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Booktown Mystery Books in Order

Booktown Mystery contains 20 books, published between 2008 and 2026. The first book is Murder is Binding (2008) and the newest is A Critical Conjunction (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
20
Published
2008–2026
Confirmed
20 of 20 titles
Pages on record
3,736 in 12 of 20 books
Reading time
62–93 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,736 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 20 titles with a page count on record.

See all 20 books in order Printable Booktown Mystery checklist

Tricia Miles is the recurring figure in Booktown Mystery, a detective series set among New Hampshire booksellers and bookstores. The 20 catalogued books open with Murder is Binding (2008) and run to A Critical Conjunction (2026), with the series ongoing. Lorna Barrett is credited on 14 titles and Lorraine Bartlett / Lorna Barrett on 6. Subjects include murder, investigation, women sleuths and city and town life, and the novels have a median length of 308 pages.

How many Booktown Mystery books are there?

Booktown Mystery has 20 books, released between 2008 and 2026.

Booktown Mystery Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 20 Booktown 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 Murder is Binding by Lorna Barrett, book 1 of the Booktown Mystery series (2008)
  2. Cover of Bookmarked for Death by Lorna Barrett, book 2 of the Booktown Mystery series (2009)
  3. Cover of Bookplate Special by Lorna Barrett, book 3 of the Booktown Mystery series (2009)
  4. Cover of Chapter and Hearse by Lorraine Bartlett / Lorna Barrett, book 4 of the Booktown Mystery series (2010)
  5. Cover of Sentenced to Death by Lorna Barrett, book 5 of the Booktown Mystery series (2011)
  6. Cover of Not the Killing Type by Lorraine Bartlett / Lorna Barrett, book 7 of the Booktown Mystery series (2013)
  7. Cover of Book Clubbed by Lorna Barrett, book 8 of the Booktown Mystery series (2014)
  8. Cover of A Fatal Chapter by Lorna Barrett, book 9 of the Booktown Mystery series (2015)
  9. Cover of Title Wave by Lorna Barrett, book 10 of the Booktown Mystery series (2016)
  10. Cover of Poisoned Pages by Lorna Barrett, book 12 of the Booktown Mystery series (2018)
  11. Cover of Handbook for Homicide by Lorna Barrett, book 14 of the Booktown Mystery series (2020)
  12. Cover of Clause of Death by Lorna Barrett, book 16 of the Booktown Mystery series (2022)
  1. 1
    Murder is Binding2008 · 288 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2008288
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  2. 2
    Bookmarked for Death2009 · 297 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2009297
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  3. 3
    Bookplate Special2009 · 310 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2009310
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  4. 4
    Chapter and Hearse2010 · 352 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2010352
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  5. 5
    Sentenced to Death2011 · 340 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2011340
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  6. 6
    Murder on the Half Shelf2012 · confirmed 3/4
    2012–
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  7. 7
    Not the Killing Type2013 · confirmed 3/4
    2013–
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  8. 8
    Book Clubbed2014 · 308 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014308
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  9. 9
    A Fatal Chapter2015 · 295 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015295
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  10. 10
    Title Wave2016 · 309 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016309
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  11. 11
    A Just Clause2017 · 306 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017306
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  12. 12
    Poisoned Pages2018 · 307 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018307
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  13. 13
    A Killer Edition2019 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2019304
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  14. 14
    Handbook for Homicide2020 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2020320
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  15. 15
    A Deadly Deletion2021 · confirmed 3/4
    2021–
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  16. 16
    Clause of Death2022 · confirmed 3/4
    2022–
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  17. 17
    A Questionable Character2023 · confirmed 3/4
    2023–
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  18. 18
    A Controversial Cover2024 · confirmed 3/4
    2024–
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  19. 19
    A Perilous Plot2025 · confirmed 3/4
    2025–
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  20. 20
    A Critical Conjunction2026 · confirmed 3/4
    2026–
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Do you have to read Booktown Mystery books in order?

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

Where to start with Booktown Mystery

Start with Murder is Binding (2008), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Booktown Mystery book?

A Critical Conjunction (2026) is the newest Booktown Mystery book released so far.

Is there a new Booktown Mystery book coming?

No next Booktown 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.

Booktown Mystery at a glance

Still running
Booktown Mystery is still running, with a title published as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Booktown Mystery books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
3,736 pages across the 12 of 20 books with a recorded length, a median of 308 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Booktown Mystery books, 10 of 20, were published in the 2010s.
Attribution
Of the 20 titles, 14 are credited to Lorna Barrett and 6 to Lorraine Bartlett / Lorna Barrett.

What the Booktown Mystery books are about

14 of the 20 Booktown Mystery books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: tricia miles (fictitious character) is tagged on 10 of 14. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

Characters in the Booktown Mystery books

Each character linked below has its own reading-order page.