Spookshow Books in Order
Part ofTim McGregor Books in OrderFind the Spookshow books by Tim McGregor in order, with summaries, series background, and clear advice on the best place to start reading.
Last updated: July 15, 2026
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Spookshow books in publication order
11 books
The Spookshow
by Tim McGregor
2014
After an accident leaves Billie Culpepper able to see the dead, a trip to Hamilton's infamous Murder House uncovers a terrible secret. The ghosts want answers, and Detective Ray Mockler may be the only person who can help her survive the truth.
Welcome to the Spookshow
by Tim McGregor
2014
Billie Culpepper is drifting through life until an accident leaves her seeing horrible apparitions no one else can see. A mysterious Englishman tells her she is now a medium between the living and dead, a calling Billie wants no part of.
Bringing up the bodies
by Tim McGregor
2015
As Kaitlin fights for her life, Billie learns that a body found at the Murder House may be her father's. With Ray's help, she reopens the mystery of her mother's death and confronts her family's frightening connection to the house.
Half-Boys and Gypsy Girls
by Tim McGregor
2015
Billie wants to leave ghosts behind and start a new life with Detective Mockler, but the dead refuse to let her go. A vanished corpse, Kaitlin's traumatic visions, and a ghost child pull the group back into danger.
The Women in the walls
by Tim McGregor
2015
Psychic Billie struggles to shut out the dead while Detective Ray Mockler investigates human remains found in a hidden chamber. Their search for a killer leads back toward the Murder House, where an old supernatural threat is already closing in.
A Haunting in Crown Point
by Tim McGregor
2016
Growing known as a psychic, Billie is asked to help a family terrorized in their own home. Between a sinister entity, a hostile preacher, and a reporter determined to expose her, she faces the investigation largely alone.
Cordelia
by Tim McGregor
2016
Billie's efforts to control her psychic life are upended by trouble at work and an escalating supernatural crisis. Ray is reeling from a loss, while occult con man John Gantry returns with a rescue plan that demands more from Billie than ever.
Sisters of Mercy
by Tim McGregor
2017
While Billie pours her energy into opening a bar, Ray investigates gruesome murders linked to an alleged curse. He dismisses the supernatural explanation until wounds resembling stigmata appear on his own body, with only seven days left to live.
The Boy in the Woods
by Tim McGregor
2018
Busy with her new bar, Billie hopes for a break from ghosts while facing a life-changing decision. Ray investigates a boy lured into the woods at night, and Gantry discovers that living with the not-quite-dead Cordelia brings its own terrors.
Midwinter
by Tim McGregor
2019
An eviction notice sends Billie and her partner house hunting just before Christmas. Her dream fixer-upper seems wonderfully free of ghosts, until a violent presence begins attacking in ways even Billie's psychic abilities cannot explain.
Spiritualist & Medium
by Tim McGregor
2021
Billie uncovers an old arrest charge against her late mother and searches for the truth behind it. The story reaches back to 1994, when single mother Mary Agnes Culpepper fears her young daughter has inherited a dangerous family curse.
Spookshow books in chronological order

The Spookshow
by Tim McGregor
2014Spookshow, Book 1
Welcome to the Spookshow
by Tim McGregor
2014Spookshow, Book 2
The Women in the walls
by Tim McGregor
2015Spookshow, Book 3
Bringing up the bodies
by Tim McGregor
2015Spookshow, Book 4
Half-Boys and Gypsy Girls
by Tim McGregor
2015Spookshow, Book 5
A Haunting in Crown Point
by Tim McGregor
2016Spookshow, Book 6
Cordelia
by Tim McGregor
2016Spookshow, Book 7
Sisters of Mercy
by Tim McGregor
2017Spookshow, Book 8
The Boy in the Woods
by Tim McGregor
2018Spookshow, Book 9
Midwinter
by Tim McGregor
2019Spookshow, Book 10
Spiritualist & Medium
by Tim McGregor
2021Spookshow, Book 11
Series background & context
The Spookshow series follows Billie Culpepper, a woman in Hamilton, Ontario, whose life changes after an accident leaves her able to see the dead. It is not a gift Billie welcomes. Ghosts interrupt her work, crowd her home, and draw her into troubles she would rather avoid. Worse still, they know she can see them.
The first books introduce the world through haunted places, including the notorious Murder House, while gradually revealing why Billie has become tied to it. Billie is a reluctant medium rather than a polished supernatural hero. She gets frightened, makes mistakes, and keeps trying to hold on to a normal life even as the dead keep making that impossible.
Hamilton matters here. The series uses bars, apartments, streets, neglected buildings, and old local secrets to give its ghost stories a lived-in, urban feel. Billie works as a bartender and later tries to build a life of her own, while supernatural problems keep crashing into practical ones. A haunting may be terrifying, but there is still rent to pay, work to do, and relationships to sort out.
She is not alone for long. Detective Ray Mockler is pulled into cases where normal evidence is not enough, and Billie becomes the person who can help him see what the dead are hiding. Their connection develops alongside the investigations. Billie also has friends whose curiosity about the paranormal can become dangerous, and John Gantry, a charming but unreliable occult investigator whose past brings its own trouble.
The dead do not stay quiet in this series.
Each book has its own central threat, such as a hidden crime, a curse, a violent spirit, or an unsettling house, but the larger story carries forward. Billie’s abilities, her family history, the Murder House, and the people closest to her all gain more weight as the series goes on. That continuing thread makes publication order the easiest way to read it, beginning with The Spookshow. Welcome to the Spookshow fills in key early events from Billie’s awakening, while later books continue to build on what came before.
Expect paranormal mystery with horror elements, but also a lot of character fallout. These are stories about people trying to love, work, recover, and grow up while ghosts keep demanding answers. The tone can be creepy and grim, yet the series also makes room for friendship, awkward humor, and the hard-won comfort of finding people who believe you when the impossible is standing right in front of you.
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