Anthologies#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Deadly Women |
1997 |
Buy |
| Malice Domestic 7 |
1998 |
Buy |
| Canine Crimes |
1998 |
Buy |
| Magnolias and Mayhem |
2000 |
Buy |
| Derby Rotten Scoundrels: A Silver Dagger Anthology |
2004 |
Buy |
| Death Dines In |
2004 |
Buy |
| A Kudzu Christmas |
2005 |
Buy |
| Suspense Magazine June 2013 |
2013 |
Buy |
| Dead But Not Forgotten |
2014 |
Buy |
Bridge Club Mysteries Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| On the Slam |
2007 |
Buy |
| The Unkindest Cut |
2008 |
Buy |
Cat In The Stacks Mysteries Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Murder Past Due |
2010 |
Buy |
| Succès Mortel |
2010 |
N/A |
| Classified as Murder |
2011 |
Buy |
| Inventaire fatal |
2011 |
N/A |
| File M for Murder |
2012 |
Buy |
| Out of Circulation |
2012 |
Buy |
| The Silence of the Library |
2014 |
Buy |
| Arsenic and Old Books |
2015 |
Buy |
| No Cats Allowed |
2016 |
Buy |
| Twelve Angry Librarians |
2017 |
Buy |
| Claws for Concern |
2018 |
Buy |
| Six Cats a Slayin' |
2018 |
Buy |
| The Pawful Truth |
2019 |
Buy |
| Careless Whiskers |
2020 |
Buy |
| Cat Me If You Can |
2020 |
Buy |
| What the Cat Dragged In |
2021 |
Buy |
| Hiss Me Deadly |
2023 |
Buy |
| Requiem for a Mouse |
2024 |
Buy |
| Something Whiskered |
2025 |
Buy |
Dean James Short Stories/Novellas#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Village Vampire and the Oboe of Death |
1998 |
Buy |
Deep South Mysteries Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Cruel as the Grave |
2000 |
Buy |
| Closer Than the Bones |
2001 |
Buy |
| Death by Dissertation |
2013 |
Buy |
Non-Fiction#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| By a Woman’s Hand |
1994 |
Buy |
| Killer Books |
1998 |
Buy |
| The Dick Francis Companion |
2003 |
Buy |
| The Robert B. Parker Companion |
2005 |
Buy |
Simon Kirby-Jones Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Posted to Death |
2002 |
Buy |
| Faked to Death |
2003 |
Buy |
| Decorated to Death |
2004 |
Buy |
| Baked to Death |
2005 |
Buy |
Southern Ladies Mysteries Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Bless Her Dead Little Heart |
2014 |
Buy |
| Dead with the Wind |
2015 |
Buy |
| Digging Up the Dirt |
2016 |
Buy |
| Fixing to Die |
2017 |
Buy |
Trailer Park Mysteries Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Flamingo Fatale |
2005 |
Buy |
| Murder Over Easy |
2006 |
Buy |
| Best Served Cold |
2007 |
Buy |
| Bring Your Own Poison |
2008 |
Buy |
| Leftover Dead |
2008 |
Buy |
Miranda James is the pen name of Dean James, a librarian and lifelong mystery fan from Mississippi. James has been a mystery reader since age ten and has worked at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson. He co-authored By a Woman’s Hand with Jean Swanson in 1994, which won an Agatha Award for Best Mystery Non-Fiction, and has published under several pen names over the years.
His biggest success came in 2010 with Murder Past Due, the first Cat in the Stacks Mystery, which spent four weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. That series, featuring librarian Charlie Harris and his Maine Coon cat Diesel, now has 19 books. James has also written the Southern Ladies Mysteries, the Simon Kirby-Jones series (set in an English village), the Trailer Park Mysteries (under the Jimmie Ruth Evans name), and the Bridge Club Mysteries (as Honor Hartman). Across all his pen names, he has published over 50 books since the mid-1990s.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Miranda James written?
Miranda James has written 51 books across 9 series.
What was Miranda James's first book?
Miranda James’s first book is By a Woman’s Hand(As: Dean James, With: Jean Swanson), published in 1994.
Is Miranda James a pen name?
Yes, Miranda James is one of several pen names used by Dean James, a seventh-generation Mississippian and librarian. He also writes under the names Jimmie Ruth Evans and Honor Hartman. His nonfiction and earlier mysteries were published under his real name, Dean James.