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  • Bibliography:
    8 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    October 2007
  • Latest Book:
    November 2018
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Full Series List in Order

A Sidra Smart Mystery

Dance on His Grave (Mar-2012)
Deadly Sins, Deadly Secrets (May-2012)
Dead Wreckoning (Jul-2012)
The Swamp Whisperer (Aug-2012)

Book List in Order: 8 titles



  • Rookie PI Sidra Smart thinks she knows where she's headed. She's divorced her preacher-husband, she's inherited a private detective business, and she's solved her first case. But then she moves into a ghost active house and discovers that the past ho...



  • A War of Her Own is a compelling World War II historical novel, set in Orange, Texas, in 1943, about a Texas version of Rosie the Riveter in search of happiness.

    In the summer of 1943, Orange, Texas, is a sleepy little town overrun with tens of th...



  • Sidra Smart, rookie private eye, struggles to survive her own internal conflicts as she plunges into a surreal world of passion and murder. Fifty-year-old Sidra Smart is not your ordinary rookie private eye. A recently divorced preacher's wife, she k...



  • Rookie P.I. Sidra Smart thinks she knows where she’s headed. But when Sid’s second case requires that she clear the name of a dead man, she finds herself confounded by a baffling series of crimes, including the disappearance of a local preache...



  • Sidra Smart's search for an elusive pirate schooner stirs up a bayou bonanza of treasure hunters, smugglers, and the spirits of the infamous Jean Lafitte and his pirate queen, Mary Anne Radcliff. New P.I. Sid Smart, ex-preacher's wife, is back for an...



  • In this latest Sidra Smart mystery, Sid takes a bumpy road trip with her Aunt Annie. In the meantime, Boo Murphy - a cranky old swamp-rat who prefers to spend time in her pirogue, hunting and fishing, to spending time with people - is pulled into a s...



  • Drowning in the lack of identity beyond the one assigned by her preacher-husband, Cynthia wonders whether she should stay in the relationship, but before she can decide, events force her to flee. If she goes far enough fast enough, those back home wi...



  • Old houses . . . do they celebrate happy times with us? Do they hurt when we hurt? Or do they have their own stories to whisper in the night, their own dark secrets to hide?

    In this 5th book in the award-winning Sidra Smart mystery series, s...




Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Sylvia Dickey Smith has published 8 books.

Sylvia Dickey Smith does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Painted Ladies, was published in November 2018.

The first book by Sylvia Dickey Smith, Deadly Sins Deadly Secrets, was published in October 2007.

Yes. Sylvia Dickey Smith has 1 series.