Nancy Pickard
Nancy Pickard is an American author of crime fiction and mystery novels. She writes the Jenny Cain series. As of this writing, Nancy is the only author to win the Macavity Award (five times), Agatha Award (four times), Anthony Award and Shamus Award. Nancy earned her journalism degree from the University of Missouri.

Nancy Pickard made her debut as a published novelist in 1984 with the novel Generous Death, which began her Jenny Cain series. Below is a list of Nancy Pickard’s books in order of when they were originally published:

Publication Order of Jenny Cain Books

Generous Death (1984)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Say No to Murder (1985)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
No Body (1986)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Marriage Is Murder (1987)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Dead Crazy (1988)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Bum Steer (1990)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
I.O.U. (1992)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
But I Wouldn't Want to Die There (1993)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Confession (1994)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Twilight (1996)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Marie Lightfoot Books

The Whole Truth (2000)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Ring of Truth (2001)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Truth Hurts (2002)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

The Virgin of Small Plains (2006)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Scent of Rain and Lightning (2010)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

Afraid All the Time (1989)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Dust Devil (1991)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Out of Africa (1999)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
There is No Crime on Easter Island (2005)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
A Nice Old Guy (2008)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

Storm Warnings (1999)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Seven Steps on the Writer's Path (With: Lynn Lott) (2003)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Bigger Better Braver (2020)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Eugenia Potter Books

The Cooking School Murders (By: Virginia Rich) (1982)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Cooking School Murders (By: Virginia Rich) (1982)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Baked Bean Supper Murders (By: Virginia Rich) (1983)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Baked Bean Supper Murders (By: Virginia Rich) (1983)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Nantucket Diet Murders (By: Virginia Rich) (1985)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Nantucket Diet Murders (By: Virginia Rich) (1985)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The 27-Ingredient Chili Con Carne Murders (With: Virginia Rich) (1992)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Blue Corn Murders (With: Virginia Rich) (1998)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Secret Ingredient Murders (With: Virginia Rich) (2001)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Caroline Canfield Mysteries Books

(with Anne Perry, Rhys Bowen, Various, John Lutz, , Rochelle Krich, Ralph McInerny, , Terence Faherty, Kate Charles, , Margaret Frazer, Mary Monica Pulver, Dianne Day, , Jacqueline Fiedler)

Tiger's Palette (By: Jacqueline Fiedler) (1998)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Unholy Orders (With: Anne Perry,Rhys Bowen,Various,John Lutz,Carolyn Wheat,,Rochelle Krich,Ralph McInerny,,Terence Faherty,Kate Charles,,Margaret Frazer,Mary Monica Pulver,Dianne Day,,Jacqueline Fiedler) (2000)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Sketches with Wolves (By: Jacqueline Fiedler) (2001)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Midnight Louie Books

(with J.A. Jance, Carole Nelson Douglas, Toni L.P. Kelner, Lilian Jackson Braun)

Catnap (By: Carole Nelson Douglas) (1992)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Pussyfoot (By: Carole Nelson Douglas) (1993)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Cat On A Blue Monday (By: Carole Nelson Douglas) (1994)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Cat in a Crimson Haze (By: Carole Nelson Douglas) (1995)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Cat in a Diamond Dazzle (By: Carole Nelson Douglas) (1996)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Cat with an Emerald Eye (By: Carole Nelson Douglas) (1997)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Cat in a Flamingo Fedora (By: Carole Nelson Douglas) (1997)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Cat in a Golden Garland (By: Carole Nelson Douglas) (1997)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Cat on a Hyacinth Hunt (By: Carole Nelson Douglas) (1998)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Midnight Louie's Pet Detectives (With: J.A. Jance,Carole Nelson Douglas,Toni L.P. Kelner,Lilian Jackson Braun) (1998)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Cat in an Indigo Mood (By: Carole Nelson Douglas) (1999)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Cat in a Jeweled Jumpsuit (By: Carole Nelson Douglas) (1999)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Cat in a Kiwi Con (By: Carole Nelson Douglas) (2000)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Cat in a Leopard Spot (By: Carole Nelson Douglas) (2001)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Cat in a Midnight Choir (By: Carole Nelson Douglas) (2002)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Cat in a Neon Nightmare (By: Carole Nelson Douglas) (2003)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Midnight Louie In Something Fishy (By: Carole Nelson Douglas) (2003)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Cat in an Orange Twist (By: Carole Nelson Douglas) (2004)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Cat in a Hot Pink Pursuit (By: Carole Nelson Douglas) (2005)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Cat in a Quicksilver Caper (By: Carole Nelson Douglas) (2006)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Cat in a Red Hot Rage (By: Carole Nelson Douglas) (2007)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Cat in a Sapphire Slipper (By: Carole Nelson Douglas) (2008)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Cat in a Topaz Tango (By: Carole Nelson Douglas) (2009)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Cat in an Ultramarine Scheme (By: Carole Nelson Douglas) (2010)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Cat in a Vegas Gold Vendetta (By: Carole Nelson Douglas) (2011)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Fruit of the Tomb (By: Carole Nelson Douglas) (2012)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Cat in a White Tie and Tails (By: Carole Nelson Douglas) (2012)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Cat in an Alien X-Ray (By: Carole Nelson Douglas) (2013)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Cat in a Yellow Spotlight (By: Carole Nelson Douglas) (2014)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Cat in a Zebra Zoot Suit (By: Carole Nelson Douglas) (2015)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Cat in an Alphabet Endgame (By: Carole Nelson Douglas) (2016)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
If you are reading the Midnight Louie series in chronological order, you will want to read the Cat and a Playing Card series prior to the Midnight Louie series. However, this is not required.

