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  • Bibliography:
    18 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    May 2014
  • Latest Book:
    August 2022
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Full Series List in Order

A Birds of a Feather Mystery

1 - The Rhyme of the Magpie (Jun-2015)
2 - Empty Nest (Dec-2015)
3 - Every Trick in the Rook (Mar-2017)
4 - Farewell, My Cuckoo (Apr-2018)

A First Edition Library Mystery

1 - The Bodies in the Library (Oct-2019)
2 - Murder Is a Must (Dec-2020)
3 - The Librarian Always Rings Twice (Jan-2022)

A Potting Shed Mystery

1 - The Garden Plot (May-2014)
2 - The Red Book of Primrose House (Nov-2014)
3 - Between a Rock and a Hard Place (Aug-2015)
3 - The Skeleton Garden (Mar-2016)
4 - The Bluebonnet Betrayal (Aug-2016)
5 - Best-Laid Plants (Oct-2017)
6 - Midsummer Mayhem (Nov-2018)
6.5 - Christmas at Greenoak (Nov-2019)

Book List in Order: 18 titles



  • USA TODAY BESTSELLER • In an entirely appealing mystery debut, Marty Wingate introduces readers to a curious Texas ex-pat whose English gardening expertise on occasion leads her to unearth murderous goings-on. Pru Parke always dreamed of living in...



  • In this charming Potting Shed Mystery from bestselling author Marty Wingate, Texas transplant Pru Parke’s restoration of a historic landscape in England is uprooted by an ax murderer.   Pru Parke has her dream job: head gardener at an eighteenth-...



  • For readers of M. C. Beaton or Susan Wittig Albert, the high-flying new Birds of a Feather mystery series from bestselling author Marty Wingate begins as a British woman gets caught up in a dangerous plot when her celebrity father disappears.   W...



  • Perfect for fans of M. C. Beaton or Susan Wittig Albert, the Potting Shed Mystery series from bestselling author Marty Wingate heads to Scotland as Pru Parke plans her wedding . . . all while a vengeful murderer is poised to strike again.    Afte...



  • If you love M. C. Beaton or Susan Wittig Albert, don’t miss the charming Birds of a Feather series from bestselling author Marty Wingate! In Empty Nest, Julia Lanchester’s life is interrupted by a murder most foul -- and a killer who’s watching...



  • USA Today bestselling author Marty Wingate’s Potting Shed series continues as expert gardener Pru Parke digs up a Nazi warplane -- and a fresh murder.   Texas transplant Pru Parke has put down roots in England, but she never dreamed she’d live ...



  • Bestselling author Marty Wingate “plants clever clues with a dash of romantic spice,” raves Mary Daheim. Now Wingate’s inimitable gardening heroine, Pru Parke, is importing a precious bloom from Texas -- and she won’t let a vicious murder sto...



  • Julia Lanchester’s perch is knocked askew when murder hits a little too close to home in this delightful cozy mystery. “Marty Wingate’s Birds of a Feather mysteries provide a perfect blend of quirky characters and atmosphere.” -- Christine Go...



  • A trip to the English countryside turns into a brush with death for Pru Parke, the only gardener whose holiday wouldn’t be complete without a murder to solve. Pru and her husband, former Detective Chief Inspector Christopher Pearse, are long overdu...






  • Julia Lanchester must defend her love nest from an invasive species: her boyfriend’s sister. And then there’s the little matter of murder . . .   “The cuckoo comes in April and sings its song in May. In June it changes tune and July it flies a...



  • Shakespeare comes to Hampshire -- and Pru Parke is cast into the role of cunning detective gardener once again. Pru’s friends and neighbors are abuzz with the news of an acting troupe putting on an outdoor performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream...



  • Hayley Burke's fresh start as the curator of The First Edition Society's library in Bath, England, is about to take a rotten turn in this charming new mystery series from USA Today bestselling author Marty Wingate. Hayley Burke has landed ...



  • Pru Parke takes on the most serious challenge of her life: cooking an entire English Christmas feast alone. But she is easily distracted by a mysterious plant vendor at a local Christmas market, who appears and disappears into the night. He seems fam...



  • Determined to make the First Edition Library a success, Hayley Burke wasn’t expecting to have to solve an old friend’s murder in this all-new mystery from USA Today bestselling author Marty Wingate.Hayley Burke, curator of Lady Fowling's collecti...



  • USA Today bestselling author Marty Wingate's historical debut will delight readers of Kelly Rimmer's The Things We Cannot Say and Noelle Salazar's The Flight Girls. During World War II, farmer's daughter Rosalie Wright becomes a pi...



  • Pru and Christopher are back in the latest Potting Shed mystery!Home at Greenoak in Hampshire, Texas transplant Pru Parke joins a society to establish a medieval herb garden near the twelfth-century Hospital of St. Cross in Winchester. But when a fla...



  • When a mysterious stranger turns up making claims that threaten Lady Fowling’s legacy, Hayley Burke must dig deep into her late-benefactor’s history to uncover the truth and catch a conniving killer in this new mystery from USA Today bestselling ...



  • In the tradition of Kristin Harmel and Elise Hooper, USA Today bestseller Marty Wingate transports us to postwar England’s Suffolk coast in a rich historical drama about love lost -- and promise found.England, 1957. Olive Kersey’s only love never...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Marty Wingate has published 18 books.

Marty Wingate does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Orphans of Mersea House, was published in August 2022.

The first book by Marty Wingate, The Garden Plot, was published in May 2014.

Yes. Marty Wingate has 3 series.