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I’d Rather Be Reading a Southern Mystery

With a female sleuth and a cozy southern setting!

Adams, Deborah
All the Great Pretenders
Citizens of Jesus Creek, TN

Albert, Susan Wittig
Thyme of Death
China Bayles, herbalist

Brown, Rita Mae
Wish You Were Here
Mary Minor Haristeen, postmistress

Colley, Barbara
Maid for Murder
Charlotte La Rue, cleaning service owner

George, Anne
Murder on a Girls’ Night Out
Mary Alice & Patricia Anne, 60+ sisters

Haines, Carolyn
Them Bones
Sarah Booth Delaney, southern belle

Hart, Carolyn G.
Death on Demand
Annie & Max, mystery bookstore owners

Hess, Joan
Malice in Maggody
Arly Hanks, chief of police

Lanier, Virginia
Death in Bloodhound Red
Jo Beth Sidden, search and rescue handler for bloodhounds

McCrumb, Sharon
Sick of Shadows
Elizabeth MacPherson, forensic anthropologist

Maron, Margaret
Bootlegger’s Daughter
Deborah Knott, judge

Sprinkle, Patricia Houck
Murder at Markham
Sheila Travis, executive

Trocheck, Kathy Hogan
Every Crooked Nanny
Callahan Garrity, cleaning service owner

*Each title is the first in the series, and is shelved by author in the Mystery section.

Prepared by Terri Williams, November 2002
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