Order of Ellen Hart Books
Ellen Hart is an American author of mystery novels. She writes the Jane Lawless and Sophie Greenway series. Ellen has won the Lambda Literary Award for Best Lesbian Mystery (5x), the Minnesota Book Award for Best Popular Fiction (3x), the Golden Crown Literary Award in several categories (3x), a recipient of the Alice B. Medal, and was made an official GLBT Literary Saint at the Saints & Sinners Literary Festival in New Orleans in 2005. In 2010, Ellen received the GCLS Trailblazer Award for lifetime achievement in the field of lesbian literature. Ellen lives in the Minneapolis, Minnesota area with her partner of over 35 years.
Ellen Hart made her debut as a published author in 1989 with the novel Hallowed Murder. Below is a list of Ellen Hart’s books in order of when they were originally released:
Publication Order of Jane Lawless Books
| Hallowed Murder | (1989) |    |
| Vital Lies | (1991) | |
| Stage Fright | (1992) | |
| Killing Cure | (1993) | |
| A Small Sacrifice | (1994) | |
| Faint Praise | (1995) | |
| Robber's Wine | (1996) | |
| Wicked Games | (1998) | |
| Hunting the Witch | (1999) | |
| The Merchant of Venus | (2001) | |
| Immaculate Midnight | (2002) | |
| An Intimate Ghost | (2004) | |
| The Iron Girl | (2005) | |
| Night Vision | (2006) | |
| The Mortal Groove | (2007) | |
| Sweet Poison | (2008) | |
| The Mirror and the Mask | (2009) | |
| The Cruel Ever After | (2010) | |
| The Lost Women of Lost Lake | (2011) | |
| Rest for the Wicked | (2012) | |
| Taken by the Wind | (2013) | |
| The Old Deep and Dark | (2014) | |
| The Grave Soul | (2015) | |
| Fever in the Dark | (2017) | |
| A Whisper of Bones | (2018) | |
| Twisted at the Root | (2019) | |
| In a Midnight Wood | (2020) | |
Publication Order of Sophie Greenway Books
| This Little Piggy Went to Murder | (1994) | |
| For Every Evil | (1995) | |
| The Oldest Sin | (1995) | |
| Murder in the Air | (1997) | |
| Slice and Dice | (2000) | |
| Dial M for Meat Loaf | (2001) | |
| Death on a Silver Platter | (2003) | |
| No Reservations Required | (2005) | |
Publication Order of Cozy Case Files Mystery Sampler Books
| Cozy Case Files Volume 1 | (2017) | |
| Cozy Case Files Volume 2 | (2017) | |
| Cozy Case Files Volume 3 | (2017) | |
| Cozy Case Files Volume 4 | (2018) | |
| Cozy Case Files Volume 5 | (2018) | |
| Cozy Case Files Volume 6 | (2019) | |
| Cozy Case Files Volume 7 | (2019) | |
| Cozy Case Files Volume 8 | (2020) | |
| Cozy Case Files Volume 9 | (2020) | |
| Cozy Case Files Volume 10 | (2020) | |
| Cozy Case Files Volume 11 | (2021) | |
| Cozy Case Files Volume 12 | (2021) | |
| Cozy Case Files Volume 13 | (2021) | |
| Cozy Case Files Volume 14 | (2022) | |
| Cozy Case Files Volume 15 | (2022) | |
| Cozy Case Files Volume 16 | (2022) | |
| Cozy Case Files Volume 17 | (2023) | |
| Cozy Case Files, Volume 18 | (2023) | |
| Anthology series.If author is listed on a book then this author wrote a story within that book. | ||
Publication Order of Anthologies
| Murder, They Wrote | (1997) | |
| Twin Cities Noir | (2006) | |
| Resort to Murder | (2007) | |
| Malice Domestic 15: Mystery Most Theatrical | (2020) | |
| Crime Hits Home of Stories from Crime Fiction's Top Authors | (2022) | |
Note: Murder, They Wrote also has stories by Mary Daheim, Jane Dentinger, Marjorie Eccles, Sally Gunning, Jean Hager, Kate Kingsbury, Janet Laurence, Marlys Millhiser and Nancy Pickard.
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Ellen Hart Synopses: This Little Piggy Went to Murder by Ellen Hart is the first Sophie Greenway novel. It’s election year in Minnesota, and Jack Grendel is campaigning hard for the U.S. Senate. But a pair of grotesque murders threatens to derail his campaign. One is the bizarre hanging of a consultant for Grendel Shipping. The other is the shooting of Jack’s own father soon after he withdraws financial support from his son’s campaign. When food critic Sophie Greenway, a family friend, starts investigating, it begins to look like one of her oldest friends is a killer. But will she discover which one before it’s her turn to die?
For Every Evil by Ellen Hart is the second novel in the Sophie Greenway mystery series. When powerful Minneapolis art critic Hale Micklenberg is murdered, there aren’t too many mourners. A master of the bad review, Micklenberg was bad news for a lot of people. Food critic Sophie Greenway is nonetheless troubled to learn that her college-student son could be involved in the murder. But so could a host of others — including Hale Micklenberg’s artworld colleagues, various so-called friends, and the not-so-bereaved widow.