuths.

How many Rebecca M. Hale books are there?

Rebecca M. Hale has 12 books, released between 2008 and 2016. They include 3 separate series.

Rebecca M. Hale Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 Rebecca M. Hale 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 How to Wash a Cat by Rebecca M. Hale, book 1 of the Cats and Curios Mystery series (2008)
  2. Cover of Nine Lives Last Forever by Rebecca M. Hale, book 2 of the Cats and Curios Mystery series (2010)
  3. Cover of How to Moon a Cat by Rebecca M. Hale, book 3 of the Cats and Curios Mystery series (2011)
  4. Cover of Adrift on St. John by Rebecca M. Hale, book 1 of the Mystery in the Islands series (2012)
  5. Cover of How to Tail a Cat by Rebecca M. Hale, book 4 of the Cats and Curios Mystery series (2012)
  6. Cover of Afoot on St. Croix by Rebecca M. Hale, book 2 of the Mystery in the Islands series (2013)
  7. Cover of Aground on St. Thomas by Rebecca M. Hale, book 3 of the Mystery in the Islands series (2014)
  8. Cover of How to Paint a Cat by Rebecca M. Hale, book 5 of the Cats and Curios Mystery series (2014)
  9. Cover of How to Catch a Cat by Rebecca M. Hale, book 6 of the Cats and Curios Mystery series (2015)
  1. 1
    How to Wash a CatCats and Curios Mystery #12008 · 304 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2008304
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  2. 2
    Nine Lives Last ForeverCats and Curios Mystery #22010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  3. 3
    How to Moon a CatCats and Curios Mystery #32011 · 297 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011297
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  4. 4
    Adrift on St. JohnMystery in the Islands #12012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  5. 5
    How to Tail a CatCats and Curios Mystery #42012 · 298 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012298
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  6. 6
    Ode to a Fish SandwichQuirky Tales from the Caribbean #12013 · confirmed 2/4
    2013–
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  7. 7
    Afoot on St. CroixMystery in the Islands #22013 · 308 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013308
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  8. 8
    Our Island InnQuirky Tales from the Caribbean #22014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
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  9. 9
    Aground on St. ThomasMystery in the Islands #32014 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014400
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  10. 10
    How to Paint a CatCats and Curios Mystery #52014 · 357 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014357
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  11. 11
    How to Catch a CatCats and Curios Mystery #62015 · 352 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015352
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  12. 12
    Death of a Day-TripperQuirky Tales from the Caribbean #32016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016–
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Rebecca M. Hale 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.

Cats and Curios Mystery in order

6 books
  1. 1. How to Wash a Cat
  2. 2. Nine Lives Last Forever
  3. 3. How to Moon a Cat
  4. 4. How to Tail a Cat
  5. 5. How to Paint a Cat
  6. 6. How to Catch a Cat

Mystery in the Islands in order

3 books
  1. 1. Adrift on St. John
  2. 2. Afoot on St. Croix
  3. 3. Aground on St. Thomas

Quirky Tales from the Caribbean in order

3 books
  1. 1. Ode to a Fish Sandwich
  2. 2. Our Island Inn
  3. 3. Death of a Day-Tripper

Do you have to read Rebecca M. Hale books in order?

You only need to read Rebecca M. Hale books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Rebecca M. Hale

Start with How to Wash a Cat (2008), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Rebecca M. Hale book?

Death of a Day-Tripper (2016) is the newest Rebecca M. Hale book released so far.

Is there a new Rebecca M. Hale book coming?

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

Rebecca M. Hale at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Rebecca M. Hale title on record dates from 2016, 10 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Rebecca M. Hale books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
2,316 pages across the 7 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 308 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Rebecca M. Hale books, 11 of 12, were published in the 2010s.

What the Rebecca M. Hale books are about

9 of the 12 Rebecca M. Hale books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: cats is tagged on 6 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.