Mariella Mystery Books in Order

Mariella Mystery by Kate Pankhurst contains 8 books, published between 2013 and 2016. The first book is Mariella Mystery Investigates the Ghostly Guinea Pig (2013) and the newest is The Mystic Mustache (2016). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
8
Published
2013–2016
Total pages
1,404 across 8 books
Reading time
23–35 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,404 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute.

Mariella Mystery is a children's mystery series by Kate Pankhurst, eight books published between 2013 and 2016. Three 2013 titles open the run: Mariella Mystery Investigates the Ghostly Guinea Pig, a Cupcake Conundrum and the Huge Hair Scare. The Mystery of the Cursed Poodle and The Spaghetti Yeti followed in 2014, A Kitty Calamity and The Disappearance of Diana Dumpling in 2015, and The Mystic Mustache in 2016. Guinea pigs, cats, poodles, baking, museums and contests appear in the subjects, and all eight books carry page counts, at a median of 176.

How many Mariella Mystery books are there?

Mariella Mystery has 8 books, released between 2013 and 2016.

Mariella Mystery Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 8 Mariella 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. 12013174
  2. 2
    Mariella Mystery Investigates a Cupcake Conundrum2013 · 174 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013174
  3. 3
    Mariella Mystery Investigates the Huge Hair Scare2013 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2013176
  4. 4
    The Mystery of the Cursed Poodle2014 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014176
  5. 5
    The Spaghetti Yeti2014 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2014176
  6. 6
    A Kitty Calamity2015 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015176
  7. 7
    The Disappearance of Diana Dumpling2015 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2015176
  8. 8
    The Mystic Mustache2016 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2016176

Is there a chronological order for Mariella Mystery?

No separate chronological order is on record for Mariella Mystery, 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 Mariella Mystery books in order?

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

Where to start with Mariella Mystery

Start with Mariella Mystery Investigates the Ghostly Guinea Pig (2013), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Mariella Mystery book?

The Mystic Mustache (2016) is the newest Mariella Mystery book released so far.

Is there a new Mariella Mystery book coming?

No next Mariella 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.

Mariella Mystery at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Mariella Mystery title on record dates from 2016, 10 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Mariella Mystery books have appeared more than one a year on average.
Length
1,404 pages across all 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 176 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Mariella Mystery books, 8 of 8, were published in the 2010s.

What the Mariella Mystery books are about

All 8 Mariella Mystery books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: children's fiction is tagged on 8 of 8. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Kate Pankhurst

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