Shirley Damsgaard Books in Order
Shirley Damsgaard has written 8 books, published between 2005 and 2011. The first book is Witch Way to Murder (2005) and the newest is Shadow Tales (2011). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 8
- Published
- 2005–2011
- Pages on record
- 2,018 in 7 of 8 books
- Reading time
- 34–50 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,018 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 8 titles with a page count on record.
Witchcraft and murder meet in Shirley Damsgaard's Ophelia & Abby Mysteries. Eight books are catalogued between 2005 and 2011: Witch Way to Murder (2005), Charmed to Death and The Trouble With Witches (2006), The Witch Is Dead and Witch Hunt (2007), The Witch's Grave (2008), The Seventh Witch (2010) and Shadow Tales (2011). Librarians, psychics and ghosts fill the subject list.
How many Shirley Damsgaard books are there?
Shirley Damsgaard has 8 books, released between 2005 and 2011. 7 of them belong to the Ophelia & Abby Mystery series.
Shirley Damsgaard Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 8 Shirley Damsgaard 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.
- 120052921/4
- 220062881/4
- 320062921/4
- 420072921/4
- 520073041/4
- 620082621/4
- 720102881/4
- 8Shadow Tales2011 · confirmed 1/42011–1/4
Shirley Damsgaard 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.
Ophelia & Abby Mystery in order
7 booksStandalone books
1 book1 Shirley Damsgaard title here is not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Shirley Damsgaard books in order?
You only need to read Shirley Damsgaard books in order within the Ophelia & Abby Mystery series, which holds 7 of the 8 Shirley Damsgaard books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.
Where to start with Shirley Damsgaard
Start with Witch Way to Murder (2005), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Shirley Damsgaard book?
Shadow Tales (2011) is the newest Shirley Damsgaard book released so far.
Is there a new Shirley Damsgaard book coming?
No next Shirley Damsgaard book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Shirley Damsgaard at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Shirley Damsgaard title on record dates from 2011, 15 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Shirley Damsgaard books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 2,018 pages across the 7 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 292 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Shirley Damsgaard books, 6 of 8, were published in the 2000s.
What the Shirley Damsgaard books are about
7 of the 8 Shirley Damsgaard books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: witches is tagged on 7 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Witches 7 of 7 books
- Librarians 6 of 7 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 4 of 7 books
- Mystery & detective 3 of 7 books
- Psychics 3 of 7 books
- Witches in fiction 2 of 7 books