Books in Order: A Comprehensive Guide to Katherine Bolger Hyde's Novels

Katherine Bolger Hyde taught herself to read at four and had settled on becoming a writer by eleven — an early start that led, by way of a college immersion in Russian literature, to a career in mystery fiction. Born in New York City, she now writes from California's redwood country, and alongside her mysteries she has published fantasy and picture books for children.

Her Crime with the Classics series is the subject here: five traditional mysteries published between 2016 and 2021, opening with Arsenic with Austen and closing with Fatality with Forster. As those titles suggest, each installment tips its hat to a literary great, which makes the series a natural fit for readers who like their whodunits with a bookish streak.