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  • Bibliography:
    11 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    May 2011
  • Latest Book:
    November 2022
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Full Series List in Order

A Beloved Bookroom Mystery

1 - The Broken Spine (Jan-2021)
2 - A Perfect Bind (Oct-2021)
3 - A Book Club to Die For (Nov-2022)

A Southern Chocolate Shop Mystery

1 - Asking for Truffle (Sep-2017)
2 - Playing with Bonbon Fire (Mar-2018)
3 - In Cold Chocolate (Sep-2018)
4 - Bonbon With the Wind (Dec-2019)

A White House Gardener Mystery

1 - Flowerbed of State (May-2011)
2 - The Scarlet Pepper (Apr-2012)
3 - Oak and Dagger (Apr-2013)

Book List in Order: 11 titles



  • When it comes to gardening, Cassandra "Casey" Calhoun isn't afraid to get her hands dirty. But when it comes to murder, she's not the kind of gal to let any killer get away clean... Casey's passion for organic gardening and eye for detail have carri...



  • When it comes to gardening, Cassandra "Casey" Calhoun isn't afraid to get her hands dirty. But when it comes to murder, she's not the kind of gal to let any killer get away clean... DIRTY WORK As the official organic gardener for the White Hous...



  • When it comes to gardening, Cassandra “Casey” Calhoun isn’t afraid to get her hands dirty. But when it comes to murder, she’s not the kind of gal to let any killer get away clean... Despite cooler fall temperatures in Washington, D.C., te...



  • A sleuthing chocolatier is the only thing standing between an eccentric seaside town and the deadly plot to destroy it in this cozy culinary mystery for fans of Joanne FlukeWhen Charity Penn receives a letter saying she won a trip to Camellia Be...



  • Charity Penn must smoke out a killer to stop her beachside chocolate shop from going up in flames in this “addictive” culinary cozy mystery series “that keeps you up late reading” (San Francisco Book Review)Chocolate shop owner Charity Penn i...



  • In Dorothy St. James’s third delectable Southern Chocolate Shop mystery, a new batch of chocolate and troubles of the heart cause a string of disasters for the Chocolate Box’s new owner, Charity Penn. The vintage seaside town of Camellia Beach...



  • Join Penn and Stella on their latest adventure! I was drawn in by the chocolate but stayed for the characters and the humor. Amazon Reviewer A STORMThere's a legend in the Sea Islands that before a hurricane hits the Gray Lady can be see walking down...



  • Falling in love shouldn't be this hard!A page-turner with a plotted tale of danger, deception, and desire. ~ USA TODAY Bestselling Author Tonya KappesA Perfect WeddingSamantha Starr is planning the perfect wedding. But there's a hitch. Before th...



  • When small-town assistant librarian Tru Beckett sets up a secret book room in her newly modernized library, she discovers that protecting the printed word is harder than she’d ever imagined. In fact, it’s murder.Trudell Becket, known to her frien...






  • Librarian Tru Beckett, ardent defender of the printed word, is about to find out that keeping murder checked out of her beloved library is much harder than she thought...Tru Beckett succeeded in building a secret book room in her now bookless librar...



  • When a member of an exclusive book club is checked out, spunky librarian Trudell Becket must sort fact from fiction to solve the murder.The Cypress Arete Society is one of the town’s oldest and most exclusive clubs. When assistant librarian Trudell...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Dorothy St. James has published 11 books.

Dorothy St. James does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, A Book Club to Die For, was published in November 2022.

The first book by Dorothy St. James, Flowerbed of State, was published in May 2011.

Yes. Dorothy St. James has 3 series.