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Carolyn Hart
Carolyn G. Hart
[1936-]
Annie Laurance, a mystery book store owner, and Max Darling, investigator, in Broward’s Rock, South Carolina, in the Death on Demand series:

Death on Demand (1987) [review]
Finalist 1988 Anthony Award for Best Paperback
Finalist 1988 Macavity Award for Best First Novel

Design for Murder (1987)

Something Wicked (1988)
1988 Agatha Award for Best Novel
1989 Anthony Award for Best Paperback

Honeymoon with Murder (1988)
1990 Anthony Award for Best Paperback

A Little Class on Murder (1989)
1990 Macavity Award for Best Novel
Finalist 1989 Agatha Award for Best Novel
Finalist 1990 Anthony Award for Best Mystery

Deadly Valentine (1990)
Finalist 1990 Agatha Award for Best Novel
Finalist 1991 Macavity Award for Best Novel

The Christie Caper (1991)
Finalist 1991 Agatha Award for Best Novel
Finalist 1992 Macavity Award for Best Novel

Southern Ghost (1992)
Finalist 1992 Agatha Award for Best Novel
Finalist 1993 Anthony Award for Best Mystery

The Mint Julep Murder (1995)

Yankee Doodle Dead (1998)

White Elephant Dead (1999)

Sugar Plum Dead (2000)

April Fool Dead (2002)

Engaged To Die (2003)

Murder Walks the Plank (2004)

Death of the Party (2005)

Dead Days of Summer (2006)

Death Walked In (2008)

Dare To Die (2009)

Laughed ’Til He Died (2010)

Dead by Midnight (2011)

Death Comes Silently (2012)

Dead, White, and Blue (2013)

Death at the Door (2014)

Don’t Go Home (2015)

Walking on My Grave (2017)

Henrietta O’Dwyer Collins, a 70-something reporter in South Carolina:

Dead Man’s Island (1993)
1993 Agatha Award for Best Novel
Finalist 1994 Macavity Award for Best Novel

Scandal in Fair Haven (1994)
Finalist 1994 Agatha Award for Best Novel
Finalist 1995 Macavity Award for Best Novel

Death in Lovers’ Lane (1996)

Death in Paradise (1999)

Death on the River Walk (1999)
Finalist 1999 Agatha Award for Best Novel

Resort to Murder (2001)

Set Sail for Murder (2007)

Bailey Ruth Raeburn, who dies during a storm and then returns as a ghost to help solve crime in her hometown of Adelaide, Oklahoma:

Ghost at Work (2008)

Merry, Merry Ghost (2009)

Ghost in Trouble (2010)

Ghost Gone Wild (2013)

Ghost Wanted (2014)

Ghost to the Rescue (2015)

Ghost Times Two (2016)

Ghost on the Case (2017)

Ghost Ups Her Game (2020)

Ghost Blows a Kiss (2021)

Nela (Cornelia) Farley, an unemployed investigative reporter with a talent for understanding the thoughts of cats in Craddock, Oklahoma:

What the Cat Saw (2012) [review]

 

 
Non-series:

Flee from the Past (1975)

A Settling of Accounts (1976)

The Rich Die Young (1983)

Death by Surprise (1983)

Castle Rock (1983)

Escape from Paris (1983)

Skulduggery (1984)

The Devereaux Legacy (1986)

Brave Hearts (1987)

Secrets and Other Stories of Suspense (2002)

Letter from Home (2003)
2003 Agatha Award for Best Novel

Cry in the Night (2012)

Cliff’s Edge (2014)

High Stakes (2015)


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