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Penny Brannigan Mystery Books in Order

Penny Brannigan Mystery by Elizabeth J. Duncan contains 11 books, published between 2009 and 2020. The first book is The Cold Light of Mourning (2009) and the newest is On Deadly Tides (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
11
Published
2009–2020
Confirmed
11 of 11 titles
Total pages
3,110 across 11 books
Reading time
52–78 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,110 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute.

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Penny Brannigan Mystery is Elizabeth J. Duncan's 11-book run featuring Penny Brannigan, published between 2009 and 2020. The Cold Light of Mourning (2009) starts the run, followed by A Brush with Death (2010) and A Killer's Christmas in Wales (2011). Subject headings list Wales, women private investigators, women artists, beauty operators, and city and town life. The Marmalade Murders (2018) is a later entry, and On Deadly Tides (2020) is the newest.

How many Penny Brannigan Mystery books are there?

Penny Brannigan Mystery has 11 books, released between 2009 and 2020.

Penny Brannigan Mystery Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 Penny Brannigan Mystery 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. Cover of The Cold Light of Mourning by Elizabeth J. Duncan, book 1 of the Penny Brannigan series (2009)
  2. Cover of A Brush with Death by Elizabeth J. Duncan, book 2 of the Penny Brannigan series (2010)
  3. Cover of A Killer's Christmas in Wales by Elizabeth J. Duncan, book 3 of the Penny Brannigan series (2011)
  4. Cover of A Small Hill to Die On by Elizabeth J. Duncan, book 4 of the Penny Brannigan series (2012)
  5. Cover of Never Laugh As a Hearse Goes By by Elizabeth J. Duncan, book 5 of the Penny Brannigan series (2013)
  6. Cover of Slated for Death by Elizabeth J. Duncan, book 6 of the Penny Brannigan series (2015)
  7. Cover of Murder on the Hour by Elizabeth J. Duncan, book 7 of the Penny Brannigan series (2016)
  8. Cover of Murder Is for Keeps by Elizabeth J. Duncan, book 8 of the Penny Brannigan series (2017)
  9. Cover of Remembering the Dead by Elizabeth J. Duncan, book 10 of the Penny Brannigan series (2019)
  10. Cover of On Deadly Tides by Elizabeth J. Duncan, book 11 of the Penny Brannigan series (2020)
  1. 1
    The Cold Light of MourningPenny Brannigan #12009 · 277 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2009277
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  2. 2
    A Brush with DeathPenny Brannigan #22010 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2010304
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  3. 3
    A Killer's Christmas in WalesPenny Brannigan #32011 · 274 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2011274
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  4. 4
    A Small Hill to Die OnPenny Brannigan #42012 · 259 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2012259
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  5. 5
    Never Laugh As a Hearse Goes ByPenny Brannigan #52013 · 293 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013293
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  6. 6
    Slated for DeathPenny Brannigan #62015 · 291 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015291
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  7. 7
    Murder on the HourPenny Brannigan #72016 · 293 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016293
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  8. 8
    Murder Is for KeepsPenny Brannigan #82017 · 259 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017259
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  9. 9
    The Marmalade MurdersPenny Brannigan #92018 · 276 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018276
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  10. 10
    Remembering the DeadPenny Brannigan #102019 · 296 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2019296
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  11. 11
    On Deadly TidesPenny Brannigan #112020 · 288 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2020288
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Do you have to read Penny Brannigan Mystery books in order?

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

Where to start with Penny Brannigan Mystery

Start with The Cold Light of Mourning (2009), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Penny Brannigan Mystery book?

On Deadly Tides (2020) is the newest Penny Brannigan Mystery book released so far.

Is there a new Penny Brannigan Mystery book coming?

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

Penny Brannigan Mystery at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Penny Brannigan Mystery title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Penny Brannigan Mystery books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
3,110 pages across all 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 288 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Penny Brannigan Mystery books, 9 of 11, were published in the 2010s.

What the Penny Brannigan Mystery books are about

All 11 Penny Brannigan Mystery books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: investigation is tagged on 8 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Elizabeth J. Duncan

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

Series that include Penny Brannigan Mystery books

The series linked below has its own reading-order page.