Jane O'Brien

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  • Bibliography:
    42 Books (6 Series)
  • First Book:
    August 2011
  • Latest Book:
    January 2023
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Full Series List in Order

A Cassandra Cross Cozy Mystery

1 - Murder at Channel Two (Jul-2018)

The Lighthouse Trilogy

1 - The 13th Lighthouse (Dec-2015)
2 - The Painted Duck (May-2016)
3 - Owl Creek (Sep-2016)

A Molly Ryan Mystery

1 - Murder in Hillsboro (Nov-2016)
2 - Murder in Evergreen (Jun-2017)
3 - Murder at Coventry Hill Inn (Aug-2017)

A Samantha Degan Mystery

1 - Murder in Stonehill Manor (Oct-2015)
2 - Murder in Lancashire (Mar-2016)
3 - Murder in Ashville (May-2016)
4 - Murder at Seabrook Shores (Sep-2016)
5 - Murder in Seabrook Shores (Mar-2017)

The Unforgettables

1 - Ruby and Sal (Feb-2017)
2 - Maisy and Max (May-2017)
3 - Ivy and Fox (Dec-2017)
4 - Georgy and Jack (Jul-2018)
5 - Emmy and Clay (Jan-2019)

The White Pine Trilogy

1 - The Tangled Roots of Bent Pine Lodge (Sep-2014)
2 - The Dunes & Don'ts Antiques Emporium (Dec-2014)
3 - The Kindred Spirit Bed & Breakfast (Jun-2015)

Book List in Order: 42 titles

  • Camden Corners Volume One

    The Camden Corners collection. Follow the lives of the people of Camden Corners at the turn of the twentieth Century. Emma Patterson and her friend Lily Kramer move to the quaint town of Camden Corners where they are graciously welcomed....

  • Camden Corners Volume Two

    Continuing saga of the lives and loves of the people of the small town of Camden Corners at the turn of the twentieth century. Newcomers are always welcome in the quaint town with the growing population helped by the hospital where nurses and doctors...

  • Camden Corners Volume Three

    On the first day of summer in 1973, the grandest hotel and resort in Camden Corners opened for business. The resort was called simply The Merryweather in honor of the family who built and resided in the stately old mansion throughout the eighteen and...

  • Camden Corners Volume Four

  • Camden Corners

    A series of short stories of the lives and loves of residents and newcomers to Camden Corners. Love is always in the air in the quaint little village at the turn of the 20th Century. Some are falling in love for the first time while others are findin...

  • The Village of Camden Corners

    The continuation of the stories of the lives and loves of the folks of Camden Corners at the turn of the 20th Century. Old friends and neighbors are re-introduced along with new visitors and residents alike. As always, the good people of Camden Cor...

  • Bristol Falls

  • Cumberland Heights

    A story of friendship lasting through the years. Five baby girls are born during the summer in the early 1950s. They grow up together on Bradbury Circle in the community of Cumberland Heights. Although their paths take them in different directions, t...

  • Glenwood Hills

    The story of Matt and Carolyn who grew up together in Glenwood Hills. They eventually fell in love, but Matt fell into the clutches of a vixen named Maggie. He married her in haste. Carolyn recovered from her broken heart when Jerry Baxter entered th...



  • The Tangled Roots of Bent Pine Lodge

    The White Pine Trilogy - 1

    Kate Lemanski's world has been shattered with one family problem after another. When she inherits her family's log home in West Michigan, she returns to the river property to make a new start and to put the pieces of her life back together. As soon a...

  • The Dunes & Don'ts Antiques Emporium

    The White Pine Trilogy - 2

    The antique shop along the shore of Lake Michigan had always been a source of pride and comfort for Audrey, but lately she can’t shake the feeling that something was wrong or about to change. Audrey had been raised in foster homes and had learned t...

  • Murder in Forest Glen

    The story of a young woman whose parents are involved in an automobile accident. Tara Crawford does not believe her father accidentally drove or skidded off the road he had been driving on for years. It's the story of secrets and revenge....

