Victoria Trumbull Books in Order
Cynthia Riggs has written 14 books featuring Victoria Trumbull, published between 2001 and 2018. The first book is Deadly Nightshade (2001) and the newest is Widow's Wreath (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 14
- Published
- 2001–2018
- Confirmed
- 14 of 14 titles
- Pages on record
- 3,486 in 13 of 14 books
- Reading time
- 58–87 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,486 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 13 of 14 titles with a page count on record.
Victoria Trumbull is the fictitious character at the centre of Cynthia Riggs's Victoria Trumbull/Martha's Vineyard Mystery series. Subject headings place the books on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, and tag older women, women poets and women detectives. The series holds 14 books from 2001 to 2018, opening with Deadly Nightshade (2001) and The Cranefly Orchid Murders (2002). Widow's Wreath (2018) is the most recent title, and the series is likely complete.
How many Victoria Trumbull books are there?
Victoria Trumbull appears in 14 books, released between 2001 and 2018.
Victoria Trumbull Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 14 Victoria Trumbull 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.
- 120012573/4
- 2The Cranefly Orchid MurdersVictoria Trumbull/Martha's Vineyard Mystery #22002 · 260 pages · confirmed 3/420022603/4
- 320032433/4
- 420042113/4
- 5The Paperwhite NarcissusVictoria Trumbull/Martha's Vineyard Mystery #52005 · 245 pages · confirmed 3/420052453/4
- 620062563/4
- 720072503/4
- 82009–3/4
- 920102613/4
- 1020112913/4
- 1120122943/4
- 1220162963/4
- 1320172953/4
- 1420183273/4
Do you have to read Victoria Trumbull books in order?
You should read the Victoria Trumbull books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Victoria Trumbull book also stands alone.
Where to start with Victoria Trumbull
Start with Deadly Nightshade (2001), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Victoria Trumbull book?
Widow's Wreath (2018) is the newest Victoria Trumbull book released so far.
Is there a new Victoria Trumbull book coming?
No next Victoria Trumbull book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Victoria Trumbull at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Victoria Trumbull title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Victoria Trumbull books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 3,486 pages across the 13 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 260 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Victoria Trumbull books, 8 of 14, were published in the 2000s.
What the Victoria Trumbull books are about
All 14 Victoria Trumbull books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective, women sleuths is tagged on 9 of 14. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 9 of 14 books
- Older women 7 of 14 books
- Trumbull, victoria (fictitious character) 7 of 14 books
- Martha's vineyard (mass.) 6 of 14 books
- Mystery & detective 5 of 14 books
- Massachusetts 4 of 14 books
- Women poets 4 of 14 books
- Murder 3 of 14 books
- Crimes against 2 of 14 books
More books by Cynthia Riggs
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Cynthia Riggs books in order 14 books