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  • Bibliography:
    13 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    May 2012
  • Latest Book:
    April 2024
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Full Series List in Order

An Ancient Crete Mystery

1 - In the Shadow of the Bull (Jul-2023)
2 - On The Horns of Death (Apr-2024)

A Will Rees Mystery

1 - A Simple Murder (May-2012)
2 - Death of a Dyer (Jun-2013)
3 - Cradle to Grave (Jun-2014)
4 - Death in Salem (Jun-2015)
5 - The Devil's Cold Dish (Jun-2016)
6 - The Shaker Murder (Feb-2019)
7 - Simply Dead (Aug-2019)
8 - A Circle of Dead Girls (Mar-2020)
9 - Death in the Great Dismal (Jan-2021)
10 - Murder on Principle (Jul-2021)
11 - Murder, Sweet Murder (Jan-2022)

Book List in Order: 13 titles



  • Five years ago, while William Rees was still recovering from his stint as a Revolutionary War soldier, his beloved wife died. Devastated, Rees left his son, David, in his sister's care, fled his Maine farm, and struck out for a tough but emotionally ...



  • Will Rees feels at home. It’s been a long time since he last felt this way -- not since before his wife died years ago and he took to the road as a traveling weaver. Now, in 1796, Rees is back on his Maine farm, living with his teenaged son, David,...



  • Will Rees is adjusting to life on his Maine farm in 1797, but he’s already hungering for the freedom of the road, and his chance to travel comes sooner than he expects. Lydia has just received a letter from her old friend Mouse, a soft-spoken and g...



  • It's 1796, and traveling weaver Will Rees is visiting Salem, Massachusetts. He's in town to buy a luxurious gift for his pregnant wife, a few yards of well-made fabric from the traders at the famed Salem harbor. While traveling through Salem, however...



  • Will Rees is back home on his farm in 1796 Maine with his teenage son, his pregnant wife, their five adopted children, and endless farm work under the blistering summer sun. But for all that, Rees is happy to have returned to Dugard, Maine, the town ...



  • A peaceful Shaker community is rocked by a series of bizarre accidents, but is there more to them than first appears? Fresh from facing allegations of witchcraft and murder, travelling weaver Will Rees, his heavily pregnant wife Lydia and six adop...



  • A midwife disappears after attending the birth of a child in another community, leading to an investigation that uncovers innumerable lies and secrets. 1790s, Maine. In the depths of winter Hortense, a midwife, disappears after attending a birth in ...



  • A circus arrives in Durham in the 1790s and the whole town is excited… until the body of a Shaker girl is found beaten. 1790s. The circus has arrived in Durham, Maine. Before weaver Will Rees is able to take in its spectacle, he spots Magistrate H...



  • Finding themselves in a slave community hidden within the Great Dismal Swamp, Will Rees and his wife Lydia get caught up in a dangerous murder case where no one trusts them. September 1800, Maine. Will Rees is beseeched by Tobias, an old friend abdu...






  • Will Rees faces a moral dilemma when a slaveholder is murdered while attempting to recapture a former slave: should he pursue lawful justice or should he let the killer go free? November 1800, Maine. After helping their long-time friend Tobias es...



  • Will Rees accompanies his wife to Boston to help clear her estranged father's name in this gripping mystery set in the early nineteenth century. January, 1801. When Lydia's estranged father is accused of murder, Will Rees escorts her to Boston to un...



  • In a world of Goddess worship, sacred snakes and sacrifice, human jealousy, resentment and betrayal still run wild . . .Ancient Crete, 1450 BC. When her sister Arge drops to the floor in convulsions and then dies at her wedding, fifteen-year-old...



  • Ancient Crete, 1450 BC. When young bull leaper Martis finds Duzi, the newest member of the bull leaping team, dead in the bull pen early one morning. Made to look like he met his end on the horns of the bull, it's clear to Martis that this was no acc...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Eleanor Kuhns has published 13 books.

Eleanor Kuhns does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, On The Horns of Death, was published in April 2024.

The first book by Eleanor Kuhns, A Simple Murder, was published in May 2012.

Yes. Eleanor Kuhns has 2 series.