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Kate Shackleton Books in Order

Kate Shackleton by Frances Brody contains 14 books, published between 2009 and 2022. The first book is Dying in the Wool (2009) and the newest is A Mansion for Murder (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
14
Published
2009–2022
Confirmed
14 of 14 titles
Pages on record
3,865 in 10 of 14 books
Reading time
64–97 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,865 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 14 titles with a page count on record.

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Kate Shackleton is a historical mystery series by Frances Brody, named for its detective. Kate Shackleton works as a private investigator in England, on cases of murder and missing persons. Fourteen books stretch from Dying in the Wool (2009) to A Mansion for Murder (2022), roughly a title a year across that span. No new Kate Shackleton novel has appeared since 2022.

How many Kate Shackleton books are there?

Kate Shackleton has 14 books, released between 2009 and 2022.

Kate Shackleton Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 14 Kate Shackleton 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 Dying in the Wool by Frances Brody, book 1 of the Kate Shackleton series (2009)
  2. Cover of A Medal for Murder by Frances Brody, book 2 of the Kate Shackleton series (2010)
  3. Cover of Murder in the Afternoon by Frances Brody, book 3 of the Kate Shackleton series (2011)
  4. Cover of A Woman Unknown by Frances Brody, book 4 of the Kate Shackleton series (2012)
  5. Cover of Murder on a Summer's Day by Frances Brody, book 5 of the Kate Shackleton series (2013)
  6. Cover of A Death in the Dales by Frances Brody, book 7 of the Kate Shackleton series (2015)
  7. Cover of Death in the Stars by Frances Brody, book 9 of the Kate Shackleton series (2017)
  8. Cover of The Body on the Train by Frances Brody, book 11 of the Kate Shackleton series (2019)
  9. Cover of Murder is in the Air / Death and the Brewery Queen by Frances Brody, book 12 of the Kate Shackleton series (2020)
  10. Cover of A Mansion for Murder by Frances Brody, book 14 of the Kate Shackleton series (2022)
  1. 1
    Dying in the Wool2009 · 359 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2009359
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  2. 2
    A Medal for Murder2010 · 448 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2010448
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  3. 3
    Murder in the Afternoon2011 · confirmed 3/4
    2011–
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  4. 4
    A Woman Unknown2012 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2012384
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  5. 5
    Murder on a Summer's Day2013 · 416 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013416
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  6. 6
    Death of an Avid Reader2014 · 368 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014368
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  7. 7
    A Death in the Dales2015 · 384 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015384
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  8. 8
    Death at the Seaside2016 · 400 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016400
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  9. 9
    Death in the Stars2017 · 390 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017390
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  10. 10
    A Snapshot of Murder2018 · 400 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018400
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  11. 11
    The Body on the Train2019 · confirmed 3/4
    2019–
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  12. 12
    Murder is in the Air / Death and the Brewery Queen2020 · 316 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2020316
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  13. 13
    Kate Shackleton's First Case2022 · confirmed 3/4
    2022–
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  14. 14
    A Mansion for Murder2022 · confirmed 3/4
    2022–
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Is there a chronological order for Kate Shackleton?

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

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

Where to start with Kate Shackleton

Start with Dying in the Wool (2009), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Kate Shackleton book?

A Mansion for Murder (2022) is the newest Kate Shackleton book released so far.

Is there a new Kate Shackleton book coming?

No next Kate Shackleton 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 Shackleton at a glance

Paused
No new Kate Shackleton title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
Release pace
Kate Shackleton books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
3,865 pages across the 10 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 387 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Kate Shackleton books, 10 of 14, were published in the 2010s.

What the Kate Shackleton books are about

11 of the 14 Kate Shackleton books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective, women sleuths is tagged on 8 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Frances Brody

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