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  • Bibliography:
    9 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    May 2002
  • Latest Book:
    November 2019
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Full Series List in Order

An Ellen McKenzie Mystery

1 - Dying for a Change (May-2002)
2 - Give First Place to Murder (Sep-2004)
3 - And Murder for Dessert (Jul-2007)
4 - Murder Half-Baked (May-2011)
5 - Murder by Syllabub (Jul-2013)

A Mary McGill Canine Mystery

1 - Purebred Dead (Aug-2015)
2 - Curtains for Miss Plym (Apr-2016)
3 - Blood Red, White and Blue (Jul-2017)
4 - Dressed to Kill (Nov-2019)

Book List in Order: 9 titles



  • A corpse in a closet spoils real estate broker Ellie McKenzie's first ever sale. The victim, Hank Sawyer, a local hot-shot contractor, wasn't known for his upstanding business practices. In fact, he'd been pushing forward a controversial land deal to...



  • Death strikes at the county fair -- and real-estate agent Ellen McKenzie is the unlucky one to have stumbled upon the body. The victim, pinned to a bale of hay with a pitchfork, was a groom at a horse farm belonging to Ellen's new client, Irma Long. ...



  • Ellen McKenzie and her fiance, Chief of Police Dan Dunham, are on their way to the very upscale Harvest Festival Dinner, hosted by Ellen's niece, Sabrina, and her husband, Mark Tortelli. They are seasoned winery professionals. What could go wrong? N...



  • A DEAD MAN IN THE CEMETERY, ANOTHER IN THE BAKERY. Old Dr. Sadler is dead in the cemetery, his head bashed in by the arm of a marble angel. Ellen McKenzie has to find the killer soon ... before another death puts a stop to her wedding. Dan Dunham,...



  • A ghost in Colonial dress has been wreaking havoc at an old plantation house in Virginia. The house is owned by Elizabeth Smithwood, the best friend of Ellen’s Aunt Mary. Mary is determined to fly to the rescue, and Ellen McKenzie has no choice but...



  • This lively cozy, set in smalltown California, is the first in a brand-new dog mystery series Pillar of the community, Mary McGill has a finger in every pie, a place on every committee. She’s the one the townsfolk can count on when they need hel...



  • This lively cozy, set in smalltown California, is the second in the Mary McGill dog mystery series Preparations for Santa Louisa’s annual spring rummage sale are thrown into chaos when organizer Mary McGill and her devoted cocker spaniel Millie ...



  • Santa Louisa’s Independence Day celebrations lead to a case of cold-blooded murder in the latest highly entertaining Mary McGill dog mystery. It’s the 4th July and the town celebrations have gone off without a hitch. Except for the body in th...



  • Santa Louisa’s Halloween celebrations are derailed when a masked killer dressed as a clown strikes in the entertaining new Mary McGill dog mystery. Mary McGill and her cocker spaniel Millie get the fright of their lives on Halloween when they he...





Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Kathleen Delaney has published 9 books.

Kathleen Delaney does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Dressed to Kill, was published in November 2019.

The first book by Kathleen Delaney, Dying for a Change, was published in May 2002.

Yes. Kathleen Delaney has 2 series.