Kathleen Bridge

2 series 8 books in order

Kathleen Bridge, author of the Hamptons Home and Garden Mysteries and the By the Sea Mysteries, started her writing career working at the Michigan State University News in East Lansing, Michigan. She is the author and photographer of an antiques reference guide, Lithographed Paper Toys, Books, and Games. She is a member of Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime and blissfully lives on a barrier island on Florida's central east coast.

Known for
A By the Sea Mystery, Hamptons Home & Garden Mystery

Series by Kathleen Bridge

A By the Sea Mystery

5 books in order · 2018–2021

  1. Cover of Death by the Sea

    Death by the Sea

    2018 · Kathleen Bridge

    National bestselling author Kathleen Bridge presents a delightful new series set on a barrier island where waves meet sand—and mayhem meets murder .…

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  2. Cover of A Killing by the Sea

    A Killing by the Sea

    2018 · Kathleen Bridge

    The breathtaking barrier island of Melbourne Beach, Florida, is every tourist’s fantasy—until murder washes ashore . . . Trading the urban sprawl of…

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  3. Cover of Murder by the Sea

    Murder by the Sea

    2019 · Kathleen Bridge

    When a murderer crashes a masquerade ball, it's up to Liz to unmask the killer . . . It's been quite a year for novelist Liz Holt. She's overcome a…

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  4. Cover of Evil by the Sea

    Evil by the Sea

    2020 · Kathleen Bridge

    Liz Holt is bewitched, bothered, and bewildered when a wicked killer objects to a wiccan wedding . . . Island life can get pretty weird. Wiccan…

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  5. Cover of Buried by the Sea

    Buried by the Sea

    2021 · Kathleen Bridge

    At her family’s hotel on a Florida barrier island, sleuthing novelist Liz Holt is shocked by a hidden treasure—and a buried body . . . A team of…

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Hamptons Home & Garden Mystery

3 books in order · 2015–2017

  1. Cover of Better Homes and Corpses

    Better Homes and Corpses

    2015 · Kathleen Bridge

    After Meg Barrett found her fiancé still had designs on his ex-wife, she decided it was time to refurbish her life. Leaving her glamorous job at a…

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  2. Cover of Hearse and Gardens

    Hearse and Gardens

    2016 · Kathleen Bridge

    A Hamptons interior designer deals with skeletons in the closet in the new mystery from the national bestelling author of Better Homes and Corpses.…

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  3. Cover of Ghostal Living

    Ghostal Living

    2017 · Kathleen Bridge

    In this mystery from the author of Manor of Dying, Hamptons interior designer and antiques picker Meg Barrett uncovers a veil of spooky goings-on...…

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Frequently asked questions

How many books has Kathleen Bridge written?

We list 8 books by Kathleen Bridge across 2 series, published between 2015–2021 — each shown in full reading order.

What order should I read Kathleen Bridge's books?

Read each series in publication order. A good place to start is “Death by the Sea.” Open any series above for its complete numbered reading order.

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