Reading Order
Start with Murder, Itemized. Each book in the Hawthorne Reach Echo Mysteries resolves its central murder case, while Cora Whitcomb’s relationships, work, and understanding of the Echoes continue across the series.
The mysteries resolve individually, but the emotional and supernatural arc rewards reading in order.
Book One · Available Now
Cora returns to Hawthorne Reach, takes over Whitcomb Estate Services, and is pulled into a murder case when certain objects begin leaving impressions she cannot explain.
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Book Two · Available Now
A North Bluff downsizing job, a silver-backed mirror, old property records, and the murder of a surveyor test how easily provenance can be mistaken for certainty.
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Book Three · Available Now
An old brass bell, a historic life-saving station, a disputed rescue, and fourteen missing minutes become Cora Whitcomb’s third Echo case.
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Book Four · Pre-order Now · Releases September 24
An unexplained room, a brass return-key tag, private records, and a murder become Cora Whitcomb’s fourth Echo case.
Pre-order now on Amazon.com. Releases September 24, 2026.
Book 4 is the next stop in the Hawthorne Reach reading order.
Reading Order FAQ
Murder, Itemized is Book 1. It introduces Cora Whitcomb, Whitcomb Estate Services, Hawthorne Reach, Moss, Detective Colin Ashe, and the first case in which Cora encounters the object impressions later known as Echoes.
Reading in order is recommended. Every book is designed to deliver a complete fair-play mystery, but the town, recurring relationships, Cora’s second-chance arc, and the deeper rules of the Echoes build from book to book.
Yes. The central murder investigation resolves within each novel. The continuing elements are character relationships, Hawthorne Reach itself, and the larger questions around Cora’s family gift.
It is an adult paranormal cozy mystery series with a midlife heroine, small-town coastal New England atmosphere, estate and provenance work, restrained supernatural elements, and a mystery-first approach to solving the crime.