Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gilda Joyce, Psychic Investigator | 2005 | Jennifer Allison | Buy |
| 2 | The Ladies of the Lake | 2006 | Jennifer Allison | Buy |
| 3 | Gilda Joyce: The Ghost Sonata | 2007 | Jennifer Allison | N/A |
| 4 | The Ghost Sonata | 2007 | Jennifer Allison | Buy |
| 5 | The Dead Drop | 2009 | Jennifer Allison | Buy |
| 6 | The Bones of the Holy | 2011 | Jennifer Allison | Buy |
Gilda Joyce is Jennifer Allison’s signature series, spanning six middle-grade mystery novels from 2005 to 2011. The books follow Gilda, a teenager who declares herself a psychic investigator and throws herself into mysteries that blend the spooky with the mundane. The series opens with Gilda Joyce, Psychic Investigator, in which Gilda visits a reclusive relative’s mansion and encounters what may be a genuine ghost.
Subsequent books — The Ladies of the Lake, The Ghost Sonata, The Dead Drop, and The Bones of the Holy — send Gilda to new locations and increasingly complex mysteries. The series balances genuine suspense with humor, and Gilda’s overconfident narration and elaborate disguises give the books a distinctive voice in the crowded middle-grade mystery field.