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Series
 (Series titles below reflect library collection.  Other titles in the series or by that author may not be owned by us.)

Danny Chiasson, Louisiana attorney by Kenneth Abel
     1. Cold Steel Rain
     2. The Burying Field
Meg Langslow, Virginia-bred, decorative blacksmith by Donna Andrews
      (see Humorous Mysteries)

Nick Travers, New Orleans blues historian by Ace Atkins
    1. Crossroad Blues
    2. Leavin' Trunk Blues
    3. Dark End of the Street
     4. Dirty South
August Goodnight, Guardian angel by Mignon Ballard
      (see Humorous Mysteries)
Trudy Roundtree, Georgia policewoman by Linda Berry
    1. Death and the Easter Bunny
    2. Death and the Hubcap
    3. Death and the Icebox
    4. Death and the Walking Stick
Mary Crow, Georgia Assistant D.A. by Sallie Bissell
       (see American Indian Mysteries)
“Harry” Haristeen, Virginia postmistress and her animals by Rita Mae Brown
    1. Wish You Were Here
    2. Rest in Pieces
    3. Murder at Monticello
    4. Pay Dirt
    5. Murder, She Meowed
    6. Murder on the Prowl
    7. Cat on the Scent
    8. Pawing Through the Past
    9. Claws and Effect
   10. Catch as Cat Can
   11. Tail of the Tip-Off
   12. Whisker of Evil
   13. Cat's Eyewitness
   14. Sour Puss
Susan Chase, Myrtle Beach lifeguard and runaway finder by Steve Brown
    1. Color Her Dead
    2. Stripped to Kill
    3. Dead Kids Tell No Tales
    4. Hurricane Party
Dave Robicheaux, Cajun detective by James Lee Burke
    1. The Neon Rain
    2. Heaven's Prisoners
    3. Black Cherry Blues
    4. A Morning For Flamingos
    5. A Stained White Radiance
    6. In the Electric Mist With Confederate Dead
    7. Dixie City Jam
    8. Burning Angel
    9. Cadillac Jukebox
  10. Sunset Limited
  11. Purple Cane Road
  12. Jolie Blon's Bounce
  13. Last Car to Elysian Fields
Theodosia Browning, Teashop mysteries in Charleston by Laura Childs
    1. Death by Darjeeling
    2. Gunpowder Green
    3. Shades of Earl Grey
    4. The English Breakfast Murder
    5. The Jasmine Moon Murder
    6. Chamomile Mourning
Charlotte LaRue, New Orleans housecleaner by Barbara Colley
    1. Maid For Murder
    2. Death Tidies Up
    3. Polished Off
    4. Wiped Out
Lindsay Chamberlain, U. of Georgia archaeologist by Beverly Connor
       (Archaeology & Anthropology Mysteries)
 
Kay Scarpetta, Virginia's chief medical examiner by Patricia Cornwell
    1. Postmortem
    2. Body of Evidence
    3. All That Remains
    4. Cruel and Unusual
    5. The Body Farm
    6. From Potter's Field
    7. Cause of Death
    8. Unnatural Exposure
    9. Point of Origin
   10. Black Notice
   11. The Last Precinct
   12. Blow Fly
   13. Trace
"Mama" Candi Covington: case worker in Otis, S.C by Nora DeLoach
        (see African Heritage Mysteries)
 
Fever Devilin, Georgia Folklorist by Phillip DePoy
    1. The Devil's Hearth
    2. The Witch's Grave
Andy Broussard, New Orleans medical examiner; Kit Franklyn, Criminal Psychologist by D. J. Donaldson
    1. No Mardi Gras For the Dead
    2. New Orleans Requiem
    3. Louisiana Fever
    4. Sleeping With the Crawfish
          Other titles in series
Margo Fortier, New Orleans stripper-turned-society columnist by Tony Fennelly
    1. The Hippie in the Wall
    2. Don't Blame the Snake
          Other titles in series
Mary Alice Crane and Patricia Anne Hollowell, Southern sisters by Anne George
        (see Senior Sleuths Mysteries)
 
Sarah Booth Delaney, Mississippi private eye-southern belle by Carolyn Haines
        (see British Aristocracy Mysteries)
 
Ben January: surgeon and teacher in 1833 New Orleans by Barbara Hambly
        (see African Heritage Mysteries)
 
