Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maggie Needs an Alibi | 2002 | Kasey Michaels | Buy |
| 2 | Maggie by the Book | 2003 | Kasey Michaels | Buy |
| 3 | Maggie Without a Clue | 2004 | Kasey Michaels | Buy |
| 4 | High Heels and Homicide / Maggie in Too Deep | 2005 | Kasey Michaels | Buy |
| 5 | High Heels and Holidays / Maggie on the Edge | 2006 | Kasey Michaels | Buy |
| 6 | Bowled Over | 2007 | Kasey Michaels | Buy |
| 7 | Bowled Over / Maggie Takes a Fall | 2007 | Kasey Michaels | Buy |
The Maggie Kelly series is Kasey Michaels’s most distinctive mystery work. Maggie is a romance writer living in New York whose fictional creation, a Regency-era detective, somehow comes to life and moves in with her. The setup lets Michaels combine cozy mystery plotting with humor about the writing life and the relationship between an author and her characters.
Seven books, published between 2002 and 2007, follow Maggie and Saint Just through various murder investigations. The titles, from Maggie Needs an Alibi to Bowled Over, keep the tone light. The series blends two things Michaels does well: writing about romance and writing about murder, wrapped in a premise that pokes gentle fun at both genres.