Merry Muffin Mysteries Books in Order

Merry Muffin Mysteries by Victoria Hamilton contains 8 books, published between 2013 and 2025. The first book is Bran New Death (2013) and the newest is Thanks for Muffin (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
8
Published
2013–2025
Confirmed
8 of 8 titles
Pages on record
1,484 in 5 of 8 books
Reading time
25–37 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,484 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 8 titles with a page count on record.

Merry Muffin Mysteries is a women-sleuth mystery series written by Victoria Hamilton. Subject records put bakers, castles and New York State at the centre of the books, alongside murder and investigation. The 8 titles open with Bran New Death (2013) and reach Thanks for Muffin (2025), by way of Muffin But Murder (2014), Death of an English Muffin (2015), Much Ado About Muffin (2016), Muffin to Fear (2017), Muffin But Trouble (2019) and Double or Muffin (2021). Hamilton is credited on all 8, and the series continues.

How many Merry Muffin Mysteries books are there?

Merry Muffin Mysteries has 8 books, released between 2013 and 2025.

Merry Muffin Mysteries Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 8 Merry Muffin 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.

  1. 1
    Bran New DeathMerry Muffin Mystery #12013 · confirmed 3/4
    2013
  2. 2
    Muffin But MurderMerry Muffin Mystery #22014 · 292 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014292
  3. 3
    Death of an English MuffinMerry Muffin Mystery #32015 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015304
  4. 4
    Much Ado About MuffinMerry Muffin Mystery #42016 · 336 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016336
  5. 5
    Muffin to FearMerry Muffin Mystery #52017 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017304
  6. 6
    Muffin But TroubleMerry Muffin Mystery #62019 · 248 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2019248
  7. 7
    Double or MuffinMerry Muffin Mystery #72021 · confirmed 3/4
    2021
  8. 8
    Thanks for MuffinMerry Muffin Mystery #82025 · confirmed 3/4
    2025

Do you have to read Merry Muffin Mysteries books in order?

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

Where to start with Merry Muffin Mysteries

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

What is the newest Merry Muffin Mysteries book?

Thanks for Muffin (2025) is the newest Merry Muffin Mysteries book released so far.

Is there a new Merry Muffin Mysteries book coming?

No next Merry Muffin 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.

Merry Muffin Mysteries at a glance

Still running
Merry Muffin Mysteries is still running, with a title published as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Merry Muffin Mysteries books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
1,484 pages across the 5 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 304 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Merry Muffin Mysteries books, 6 of 8, were published in the 2010s.

What the Merry Muffin Mysteries books are about

5 of the 8 Merry Muffin Mysteries books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: bakers is tagged on 3 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Victoria Hamilton

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