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  • Bibliography:
    12 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    August 2015
  • Latest Book:
    March 2023
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Full Series List in Order

A By the Sea Mystery

1 - Death by the Sea (Apr-2018)
2 - A Killing by the Sea (Sep-2018)
3 - Murder by the Sea (May-2019)
4 - Evil by the Sea (May-2020)
5 - Buried by the Sea (Apr-2021)

A Hamptons Home & Garden Mystery

1 - Better Homes and Corpses (Aug-2015)
2 - Hearse and Gardens (May-2016)
3 - Ghostal Living (May-2017)
4 - Manor of Dying (Jun-2019)
5 - A Design to Die For (Jul-2020)
6 - The Perfect Staging for Murder (Mar-2023)

Book List in Order: 12 titles



  • After Meg Barrett found her fiancé still had designs on his ex-wife, she decided it was time to refurbish her life. Leaving her glamorous job at a top home and garden magazine, she fled Manhattan for Montauk, only to find decorating can sometimes le...



  • A Hamptons interior designer deals with skeletons in the closet in the new mystery from the national bestelling author of Better Homes and Corpses. To keep her mind off the legal battle over the oceanfront cottage she’s trying to buy, Meg agrees...



  • In the latest mystery from the author of Better Homes and Corpses and Hearse and Gardens, Hamptons interior designer and antiques picker Meg Barrett uncovers a veil of spooky goings-on... The first Sag Harbor Antiquarian Book and Ephemera Fair is...



  • National bestselling author Kathleen Bridge presents a delightful new series set on a barrier island where waves meet sand -- and mayhem meets murder... The Indialantic by the Sea hotel has a hundred-year-old history on beautiful Melbourne Beach,...



  • The breathtaking barrier island of Melbourne Beach, Florida, is every tourist’s fantasy -- until murder washes ashore . . . Trading the urban sprawl of Manhattan for the tranquility and exotic beauty of a Florida barrier island was the best ...



  • When a murderer crashes a masquerade ball, it's up to Liz to unmask the killer . . . It's been quite a year for novelist Liz Holt. She's overcome a lot and is finally feeling at peace with her new life at her family's hotel, the In...



  • In a new Hamptons Home & Garden Mystery, Meg Barrett will have to uncover the truth about a long-ago murder before a killer decides she’s history . . .

    When decorator Meg Barrett travels to a remote mansion to help select period pieces for...



  • Liz Holt is bewitched, bothered, and bewildered when a wicked killer objects to a wiccan wedding . . . Island life can get pretty weird. Wiccan weddings, psychic brides, mermaid parades, eccentric parrots . . . Novelist Liz Holt has gotten use...



  • Discerning cozy mystery fans who delight in well-developed characters, rich detail, and a smart plotline will find that Kathleen Bridge's A Design to Die For is their cup of tea! —Ellery Adams, New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author M...






  • At her family’s hotel on a Florida barrier island, sleuthing novelist Liz Holt is shocked by a hidden treasure -- and a buried body . . .   A team of archaeologists is staying at Indialantic by the Sea to study the days of the Spanish explorer...



  • Filled with riveting descriptions of posh homes and antiques, eccentric characters, and a smart, fast-paced plotline. Cozy readers will love every page! —Ellery Adams, New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author on A Design to Die ForAs sh...



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    Not only will cozy readers be dazzled by the luxury homes, rare antiques, and killer cuisine in the Hamptons Home & Garden mysteries, but they'll also find a new favorite sleuth in interior designer Meg Barrett. —Ellery Adams, New York Times a...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Kathleen Bridge has published 12 books.

Kathleen Bridge does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Perfect Staging for Murder, was published in March 2023.

The first book by Kathleen Bridge, Better Homes and Corpses, was published in August 2015.

Yes. Kathleen Bridge has 2 series.