  • The Mystery at Shelby Lake

  • The Kindred Spirit Bed & Breakfast

    The White Pine Trilogy - 3

    Will and Nora have a wonderful relationship, but lately there’s never enough time for just the two of them. Will decides he needs a change, and sets out to convince Nora that buying an old mansion in Michigan and running it as a bed and breakfast i...

  • The Mystery of Waverly Island

    The story of Sally Maguire, social reporter for the Waverly Times. After a day of covering three society weddings, Sally is summoned by her boss to return to the scene of the first wedding of the day. The bride is dead. She was pushed or jumped off t...

  • Murder in Pinewood Bluff

    The story of Kelsey Turner, a bride who is jilted on her wedding day. Kelsey answers an ad for an assistant in the Pinewood Bluff Resort, far away from her friends, family, and memories of the man who broke her heart. Her boss is the handsome, but su...

  • Murder in Stonehill Manor

    A Samantha Degan Mystery - 1

    First in Samantha Degan mystery series. Samantha Degan finds herself the prime suspect in the murder of her employer, Professor Fenwick Stonehill. Follow Samantha as she and Detective Joseph Fletcher, also known as Fletch, discover the real killer an...

  • The 13th Lighthouse

    The Lighthouse Trilogy - 1

    Belle had been kept sheltered and protected her whole life, so when she finds her mother unexpectedly dead in their motel room, her world is turned upside down, especially since Belle and her mother Karen had always been very close. Alone, with no on...

  • Murder in Lancashire

    A Samantha Degan Mystery - 2

    Richard Delaney, the flirtatious mayor of Lancashire, invites Samantha Degan and her fiance, Detective Joseph Fletcher to a performance of The Music Man. The musical is presented by local actors and stars the wife of the mayor, Sophia Delaney. Samant...



  • Murder in Ashville

    A Samantha Degan Mystery - 3

    Samantha Degan finds herself in the middle of a mystery when she returns to her hometown of Ashville to marry the love of her life, Detective Joseph Fletcher. Arriving a few days before the wedding, Samantha is met with the news a former classmate, P...

  • The Painted Duck

    The Lighthouse Trilogy - 2

    In the second book of The Lighthouse Trilogy we follow Charity, the third and youngest child of the Henley family. As a teen, in book one, she was sweet and lovable with a bit of a rebellious streak. Now as a grown woman fresh out of college, she mus...

  • Murder at Seabrook Shores

    A Samantha Degan Mystery - 4

    Samantha Degan’s best-selling biography The Memoirs of Professor Fenwick Stonehill is being made into a movie. Samantha and her friend, Megan Fairchild, fly to California where Samantha will act as a consultant for the project. The excitement fades...

  • Owl Creek

    The Lighthouse Trilogy - 3

    In this third and final book of The Lighthouse Trilogy, we learn about the story of the oldest child in the Henley family, Trey, also known as Spencer Henley III. Previously, Trey was in the background as a supportive brother, and best friend to Bric...

  • Murder in Hillsboro

    A Molly Ryan Mystery - 1

    Twin sisters, abandoned at birth, meet for the first time twenty-five-years later. They are determined to find their birth mother to question why they were left two-hundred miles apart on a cold day in December. Their lives are in danger in an attemp...

  • Ruby and Sal

    The Unforgettables - 1

    Ruby had a fascinating life surrounding The Great Depression and Prohibition, which she had always kept private, until shortly before her death at age 102 when she decided the time was right to tell her story to her great-granddaughter, Ivy. Ruby rel...

  • Murder in Kincaid Towers

    Florist and amateur sleuth, Molly Ryan is shocked when her good friend, Brooke Hartley, is questioned in the death of billionaire, Travis Kincaid's wife. Brooke was unaware of Travis's marriage and had fallen in love with the man despite Molly's warn...

  • Murder in Seabrook Shores

    A Samantha Degan Mystery - 5

    What fun for Samantha Degan, amateur sleuth! Her best-selling book about the murder of her former employer, Professor Stonehill, is being made into a movie, and she and her friend Megan are on their way to California to meet with the film crew. The w...

