There is an overarching story arc of sorts for the characters, that runs through multiple books, so if you care about that sort of thing, I'd try to read them mostly in order. If you mostly read just for the mystery itself, then it doesn't matter so much - the mysteries themselves are self-contained.
I read maybe the first half of the series back when they first came out in paperback, which meant I read them in order naturally, and so I didn't have that issue. But I've recently read a few of the later ones out of order, as they've become available in e-book and it didn't bother me. Of course, I already sort of knew the general background, and I'm not much of a story-arc person in mystery series to start with. (For some reason, I do like story arcs in science fiction/fantasy and romance, but don't care too much in mysteries...)
So, YMMV, but hopefully that helps a little bit...
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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb
Ought these to be read in order? Or doesn't it matter?
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