Order of Elaine Viets Books
Elaine Viets is an American author of cozy mystery novels. She writes the Dead-End Job and Josie Marcus, Mystery Shopper series. Elaine is also a journalist in her hometown of St. Louis, Missouri, where she was a regular columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for 25 years. After moving to Washington D.C. and writing a syndicated columnist, she switched from the newspaper business to become a novelist with her Francesca Vierling series. Elaine has been married for over thirty years to author/actor Don Crinklaw and is a member of the Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime.
Elaine Viets became a published novelist in 1997 with the novel Back Stab. Below is a list of Elaine Viets’ books in order of when they were originally released:
Publication Order of Death Investigator Angela Richman Books
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Brain Storm |
(2016) |
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Fire and Ashes |
(2017) |
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Ice Blonde |
(2018) |
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A Star is Dead |
(2020) |
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Death Grip |
(2021) |
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Life Without Parole |
(2021) |
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Late for His Own Funeral |
(2022) |
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A Scarlet Death |
(2024) |
Publication Order of Francesca Vierling Mystery Books
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Backstab |
(1997) |
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Rubout |
(1998) |
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The Pink Flamingo Murders |
(1999) |
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Doc in the Box |
(2000) |
Publication Order of Dead-End Job Mystery Books
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Shop Till You Drop |
(2003) |
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Murder Between the Covers |
(2003) |
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Dying to Call You |
(2004) |
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Killer Blonde |
(2005) |
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Just Murdered |
(2005) |
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Murder Unleashed |
(2006) |
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Murder with Reservations |
(2007) |
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Clubbed to Death |
(2008) |
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Killer Cuts |
(2009) |
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Half-Price Homicide |
(2010) |
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Pumped for Murder |
(2011) |
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Final Sail |
(2012) |
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Board Stiff |
(2013) |
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Catnapped! |
(2014) |
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Checked Out |
(2015) |
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The Art of Murder |
(2016) |
Publication Order of Josie Marcus: Mystery Shopper Books
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Dying in Style |
(2005) |
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High Heels are Murder |
(2006) |
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Accessory to Murder |
(2007) |
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Murder with All the Trimmings |
(2008) |
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The Fashion Hound Murders |
(2009) |
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An Uplifting Murder |
(2010) |
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Death on a Platter |
(2011) |
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Murder is a Piece of Cake |
(2012) |
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Fixing to Die |
(2013) |
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A Dog Gone Murder |
(2014) |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
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Red Meat |
(2003) |
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Sex and Bingo |
(2003) |
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Wedding Knife |
(2004) |
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After the Fall |
(2006) |
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Dog Eat Dog |
(2020) |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
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Urban Affairs |
(1988) |
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Deal with the Devil |
(2018) |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
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Viets Guide to Sex, Travel and Anything Else That Will Sell This Book |
(1993) |
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St. Louis |
(1995) |
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How to Commit Monogamy |
(1997) |
Publication Order of Anthologies
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Blood on Their Hands |
(2003) |
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High Stakes |
(2003) |
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Show Business is Murder |
(2004) |
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Drop-Dead Blonde |
(2005) |
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Many Bloody Returns |
(2007) |
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Crimes by Moonlight |
(2010) |
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Writes of Passage |
(2014) |
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The Beat of Black Wings |
(2020) |
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The Great Filling Station Holdup |
(2021) |
Notes: The story Killer Blonde also appears in Drop-Dead Blonde. Drop-Dead Blonde also contains stories by Victoria Laurie, Nancy Martin and Denise Swanson. The Mystery Megapack: 25 Modern and Classic Mystery Stories also contains stories by Nora Charles, Toni L.P. Kelner, C. Ellett Logan, Johnston McCulley, Darrell Schweitzer, Marcia Talley and Art Taylor.