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  • Bibliography:
    13 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    March 1997
  • Latest Book:
    April 2021
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Full Series List in Order

A Torie O'Shea Mystery

1 - Family Skeletons (Mar-1997)
2 - A Veiled Antiquity (Aug-1998)
3 - Comedy of Heirs (Aug-1999)
4 - A Misty Mourning (Sep-2000)
5 - Killing Cousins (Mar-2002)
6 - Blood Relations (Apr-2003)
7 - In Sheep's Clothing (Jan-2004)
8 - Thicker than Water (Mar-2005)
9 - Dead Man Running (Apr-2006)
10 - Died in the Wool (Mar-2007)
11 - The Blood Ballad (Feb-2008)

Book List in Order: 13 titles



  • As resident genealogist, historian, tour guide, and occasional amateur snoop, Victory' Torie" O'Shea can be found anywhere in the historic German town of New Kassel, Missouri--mixing fudge, giving tours, tracing family trees, and even investigating m...



  • TORIE O'SHEA INVESTIGATES THE TANGLED ROOTS OF AN ANCIENT FAMILY TREE T orie O'Shea--genealogist and amateur sleuth--is having a killer of a day. The town gossip spreads the word that her sweet wheelchair-bound mother is having an affair--with th...



  • GENEALOGIST TORIE O'SHEA FINDS THAT HER OWN FAMILY TREE IS ROOTED IN MURDER... The December annual O'Shea family reunion is just kicking off when genealogist and town historian Torie O'Shea discovers a bad apple in her family tree. Someone has sen...



  • TO SAVE HERSELF, GENEALOGIST TORIE O'SHEA MUST UNRAVEL AN EIGHTY-YEAR-OLD MYSTERY -- AND UNMASK A KILLER... Most would think Torie O'Shea is a very luck person to be the sole inheritor of a sprawling estate belonging to her great-grandmother's old f...



  • GENEALOGIST TORIE O'SHEA DELVES INTO A FAMILY'S HISTORY... AND ENDS UP INVESTIGATING A MURDER Shortly after the birth of her third child, genealogist Torie O'Shea finds herself more than ready to get back to work. So when she's asked to write a bi...



  • Nobody loves old bones -- and the stories that come with them -- as much as plucky genealogist Torie O'Shea. So when a drought in her historical Mississippi River town of New Kassel exposes the remains of a sunken riverboat, Torie is certain there ar...



  • When genealogist Torie O'Shea gets an invitation from her favorite aunt, Sissy, to come and spend some time with her in Minnesota she jumps at the chance. She piles her husband and her father-in-law into the car, leaving her two daughters in the care...



  • A LONG HISTORY OF DEATH When Sylvia Pershing dies, genealogist Torie O'Shea becomes sole beneficiary of her boss and mentor's estate. Torie inherits an enormous amount of cash plus Gaheimer House, headquarters of New Kassel, Missouri's proud histori...



  • New Kassel, Missouri, genealogist Torie O'Shea finds herself drawn into a heated mayoral election when a local newspaperman asks her to research the family trees of both candidates. It's a strange request, especially since the incumbent, Bill Castler...






  • When New Kassel, Missouri's, infamous old Kendall home goes up for sale, local historical-society president Torie O'Shea hopes to turn it into a textile museum honoring the exquisite quilts of Glory Kendall. Adding to Torie's fascination, Kendall Hou...



  • Music To Kill By The roots of her family tree get tangled in murder when New Kassel, Missouri, genealogist Torie O'Shea discovers shocking information about her fiddler grandfather, John Robert Keith. Not only did he have ties to a popular Ozark Dep...



  • Isolated in a small community in 1950s West Virginia, Olivia knows her life will always be predictable and limited -- being struck down with polio has assured that. But that was before a stranger walked into town. Jeb McDowell is a man with a tragic ...



  • Emma Gordon is a rolling stone with more crazy adventures under her beltthan she could count. Now she's after the craziest thing of all: the oneperson in her life she's never known-her father. Armed with DNA kits, Emma heads to Minnesota where sh...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Rett MacPherson has published 13 books.

Rett MacPherson does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Strange Bedfellows, was published in April 2021.

The first book by Rett MacPherson, Family Skeletons, was published in March 1997.

Yes. Rett MacPherson has 1 series.