Order of Nancy Pickard Books

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)
Say No to Murder	(1985)
No Body	(1986)
Marriage Is Murder	(1987)
Dead Crazy	(1988)
Bum Steer	(1990)
I.O.U.	(1992)
But I Wouldn't Want to Die There	(1993)
Confession	(1994)
Twilight	(1996)

Publication Order of Eugenia Potter Books

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

Publication Order of Marie Lightfoot Books

The Whole Truth	(2000)
Ring of Truth	(2001)
The Truth Hurts	(2002)

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

The Virgin of Small Plains	(2006)
The Scent of Rain and Lightning	(2010)

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

Storm Warnings

(1999)

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Seven Steps on the Writer's Path (With: Lynn Lott)	(2003)
Bigger Better Braver	(2020)

Publication Order of World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories Books

The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 1	(2000)
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 2	(2000)
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 3	(2002)
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 4	(2003)
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 5	(2004)

Publication Order of Anthologies

Tales of Obsession	(1994)
Malice Domestic 3	(1994)
Murder, They Wrote	(1997)
Vengeance Is Hers	(1997)
Funny Bones: 15 New Tales of Murder and Mayhem	(1997)
The Night Awakens	(1998)
Midnight Louie's Pet Detectives	(1998)
Mom, Apple Pie and Murder	(1999)
Death Cruise: Crime Stories on the Open Seas	(1999)
The First Lady Murders	(1999)
Diagnosis Dead	(1999)
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 2	(2000)
Malice Domestic 10	(2001)
Naked Came the Phoenix	(2001)
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 3	(2002)
Thou Shalt Not Kill	(2005)
By Hook or By Crook and 30 More of the Best Crime and Mystery Stories of the Year	(2010)
Manhattan Mayhem	(2015)
Silent Night, Deadly Night	(2016)

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.

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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.

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