Publication Order of Sisters in Crime Books

Sisters in Crime (1989)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Sisters in Crime 2 (1990)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Sisters in Crime 3 (1990)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Sisters in Crime 4 (1991)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Sisters In Crime 5 (1992)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Anthology series.

Publication Order of Deadly Allies Books

Deadly Allies (With: Sue Grafton,Sara Paretsky,Jan Grape,Susan Dunlap,Margaret Maron,Loren D. Estleman,Julie Smith,Jeremiah Healy,Max Allan Collins,Benjamin M. Schutz,John Lutz,Robert J. Randisi,Carolyn G. Hart,Lia Matera,Michael Collins,,Rob Kantner,Sandra Scoppettone,Sarah Andrews) (1992)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Deadly Allies II (By: Susan Dunlap,Loren D. Estleman,John Lutz,Robert J. Randisi) (1994)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Anthologies

Sisters in Crime 2(1990)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Deadly Allies(1992)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Tales of Obsession(1994)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Malice Domestic 3(1994)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Murder, They Wrote(1997)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Vengeance is Hers(1997)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Plot Thickens(1997)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Funny Bones: 15 New Tales of Murder and Mayhem(1997)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Night Awakens(1998)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Eleventh Annual Collection(1998)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Mom, Apple Pie and Murder(1999)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Death Cruise: Crime Stories on the Open Seas(1999)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The First Lady Murders(1999)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Diagnosis Dead(1999)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Unholy Orders(2000)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 2(2000)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Malice Domestic 10(2001)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Naked Came the Phoenix(2001)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 3(2002)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Thou Shalt Not Kill(2005)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
By Hook or By Crook and 30 More of the Best Crime and Mystery Stories of the Year(2010)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Manhattan Mayhem(2015)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Silent Night, Deadly Night(2016)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Notes: The Eugenia Potter novels are based on the characters created by Virginia Rich. Naked Came the Phoenix is a serial novel, written with several other authors. The collection Tales of Obsession also has stories by Joan Hess, Patricia Highsmith, Evan Hunter, P.D. James, Ruth Rendell and Lawrence Treat. Murder, They Wrote also includes stories by Mary Daheim, Jane Dentinger, Marjorie Eccles, Sally Gunning, Jean Hager, Ellen Hart, Kate Kingsbury, Janet Laurence and Marlys Millhiser. The non-fiction book Seven Steps on the Writer’s Path: The Journey from Frustration to Fulfillment was co-authored with Lynn Lott.

If You Like Nancy Pickard Books, You’ll Love…

Nancy Pickard Synopsis: In The 27-Ingredient Chili Con Carne Murders by Nancy Pickard & Virginia Rich, Eugenia Potter’s dinner guest has been poisoned after eating Eugenia’s 27-ingredient chili. Now, she must find out who did it before someone else ends up poisoned.

Shop Worldwide: Amazon.com | Amazon.co.uk | Amazon.ca

Order of Books » Authors » Order of Nancy Pickard Books

Leave a Reply