Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Time to Heal | 2011 | M.A. Comley | Buy |
| 2 | A Time For Change | 2011 | M.A. Comley | Buy |
| 3 | Forever Watching You | 2014 | M.A. Comley | Buy |
| 4 | Evil in Disguise | 2014 | M.A. Comley | Buy |
| 5 | She’s Gone | 2021 | M.A. Comley | Buy |
| 6 | The Cottage / Shattered Lives | 2022 | M.A. Comley | Buy |
The M.A. Comley Standalone Novels collection brings together six books that sit outside her recurring detective series. Published between 2011 and 2022, they represent Comley’s work in crime and thriller fiction without the series obligations that shape most of her catalog. Books like A Time to Heal and A Time For Change date from the very beginning of her writing career, while Forever Watching You (2014) and Evil in Disguise (2014) reflect her mid-career thriller work.
The later standalones – She’s Gone (2021) and The Cottage / Shattered Lives (2022) – show Comley’s continued interest in non-series crime fiction even as her detective series grew to dominate her output. These books appear in the Wellington Cozy Mystery series as well, reflecting the blurry line between her standalone work and her series output.
For readers who want to sample Comley without committing to a series of 20-plus books, the standalones are a reasonable entry point. They are typically shorter than the average DI series entry and self-contained, making them easy to pick up and put down without needing to track ongoing character arcs.