Magnolia Bluff Crime Chronicles Books in Order

Magnolia Bluff Crime Chronicles contains 48 books, published between 2022 and 2025. The first book is Death Wears a Crimson Hat (2022) and the newest is The Hill Of Sacrificed Souls (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
48
Published
2022–2025
Pages on record
314 in 1 of 48 books

Magnolia Bluff Crime Chronicles is a multi-author mystery and crime series that began in 2022. Cindy Davis is credited on 7 books, Linda Pirtle and Kelly Marshall on 5 each, and C.W. Hawes and Richard Schwindt on 4 each. Death Wears a Crimson Hat (2022) comes first, and other titles include Eulogy in Black and White, The Great Peanut Butter Conspiracy and The Dewey Decimal Dilemma. The Hill Of Sacrificed Souls (2025) is the newest entry, and the series is ongoing.

How many Magnolia Bluff Crime Chronicles books are there?

Magnolia Bluff Crime Chronicles has 48 books, released between 2022 and 2025.

Magnolia Bluff Crime Chronicles Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 48 Magnolia Bluff Crime Chronicles 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. 1
    Death Wears a Crimson Hat2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022
  2. 1
    Death Wears a Crimson Hat2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022
  3. 2
    Eulogy in Black and White2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022
  4. 22022
  5. 32022
  6. 3
    You Won't Know How ... Or When2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022
  7. 42022
  8. 4
    You Won't Know How ... Or When2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022
  9. 5
    The Dewey Decimal Dilemma2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022
  10. 5
    The Flower Enigma2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022
  11. 6
    JUSTICE2022 · 314 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2022314
  12. 62022
  13. 7
    The Dewey Decimal Dilemma2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022
  14. 7
    The Dog Gone Diamond Dilemma2023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023
  15. 8
    Justice2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022
  16. 82023
  17. 9
    Born and Bred Texan2022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022
  18. 9
    Only the Good Die Young2023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023
  19. 10
    The Dog Gone Diamond Dilemma2023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023
  20. 10
    Who Killed Lilly Paine2023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023
  21. 11
    Men Lying Dead in a Field2023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023
  22. 112023
  23. 12
    Only the Good Die Young2023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023
  24. 122023
  25. 13
    Bye Baby Bye2023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023
  26. 13
    Who Killed Lilly Paine2023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023
  27. 14
    Men Lying Dead in a Field2023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023
  28. 15
    Death in the Absence of Rain2023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023
  29. 16
    Second Chances2023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023
  30. 17
    Ten Million Ways to Die2023 · confirmed 2/4
    2023

Where to start with Magnolia Bluff Crime Chronicles

Start with Death Wears a Crimson Hat (2022), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Magnolia Bluff Crime Chronicles book?

The Hill Of Sacrificed Souls (2025) is the newest Magnolia Bluff Crime Chronicles book released so far.

Is there a new Magnolia Bluff Crime Chronicles book coming?

No next Magnolia Bluff Crime Chronicles book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Magnolia Bluff Crime Chronicles at a glance

Still running
Magnolia Bluff Crime Chronicles is still running, with a title published as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Magnolia Bluff Crime Chronicles books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
314 pages across the 1 of 48 books with a recorded length, a median of 314 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Magnolia Bluff Crime Chronicles books, 48 of 48, were published in the 2020s.
Attribution
Of the 48 titles, 7 are credited to Cindy Davis, 5 to Kelly Marshall, 5 to Linda Pirtle and 4 to C.W. Hawes. A further 15 writers are credited.

What the Magnolia Bluff Crime Chronicles books are about

3 of the 48 Magnolia Bluff Crime Chronicles books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective is tagged on 3 of 3. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.