Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Photo Finish | 1999 | Gayle Trent | Buy |
| 2 | Anything for a Buck | 2001 | Gayle Trent | Buy |
| 3 | The Mourning Ring | 2006 | Gayle Trent | Buy |
| 4 | Broken Promise | 2011 | Gayle Trent | Buy |
| 5 | The Perfect Woman | 2012 | Gayle Trent | Buy |
| 6 | In Her Blood | 2015 | Gayle Trent | Buy |
| 7 | The Flame | 2016 | Gayle Trent | Buy |
Gayle Trent’s standalone novels show a different side of her writing than her cozy mystery series. Photo Finish and Anything for a Buck, her earliest works from 1999 and 2001, established her in fiction before she found her niche in the cozy mystery genre. Later standalones like The Perfect Woman and In Her Blood push into darker psychological territory.
The seven novels span from 1999 to 2016 and demonstrate her range beyond the cozy mystery formula. Readers who know her primarily through her series work may be surprised by how far some of these books stray from the lightweight, humorous tone of her mysteries.