Cynthia Kuhn books

Cynthia Kuhn is an American mystery author known for the Lila Maclean Academic Mystery and Starlit Bookshop Mystery series.

Anthologies

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Malice Domestic 14: Mystery Most Edible 2019 Buy
Malice Domestic: Mystery Most Diabolical 2022 Buy

Lila Maclean Academic Mystery Reading Order

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The Semester of Our Discontent 2016 Buy
The Art of Vanishing 2017 Buy
The Spirit in Question 2018 Buy
The Subject of Malice 2019 Buy
The Study of Secrets 2020 Buy

Short Stories/Novellas

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The Blue Ribbon 2019 Buy
There Comes a Time 2022 Buy

Starlit Bookshop Mystery Reading Order

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How to Book a Murder 2021 Buy
In the Event of Murder 2024 Buy

Cynthia Kuhn is a mystery author and English professor whose books draw on her academic background. Her Lila Maclean Academic Mystery series follows a literature professor at a fictional Colorado university who keeps finding herself mixed up in murders. The Semester of Our Discontent (2016) launched the five-book series.

She also writes the Starlit Bookshop Mystery series, starting with How to Book a Murder (2021), set in a bookshop in a small Colorado town.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books has Cynthia Kuhn written?

Cynthia Kuhn has written eleven books across four series.

What was Cynthia Kuhn's first book?

Cynthia Kuhn’s first book is The Semester of Our Discontent, published in 2016.

What is Cynthia Kuhn known for?

Kuhn writes cozy mysteries set in academic and bookish settings. Her Lila Maclean Academic Mystery series (2016-2020) follows a literature professor who solves campus crimes. The Semester of Our Discontent (2016) won the William F. Deeck–Malice Domestic Grant for Unpublished Writers. She also writes the Starlit Bookshop Mystery series.

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