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Dr. Maxwell Thornton Murder Mysteries Books in Order

by S.C. WynneLGBTQ+

8 books from Strange Medicine (2022) to Tide and Seek (2026). Rated 4.6 across 327 listener reviews.

Reading order

  1. Strange Medicine

    Book 1 2022 4.3 (102)

    Maxwell Thornton isn’t a people person, but that never mattered to him because he’d lived for his job. After losing a patient during an operation, he’s afraid to pick up the scalpel again.

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  2. Scalpels & Psychopaths

    Book 2 2022 by S. C. Wynne 4.6 (68)

    After three months of struggling to fit into the small town of Rainy Dale, Texas, Maxwell Thornton is once again thrown into the middle of a murder investigation.

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  3. Arsenic and Old Lies

    Book 3 2022 4.6 (45)

    Doctor Maxwell Thornton, brilliant ex-surgeon and man most likely to insult you without even trying, seems to have an unwanted penchant for landing in the middle of murder cases....

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  4. Smoke and Murders

    Book 4 2023 4.7 (30)

    Things are spiraling out of control for our indelicate, but occasionally loveable, Doctor Thornton. His romantic life is already in turmoil, but when someone sets fire to his medical practice, his finances are also in jeopardy....

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  5. It's a Wonderful Knife

    Book 5 2023 4.7 (29)

    Chopping down a Christmas tree has never been something Dr. Maxwell Thornton aspired to. But his boyfriend, Sheriff Royce Callum, has a tradition of visiting Giggly Elves Tree Farm every Christmas to do just that....

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  6. Kiss Marry Kill

    Book 6 2025 4.8 (27)

    Snakes don’t only crawl in the grass. River Martin has begun to reveal his true motives for being in Rainy Dale, and, shocker, it’s not good news for Maxwell. If Maxwell is going to go to war with River, he’ll need people on his side.

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  7. One Vote for Murder

    Book 7 2025 by S. C. Wynne 4.7 (23)

    Maxwell foolishly hoped things might settle down once he found the perfect new location for his medical practice. Not. So. Much. After a shocking revelation, Maxwell finally knows why River Martin hates him with a passion.

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  8. Tide and Seek

    Book 8 2026 5.0 (3)

    Why are Max and Royce's vacations so deadly? When Dr. Maxwell Thornton’s Malibu beach house is burgled, he sees a silver lining—the perfect excuse for a sun-soaked romantic getaway with Sheriff Royce Callum, the man who’s stolen his heart…

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About this reading order

Books are listed in the series' own numbering, which for Dr. Maxwell Thornton Murder Mysteries is also the best order to read them in. Years are first publication where we could confirm it, and otherwise the first audiobook release.

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