Hotels book series in reading order

by Beverly Cleary

Kate Kingsbury is a pseudonym of Doreen Roberts, a romance writer. The catalogue lists 70 books from 1987 to 2025, beginning with Gambler's Gold (1987) under the Doreen Roberts name. As Kate Kingsbury, the series include Pennyfoot Hotel Mysteries, Manor House Mysteries, Merry Ghost Inn Mysteries and Misty Bay Tearoom. Other lines appear as Allison Kingsley and Rebecca Kent. Subjects include the Pennyfoot Hotel in England, Cecily Sinclair Baxter, women sleuths and World War II. A Nice Cup of Tea (2025) is the newest title.

Marion Chesney

184 books• 22 series

Marion Chesney, later Marion Gibbons (1936-2019), was a Scottish writer of romance and mystery whose published career began in 1979. Historical romances appeared under the Chesney name, the Travelling Matchmaker and Daughters of Mannerling books among them, while the Agatha Raisin and Hamish Macbeth mysteries appeared as M. C. Beaton; both of those mystery runs were adapted for television. Helen Crampton, Ann Fairfax, Charlotte Ward, Jennie Tremaine and Sarah Chester are further pen names on the record. This listing gathers 185 books dated from 1979 onward, including later titles on which R.W. Green is credited.

Martha Grimes is an American detective novelist born on May 2, 1931. The best-known Grimes series features Richard Jury, a Scotland Yard inspector, and Melrose Plant, an aristocrat who became an amateur sleuth. The catalogue opens with The Man With a Load of Mischief (1981), followed by The Old Fox Deceiv'd and The Anodyne Necklace, and totals 40 books through The Red Queen (2025). Emma Graham, Andi Oliver and Foul Matter are among the other series.

Across 194 catalogued books, Danielle Steel writes contemporary romance and family drama: love stories, marriages, widowhood and the turns that reshape a life. The run starts with Going Home (1973) and continues through Celebration, with 24 Hours scheduled for 2027. Steel's catalogue also holds children's picture books, short stories and non-fiction beside the standalone novels that make up most of it.

Krista Davis writes cozy mysteries with amateur women sleuths. The Domestic Diva Mysteries feature Sophie Winston and open with The Diva Runs Out of Thyme (2008); the Paws and Claws and Pen & Ink series sit beside them, with cooks, advice columnists, hotels and a Jack Russell terrier among the recurring subjects. Davis's catalogue reaches 34 books, the newest being The Diva Hosts a Murderer, and publication continues into 2026.

Tracie Peterson, born 1959, writes Christian fiction, mostly historical novels carrying romance and faith themes. Peterson used the pen name Janelle Jamison early on and has written joint novels with other Christian authors; Bethany House publishes many of the titles. Several Peterson series feature Harvey Girls, the waitstaff of the Fred Harvey Company. The catalogue lists 153 books from A Kingdom Divided (1991) to Devoted to Love (2026), across series such as Heirs of Montana, Westward Chronicles, Ribbons West, Yukon Quest, Shannon Saga and Desert Roses. Peterson lives in Montana and runs Peterson Ink with husband Jim.

Maia Chance writes historical mysteries with women sleuths. Snow White Red-Handed (2014) opens the catalogue, and fairy tales run through its titles: Cinderella Six Feet Under (2015), Beauty, Beast, and Belladonna (2016), Sleeping Beauty, Borrowed Time (2017). Three series divide the list, Fairy Tale Fatal Mystery, Discreet Retrieval Agency and An Agnes and Effie Mystery, and Prohibition, actresses, hotels and castles appear among the subjects. 13 titles reach The Ravine (2026).

Sarah Pearse writes crime thrillers with Detective Elin Warner, set in isolated buildings where the weather closes the exits. The Sanatorium (2020), a Swiss hotel converted from its earlier use, opens the series, followed by The Retreat (2022) and The Wilds (2024). Three books make up the catalogue, at a median of 440 pages, and the series is ongoing.