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  • Bibliography:
    13 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    December 1992
  • Latest Book:
    October 2005
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Full Series List in Order

Maggie McLendon

1 - Cruel as the Grave (2000)
2 - Death by Dissertation (May-2004)

A Simon Kirby-Jones Mystery

1 - Posted to Death (Apr-2002)
2 - Faked to Death (Apr-2003)
3 - Decorated to Death (Apr-2004)
4 - Baked to Death (Apr-2005)

Multi-Author Series List

Melrose Place

Tough Love (Dec-1992)
Keeping the Faith (Jan-1993)
4 - Three's a Crowd (Dec-1993)

Book List in Order: 13 titles




  • REACHING FOR A DREAM... and working hard to make it happen. Young, ambitious and talented, the residents of Melrose Place have what it takes...even if the going gets tough along the way. Alison Parker -- Creative and upfront, will her integrity b...



  • While Alison butts heads with co-worker Amanda over Amanda's budding romance with Alison's housemate, Billy, Rhonda contemplates canceling her upcoming wedding to Mr. Right and Jane and Michael struggle to hold onto their marriage. Original....



  • Maggie McLendon should be at home in Houston, studying for her Ph.D. qualifying exams, but a letter from her great aunt arrives, bearing bad news. Maggie's grandfather, Henry McLendon, whom she has never met, is seriously ill in Jackson, Mississippi....



  • Recently retired from teaching high school English for nearly forty years, Ernestine Carpenter freely admits that she's more than a bit nosy. She is also good at solving problems, and she's let it be known, amongst her many friends and relatives, tha...



  • He's Poirot without a pulse. Holmes without a heartbeat. England has found itself a new sleuth to call its own, but Simon Kirby-Jones is not only a vampire, he's an American to boot. He's pulled up stakes in the States to settle in the quaint English...



  • Simon Kirby-Jones is not your typical British sleuth. Probably because he's an American, southern born and bred and...dead. A vampire comfortably ensconced in the English village of Snupperton Mumsley, Simon has kept his discerning neighbors in the d...



  • Not everyone can claim both Hercule Poirot and Nancy Drew as inspiration. Of course, not everyone is a vampire sleuth from the States who pulled up stakes to live in a small English village. Even the eccentric denizens of Snupperton Mumsely might be ...



  • Featuring stories by Kit Ehrman, Tamera Huber, Sandra Cerow Leonard, Elaine Munsch, Beverle Graves Myers, P. J. Robertson, Brenda Stewart, and Laura Young, this collection explores a world of danger and deceit against the backdrop of fast horses, b...






  • For Andy Carpenter, graduate school is stressful enough without adding romantic complications and dead bodies to the mix. First, Andy has to contend with the presence of Rob Hayward, a new student in the history PhD program. He thought Rob was out of...



  • American transplant Simon Kirby-Jones has made a home for himself in the small English village of Snupperton-Mumsley, and--much to the chagrin of the local constabulary--a name for himself as a sometime sleuth. A writer by day and vampire perpetually...



  • CLAUDIA BISHOP AND DEAN JAMES invite you to dine in. There's murder on the menu... Main Course: Sixteen short stories Side Dishes: Sixteen all -- new recipes and author interviews Sink your teeth into these delicacies from today's masters of ...



  • Even before he was named Grand Master for Lifetime Achievement by the Mystery Writers of America, Edgar® Award-winning author Robert B. Parker had assumed the mantle of dean of American crime fiction. “Taking his place beside Dashiell Hammett...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Dean James has published 13 books.

Dean James does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Robert B. Parker Companion, was published in October 2005.

The first book by Dean James, Tough Love, was published in December 1992.

Yes. Dean James has 2 series.