Dead-End Job Mysteries Books in Order
Dead-End Job Mysteries by Elaine Viets contains 16 books, published between 2003 and 2016. The first book is Shop Till You Drop (2003) and the newest is The Art of Murder (2016). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 16
- Published
- 2003–2016
- Pages on record
- 3,367 in 12 of 16 books
- Reading time
- 56–84 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,367 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 16 titles with a page count on record.
Dead-End Job Mysteries is Elaine Viets's women-sleuth series, and Helen Hawthorne is the character named in the series subject tags. Divorced people and bookstores also appear among the tags. Shop Till You Drop (2003) is listed first among 16 books, and The Art of Murder (2016) is the newest. Murder Between the Covers (2003), Dying to Call You (2004), Killer Blonde (2005), Murder with Reservations (2007) and Half-Price Homicide (2010) are among the entries.
How many Dead-End Job Mysteries books are there?
Dead-End Job Mysteries has 16 books, released between 2003 and 2016.
Dead-End Job Mysteries Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 16 Dead-End Job Mysteries 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.
- 120032762/4
- 220032752/4
- 320042782/4
- 42005–2/4
- 520052802/4
- 620062762/4
- 720072632/4
- 82008–2/4
- 920092642/4
- 1020102612/4
- 112011–2/4
- 1220123042/4
- 132013–2/4
- 1420142762/4
- 1520152942/4
- 1620163202/4
Do you have to read Dead-End Job Mysteries books in order?
You should read the Dead-End Job Mysteries books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Dead-End Job Mysteries book also stands alone.
Where to start with Dead-End Job Mysteries
Start with Shop Till You Drop (2003), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Dead-End Job Mysteries book?
The Art of Murder (2016) is the newest Dead-End Job Mysteries book released so far.
Is there a new Dead-End Job Mysteries book coming?
No next Dead-End Job Mysteries book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Dead-End Job Mysteries at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Dead-End Job Mysteries title on record dates from 2016, 10 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Dead-End Job Mysteries books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 3,367 pages across the 12 of 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 276 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Dead-End Job Mysteries books, 9 of 16, were published in the 2000s.
What the Dead-End Job Mysteries books are about
15 of the 16 Dead-End Job Mysteries books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: helen hawthorne (fictitious character) is tagged on 9 of 15. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Helen Hawthorne (Fictitious character) 9 of 15 books
- Mystery & detective 8 of 15 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 8 of 15 books
- Hawthorne, helen (fictitious character) 7 of 15 books
- Murder 4 of 15 books
- Investigation 3 of 15 books
- Crime 2 of 15 books
- Divorced people 2 of 15 books
More books by Elaine Viets
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
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