Bad Hair Day Mystery Books in Order

Bad Hair Day Mystery by Nancy J. Cohen / Nancy Cane contains 22 books, published between 1999 and 2026. The first book is Permed to Death (1999) and the newest is Dreidels and Dead Ends (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
22
Published
1999–2026
Pages on record
304 in 1 of 22 books

Bad Hair Day Mystery is a mystery series by Nancy J. Cohen, also catalogued as Nancy Cane, with 22 books from 1999 to 2026. Permed to Death (1999) opens the series. Later titles include Hair Raiser (2000), Murder by Manicure (2001), Died Blonde (2004) and Shear Murder (2012). Dreidels and Dead Ends (2026) is the newest book, and the series continues.

Source: composed

How many Bad Hair Day Mystery books are there?

Bad Hair Day Mystery has 22 books, released between 1999 and 2026.

Bad Hair Day Mystery Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 22 Bad Hair Day 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 November 2026.

  1. 1
    Permed to Death1999 · confirmed 1/4
    1999–
  2. 2
    Hair Raiser2000 · confirmed 1/4
    2000–
  3. 3
    Murder by Manicure2001 · confirmed 1/4
    2001–
  4. 4
    Body Wave2002 · confirmed 1/4
    2002–
  5. 5
    Highlights to Heaven2003 · 304 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003304
  6. 6
    Died Blonde2004 · confirmed 1/4
    2004–
  7. 7
    Dead Roots2005 · confirmed 1/4
    2005–
  8. 8
    Perish by Pedicure2006 · confirmed 1/4
    2006–
  9. 9
    Killer Knots2007 · confirmed 1/4
    2007–
  10. 10
    Shear Murder2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
  11. 11
    Hanging by a Hair2014 · confirmed 1/4
    2014–
  12. 12
    Peril By Ponytail2015 · confirmed 1/4
    2015–
  13. 13
    Haunted Hair Nights2016 · confirmed 1/4
    2016–
  14. 14
    Facials Can Be Fatal2017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017–
  15. 15
    Hair Brained2017 · confirmed 1/4
    2017–
  16. 16
    Hairball Hijinks2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
  17. 17
    Trimmed to Death2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
  18. 18
    A Bad Hair Day Cookbook2019 · confirmed 1/4
    2019–
  19. 19
    Easter Hair Hunt2020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020–
  20. 20
    Styled for Murder2021 · confirmed 1/4
    2021–
  21. 21
    Star Tangled Murder2023 · confirmed 1/4
    2023–
  22. 22
    Dreidels and Dead Ends2026 · confirmed 1/4
    2026–

Is there a chronological order for Bad Hair Day Mystery?

No separate chronological order is on record for Bad Hair Day 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 Bad Hair Day Mystery books in order?

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

Where to start with Bad Hair Day Mystery

Start with Permed to Death (1999), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Bad Hair Day Mystery book?

Dreidels and Dead Ends (2026) is the newest Bad Hair Day Mystery book released so far.

Is there a new Bad Hair Day Mystery book coming?

No next Bad Hair Day 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.

Bad Hair Day Mystery at a glance

Still running
Bad Hair Day Mystery is still running, with a title published as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Bad Hair Day Mystery books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
304 pages across the 1 of 22 books with a recorded length, a median of 304 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Bad Hair Day Mystery books, 9 of 22, were published in the 2010s.

When Bad Hair Day Mystery books were published

Publication distribution by decade, showing when Bad Hair Day Mystery titles appeared. 2010s was the most productive decade with 9 titles.

1990s
1
2000s
8
2010s
9
2020s
4

22 books total across 4 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.

What the Bad Hair Day Mystery books are about

1 of the 22 Bad Hair Day Mystery books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.