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Start with Dying in the Wool and continue through all 13 books in the listed reading order.
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Start with Dying in the Wool
Book 1 by Frances Brody • Published 2009
In 1920s Yorkshire, amateur sleuth Kate Shackleton is hired by her friend Tabitha to find Tabitha's father, a mill owner who vanished years earlier from the village of Bridgestead. As she digs into mill politics, fami...
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Kate Shackleton reading order
Ends with A Mansion for Murder
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Book 1:Dying in the Wool
Frances Brody • 2009
In 1920s Yorkshire, amateur sleuth Kate Shackleton is hired by her friend Tabitha to find Tabitha's father, a mill owner who vanished years earlier from the village of Bridgestead. As she digs into mill politics, fami...
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Book 2:A Medal for Murder
Frances Brody • 2010
When a pawnshop robbery in Harrogate turns deadly and a theater patron is found stabbed after a performance, Kate Shackleton is drawn into a tangle of stolen goods, ransom notes, and stage rivalries. Unpicking the con...
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Book 3:Murder in the Afternoon
Frances Brody • 2011
When two children discover their stone mason father lying dead in a quarry, only for the body to vanish before help arrives, their mother turns to Kate Shackleton. The search for the missing man exposes radical politi...
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Book 4:A Woman Unknown
Frances Brody • 2012
Cyril Fitzpatrick hires Kate Shackleton to shadow his wife, Deirdre, who disappears for days with flimsy excuses. When disgraced banker Everett Runcie is found murdered in a Leeds hotel, Kate's marital investigation c...
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Book 5:Murder on a Summer's Day
Frances Brody • 2013
Sent by the India Office to Yorkshire's Bolton Abbey estate, Kate Shackleton must trace a missing Indian maharajah who vanished while holidaying on the moor. When his body and a priceless diamond both go missing, she...
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Book 6:Death of an Avid Reader
Frances Brody • 2014
Kate Shackleton is asked to find Lady Coulton's long hidden daughter, given up for adoption decades earlier. The trail leads to a supposedly haunted Leeds library where a mathematician is found dead and an Italian org...
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Book 7:A Death in the Dales
Frances Brody • 2015
Honouring the dying wish of Freda Simonson, who witnessed a pub landlord's murder years ago, Kate Shackleton takes a holiday in Langcliffe to re examine the case. A missing local boy and another suspicious death soon...
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Book 8:Death at the Seaside
Frances Brody • 2016
Planning a peaceful August break in Whitby, Kate Shackleton visits old friend Alma, a fortune teller whose teenage daughter has vanished, leaving only a pawn ticket. At the local jeweller's shop Kate stumbles on a cor...
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Book 9:Death in the Stars
Frances Brody • 2017
During the 1927 solar eclipse at Giggleswick School Chapel, actress Selina Fellini asks Kate Shackleton to watch over her theatre troupe. When a fellow performer disappears in the darkness and is found dead, Kate link...
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Book 10:A Snapshot of Murder
Frances Brody • 2018
Joining her photographic society on a trip to the newly opened Bronte museum, Kate Shackleton expects a weekend of moors and camera talk. Instead one of the seven photographers is murdered, and Kate must read rivalrie...
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Book 11:The Body on the Train
Frances Brody • 2019
In 1929 a porter unloading a special rhubarb train to London discovers a man's body stuffed in a sack, shot and unidentified. Scotland Yard calls in Kate Shackleton to trace the victim back to Yorkshire, where politic...
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Book 12:Murder is in the Air
Frances Brody • 2020
In North Yorkshire in 1930, a struggling brewery crowns a new Brewery Queen to promote its beer, inviting Kate Shackleton and her niece to the celebrations. When a drayman is found dead in the fermentation room, Kate...
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Book 13:A Mansion for Murder
Frances Brody • 2022
Responding to a stranger's letter, Kate Shackleton travels to Saltaire to meet mill worker Ronnie Creswell at Milner Field, a mansion whispered to be cursed. When Ronnie is found drowned and a young girl later vanishe...
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Kate Shackleton FAQ
What is the best order to read the Kate Shackleton series?
The recommended reading order is the numbered order shown on this page, starting with Dying in the Wool.
How many books are in the Kate Shackleton series?
There are 13 books currently listed in the Kate Shackleton series on GurusReads.
Where should I start with the Kate Shackleton series?
New readers should start with Dying in the Wool, the first book in the reading order.
Is the Kate Shackleton series complete?
Based on the publication years we have, the series appears likely complete and spans releases from 2009 to 2022.