Valerie Wolzien

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  • Bibliography:
    24 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1988
  • Latest Book:
    September 2005
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Full Series List in Order

A Josie Pigeon Mystery

1 - Shore to Die (Feb-1996)
2 - Permit for Murder (May-1997)
3 - Deck the Halls With Murder (Nov-1998)
4 - This Old Murder (Jul-2000)
5 - Murder in the Forecast (Aug-2001)
6 - Death at a Premium (Sep-2005)

A Susan Henshaw Mystery

1 - Murder at the PTA Luncheon (Jan-1988)
2 - The Fortieth Birthday Body (Jul-1989)
3 - We Wish You a Merry Murder (Dec-1991)
4 - All Hallows' Evil (Oct-1992)
5 - An Old Faithful Murder (May-1992)
6 - A Star-Spangled Murder (Jul-1993)
7 - A Good Year for a Corpse (Apr-1994)
8 - Tis the Season to Be Murdered (Nov-1994)
9 - Remodeled to Death (Sep-1995)
10 - Elected for Death (Oct-1996)
11 - Weddings Are Murder (Apr-1998)
12 - The Student Body (Aug-1999)
13 - Death at a Discount (Nov-2000)
14 - An Anniversary to Die For (Jul-2002)
15 - A Fashionable Murder (Apr-2003)
16 - Death in a Beach Chair (Mar-2004)
17 - Death in Duplicate (Mar-2005)

Book List in Order: 24 titles

  • Murder at the PTA Luncheon

    A Susan Henshaw Mystery - 1

    CYANIDE APPETIZER When the Parent-Teachers Association president drops dead from a poison-laced canape, two investigating officers enlist the aid of the PTA's busy vice president, Susan Henshaw. Susan finds juggling car-pool duty and crime figh...

  • The Fortieth Birthday Body

    A Susan Henshaw Mystery - 2

    Down-to-earth housewife Susan Henshaw is turning forty--and feeling ancient. Adding insult to injury is'the unfortunate return of gorgeous local hussy Dawn Elliot, rumored to have slept with half the neighborhood of quiet Hancock, Connecticut ... the...

  • We Wish You a Merry Murder

    A Susan Henshaw Mystery - 3

    Hancock, Connecticut, was bustling for Christmas: parties, cookie baking, concerts...and a missing body. Chic suburbanite Kelly Knowlson firmly believed her ex-husband Evan (who had recently moved his new bride into a dream home behind hers) would...

  • An Old Faithful Murder

    A Susan Henshaw Mystery - 5

    MURDER IS A FAMILY AFFAIR The Henshaw family trip to Yellowstone National Park promised two fun-filled weeks of fantastic scenery, great skiing, and sightseeing. Nobody expected the gruesome discovery of a dead body by Old Faithful. The victim is ...

  • All Hallows' Evil

    A Susan Henshaw Mystery - 4

    At first Susan Henshaw thought the body in the library was a Halloween trick.... Until she saw the blood and heard the man's dying gasp. Then a second body--celebrity morning talk-show host Jason Armstrong--was found stabbed on his front porch. Cl...

  • A Star-Spangled Murder

    A Susan Henshaw Mystery - 6

    THE DEATH OF THE PARTY Susan Henshaw and her family have been coming to their summer house in Maine for years, but when neighbor Humphrey Taylor is found bludgeoned to death in her living room, Susan's relaxing holiday goes out with the tide. S...

  • A Good Year for a Corpse

    A Susan Henshaw Mystery - 7

    A CIVIC-MINDED MURDER All the local organizations were courting Mr. Horace Harvey--and his mounds of wealth. But one angry suitor stuffed a wad of bills into Horace's mouth, wrapped a money belt around his neck, and left his strangled body in the ...

  • Tis the Season to Be Murdered

    A Susan Henshaw Mystery - 8

    THE APPETIZERS WERE TO DIE FOR Exhausted after shopping for teenagers, struggling with Cappuccino machines, and eating way too mane cookies, Susan Henshaw is glad she hired "The Holly and Ms. Ivy" to cater her annual New Year's bash. Rut when h...

  • Remodeled to Death

    A Susan Henshaw Mystery - 9

    OH, THOSE LAZY DAYS OF SUMMER IN SUBURBIA, WHEN THERE'S ALWAYS TIME FOR A MURDER OR TWO.
    With the kids away, Susan and Jed Henshaw are in the mood for a lazy, romantic August. Then the pipes in an upstairs bathroom burst and water inundates the fl...



  • Shore to Die

    A Josie Pigeon Mystery - 1

    THE BODY IN THE BEACH HOUSE IS DEAD AS A DOORNAIL. Summer's coming, and Island Contracting's all-woman construction crew is working overtime, glitzing up the old house on the north end of the island. Then the firm's owner, redheaded Josie Pigeon, ...

