Ellie Quicke Books in Order
Ellie Quicke by Veronica Heley contains 22 books, published between 2000 and 2022. The first book is Murder at the Altar (2000) and the newest is Murder for Profit (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 22
- Published
- 2000–2022
- Pages on record
- 3,084 in 13 of 22 books
- Reading time
- 51–77 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,084 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 13 of 22 titles with a page count on record.
Ellie Quicke is a mystery series by Veronica Heley, following a widow who investigates murders in England. Twenty-two books run from Murder at the Altar (2000) to Murder for Profit (2022), and the word Murder names nearly every one: Murder by Suicide (2002), Murder of Innocence (2003), Murder By Accident (2003), Murder in the Garden (2005), Murder by Bicycle (2006), Murder of Identity (2007) and Murder in the Park (2008) among them. Women sleuths, crime and murder investigation are the subject headings. The median volume runs 234 pages, and nothing has followed since 2022.
How many Ellie Quicke books are there?
Ellie Quicke has 22 books, released between 2000 and 2022.
Ellie Quicke Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 22 Ellie Quicke 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.
- 1Murder at the Altar2000 · 290 pages · confirmed 2/420002902/4
- 2Murder by Suicide / Murder by Poison Pen2002 · confirmed 2/42002–2/4
- 3Murder of Innocence2003 · confirmed 2/42003–2/4
- 4Murder By Accident2003 · confirmed 2/42003–2/4
- 5Murder in the Garden2005 · 252 pages · confirmed 2/420052522/4
- 6Murder by Committee2005 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/420052562/4
- 7Murder by Bicycle2006 · 236 pages · confirmed 2/420062362/4
- 8Murder of Identity2007 · 234 pages · confirmed 2/420072342/4
- 9Murder in the Park2008 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/420082242/4
- 10Murder in House2009 · 217 pages · confirmed 2/420092172/4
- 11Murder by Mistake2010 · confirmed 2/42010–2/4
- 12Murder My Neighbour2011 · confirmed 2/42011–2/4
- 13Murder in Mind2012 · confirmed 2/42012–2/4
- 14Murder with Mercy2013 · 235 pages · confirmed 2/420132352/4
- 15Murder in Time2014 · 232 pages · confirmed 2/420142322/4
- 16Murder by Suspicion2015 · 234 pages · confirmed 2/420152342/4
- 17Murder in Style2016 · 232 pages · confirmed 2/420162322/4
- 18Murder for Nothing2017 · confirmed 2/42017–2/4
- 19Murder by Suggestion2018 · 218 pages · confirmed 2/420182182/4
- 20Murder for Good2019 · 224 pages · confirmed 2/420192242/4
- 21Murder in Law2021 · confirmed 2/42021–2/4
- 22Murder for Profit2022 · confirmed 2/42022–2/4
Is there a chronological order for Ellie Quicke?
No separate chronological order is on record for Ellie Quicke, 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 Ellie Quicke books in order?
You should read the Ellie Quicke books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Ellie Quicke book also stands alone.
Where to start with Ellie Quicke
Start with Murder at the Altar (2000), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Ellie Quicke book?
Murder for Profit (2022) is the newest Ellie Quicke book released so far.
Is there a new Ellie Quicke book coming?
No next Ellie Quicke book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Ellie Quicke at a glance
- Paused
- No new Ellie Quicke title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
- Release pace
- Ellie Quicke books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 3,084 pages across the 13 of 22 books with a recorded length, a median of 234 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Ellie Quicke books, 10 of 22, were published in the 2010s.
What the Ellie Quicke books are about
17 of the 22 Ellie Quicke books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: widows is tagged on 13 of 17. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Widows 13 of 17 books
- Mystery & detective 10 of 17 books
- Great Britain 7 of 17 books
- Investigation 4 of 17 books
- Murder 4 of 17 books
- Crime 3 of 17 books
- English literature 3 of 17 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 2 of 17 books
More books by Veronica Heley
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
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