Matt Kile Mystery Books in Order

Matt Kile Mystery by David Bishop contains 8 books, published between 2011 and 2017. The first book is Who Murdered Garson Talmadge (2011) and the newest is Scandalous Behavior (2017). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
8
Published
2011–2017
Pages on record
1,137 in 4 of 8 books
Reading time
19–28 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,137 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 4 of 8 titles with a page count on record.

Matt Kile Mystery is David Bishop's series built around the character Matt Kile, eight books published between 2011 and 2017. Who Murdered Garson Talmadge (2011) opens the run, followed by The Original Alibi and Money & Murder (2012), Find My Little Sister (2014), The Maltese Pigeon (2015) and Judge Snider's Folly (2016). The Year We Had Murder and Scandalous Behavior, both dated 2017, close the catalogued run. Bishop is credited on all eight.

How many Matt Kile Mystery books are there?

Matt Kile Mystery has 8 books, released between 2011 and 2017.

Matt Kile Mystery Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 8 Matt Kile 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. 1
    Who Murdered Garson Talmadge2011 · 306 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011306
  2. 2
    The Original Alibi2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012
  3. 3
    Money & Murder2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012
  4. 4
    Find My Little Sister2014 · 392 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014392
  5. 5
    The Maltese Pigeon2015 · confirmed 2/4
    2015
  6. 6
    Judge Snider's Folly2016 · 371 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016371
  7. 7
    The Year We Had Murder2017 · confirmed 2/4
    2017
  8. 8
    Scandalous Behavior2017 · 68 pages · confirmed 2/4
    201768

Is there a chronological order for Matt Kile Mystery?

No separate chronological order is on record for Matt Kile 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 Matt Kile Mystery books in order?

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

Where to start with Matt Kile Mystery

Start with Who Murdered Garson Talmadge (2011), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Matt Kile Mystery book?

Scandalous Behavior (2017) is the newest Matt Kile Mystery book released so far.

Is there a new Matt Kile Mystery book coming?

No next Matt Kile 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.

Matt Kile Mystery at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Matt Kile Mystery title on record dates from 2017, 9 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Matt Kile Mystery books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,137 pages across the 4 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 338 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Matt Kile Mystery books, 8 of 8, were published in the 2010s.

More books by David Bishop

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

Characters in the Matt Kile Mystery books

The character linked below has its own reading-order page.