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Sandra Bretting Books in Order

Sandra Bretting has written 11 books, published between 2012 and 2024. The first book is Unholy Lies (2012) and the newest is Unfit to Serve (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
11
Published
2012–2024
Pages on record
934 in 5 of 11 books
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Sandra Bretting is an American novelist of mysteries and historical fiction. Bretting's Missy DuBois Mystery series is a cozy mystery series for Kensington that debuted in 2016. The catalogue lists 11 books from Unholy Lies (2012) to Unfit to Serve (2024), including Bless the Dying (2014), Murder at Morningside (2016), Something Foul at Sweetwater (2016), Someone's Mad at the Hatter (2017), Death Comes to Dogwood Manor (2018), All Hats on Deck (2019), What the Hatmaker Heard (2020) and The Safecracker's Secret (2021). Bretting studied at the University of Missouri School of Journalism and has written for the Los Angeles Times and the Houston Chronicle. Memberships include ACFW, Sisters in Crime and the Writers' League of Texas.

How many Sandra Bretting books are there?

Sandra Bretting has 11 books, released between 2012 and 2024. 6 of them belong to the Missy DuBois Mystery series.

Sandra Bretting Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 Sandra Bretting 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 Unholy Lies by Sandra Bretting (2012)
  2. Cover of Bless the Dying by Sandra Bretting (2014)
  3. Cover of Murder at Morningside by Sandra Bretting, book 1 of the Missy DuBois Mystery series (2016)
  4. Cover of Something Foul at Sweetwater by Sandra Bretting, book 2 of the Missy DuBois Mystery series (2016)
  1. 1
    Unholy Lies2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  2. 2
    Bless the Dying2014 · 228 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014228
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  3. 3
    Murder at MorningsideMissy DuBois Mystery #12016 · 190 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016190
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  4. 4
    Something Foul at SweetwaterMissy DuBois Mystery #22016 · 184 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016184
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  5. 5
    Someone's Mad at the HatterMissy DuBois Mystery #32017 · confirmed 2/4
    2017–
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  6. 6
    Death Comes to Dogwood ManorMissy DuBois Mystery #42018 · confirmed 2/4
    2018–
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  7. 7
    Shameless Persistence: Lessons from a Modern Miracle2019 · confirmed 2/4
    2019–
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  8. 8
    All Hats on DeckMissy DuBois Mystery #52019 · 164 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019164
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  9. 9
    What the Hatmaker HeardMissy DuBois Mystery #62020 · 168 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2020168
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  10. 10
    The Safecracker's Secret2021 · confirmed 2/4
    2021–
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  11. 11
    Unfit to Serve2024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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Sandra Bretting 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.

Missy DuBois Mystery in order

6 books
  1. 1. Murder at Morningside
  2. 2. Something Foul at Sweetwater
  3. 3. Someone's Mad at the Hatter
  4. 4. Death Comes to Dogwood Manor
  5. 5. All Hats on Deck
  6. 6. What the Hatmaker Heard

Standalone books

5 books

5 Sandra Bretting titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Sandra Bretting books in order?

You only need to read Sandra Bretting books in order within the Missy DuBois Mystery series, which holds 6 of the 11 Sandra Bretting books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Sandra Bretting

Start with Unholy Lies (2012), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Sandra Bretting book?

Unfit to Serve (2024) is the newest Sandra Bretting book released so far.

Is there a new Sandra Bretting book coming?

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

Sandra Bretting at a glance

Still publishing
Sandra Bretting published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Sandra Bretting books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
934 pages across the 5 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 184 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Sandra Bretting books, 8 of 11, were published in the 2010s.

What the Sandra Bretting books are about

7 of the 11 Sandra Bretting books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective is tagged on 2 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.