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  • Bibliography:
    7 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    April 1995
  • Latest Book:
    March 2006
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Full Series List in Order

A Jo Beth Sidden Mystery

1 - Death in Bloodhound Red (Apr-1995)
2 - The House on Bloodhound Lane (Jun-1996)
3 - A Brace of Bloodhounds (Jul-1997)
4 - Blind Bloodhound Justice (Jul-1998)
5 - Ten Little Bloodhounds (Jun-1999)
6 - A Bloodhound to Die For (Jul-2003)

Book List in Order: 7 titles



  • Jo Beth Sidden raises and trains bloodhounds for search-and-rescue missions in the Okeefenokee Swamp. She is used to dealing with lost kids, prison escapes, snakes, bugs, macho deputies, and her abusive ex-husband. But now she is suspected of murd...



  • SOMEWHERE DEEP BENEATH THE EARTH IN THE WOODS OF SOUTHEAST GEORGIA, A MAN IS BURIED. ALIVE. WITH FOOD AND WATER, AND THE TERRIBLE KNOWLEDGE OF WHO IT WAS THAT DID THIS TO HIM. PRAYING FOR RESCUE BUT ACCEPTING DEATH, HE WAITS... As her thirtieth birt...



  • The Sins Of The Past Must Be Paid For Again And Again And Again When Gilly Ainsley shows up on Jo Beth sidden's doorstep, the smart and feisty bloodhound trainer and tracker is stunned by the woman's bizarre tale of deception and manslaughter. Gilly...



  • This isn't the first time that Jo Beth Sidden's life has gone to the dogs. But the bloodhound trainer-turned-sleuth's latest case has a trail so cold there isn't a scent for her trusty canines to trace. Thirty years ago, two baby girls were kidnapped...



  • A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH There's a lot of excitement down at Jo Beth Sidden's kennel. A full litter of ten baby bloodhounds is due any day. Though pressed for time, Jo Beth still agrees to do a favor for a friend -- finding a reclusive, wealthy ...



  • Jo Beth Sidden trains bloodhounds for a living and occasionally takes on a tracking assignment such as hunting down a sweet old lady who has wandered off into the Okefenokee Swamp. Unfortunately, wily prison escapee Jimmy Joe Lane has decided that he...



  • Who let the dogs out? Evildoers beware Four of mystery fiction's top storytellers are setting the hounds on your trail -- in an incomparable quartet of crime stories with a canine edge. Man's (and woman's) best friends take the lead in this phenom...




Award-Winning Books by Virginia Lanier

A Bloodhound to Die For
2003 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Amateur Sleuth
Death in Bloodhound Red
1996 Anthony Award -- First Novel


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Virginia Lanier has published 7 books.

Virginia Lanier does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Red Shirt and Black Jacket, was published in March 2006.

The first book by Virginia Lanier, Death in Bloodhound Red, was published in April 1995.

Yes. Virginia Lanier has 1 series.