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Penny Spring and Sir Toby Glendower Books in Order

Penny Spring and Sir Toby Glendower by Margot Arnold contains 12 books, published between 1979 and 1995. The first book is Exit Actors, Dying (1979) and the newest is The Midas Murders (1995). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
12
Published
1979–1995
Pages on record
2,422 in 11 of 12 books
Reading time
40–61 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,422 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 11 of 12 titles with a page count on record.

See all 12 books in order Printable Penny Spring and Sir Toby Glendower checklist

Margot Arnold wrote 12 mystery books featuring Penny Spring and Sir Toby Glendower, published from 1979 to 1995. Both are fictional characters in the catalogue, where subject headings also include archaeologists, women anthropologists and England. Exit Actors, Dying and Zadok's Treasure (1979) open the series. The Cape Cod Caper (1980), Death of a Voodoo Doll, Death on the Dragon's Tongue and Lament for a Lady Laird (1982), The Menehune Murders (1989), Toby's Folly (1990), The Catacomb Conspiracy (1991) and The Cape Cod Conundrum (1992) follow. The Midas Murders (1995) is the newest title.

How many Penny Spring and Sir Toby Glendower books are there?

Penny Spring and Sir Toby Glendower has 12 books, released between 1979 and 1995.

Penny Spring and Sir Toby Glendower Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 Penny Spring and Sir Toby Glendower 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 Zadok's Treasure by Margot Arnold, book 2 of the Penny Spring and Sir Toby Glendower series (1979)
  2. Cover of The Cape Cod Caper by Margot Arnold, book 3 of the Penny Spring and Sir Toby Glendower series (1980)
  3. Cover of Death of a Voodoo Doll by Margot Arnold, book 4 of the Penny Spring and Sir Toby Glendower series (1982)
  4. Cover of Death on the Dragon's Tongue by Margot Arnold, book 5 of the Penny Spring and Sir Toby Glendower series (1982)
  5. Cover of Lament for a Lady Laird by Margot Arnold, book 6 of the Penny Spring and Sir Toby Glendower series (1982)
  6. Cover of The Menehune Murders by Margot Arnold, book 7 of the Penny Spring and Sir Toby Glendower series (1989)
  7. Cover of Toby's Folly by Margot Arnold, book 8 of the Penny Spring and Sir Toby Glendower series (1990)
  8. Cover of The Catacomb Conspiracy by Margot Arnold, book 9 of the Penny Spring and Sir Toby Glendower series (1991)
  9. Cover of Dirge for a Dorset Druid by Margot Arnold, book 11 of the Penny Spring and Sir Toby Glendower series (1993)
  10. Cover of The Midas Murders by Margot Arnold, book 12 of the Penny Spring and Sir Toby Glendower series (1995)
  1. 1
    Exit Actors, Dying1979 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1979176
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  2. 2
    Zadok's Treasure1979 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1979192
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  3. 3
    The Cape Cod Caper1980 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1980192
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  4. 4
    Death of a Voodoo Doll1982 · 220 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1982220
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  5. 5
    Death on the Dragon's Tongue1982 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1982224
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  6. 6
    Lament for a Lady Laird1982 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1982224
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  7. 7
    The Menehune Murders1989 · 258 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1989258
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  8. 8
    Toby's Folly1990 · confirmed 1/4
    1990–
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  9. 9
    The Catacomb Conspiracy1991 · 275 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991275
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  10. 10
    The Cape Cod Conundrum1992 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992224
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  11. 11
    Dirge for a Dorset Druid1993 · 238 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993238
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  12. 12
    The Midas Murders1995 · 199 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995199
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Is there a chronological order for Penny Spring and Sir Toby Glendower?

No separate chronological order is on record for Penny Spring and Sir Toby Glendower, 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 Penny Spring and Sir Toby Glendower books in order?

You should read the Penny Spring and Sir Toby Glendower books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Penny Spring and Sir Toby Glendower book also stands alone.

Where to start with Penny Spring and Sir Toby Glendower

Start with Exit Actors, Dying (1979), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Penny Spring and Sir Toby Glendower book?

The Midas Murders (1995) is the newest Penny Spring and Sir Toby Glendower book released so far.

Is there a new Penny Spring and Sir Toby Glendower book coming?

No next Penny Spring and Sir Toby Glendower book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Penny Spring and Sir Toby Glendower at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Penny Spring and Sir Toby Glendower title on record dates from 1995, 31 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Penny Spring and Sir Toby Glendower books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
2,422 pages across the 11 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 224 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Penny Spring and Sir Toby Glendower books, 5 of 12, were published in the 1990s.

What the Penny Spring and Sir Toby Glendower books are about

All 12 Penny Spring and Sir Toby Glendower books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: archaeologists is tagged on 11 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

  • Archaeologists 11 of 12 books
  • Women anthropologists 11 of 12 books
  • Penny Spring (Fictitious character) 10 of 12 books
  • Glendower, toby (fictitious character) 9 of 12 books
  • Spring, penny (fictitious character) 9 of 12 books
  • Toby Glendower (Fictitious character) 9 of 12 books
  • Mystery & detective, hard-boiled 5 of 12 books
  • England 2 of 12 books

More books by Margot Arnold

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