Karen Cantwell

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  • Bibliography:
    15 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    September 2010
  • Latest Book:
    February 2022
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Full Series List in Order

A Barbara Marr Murder Mystery

1 - Take the Monkeys and Run (Sep-2010)
2 - Citizen Insane (Sep-2011)
2.5 - The Chronicles of Marr-Nia (Dec-2011)
3 - Silenced by the Yams (Feb-2012)
4 - Saturday Night Cleaver (Dec-2012)
4.5 - Bjorn! on the Fourth of July (Jul-2013)
5 - Dead Man Stalking (Sep-2014)
6 - Dial Marr for Murder (Jul-2017)

Love in Rustic Woods

1 - Kiss Me, Tate (Aug-2013)

Sophie Rhodes Ghostly Romance

1 - Keep Me Ghosted (Oct-2013)
2 - Some Like it Haunted (Nov-2014)

Book List in Order: 15 titles

  • Take the Monkeys and Run

    A Barbara Marr Murder Mystery - 1

    Film lover Barbara Marr is a typical suburban mom living the typical suburban life in her sleepy little town of Rustic Woods, Virginia. Typical, that is until she sets out to find the missing link between a bizarre monkey sighting in her yard and the...

  • Foxy's Tale

    A comic, chick lit tale wherein former beauty queen Foxy Anders, who's fallen on hard times, rents an apartment to mysterious, bumbling Myron Standlish who’s arrived in the city looking for a long lost trunk containing who knows what. When Foxy’s...

  • Citizen Insane

    A Barbara Marr Murder Mystery - 2

    If you think PTA meetings are boring, then you haven’t attended one in Barbara Marr’s neighborhood, where MURDER is on the agenda. Always one to stumble into trouble, Barb learns the hard way that a seemingly innocent yearbook scandal is actually...

  • It's a Dunder-Bull Wife

    From USA Today bestselling author, Karen Cantwell Dunder-Bull - the perfect little town bordering Barbara Marr's not-so-polished Rustic Woods. Everything in Dunder-Bull is five-star rated, including the wives. As Barb puts it, "Dund...

  • The Chronicles of Marr-Nia

    A Barbara Marr Murder Mystery - 2.5

    Four funny and touching short stories featuring soccer mom and movie lover, Barbara Marr, who made her debut appearance in the hilarious murder mystery, Take the Monkeys and Run. Includes the laugh-out-loud mystery short story, “Missing Impossible....

  • Silenced by the Yams

    A Barbara Marr Murder Mystery - 3

    Book 3 in the bestselling Barbara Marr Series. Book 1, Take the Monkeys and Run, is currently Free in the Kindle Store.What’s more chaotic than a house with a canary, two hungry cats, and a yappy poodle with elimination issues? Answer: Barbara Mar...

  • A Spirited Season

    Six Fun Holiday Short Stories What's a holiday without a little spirit? Join authors Karen Cantwell, Misha Crews, and Laura Lucas for half a dozen comical, fun, and warm-hearted Christmas tales. Soccer mom, Barbara Marr, is visited by the Ghost of Ch...

  • Saturday Night Cleaver

    A Barbara Marr Murder Mystery - 4

    Poor Barb. She just can't stay out of trouble, no matter how hard she tries. But this time she has a good reason: family friend Colt Baron has gone missing. When soccer mom, Barbara Marr, and her ex-FBI husband, Howard, begin following clues in a sea...

  • Bjorn! on the Fourth of July

    A Barbara Marr Murder Mystery - 4.5

    Barbara Marr is a mom, like any in the world, who just wants to make her kids happy. When youngest daughter, Amber, begs to see the great magician Bjorn! on the Fourth of July, Barb can hardly deny her. But, in Barb's world, the road to happiness is....



  • Kiss Me, Tate

    Love in Rustic Woods - 1

    Tate Kilbourn was Bunny Bergen's long-forgotten, secret high school crush. But that was twenty-four years ago, and a lot has happened since. Devastated by a nasty divorce, trying to juggle kids, bills and her new job - not to mention a boatload of in...

  • Keep Me Ghosted

    Sophie Rhodes Ghostly Romance - 1

    Ghosts. Do you Believe? Sophie Rhodes doesn't have a choice. She's surrounded by them. Desperate to pay the bills, 29-year-old Sophie ignores the advice of her stuffy spirit-friend, Marmaduke Dodsworth, and takes a job with the handsome Dr. Callahan,...

  • Dead Man Stalking

    A Barbara Marr Murder Mystery - 5

    5th book in the bestselling Barbara Marr Murder Mystery Series; Book #1, Take the Monkeys and Run is Free on Amazon (Kindle) When Howard and the girls leave town, Barb thinks she'll have some quiet, peaceful alone time. Of course, this is calamity-p...

  • Some Like it Haunted

    Sophie Rhodes Ghostly Romance - 2

    Book 2 in the Sophie Rhodes Ghostly Romance Series.Marmaduke Dodsworth is just about the most lovable British ghost you'll ever meet. But Sophie Rhodes and her new boyfriend, Cal, are becoming frustrated with his untimely appearances and intrusions. ...

  • Dial Marr for Murder

    A Barbara Marr Murder Mystery - 6

    6th book in the bestselling Barbara Marr Murder Mystery Series; Book #1, Take the Monkeys and Run is Free on Kobo. A flu epidemic seems to have wiped out the volunteer force at the Rustic Woods Nature Center. Never fear, Barbara M...

  • Murder in the Mountains

    Whether you love spring, summer, fall, or winter in the mountains, you'll be elevated by nine new stories from award-winning and bestselling cozy mystery authors Gretchen Archer, Leslie Budewitz, Karen Cantwell, Barb Goffman, Eleanor Cawood Jones, Ti...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Karen Cantwell has published 15 books.

Karen Cantwell does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Murder in the Mountains, was published in February 2022.

The first book by Karen Cantwell, Take the Monkeys and Run, was published in September 2010.

Yes. Karen Cantwell has 3 series.
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