Aurora Teagarden, librarian-turned-realtor & Georgia amateur detective by Charlaine Harris
    1. Three Bedrooms, One Corpse
    2. The Julius House
    3. Dead Over Heels
    4. A Fool and His Honey
    5. Last Scene Alive
    6. Poppy Done to Death
          Other titles in series
Annie Laurance & Max Darling, S. Carolina mystery bookstore owner & investigator by Carolyn Hart
       (see Bibliomysteries)
 
Jack Delmas, Mississippi private investigator by Martin Hegwood
    1. Big Easy Backroad
    2. The Green-Eyed Hurricane
    3. Massacre Island
    4. Jackpot Bay
“Three Dirty Women Landscaping, Inc”  by Julie Wray Herman
       (see Hobbies Mysteries)
 
Claire Malloy, Arkansas bookstore owner by Joan Hess
       (see Bibliomysteries)
 

Nick & Julia Lambros, Greek restaurant owners in a small Georgia town by Takis & Judy Iakovous
    1. So Dear to Wicked Men
    2. Go Close Against the Enemy
    3. There Lies a Hidden Scorpion
Laura Fleming, Southern born, from Byerly, N.C. by Toni Kelner
    1. Tight as a Tick
    2. Mad as the Dickens
    3. Wed and Buried
          Other titles in series
Social Club Mysteries in Borderville, VA by Graham Landrum
    1. The Famous D.A.R. Murder Mystery
    2. The Rotary Club Murder Mystery
    3. The Sensational Music Club Mystery
    4. The Historical Society Murder Mystery
    5. The Garden Club Mystery
Jo Beth Sidden, Georgia bloodhound trainer by Virginia Lanier
       (see Hobbies Mysteries)
 
Justin Savile and Cuddy Mangum, North Carolina policemen by Michael Malone
    1. Uncivil Seasons
    2. Time's Witness
    3. First Lady
Deborah Knott, North Carolina judge by Margaret Maron
    1. Bloody Kin
    2. Bootlegger's Daughter
    3. Southern Discomfort
    4. Shooting at Loons
    5. Up Jumps the Devil
    6. Killer Market
    7. Home Fires
    8. Storm Track
    9. Uncommon Clay
  10. Slow Dollar
  11. High Country Fall
Spencer Arrowood, Appalachian sheriff by Sharyn McCrumb
    1. If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O
    2. The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter
    3. She Walks These Hills
    4. The Rosewood Casket
    5. The Ballad of Frankie Silver

Abigail Timberlake, owner of "A Den of Antiquity" in Charlotte by Tamar Myers
        (see Humorous Mysteries)
 
Dr. Temperance Brennan, N.C. forensic anthropologist by Kathy Reichs
        (see Archaeology & Anthropology Mysteries)
 
Lew Griffin, New Orleans private eye and writer by James Sallis
        (see African Heritage Mysteries)
 
Simon Shaw, University of North Carolina professor by Sarah Shaber
        (see Academic Mysteries)
 
Samantha Adams, Atlanta journalist by Sarah Shankman
        (see Humorous Mysteries)
 
Kate Mulcay, Atlanta reporter by Celestine Sibley
        (see Senior Sleuths Mysteries)
 
Dr. Sara Linton, Georgia pediatrician and coroner by Karin Slaughter
    1. Blindsighted
    2. Kisscut
    3. A Faint Cold Fear
    4. Indelible
Skip Langdon,  New Orleans police detective by Julie Smith
    1. New Orleans Mourning
    2. The Axeman's Jazz
    3. Jazz Funeral
    4. New Orleans Beat
    5. House of Blues
    6. The Kindness of Strangers
    7. Crescent City Kill
    8. 82 Desire
          Other titles in series
Sheila Travis, publicist in Atlanta by Patricia Houck Sprinkle
    1. Murder at Markham
    2. Murder in the Charleston Manner
    3. Murder on Peachtree Street
    4. Death of a Dunwoody Matron
         Other titles in series

Callahan Garrity, Atlanta cleaning service by Kathy Hogan Trocheck
       (see Humorous Mysteries)
 
James Denton, Nashville private eye by Steven Womack
    1. Dead Folks' Blues
    2. Way Past Dead
    3. Murder Manual
    4. Dirty Money
        Other titles in series


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Last updated October 28, 2006 by Courtney Moore (cmoore@wppl.org).