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Carolyn Haines was born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi on May 12, 1953. She grew up in Lucedale and got her high school diploma in 1971. She went to the University of Southern Mississippi and graduated in 1974, getting her bachelor’s in journalism and would later get her master’s in creative writing from the University of South Alabama in 1985. Before becoming an author, she worked as a journalist for over ten years and wrote about mysteries in the Mississippi Delta. She worked for several papers such as The Huntsville Times, Hattiesburg American, and The Mississippi Press. In addition to writing, Haines also teaches both undergraduate and graduate classes in fiction writing at University of Alabama; she is also the coordinator of fiction and an assistant professor.

Order of Dangerous To Love USA Series as Caroline Burnes

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1 Measure of Deceit 1988 Description / Buy
2 Deadly Currents 1992 Description / Buy

Order of Fear Familiar Series as Caroline Burnes

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1 Fear Familiar 1989 Description / Buy
2 Too Familiar 1993 Description / Buy
3 Shades Of Familiar 1994 Description / Buy
4 Familiar Remedy 1994 Description / Buy
5 Familiar Tale 1995 Description / Buy
6 Bewitching Familiar 1995 Description / Buy
7 Familiar Heart 1997 Description / Buy
8 Familiar Fire 1998 Description / Buy
9 Familiar Christmas 1999 Description / Buy
10 Familiar Obsession 2000 Description / Buy
11 Familiar Lullaby 2001 Description / Buy
12 Familiar Mirage 2002 Description / Buy
13 Familiar Oasis 2002 Description / Buy
14 Familiar Double 2003 Description / Buy
15 Familiar Texas 2005 Description / Buy
16 Familiar Escape 2006 Description / Buy
17 Familiar Vows 2008 Description / Buy
18 Familiar Showdown 2009 Description / Buy
19 Thrice Familiar 2017 Description / Buy

Order of Holding Out For A Hero Series as Caroline Burnes

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1 Midnight Prey 1997 Description / Buy

Order of Sarah Booth Delaney Series

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1 Them Bones 1999 Description / Buy
2 Buried Bones 2000 Description / Buy
3 Splintered Bones 2002 Description / Buy
4 Crossed Bones 2003 Description / Buy
5 Hallowed Bones 2004 Description / Buy
6 Bones To Pick 2005 Description / Buy
7 Ham Bones 2007 Description / Buy
8 Wishbones 2008 Description / Buy
9 Greedy Bones 2009 Description / Buy
10 Bone Appétit 2010 Description / Buy
11 Bones of a Feather 2011 Description / Buy
12 Bonefire of the Vanities 2012 Description / Buy
13 Smarty Bones 2013 Description / Buy
14 Shorty Bones (Short Story) 2014 Description / Buy
15 Booty Bones 2014 Description / Buy
16 Bones on the Bayou (Short Story) 2015 Description / Buy
17 Bone to Be Wild 2015 Description / Buy
18 Jingle Bones (Short Story) 2015 Description / Buy
19 Guru Bones (Short Story) 2015 Description / Buy
20 Rock-a-Bye Bones 2016 Description / Buy
21 Sticks and Bones 2017 Description / Buy
22 Bones and Arrows 2017 Description / Buy
23 A Gift of Bones 2018 Description / Buy
24 Charmed Bones 2018 Description / Buy
25 Clacking Bones (Short Story) 2018 Description / Buy
26 Game of Bones 2019 Description / Buy
27 Enchanted Bones (Short Story) 2020 Description / Buy
28 The Devil's Bones 2020 Description / Buy
29 A Garland of Bones 2020 Description / Buy
30 Independent Bones 2021 Description / Buy
31 Lady of Bones 2022 Description / Buy
32 Bones of Holly 2022 Description / Buy
33 Tell-Tale Bones 2023 Description / Buy

Order of Trouble Cat Mysteries Series

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1 Familiar Trouble 2017 Description / Buy
2 Trouble in Dixie ( By:) 2017 Description / Buy
3 Trouble in Tallahassee ( By: Claire Matturro) 2017 Description / Buy
4 Trouble in Summer Valley ( By: Susan Y. Tanner) 2017 Description / Buy
5 Trouble Under the Mistletoe (Short Story) ( By:) 2017 Description / Buy
6 Small Town Trouble ( By: Laura Benedict) 2017 Description / Buy
7 Trouble in Paradise ( By:) 2018 Description / Buy
8 Turning for Trouble ( By: Susan Y. Tanner) 2018 Description / Buy
9 Trouble's Wedding Caper ( By: Jen Talty) 2019 Description / Buy
10 Trouble in Action ( By: Susan Y. Tanner) 2019 Description / Buy
11 Trouble Most Faire ( By: Jaden Terrell) 2019 Description / Buy
12 A Whisper of Trouble ( By: Susan Y. Tanner) 2020 Description / Buy
13 Trouble Restored 2021 Description / Buy

