Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Summer Of The Wild Pig | 1979 | Sandy Dengler | Buy |
| 2 | The Arizona Longhorns Adventure | 1980 | Sandy Dengler | Buy |
| 3 | Melon Hound | 1980 | Sandy Dengler | Buy |
| 4 | The Horse Who Loved Picnics | 1980 | Sandy Dengler | Buy |
| 5 | Mystery at McGeehan Ranch | 1982 | Sandy Dengler | Buy |
| 6 | The Song of the Nereids | 1984 | Sandy Dengler | Buy |
| 7 | To Die In The Queen Of Cities | 1986 | Sandy Dengler | Buy |
| 8 | Smokey A Simple Country Bear Who Made Good | 1987 | Sandy Dengler | Buy |
| 9 | Florence Nightingale Nurse to Soldiers | 1988 | Sandy Dengler | Buy |
| 10 | Hyenas | 1998 | Sandy Dengler | Buy |
| 11 | Arachne Flying | 2013 | Sandy Dengler | Buy |
| 12 | Red Iris, Black Rose | 2014 | Sandy Dengler | Buy |
Sandy Dengler’s 12 standalone novels span her full career from 1979 to 2014 and cover a remarkable variety of subjects. Early entries include children’s animal stories like The Horse Who Loved Picnics (1980) and Smokey A Simple Country Bear (1987), while later books like Arachne Flying (2013) and Red Iris, Black Rose (2014) suggest more mature fiction.
The standalones fill in the gaps between her series work, showing sides of Dengler’s writing that do not fit neatly into her mystery, historical, or children’s franchise boxes. A Christian historical novel set in Constantinople (To Die In The Queen Of Cities) and a biography of Florence Nightingale give further evidence of her wide-ranging interests.