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  • Bibliography:
    14 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    November 1995
  • Latest Book:
    April 2023
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Full Series List in Order

A Ginger Barnes Main Line Mystery

1 - The Main Line Is Murder (Nov-1995)
2 - Final Arrangements (Mar-1996)
3 - School of Hard Knocks (Feb-1997)
4 - No Bones About It (Feb-1998)
5 - A Score to Settle (Apr-1999)
6 - Farewell Performance (Mar-2000)
7 - Lie Like a Rug (Jul-2001)
8 - For Better or Worse (Oct-2017)

A Lauren Beck Crime Novel

1 - What Doesn't Kill You, the Mystery (Aug-2015)
2 - Guilt Trip, the Mystery (Mar-2016)
3 - Stranger Danger (Apr-2023)
Cured (Oct-2012)

Book List in Order: 14 titles



  • Since she moved to Bryn Derwyn, Ginger Barnes has learned to expect the unexpected. But nothing could have prepared her for murder. Meet Ginger Struve Barnes--wife, mother, Phillies fan. Gin's known for her bright copper-colored hair (don't cal...



  • When a Main Line horticulturist is strangled at the Philadelphia Flower Show, it's clear there's a bad seed in the cultivated crowd... Ginger Struve Barnes never expected to become a detective. The happily married mother of two, known for her red ...



  • Gin Barnes has to get street-smart, when murder moves to Beech Tree Lane. These days Ginger Struve Barnes, who's been known to solve a crime or two on Philadelphia's affluent Main Line, has troubles of her own. Her beloved husband, Rip, headmaster...



  • IS MAN'S BEST FRIEND ALSO HIS DEADLIEST ENEMY? The dog days of Bryn Derwyn Academy's summer holidays yawn ahead for Ginger Barnes--headmaster's wife, mother of two teenagers and occasional detective. But the tedium is soon shattered when Dr. Karl ...



  • TIME-OUT FOR MURDER No doubt about it, it's a killer of a game. And a major-league PR disaster for the NFL when Tomcats' quarterback Tim Duffy is found dead in the training room whirlpool. But it's a family matter for Ginger Barnes, mother and som...



  • GINGER BARNES MUST BRING DOWN THE CURTAIN ON A KILLER... "Stay away from Ludwig...or else!" Despite the ominous note, glamorous Hollywood actress Jan Fairchild is determined to visit her Pennsylvania hometown. But her old friend, amateur sleuth G...



  • Writer's Digest Award-Winning AuthorWhile escorting Bryn Derwyn Academy's most infamous student downtown to be scared straight by a Federal judge, Ginger Barnes is shocked to find her childhood babysitter, textile professor Charlie Finnemeyer, ...



  • Lauren Beck's friends, phone, home, credit, and credibility are gone, severed with surgical precision by an enemy intent on framing her for murder. Is it one of the insureds she was hired to investigate? The fellow employee she upstaged? Does the dau...



  • Who could refuse a two-week stay in a chateau perched on the edge of the Mediterranean? Certainly not Richard, who was fed up to his easel with the damp London weather. Babysitting a treasure-filled museum while his old Sorbonne roommate honeymooned ...






  • Writer's Digest Award WinnerLauren Beck's friends, phone, home, credit and credibility are gone, severed with surgical precision by an enemy intent on framing her for murder. Is it one of the insureds she was hired to investigate? The fellow employee...



  • Writer's Digest Award Winning AuthorFrank Roitman is right to be suspicious--that wrongful-death lawsuit, stockholders threatening mayhem, the sudden suicide of his son-in-law and Chief Financial Officer. Now a strange blonde enters the airport on th...



  • Finalist, The National Indie Excellence Awards 2019Shortlisted, Chanticleer International Mystery & Mayhem Book Award (Chanticleer Book Reviews 8/11/18)MEN have once again become an issue for amateur sleuth Ginger Barnes--men who ...




  • FINALIST, National Indie Excellence Awards You won't be able to tear yourself away…I love this series! Lisa Regan, international multi-million-copy bestselling author Lauren Beck left the police force for personal reasons. Crime didn...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Donna Huston Murray has published 14 books.

Donna Huston Murray does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Stranger Danger, was published in April 2023.

The first book by Donna Huston Murray, The Main Line Is Murder, was published in November 1995.

Yes. Donna Huston Murray has 2 series.