Booktown Mystery books in order

The Booktown Mystery series by Lorna Barrett follows mystery bookstore owner Tricia Miles as she solves murders in Stoneham, New Hampshire, a vacation destination for book lovers.

Reading order

# Title Published Author Buy on Amazon
1 Murder is Binding 2008 Lorraine Bartlett / Lorna Barrett Buy
2 Bookmarked for Death 2009 Lorraine Bartlett / Lorna Barrett Buy
3 Bookplate Special 2009 Lorraine Bartlett / Lorna Barrett Buy
4 Chapter and Hearse 2010 Lorraine Bartlett / Lorna Barrett Buy
5 Sentenced to Death 2011 Lorraine Bartlett / Lorna Barrett Buy
6 Murder on the Half Shelf 2012 Lorraine Bartlett / Lorna Barrett Buy
7 Not the Killing Type 2013 Lorraine Bartlett / Lorna Barrett Buy
8 Book Clubbed 2014 Lorraine Bartlett / Lorna Barrett Buy
9 A Fatal Chapter 2015 Lorraine Bartlett / Lorna Barrett Buy
10 Title Wave 2016 Lorraine Bartlett / Lorna Barrett Buy
11 A Just Clause 2017 Lorraine Bartlett / Lorna Barrett Buy
12 Poisoned Pages 2018 Lorraine Bartlett / Lorna Barrett Buy
13 A Killer Edition 2019 Lorraine Bartlett / Lorna Barrett Buy
14 Handbook for Homicide 2020 Lorraine Bartlett / Lorna Barrett Buy
15 A Deadly Deletion 2021 Lorraine Bartlett / Lorna Barrett Buy
16 Clause of Death 2022 Lorraine Bartlett / Lorna Barrett Buy
17 A Questionable Character 2023 Lorraine Bartlett / Lorna Barrett Buy

The Booktown Mystery series by Lorraine Bartlett / Lorna Barrett (writing as Lorna Barrett) is set in Stoneham, New Hampshire, a small town that has reinvented itself as a vacation destination for book lovers. Protagonist Tricia Miles owns Haven’t Got a Clue, a mystery bookstore, and has a recurring problem: people in Stoneham keep turning up dead.

The series ran for 17 books from Murder is Binding (2008) through A Questionable Character (2023). It became a New York Times bestseller and earned Bartlett an Agatha Award nomination. The books combine cozy mystery conventions, from small-town settings to amateur sleuthing, with the specific world of independent bookselling and the tight-knit community around it.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books are in the Booktown Mystery series?

There are 19 books in the Booktown Mystery series, published between 2008 and 2025.

What is the first book in the Booktown Mystery series?

The first book in the Booktown Mystery series is Murder is Binding, published in 2008.

What is the Booktown Mystery series about?

The Booktown Mysteries follow Tricia Miles, owner of the mystery bookstore Haven’t Got a Clue in Stoneham, New Hampshire. The fictional town has reinvented itself as a book-lover’s destination, and Tricia repeatedly finds herself investigating murders among the town’s booksellers and residents.

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