Stephanie Cole / Shelley Costa Books in Order

Stephanie Cole / Shelley Costa has written 9 books, published between 2013 and 2023. The first book is Death Roll (2013) and the newest is The Knife Sharpener (2023). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
9
Published
2013–2023
Pages on record
1,550 in 5 of 9 books
Reading time
26–39 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,550 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 9 titles with a page count on record.

Stephanie Cole / Shelley Costa is a single credit covering 9 catalogued books published between 2013 and 2023. Three series sit under it: Italian Restaurant Mystery, Tuscan Cooking School Mystery and Val Cameron. Subjects record murder and its investigation, Italian cooking, Sicilian style, Italian Americans, women cooks, editors, museum curators and the theft of relics. Death Roll, Basil Instinct and You Cannoli Die Once all date from 2013, and the listing runs on through A Killer's Guide to Good Works, Practical Sins for Cold Climates, Al Dente's Inferno, Crime of the Ancient Marinara and Evil Under the Tuscan Sun to The Knife Sharpener (2023).

How many Stephanie Cole / Shelley Costa books are there?

Stephanie Cole / Shelley Costa has 9 books, released between 2013 and 2023. They include 3 series and 2 titles listed outside any series.

Stephanie Cole / Shelley Costa Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 9 Stephanie Cole / Shelley Costa 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. 1
    Death Roll2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013
  2. 2
    You Cannoli Die OnceItalian Restaurant Mystery #12013 · 311 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013311
  3. 3
    Basil InstinctItalian Restaurant Mystery #22013 · 395 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013395
  4. 4
    Practical Sins for Cold ClimatesVal Cameron #12016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016
  5. 5
    A Killer's Guide to Good WorksVal Cameron #22016 · 236 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016236
  6. 6
    Al Dente's InfernoTuscan Cooking School Mystery #12020 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2020304
  7. 7
    Crime of the Ancient MarinaraTuscan Cooking School Mystery #22021 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2021304
  8. 8
    Evil Under the Tuscan SunTuscan Cooking School Mystery #32022 · confirmed 1/4
    2022
  9. 9
    The Knife Sharpener2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023

Stephanie Cole / Shelley Costa 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.

Tuscan Cooking School Mystery in order

3 books
  1. 1. Al Dente's Inferno
  2. 2. Crime of the Ancient Marinara
  3. 3. Evil Under the Tuscan Sun

Italian Restaurant Mystery in order

2 books
  1. 1. You Cannoli Die Once
  2. 2. Basil Instinct

Val Cameron in order

2 books
  1. 1. Practical Sins for Cold Climates
  2. 2. A Killer's Guide to Good Works

Standalone books

2 books

2 Stephanie Cole / Shelley Costa titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Stephanie Cole / Shelley Costa books in order?

You only need to read Stephanie Cole / Shelley Costa 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 Stephanie Cole / Shelley Costa

Start with Death Roll (2013), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Stephanie Cole / Shelley Costa book?

The Knife Sharpener (2023) is the newest Stephanie Cole / Shelley Costa book released so far.

Is there a new Stephanie Cole / Shelley Costa book coming?

No next Stephanie Cole / Shelley Costa book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Stephanie Cole / Shelley Costa at a glance

Paused
No new Stephanie Cole / Shelley Costa title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
Release pace
Stephanie Cole / Shelley Costa books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,550 pages across the 5 of 9 books with a recorded length, a median of 304 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Stephanie Cole / Shelley Costa books, 5 of 9, were published in the 2010s.

What the Stephanie Cole / Shelley Costa books are about

4 of the 9 Stephanie Cole / Shelley Costa books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: murder is tagged on 4 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Murder 4 of 4 books
  • Investigation 3 of 4 books
  • Family secrets 2 of 4 books
  • Italian Americans 2 of 4 books
  • Italian Cooking 2 of 4 books
  • Sicilian style 2 of 4 books
  • Americans 1 of 4 books
  • Cooking schools 1 of 4 books
  • Editors 1 of 4 books
  • Meurtre 1 of 4 books
  • Museum curators 1 of 4 books
  • Romans, nouvelles 1 of 4 books