  • Elected for Death

    A Susan Henshaw Mystery - 10

    AMONG RICH NORTHEASTERN SUBURBANITES, POLITICS CAN BE POISON.
    Hancock, Connecticut--a historic enclave of wealth and conservatism--is in the final heat of a three-way mayoral election when long-shot candidate Ivan Deakin takes a sip of cyanide-lac...

  • Permit for Murder

    A Josie Pigeon Mystery - 2

    DOUBLE TROUBLE

    Josie Pigeon, proprietor of Island Contracting, is bothered to find she has a double--a gorgeous redheaded carpenter who's being mistaken for her all over the island. And when this mysterious look-alike turns up murdered on Josi...

  • Weddings Are Murder

    A Susan Henshaw Mystery - 11

    DEAD ON ARRIVAL Suburban housewife Susan Henshaw dips into the middle-age blues after hearing the news that her little girl, Chrissy, is getting married. To bolster her spirits, Susan plans to produce the wedding to end all weddings. Chrissy's ...

  • Deck the Halls With Murder

    A Josie Pigeon Mystery - 3

    BAD TIDINGS Building contractor Josie Pigeon and her all-woman construction crew have a big project to wrap up before the holidays--and they're hard at work when carpenter Caroline Albrecht keels over, fatally poisoned. Suddenly an icy wind of ...

  • The Student Body

    A Susan Henshaw Mystery - 12

    BAD CHEMISTRY Like many fiftysomething housewives facing empty nests, Susan Henshaw decides that returning to college will give her life new meaning. But a murdered lab partner isn't what she had in mind--especially since the victim was strangled ...

  • This Old Murder

    A Josie Pigeon Mystery - 4

    NAILING A KILLER When the production crew for Courtney Castle's Castles invades contractor Josie Pigeon's job site to shoot a PBS remodeling series, Josie's fifteen minutes of fame seem imminent. Unfortunately, the confusion of taping compounds th...

  • Death at a Discount

    A Susan Henshaw Mystery - 13

    SHE SHOPPED TILL SHE DROPPED . . . DEAD.

    As her wealthy friends and neighbors knew, Amanda Worth wouldn't be caught dead in a discount store. But she was. Susan Henshaw found her in a dressing room with a Hermes scarf knotted murderously tight...

  • Just One Bite Won't Kill You

    in Death Dines at 8:30

    CLAUDIA BISHOP AND NICK DICHARIO request the honor of your presence at a different kind of dinner party ... Festivities begin promptly at 8:3o. Sixteen short stories -- accompanied by dangerously delicious recipes -- will be served. Be the...

  • Murder in the Forecast

    A Josie Pigeon Mystery - 5

    GONE WITH THE WIND With a signed contract in hand for remodeling the grandest old house on the island, contractor Josie Pigeon figures her summer is made. But before she can lift a hammer, she finds her new employer--wealthy New Yorker Cornell Hud...



  • An Anniversary to Die For

    A Susan Henshaw Mystery - 14

    IT'S THE PARTY OF THE YEAR. CHAMPAGNE, CAVIAR . . . AND MURDER. The anniversary celebration at the inn where Susan and Jed Henshaw spent their honeymoon promised to be a night to remember. And it was . . . for all the wrong reasons. For by evenin...

  • A Fashionable Murder

    A Susan Henshaw Mystery - 15

    HIGH SOCIETY HOMOCIDE When amateur sleuth Josie Pigeon joins her longtime beau, Sam, on a trip to New York City for a week, she suspects she'll be looking at engagement rings, not mug shots. Once they arrive in the Big Apple though, the constant r...

  • Death in a Beach Chair

    A Susan Henshaw Mystery - 16

    MURDER TAKES A HOLIDAY For Susan and Jed Henshaw and their friends Kathleen and Jerry Gordon, the tiny Caribbean resort called Compass Bay has everything. White sand, luxurious cottages, rum punches to die for--even a gorgeous unattached blonde or...

  • Death in Duplicate

    A Susan Henshaw Mystery - 17

    DOUBLE THE LOVE, DOUBLE THE DEATH Susan Henshaw and her husband, Jeb, are the proud grandparents of beautiful twins, and their daughter and son-in-law are temporarily moving into the Henshaws' Connecticut home with their tiny bundles of joy. Added...

  • Death at a Premium

    A Josie Pigeon Mystery - 6

    DEATH ASSURANCE After signing a lucrative deal to remodel Bride's Bed and Breakfast, island contractor Josie Pigeon thinks her summer is set. And with her upcoming nuptials to Sam Richardson, she's definitely in the marriage mood -- that is, until...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Valerie Wolzien has published 24 books.

Valerie Wolzien does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Death at a Premium, was published in September 2005.

The first book by Valerie Wolzien, Murder at the PTA Luncheon, was published in January 1988.

Yes. Valerie Wolzien has 2 series.
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