What Is The Complete Lucy Stone Mystery Series In Order?

For book club, we're tackling each Lucy Stone novel chronologically. Need the official list, publication sequence, and total count of these cozy mysteries.
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Jenny
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Hmm, I've only read the first three. Are the later ones worth tracking down? I know the order is Harriet, Shadows, Cry... and then Park, Throw, Whispers, Final Chapter. But does the quality hold up? I've heard mixed things about 'Stone's Throw'. Might just finish the series digitally if the physical books are hard to find.
2026-08-02 13:45:28
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Thinking about the series structure, each book's mystery is self-contained, but the character relationships are serialized. That's why order matters. So, to follow Lucy's life: start with 'The Trouble with Harriet', then 'Shadows of Doubt', 'A Cry in the Night', 'Murder in the Park', 'Stone's Throw', 'Fatal Whispers', and end with 'The Final Chapter'.

Her romance with a certain doctor, for instance, begins in book two, has a crisis in book four, and is resolved in book seven. You'd miss all the nuance reading randomly.
2026-08-04 19:46:33
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LilyKit
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I've seen debates about whether 'Stone Cold Cases' (a short story collection) is book 4.5 or not. It's not part of the novel series. The novel series is strictly seven books: 'The Trouble with Harriet', 'Shadows of Doubt', 'A Cry in the Night', 'Murder in the Park', 'Stone's Throw', 'Fatal Whispers', 'The Final Chapter'.

The short stories are fun extras but aren't referenced in the later novels, so you can read them anytime after book four without breaking continuity. Focus on getting the seven main books in order first.
2026-08-06 06:31:51
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