Ellie Haskell Books in Order

Dorothy Cannell has written 13 books featuring Ellie Haskell, published between 1984 and 2009. The first book is The Thin Woman (1984) and the newest is She Shoots to Conquer (2009). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
13
Published
1984–2009
Confirmed
13 of 13 titles
Pages on record
3,444 in 12 of 13 books
Reading time
57–86 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,444 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 13 titles with a page count on record.

Ellie Haskell is a Dorothy Cannell character who appears in 13 books between 1984 and 2009. The Thin Woman (1984) comes first and She Shoots to Conquer (2009) is the last listed title. Subject headings name Ellie Haskell and Bentley Haskell as fictitious characters and list women interior decorators, women sleuths, traditional mysteries and England. Cannell's series is the Ellie Haskell Mystery, and the listing includes Mum's the Word (1990) and Bridesmaids Revisited (2000).

How many Ellie Haskell books are there?

Ellie Haskell appears in 13 books, released between 1984 and 2009.

Ellie Haskell Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 13 Ellie Haskell 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
    The Thin WomanEllie Haskell Mystery #11984 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1984304
  2. 2
    The Widow's ClubEllie Haskell Mystery #21988 · 345 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1988345
  3. 3
    Mum's the WordEllie Haskell Mystery #31990 · 263 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1990263
  4. 4
    Femmes FatalEllie Haskell Mystery #41992 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1992304
  5. 5
    How to Murder Your Mother-In-LawEllie Haskell Mystery #51994 · 275 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1994275
  6. 6
    How to Murder the Man of Your DreamsEllie Haskell Mystery #61995 · confirmed 3/4
    1995
  7. 7
    The Spring Cleaning MurdersEllie Haskell Mystery #71998 · 288 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1998288
  8. 8
    The Trouble with HarrietEllie Haskell Mystery #81999 · 278 pages · confirmed 3/4
    1999278
  9. 9
    Bridesmaids RevisitedEllie Haskell Mystery #92000 · 256 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2000256
  10. 10
    The Importance of Being ErnestineEllie Haskell Mystery #102002 · 256 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2002256
  11. 11
    Withering HeightsEllie Haskell Mystery #112007 · 261 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2007261
  12. 12
    Goodbye, Ms. ChipsEllie Haskell Mystery #122008 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2008320
  13. 13
    She Shoots to ConquerEllie Haskell Mystery #132009 · 294 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2009294

Do you have to read Ellie Haskell books in order?

You should read the Ellie Haskell books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Ellie Haskell book also stands alone.

Where to start with Ellie Haskell

Start with The Thin Woman (1984), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Ellie Haskell book?

She Shoots to Conquer (2009) is the newest Ellie Haskell book released so far.

Is there a new Ellie Haskell book coming?

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

Ellie Haskell at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Ellie Haskell title on record dates from 2009, 17 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Ellie Haskell books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
3,444 pages across the 12 of 13 books with a recorded length, a median of 283 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Ellie Haskell books, 6 of 13, were published in the 1990s.

What the Ellie Haskell books are about

All 13 Ellie Haskell books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: england is tagged on 8 of 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Dorothy Cannell

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.