Order of Barbara Holloway Books

Order of Barbara Holloway Books


Barbara Holloway is a lead character in a series of mystery novels by American author Kate Wilhelm. Holloway works as an attorney in Eugene, Oregon. She has been described as intelligent, courageous and compassionate. Her father is also a lawyer (now semi-retired) who helps out his daughter along the way. The series mixes detective fiction with the drama of the courtroom.

The Barbara Holloway series began in 1991 with Death Qualified: A Mystery of Chaos. The series is currently ongoing. Below is a list of Kate Wilhelm’s Barbara Holloway books in order of when they were first published (which is also their chronological order):

Publication Order of Barbara Holloway Books

Death Qualified

(1991)

The Best Defense

(1994)

Malice Prepense / For the Defense

(1996)

Defense for the Devil

(1999)

No Defense

(2000)

Desperate Measures

(2001)

Clear and Convincing Proof

(2003)

The Unbidden Truth

(2004)

Sleight of Hand

(2006)

A Wrongful Death

(2007)

Cold Case

(2008)

Heaven is High

(2011)

By Stone By Blade By Fire

(2012)

Mirror, Mirror

(2017)