Order of Miranda James Books
Miranda James is the most well-known pen name of American author Dean James, who writes cozy mystery novels. Besides his pseudonym and real name, James also uses (or has used) the names Jimmie Ruth Evans and Honor Hartman. Among the series he has written are the Cat in the Stacks Mysteries, Trailer Park Mysteries and the Simon Kirby-Jones Mysteries. James has been writing ever since he was 12, when he wrote a mystery novel entitled The Mystery of the Willow Key, inspired by Nancy Drew and Trixie Belden. He has also written several non-fiction books.
Dean James became a published author in 1994 when he published a non-fiction book entitled By a Woman’s Hand, co-authored by Jean Swanson. The reference book won an Agatha Award for Best Mystery Non-Fiction. His first mystery novel was entitled Cruel as the Grave (again written as Dean James) and was published in 2000. His debut as Miranda James came in 2010 with the novel Murder Past Due, which was the beginning of his Cat in the Stacks Mysteries series. Below is a list of Dean/Miranda James’ books in order of when they were originally released:
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Publication Order of Deep South Mysteries Books
(as Dean James)
| Cruel as the Grave | (2000) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Closer Than the Bones | (2001) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Death by Dissertation | (2013) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Southern Ladies Mysteries Books
| Bless Her Dead Little Heart | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Dead with the Wind | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Digging Up the Dirt | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Fixing to Die | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Trailer Park Mysteries Books
(as Jimmie Evans)
| Flamingo Fatale | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Murder Over Easy | (2006) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Best Served Cold | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Bring Your Own Poison | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Leftover Dead | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Cat In The Stacks Mysteries Books
| Murder Past Due | (2010) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Classified as Murder | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| File M for Murder | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Out of Circulation | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Silence of the Library | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Arsenic and Old Books | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| No Cats Allowed | (2016) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Twelve Angry Librarians | (2017) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Claws for Concern | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Six Cats a Slayin' | (2018) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Pawful Truth | (2019) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Careless Whiskers | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Cat Me If You Can | (2020) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| What the Cat Dragged In | (2021) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Hiss Me Deadly | (2023) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Requiem for a Mouse | (2024) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Simon Kirby-Jones Books
(as Dean James)
| Posted to Death | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Faked to Death | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Decorated to Death | (2004) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Baked to Death | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Bridge Club Mysteries Books
(as Honor Hartman)
| On the Slam | (2007) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Unkindest Cut | (2008) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| By a Woman's Hand | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Killer Books | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Dick Francis Companion | (2003) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Robert B. Parker Companion | (2005) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Dean James Short Stories/Novellas
(as Dean James)
| The Village Vampire and the Oboe of Death | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Anthologies
Notes: The Simon Kirby-Jones series, the Deep South Mysteries series and all anthologies and non-fiction books were written under his real name of Dean James. The Trailer Park Mysteries series was written as Jimmie Ruth Evans. The Bridge Club Mysteries series was written using the pen name of Honor Hartman.
The non-fiction books By a Woman’s Hand, Killer Books and The Dick Francis Companion were co-authored with Jean Swanson. The book The Robert B. Parker Companion was co-authored with Elizabeth Foxwell.
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