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A Maggie MacGowen Mystery Books in Order

A Maggie MacGowen Mystery by Wendy Hornsby contains 12 books, published between 1992 and 2019. The first book is Telling Lies (1992) and the newest is A Bouquet of Rue (2019). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
12
Published
1992–2019
Pages on record
789 in 3 of 12 books
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The Maggie MacGowen Mystery series by Wendy Hornsby features Maggie MacGowen, and the catalogue subjects place the books in Los Angeles, California. Women film producers and directors and women sleuths are among the subjects. The series has 12 books published between 1992 and 2019, opening with Telling Lies (1992) and Midnight Baby (1993). 77th Street Requiem (1995), The Paramour's Daughter (2010) and Disturbing the Dark (2016) come later. A Bouquet of Rue (2019) is the newest, and the catalogue marks the series as likely complete.

How many A Maggie MacGowen Mystery books are there?

A Maggie MacGowen Mystery has 12 books, released between 1992 and 2019.

A Maggie MacGowen Mystery Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 A Maggie MacGowen 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 77th Street Requiem by Wendy Hornsby, book 4 of the A Maggie MacGowen Mystery series (1995)
  2. Cover of A Bouquet of Rue by Wendy Hornsby, book 12 of the A Maggie MacGowen Mystery series (2019)
  1. 1
    Telling Lies1992 · confirmed 2/4
    1992–
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  2. 2
    Midnight Baby1993 · confirmed 2/4
    1993–
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  3. 3
    Bad Intent1994 · confirmed 2/4
    1994–
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  4. 4
    77th Street Requiem1995 · 273 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995273
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  5. 5
    A Hard Light1997 · confirmed 2/4
    1997–
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  6. 6
    In the Guise of Mercy2009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  7. 7
    The Paramour's Daughter2010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  8. 8
    The Hanging2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  9. 9
    The Color of Light2014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
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  10. 10
    Disturbing the Dark2016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016–
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  11. 11
    Number 7, Rue Jacob2018 · 268 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018268
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  12. 12
    A Bouquet of Rue2019 · 248 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019248
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Is there a chronological order for A Maggie MacGowen Mystery?

No separate chronological order is on record for A Maggie MacGowen Mystery, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read A Maggie MacGowen Mystery books in order?

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

Where to start with A Maggie MacGowen Mystery

Start with Telling Lies (1992), the earliest published title.

What is the newest A Maggie MacGowen Mystery book?

A Bouquet of Rue (2019) is the newest A Maggie MacGowen Mystery book released so far.

Is there a new A Maggie MacGowen Mystery book coming?

No next A Maggie MacGowen 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.

A Maggie MacGowen Mystery at a glance

No recent titles
The newest A Maggie MacGowen Mystery title on record dates from 2019, 7 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
A Maggie MacGowen Mystery books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
789 pages across the 3 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 268 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most A Maggie MacGowen Mystery books, 6 of 12, were published in the 2010s.

What the A Maggie MacGowen Mystery books are about

3 of the 12 A Maggie MacGowen Mystery books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: macgowen, maggie (fictitious character) is tagged on 3 of 3. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Wendy Hornsby

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

Characters in the A Maggie MacGowen Mystery books

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