Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sing It To Her Bones | 1999 | Hannah Ives | Buy |
| 2 | Unbreathed Memories | 2000 | Hannah Ives | Buy |
| 3 | Occasion of Revenge | 2001 | Hannah Ives | Buy |
| 4 | In Death’s Shadow | 2004 | Hannah Ives | Buy |
| 5 | This Enemy Town | 2005 | Hannah Ives | Buy |
| 6 | Through the Darkness | 2006 | Hannah Ives | Buy |
| 7 | Dead Man Dancing | 2008 | Hannah Ives | Buy |
| 8 | Without a Grave | 2009 | Hannah Ives | Buy |
| 9 | All Things Undying | 2010 | Hannah Ives | Buy |
| 10 | A Quiet Death | 2011 | Hannah Ives | Buy |
| 11 | The Last Refuge | 2012 | Hannah Ives | Buy |
| 12 | Dark Passage | 2013 | Hannah Ives | Buy |
| 13 | Daughter of Ashes | 2014 | Hannah Ives | Buy |
| 14 | Tomorrow’s Vengeance | 2014 | Hannah Ives | Buy |
| 15 | Footprints to Murder | 2016 | Hannah Ives | Buy |
| 16 | Mile High Murder | 2018 | Hannah Ives | Buy |
| 17 | Tangled Roots | 2019 | Hannah Ives | Buy |
| 18 | Done Gone | 2021 | Hannah Ives | Buy |
| 19 | Disco Dead | 2022 | Hannah Ives | Buy |
| 20 | Circles of Death | 2024 | Hannah Ives | Buy |
The Hannah Ives Mystery series spans twenty books and twenty-five years. Sing It To Her Bones (1999) introduces Hannah Ives, a breast cancer survivor in Annapolis who discovers she has a talent for uncovering the truth behind murders. From Unbreathed Memories (2000) through Circles of Death (2024), the series follows Hannah through Maryland communities where danger hides behind quiet facades.
Hannah’s cancer recovery stays central to the early books and informs her perspective throughout. She is not a detective by profession but gets pulled into cases through family and community ties. The Annapolis setting gives the series a distinct Mid-Atlantic flavor, with the Chesapeake Bay area and its small-town politics playing into many of the plots.
The series has run through multiple publishers over its long history. Early entries like Occasion of Revenge (2001) and In Death’s Shadow (2004) built the readership, while later books like Disco Dead (2022) and Circles of Death (2024) show Hannah is still finding trouble after two decades. Reading them in publication order is the best approach, since relationships and backstory develop across the full run.