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Kate Delafield Books in Order

Kate Delafield by Katherine V. Forrest contains 10 books, published between 1984 and 2022. The first book is Amateur City (1984) and the newest is Delafield (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
10
Published
1984–2022
Pages on record
2,242 in 9 of 10 books
Reading time
37–56 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,242 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 10 titles with a page count on record.

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Kate Delafield is the fictitious character at the centre of 10 catalogued novels by Katherine V. Forrest. Recorded subjects include lesbians, lesbian detectives, lesbian mystery stories, policewomen, women detectives, police procedural, women sleuths and Los Angeles. The sequence opens with Amateur City (1984) and reaches Delafield (2022), taking in Murder at the Nightwood Bar (1987), The Beverly Malibu (1989), Murder by Tradition (1991), Liberty Square (1996), Apparition Alley (1997), Sleeping Bones (1999), Hancock Park (2004) and High Desert (2013). Books arrive at intervals averaging more than four years.

How many Kate Delafield books are there?

Kate Delafield has 10 books, released between 1984 and 2022.

Kate Delafield Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 Kate Delafield 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 at the Nightwood Bar by Katherine V. Forrest, book 2 of the Kate Delafield series (1987)
  2. Cover of The Beverly Malibu by Katherine V. Forrest, book 3 of the Kate Delafield series (1989)
  3. Cover of Murder by Tradition by Katherine V. Forrest, book 4 of the Kate Delafield series (1991)
  4. Cover of Liberty Square by Katherine V. Forrest, book 5 of the Kate Delafield series (1996)
  5. Cover of Sleeping Bones by Katherine V. Forrest, book 7 of the Kate Delafield series (1999)
  6. Cover of Hancock Park by Katherine V. Forrest, book 8 of the Kate Delafield series (2004)
  7. Cover of High Desert by Katherine V. Forrest, book 9 of the Kate Delafield series (2013)
  8. Cover of Delafield by Katherine V. Forrest, book 10 of the Kate Delafield series (2022)
  1. 1
    Amateur City1984 · confirmed 1/4
    1984–
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  2. 2
    Murder at the Nightwood Bar1987 · 220 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1987220
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  3. 3
    The Beverly Malibu1989 · 274 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1989274
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  4. 4
    Murder by Tradition1991 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991272
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  5. 5
    Liberty Square1996 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996256
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  6. 6
    Apparition Alley1997 · 248 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1997248
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  7. 7
    Sleeping Bones1999 · 260 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1999260
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  8. 8
    Hancock Park2004 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004256
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  9. 9
    High Desert2013 · 232 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013232
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  10. 10
    Delafield2022 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2022224
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Is there a chronological order for Kate Delafield?

No separate chronological order is on record for Kate Delafield, 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 Kate Delafield books in order?

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

Where to start with Kate Delafield

Start with Amateur City (1984), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Kate Delafield book?

Delafield (2022) is the newest Kate Delafield book released so far.

Is there a new Kate Delafield book coming?

No next Kate Delafield book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Kate Delafield at a glance

Paused
No new Kate Delafield title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
Release pace
Kate Delafield books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
Length
2,242 pages across the 9 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 256 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Kate Delafield books, 4 of 10, were published in the 1990s.

What the Kate Delafield books are about

9 of the 10 Kate Delafield books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: lesbians is tagged on 9 of 9. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Katherine V. Forrest

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