  • Maisy and Max

    The Unforgettables - 2

    In this magical, romantic book, the second in the series of The Unforgettables, the story of Ivy and Fox continues in contemporary times, while at the same time flashing back to previous generations of gypsies, circus performers, and vaudevillians. I...

  • Murder in Evergreen

    A Molly Ryan Mystery - 2

    Molly Ryan and Luke Sullivan have moved to their new home on the shores of Evergreen Lake in the newly established village of Evergreen. The year before, Molly found a diamond ring in the sand. She turned it over to the police because along with it w...



  • Murder at Coventry Hill Inn

    A Molly Ryan Mystery - 3

    Molly Ryan's friend, newlywed, Laura Abbott Danforth is shocked when her estranged father, Clinton Abbot, is shot in the garden of Coventry Hill Inn during her wedding reception. Molly, Laura and their spouses head to the home where Laura lived as a ...

  • Ivy and Fox

    The Unforgettables - 3

    From the mountains of the Ukraine in the 1800s to present day, the story of the ruby necklace first discovered in Ruby and Sal plays a dominant role, as it weaves romance and continues to untangle the family tree. Readers of O’Brien’s The Unforge...

  • Hennessey Hound and the Bully

  • Georgy and Jack

    The Unforgettables - 4

    Book 4 of The Unforgettables, Georgy and Jack, continues the story of Ivy and Fox with a family thread that will surprise the reader. As Ivy researches a new book that she is writing about her hometown's benefactor, she discovers more than she bargai...

  • Murder at Channel Two

    A Cassandra Cross Cozy Mystery - 1

    Jay Winslow returns to the town of Newcastle hoping to cause havoc in the lives of those who slighted him as a teenager. Cassandra Cross is not immune to his criticism when he reveals her identity as Matilda Crumb, writer of a beloved children's seri...

  • Murder in Newcastle

    Cassie Cross Callahan and her new husband, Mike decide its time to purchase their first home. Their real estate discovers a female body swing from the rafters in the attic. Cassie and Mike find themselves in the middle of a theft and murder investiga...

  • Emmy and Clay

    The Unforgettables - 5

    In Book 5 of The Unforgettables, Emmy and Clay, the final book of the series, a previously minor character comes to the forefront. In books one through four, we followed Ivy and Fox as they discovered their entangled family trees. Their ups and downs...

  • Yesterday's Dreams

    Yesterday's Dreams, Book Three in O'Brien's series called A Slip in Time, continues with our favorite characters, Francine, Luke, Dora, and Wade. The two sisters each love a Grainger brother, but one love has been fulfilled, while the other love is t...

  • Yesterday's Blood

    Yesterday's Blood, Book 5 of O'Brien's series A Slip in Time, begins in the year 2025 where we last left Daniel Kent, the deputy sheriff. Having come across some heirlooms in an old secretary drawer, he handles each one carefully wondering who they b...

  • Yesterday's Boys

    If you thought you knew where Yesterday's Boys was going next, then you will be quite surprised to discover there is a new turn to this time travel tale. The latest installment to A Slip in Time takes us to a different decade with a previously unknow...



  • Yesterday's Treasures

    Ten years after two little boys unexpectedly arrived in 1882 for a short time-travel visit, they have changed and grown to near adult status - one a late teen in high school and one a young man in college. They rarely mention what happened to them th...

  • Yesterday's Wishes

    In the summer of 1941, World War II is taking hold and causing havoc around the globe. Each of the Clark boys is affected in a different way. Jay wants to continue his college education and become a doctor. Bob just wants to have fun and meet girls. ...

  • Yesterday's Memories

    The day has finally come to close this heart-felt, time-traveling series. We have grown to love both the Clark and Grainger families, in both the nineteenth century and the twentieth century, but their two worlds are about to collide. They cannot go ...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Jane O'Brien has published 42 books.

Jane O'Brien does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Yesterday's Memories, was published in January 2023.

The first book by Jane O'Brien, Camden Corners Volume Two, was published in August 2011.

Yes. Jane O'Brien has 6 series.
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