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The Country Club Murders Series

22 primary works • 24 total works
Socialite Ellison Russell teams up with Detective Anarchy Jones to investigate crimes in 1970s Kansas City, MO.

Book 1

The Deep End
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4.03 · 9592 Ratings · 1021 Reviews · published 2015 · 16 editions
Swimming into the lifeless body of her husband’s m…

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    Book 1.5

    Only the Good Die Young
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    4.19     · 945 Ratings · 74 Reviews · 1 edition
    Frances Walford's daughter, Ellison Russell, has d…

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    Book 2

    Guaranteed to Bleed
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    4.20     · 3913 Ratings · 414 Reviews · published 2015 · 17 editions
    With his dying breath, Bobby Lowell begs Ellison R…

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    Book 3

    Clouds in My Coffee
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    4.17     · 5891 Ratings · 487 Reviews · published 2021 · 15 editions
    When Ellison Russell is nearly killed at a benefac…

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    Book 4

    Send in the Clowns
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    4.22     · 2650 Ratings · 243 Reviews · published 2016 · 14 editions
    Haunted houses are scary enough without knife-wiel…

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    Book 5

    Watching the Detectives
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    4.36     · 2498 Ratings · 249 Reviews · published 2017 · 2 editions
    Ellison Russell wanted a decorator, not a corpse. …

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    Book 6

    Cold as Ice
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    4.34     · 2371 Ratings · 251 Reviews · published 2017 · 11 editions
    Ellison Russell’s life resembles a rollercoaster r…

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    Book 6.5

    Diamond Girl
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    4.25     · 937 Ratings · 99 Reviews · published 2018 · 3 editions
    From USA Today bestselling author, Julie Mulhern, …

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    Book 7

    Shadow Dancing: Country Club Murders
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    4.37     · 2191 Ratings · 227 Reviews · published 2018 · 12 editions
    Visiting a psychic is outside the norm for Ellison…

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    Book 8

    Back Stabbers
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    4.34     · 2202 Ratings · 184 Reviews · published 2018 · 14 editions
    All Ellison Russell wanted was an update on her st…

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    Book 9

    Telephone Line
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    4.39     · 2274 Ratings · 184 Reviews · published 2019 · 13 editions
    A killer is calling, and Ellison’s life is on the …

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    Book 10

    Stayin' Alive
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    4.41     · 1935 Ratings · 165 Reviews · published 2020 · 6 editions
    Springtime. Love is in the air. So is murder.

    When …

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    Book 11

    Killer Queen
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    4.45     · 1915 Ratings · 160 Reviews · published 2020 · 10 editions
    Another day, another dead woman in Ellison Russell…

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    Book 12

    Night Moves
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    4.42     · 1969 Ratings · 163 Reviews · published 2021 · 10 editions
    Spring is in the air, and Ellison Russell has plac…

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    Book 13

    Lyin' Eyes
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    4.42     · 1856 Ratings · 154 Reviews · published 2021 · 9 editions
    Get me to the church on time!

    Not so much the churc…

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    Book 14

    Evil Woman
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    4.43     · 1816 Ratings · 153 Reviews · published 2022 · 9 editions
    When Ellison Russell Jones returns from her honeym…

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    Book 15

    Big Shot
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    4.37     · 1925 Ratings · 139 Reviews · published 2022 · 5 editions
    Ellison and Anarchy Jones are looking forward to a…

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    Book 16

    Fire and Rain
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    4.52     · 1845 Ratings · 151 Reviews · 8 editions
    Ellison Jones is used to sirens in the night (unfo…

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    Book 17

    Killing Me Softly
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    4.56     · 1767 Ratings · 149 Reviews · published 2023 · 9 editions
    Ellison Russell Jones's best friend Libba has a qu…

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    Book 18

    Back in Black
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    4.47     · 1489 Ratings · 132 Reviews · 7 editions
    When Ellison's friend Kay Morrison visits Kansas C…

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    Book 18.5

    Somewhere in the Night: A Country Club Murder Thanksgiving novella
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    4.28     · 1003 Ratings · 73 Reviews · 4 editions

    Thanksgiving night in Kansas City means the Plaza …

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    Book 19

    Tight Rope:
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    4.39     · 943 Ratings · 99 Reviews · 8 editions
    A dead body in the trunk of a car. It's the Kansas…

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    Book 20

    Bad Blood: The Country Club Murders Book 20
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    4.41     · 615 Ratings · 86 Reviews · 4 editions
    Prudence Davies is one of Ellison Jones' least fav…

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    Book 20.5

    Rich Girl: A Country Club Murder Novella
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    5.00     · 1 Ratings · 4 editions
    This is Libba's story! Full description coming soo…

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