Torie O'Shea Books in Order
Torie O'Shea by Rett MacPherson contains 12 books, published between 1997 and 2018. The first book is Family Skeletons (1997) and the newest is Bad to the Bones (2018). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 12
- Published
- 1997–2018
- Pages on record
- 2,371 in 10 of 12 books
- Reading time
- 40–59 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,371 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 10 of 12 titles with a page count on record.
Torie O'Shea is the women-sleuth mystery series Rett MacPherson began with Family Skeletons in 1997. Subject headings list women genealogists, Missouri and New Kassel, an imaginary place in Missouri. A Veiled Antiquity (1998), A Comedy of Heirs (1999), Killing Cousins (2002) and Died in the Wool (2007) are among the 12 books. Other headings mention inheritance, grandmothers, boardinghouses and treasure troves. Bad to the Bones (2018) is the latest title.
How many Torie O'Shea books are there?
Torie O'Shea has 12 books, released between 1997 and 2018.
Torie O'Shea Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 12 Torie O'Shea 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.
- 1Family Skeletons1997 · 207 pages · confirmed 1/419972071/4
- 2A Veiled Antiquity1998 · confirmed 1/41998–1/4
- 3A Comedy of Heirs1999 · 230 pages · confirmed 1/419992301/4
- 4A Misty Mourning2000 · 255 pages · confirmed 1/420002551/4
- 5Killing Cousins2002 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/420022561/4
- 6Blood Relations2003 · 242 pages · confirmed 1/420032421/4
- 7In Sheep's Clothing2004 · 259 pages · confirmed 1/420042591/4
- 8Thicker Than Water2005 · 226 pages · confirmed 1/420052261/4
- 9Dead Man Running2006 · 230 pages · confirmed 1/420062301/4
- 10Died in the Wool2007 · 226 pages · confirmed 1/420072261/4
- 11The Blood Ballad2008 · 240 pages · confirmed 1/420082401/4
- 12Bad to the Bones2018 · confirmed 1/42018–1/4
Is there a chronological order for Torie O'Shea?
No separate chronological order is on record for Torie O'Shea, 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 Torie O'Shea books in order?
You should read the Torie O'Shea books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Torie O'Shea book also stands alone.
Where to start with Torie O'Shea
Start with Family Skeletons (1997), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Torie O'Shea book?
Bad to the Bones (2018) is the newest Torie O'Shea book released so far.
Is there a new Torie O'Shea book coming?
No next Torie O'Shea book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Torie O'Shea at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Torie O'Shea title on record dates from 2018, 8 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Torie O'Shea books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 2,371 pages across the 10 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 235 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Torie O'Shea books, 8 of 12, were published in the 2000s.
What the Torie O'Shea books are about
11 of the 12 Torie O'Shea books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: missouri is tagged on 6 of 11. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Missouri 6 of 11 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 6 of 11 books
- Women genealogists 6 of 11 books
- Mystery & detective 3 of 11 books
- New kassel (mo. : imaginary place) 3 of 11 books
- O'shea, victory (fictitious character) 3 of 11 books
- Inheritance and succession 2 of 11 books
More books by Rett MacPherson
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
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