Dean James Miranda James
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:

Publication Order of Deep South Mysteries Books

Cruel as the Grave (2000)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Closer Than the Bones (2001)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Death by Dissertation (As:Dean James) (2013)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Southern Ladies Mysteries Books

Bless Her Dead Little Heart (2014)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Dead with the Wind (2015)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Digging Up the Dirt (2016)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Fixing to Die (2017)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Trailer Park Mysteries Books

(as Jimmie Evans)

Flamingo Fatale (2005)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Murder Over Easy (2006)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Best Served Cold (2007)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Bring Your Own Poison (2008)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Leftover Dead (2008)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Cat In The Stacks Mysteries Books

Murder Past Due (2010)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Classified as Murder (2011)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
File M for Murder (2012)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Out of Circulation (2012)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Silence of the Library (2014)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Arsenic and Old Books (2015)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
No Cats Allowed (2016)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Twelve Angry Librarians (2017)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Claws for Concern (2018)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Six Cats a Slayin' (2018)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Pawful Truth (2019)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Careless Whiskers (2020)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Cat Me If You Can (2020)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
What the Cat Dragged In (2021)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Hiss Me Deadly (2023)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Simon Kirby-Jones Books

(as Dean James)

Posted to Death (2002)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Faked to Death (2003)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Decorated to Death (2004)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Baked to Death (2005)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Bridge Club Mysteries Books

(as Honor Hartman)

On the Slam (2007)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Unkindest Cut (2008)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

By a Woman's Hand: Guide to Mystery Fiction by Women (With: Jean Swanson) (1994)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Killer Books: A Reader's Guide to Exploring the Popular World of Mystery and Suspense (With: Jean Swanson) (1998)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Dick Francis Companion (With: Jean Swanson) (2003)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The Robert B. Parker Companion (As: Dean James, With: Elizabeth Foxwell) (2005)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Melrose Place Books

(as Dean James)

Tough love (1993)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Dean James Short Stories/Novellas

(as Dean James)

The Village Vampire and the Oboe of Death (1998)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Sookie Stackhouse Anthologies

(with Jonathan Maberry, Charlaine Harris, Bill Crider, Rachel Caine, Toni L.P. Kelner, Nancy Holder, Dana Cameron, Christopher Golden, Seanan McGuire, MaryJanice Davidson, Jeanne C. Stein, Nicole Peeler, Suzanne McLeod, Leigh Perry, Jeffrey J. Mariotte)

Dead But Not Forgotten (With: Jonathan Maberry,Charlaine Harris,Bill Crider,Rachel Caine,Toni L.P. Kelner,Nancy Holder,Dana Cameron,Christopher Golden,Seanan McGuire,MaryJanice Davidson,Jeanne C. Stein,Nicole Peeler,Suzanne McLeod,Leigh Perry,Jeffrey J. Mariotte) (2014)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Sookie Stackhouse Books

Dead Until Dark (By: Charlaine Harris) (2001)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Living Dead in Dallas (By: Charlaine Harris) (2002)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Club Dead (By: Charlaine Harris) (2003)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Dead to the World (By: Charlaine Harris) (2004)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Dead as a Doornail (By: Charlaine Harris) (2005)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Definitely Dead (By: Charlaine Harris) (2006)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
All Together Dead (By: Charlaine Harris) (2007)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
From Dead to Worse (By: Charlaine Harris) (2008)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Dead and Gone (By: Charlaine Harris) (2009)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
A Touch of Dead (By: Charlaine Harris) (2009)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Dead in the Family (By: Charlaine Harris) (2010)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
True Blood Collection (By: Charlaine Harris) (2010)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Dead Reckoning (By: Charlaine Harris) (2011)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
The First Sookie Collection (By: Charlaine Harris) (2011)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Deadlocked (By: Charlaine Harris) (2012)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Dancers in the Dark (By: Charlaine Harris) (2012)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Dead Ever After (By: Charlaine Harris) (2013)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
After Dead (By: Charlaine Harris) (2013)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

Publication Order of Malice Domestic Books

Malice Domestic 1 (By: Elizabeth Peters,Sharyn McCrumb,Charlotte Elkins,Aaron Elkins,Barbara Paul,Joan Hess,,P.M. Carlson,Charlotte MacLeod,Barbara Paul) (1992)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Malice Domestic 2 (By: Mary Higgins Clark) (1993)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Malice Domestic 3 (By: Taylor McCafferty,Joan Hess,Wendy Hornsby,Deborah Adams,Dorothy Cannell,Camilla Trinchieri) (1994)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Malice Domestic 4 (By: ,Carole Nelson Douglas,K.K. Beck,P.M. Carlson,Carolyn G. Hart,,Rochelle Krich,Ralph McInerny,,Jean Hager) (1995)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Malice Domestic 5 (By: Nancy Atherton,Jill Churchill,Toni L.P. Kelner,Barbara D'Amato,Peter Lovesey,Alan Russell,Eileen Dreyer,Carolyn Wheat,Phyllis Whitney,,Susan Cooper,Medora Sale,Eve Sandstrom,Sharan Newman,,Patricia Moyes,Sue Henry) (1996)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Malice Domestic 7 (As: Dean James, With: Harlan Coben,Sharyn McCrumb,Stephanie Barron,Daniel Stashower,Michael Bond,Amy Myers) (1998)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Malice Domestic 8 (By: Mary Daheim,Nevada Barr,Margaret Maron,Amanda Cross,Abigail Padgett,Jonathan Gash,Susan Holtzer) (1999)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Malice Domestic 9 (By: Agatha Christie,Robert Barnard,Joan Hess,Jan Burke,Dorothy Cannell,Ann Granger,Susan Moody,Teri Holbrook) (2000)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Malice Domestic 14 (By: Victoria Thompson,Sara Rosett,Parnell Hall,Harriette Sackler,Josh Pachter,Stephen D. Rogers,,,,Edith Maxwell,Elizabeth Perona,,,,Ang Pompano,Leslie Budewitz,Terry Shames,Christine Trent,Nancy Cole Silverman,Debra H. Goldstein,Cynthia Kuhn,Lynne Ewing,Lisa Preston,,Gabriel Valjan,,,,JoanLong,,Rosemary McCracken,,,,,,M.A. Monnin) (2019)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Each book is an anthology, with the listed author credited as the editor of the book.

Publication Order of Anthologies

Deadly Women(1997)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Malice Domestic 7(1998)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Canine Crimes(1998)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Derby Rotten Scoundrels: A Silver Dagger Anthology(2004)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Death Dines In(2004)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
A Kudzu Christmas(2005)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Damn Near Dead 2: Live Noir or Die Trying(2010)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Dead But Not Forgotten(2014)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price
Year-Round Trouble(2020)Best Hardcover PriceBest Paperback PriceBest Kindle Price

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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