Aloha Pete Mystery#
| Title |
Published |
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| Birds in Paradise |
2011 |
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Beloved Bookroom Mystery Reading Order#
| Title |
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| The Broken Spine |
2021 |
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| A Perfect Bind |
2022 |
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| A Book Club to Die for |
2022 |
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Raven’s Run Romantic Mystery#
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| Ms. Starr’s Most Inconvenient Change of Heart |
2020 |
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Southern Chocolate Shop Mystery Reading Order#
| Title |
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| Asking for Truffle |
2017 |
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| Playing With Bonbon Fire |
2018 |
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| In Cold Chocolate |
2018 |
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| Bonbon with the Wind |
2019 |
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White House Gardener Mystery Reading Order#
| Title |
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| Flowerbed of State |
2011 |
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| The Scarlet Pepper |
2012 |
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| Oak and Dagger |
2013 |
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Dorothy St. James writes cozy mysteries with distinctive settings. Her White House Gardener Mystery series (2011-2013) puts a groundskeeper on the White House lawn and gives her murder cases to solve alongside her flowerbeds. The Southern Chocolate Shop Mystery series (2017-2019) moves to a small Southern town where a chocolate shop owner keeps finding bodies mixed in with her bonbons.
Her most recent series, the Beloved Bookroom Mystery (2021-2022), follows a librarian who creates a secret book room after her library goes fully digital, only to stumble into murder. St. James clearly enjoys building her cozies around specific workplaces and hobbies, giving each series a distinct flavor while staying within the genre’s conventions.
She’s also written a standalone romantic mystery, Ms. Starr’s Most Inconvenient Change of Heart (2020), and a Hawaiian-set mystery, Birds in Paradise (2011). The range of settings shows a writer who likes variety in her backdrops, even if the cozy formula stays consistent.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Dorothy St. James written?
Dorothy St. James has written 12 books across 5 series.
What was Dorothy St. James's first book?
Dorothy St. James’s first book is Birds in Paradise(As: Dorothy McFalls), published in 2011.
What are Dorothy St. James's most popular series?
St. James is best known for the White House Gardener Mystery series, which follows a groundskeeper solving crimes on the White House grounds, and the Southern Chocolate Shop Mystery series, set in a small Southern town. Her Beloved Bookroom Mystery series about a secret library has also gained a following.