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Rett MacPherson

2 Series • 14 Books

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🎯 Where Should I Start?

Best Starting Point
Publication Order of Torie O'Shea Books
Start with: Family Skeletons (1997)
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Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Start with: Sleeping the Churchyard Sleep (2014)

ⓘ About Rett MacPherson

Rett is also a fabric and bead artist and loves cemeteries, history, wineries, and, obviously, books. She is divorced with two cats and two daughters. Rett works as a customer service representative at a book wholesaler in St. Louis. Rett loosely based “Sleeping the Churchyard Sleep” on her mom’s childhood. She grew up dirt poor in rural West Virginia and then contracted polio when she was just ten. From there, Olivia’s life and Rett’s mom’s life kind of fracture and become quite different. It’s more Rett’s imaginings about what her mom’s life would’ve been like if a number of things had happened. The mystery itself came about after several conversations with her distant cousins and she wanted to try conveying this sense of wonder which comes with being on the outside looking in.

All Book Series by Rett MacPherson

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Family Skeletons

Series opener · book 1 of 12 · published 1997

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1997
2
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A Veiled Antiquity

Book 2 of 12 · published 1998

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1998
3
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A Comedy of Heirs

Book 3 of 12 · published 1999

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1999
4
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A Misty Mourning

Book 4 of 12 · published 2000

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2000
5
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Killing Cousins

Book 5 of 12 · published 2002

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2002
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Blood Relations

Book 6 of 12 · published 2003

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2003
7
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In Sheep's Clothing

Book 7 of 12 · published 2004

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2004
8
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Thicker Than Water

Book 8 of 12 · published 2005

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2005
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Dead Man Running

Book 9 of 12 · published 2006

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2006
10
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Died in the Wool

Book 10 of 12 · published 2007

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2007
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The Blood Ballad

Book 11 of 12 · published 2008

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2008
12
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Bad to the Bones

Latest in the series · book 12 of 12 · published 2018

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2018
1
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Sleeping the Churchyard Sleep

Series opener · book 1 of 2 · published 2014

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2014
2
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Strange Bedfellows

Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2021

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2021

? Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Rett MacPherson?

Rett is also a fabric and bead artist and loves cemeteries, history, wineries, and, obviously, books. She is divorced with two cats and two daughters. Rett works as a customer service representative at a book wholesaler in St.

Which Rett MacPherson series should I start with?

The best place to start is the Torie O'Shea series, the earliest of Rett MacPherson's multi-book series: it opens with Family Skeletons (1997) and runs to 12 books across 1997–2018, ending with Bad to the Bones (2018).

How many books has Rett MacPherson written?

Rett MacPherson has 14 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1997 and 2021. 12 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being the Torie O'Shea series with 12 books — and 2 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

In what order should Rett MacPherson's series be read?

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Rett MacPherson's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Torie O'Shea (1997–2018, 12 books).

How are Rett MacPherson's books organised into series?

This guide splits Rett MacPherson's 14 books into 1 named series and 2 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Torie O'Shea (12 books, 1997–2018).