Order of Legend of Blackthorn Series as Caroline Burnes

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1 Babe In The Woods (As: Caroline Burnes) 2003 Description / Buy
2 Rider In The Mist 2003 Description / Buy

Order of Pluto's Snitch Series

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1 The Book of Beloved 2016 Description / Buy
2 The House of Memory 2017 Description / Buy
3 The Specter of Seduction 2017 Description / Buy
4 A Visitation of Angels 2019 Description / Buy

Order of Carolyn Haines Standalone Novels

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1 Phantom Filly (As: Caroline Burnes) 1989 Description / Buy
2 Jaguar's Eye (As: Caroline Burnes) 1990 Description / Buy
3 Fatal Ingredients (As: Caroline Burnes) 1992 Description / Buy
4 Summer of fear 1993 Description / Buy
5 Hoodwinked (As: Caroline Burnes) 1993 Description / Buy
6 Flesh and Blood (As: Caroline Burnes) 1993 Description / Buy
7 Summer of the Redeemers 1994 Description / Buy
8 Cutting Edge (As: Caroline Burnes) 1994 Description / Buy
9 Season of Innocents 1994 Description / Buy
10 Touched 1996 Description / Buy
11 Remember Me, Cowboy (As: Caroline Burnes) 1998 Description / Buy
12 Shop Talk 1998 Description / Buy
13 Texas Midnight (As: Caroline Burnes) 2000 Description / Buy
14 Midnight Burning (As: Caroline Burnes) 2001 Description / Buy
15 Judas Burning 2005 Description / Buy
16 Penumbra 2006 Description / Buy
17 Fever Moon 2007 Description / Buy
18 Revenant 2007 Description / Buy
19 Deception 2011 Description / Buy
20 Skin Dancer 2011 Description / Buy
21 The Seeker 2019 Description / Buy
22 The Darkling 2019 Description / Buy

Order of Carolyn Haines Non-Fiction Books

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1 My Mother's Witness: The Peggy Morgan Story 2003 Description / Buy

Order of Western Lovers Series

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1 Someone Waiting ( By: Joan Hohl) 1985 Description / Buy
2 Yesterday's Lies ( By: Lisa Jackson) 1986 Description / Buy
3 A Deadly Breed ( As: Caroline Burnes) 1988 Description / Buy
4 Wellspring ( By: Curtiss Matlock) 1988 Description / Buy
5 Wild Horse Canyon ( By: Elizabeth August) 1989 Description / Buy
6 With No Regrets ( By: Lisa Jackson) 1990 Description / Buy

Order of Cozy Case Files Mystery Sampler Series

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1 Cozy Case Files Volume 1 ( By: Cynthia Riggs, Mindy Quigley) 2017 Description / Buy
2 Cozy Case Files Volume 2 ( With: Donna Andrews, Hannah Dennison, Cate Conte, Diane Kelly, E.J. Copperman, Ellie Alexander, Cynthia Riggs, , Mindy Quigley) 2017 Description / Buy
3 Cozy Case Files Volume 3 ( By: M.C. Beaton, Donna Andrews, Ellie Alexander, Mindy Quigley) 2017 Description / Buy
4 Cozy Case Files Volume 4 ( By: Parnell Hall, Shari Randall, Ellen Hart, Ellie Alexander, Frances Brody, Tessa Arlen, Vivien Chien, Julia Chapman, Paige Shelton, Jane K. Cleland, Mindy Quigley) 2018 Description / Buy
5 Cozy Case Files Volume 5 ( With: Donna Andrews, Carola Dunn, Sheila Connolly, Ellie Alexander, , , Mindy Quigley, Auralee Wallace) 2018 Description / Buy
6 Cozy Case Files Volume 6 ( With: Donna Andrews, Cate Conte, Kylie Logan, Leonard Goldberg, Allison Montclair, Ellen Hart, Sheila Connolly, Mindy Quigley) 2019 Description / Buy
7 Cozy Case Files Volume 7 ( By: Donna Andrews, Diane Kelly, Ellen Crosby, Ellie Alexander, Vivien Chien, Ashley Weaver, Mindy Quigley) 2019 Description / Buy
8 Cozy Case Files Volume 8 ( By: M.C. Beaton, Diane Kelly, Vivien Chien, Paige Shelton, Susan Cox, Elizabeth Penney, Mindy Quigley) 2020 Description / Buy
9 Cozy Case Files Volume 9 ( With: Donna Andrews, Hannah Dennison, Kylie Logan, Leonard Goldberg, Susanna Calkins, Allison Montclair, Ellie Alexander, Eve Calder, Mindy Quigley) 2020 Description / Buy
10 Cozy Case Files Volume 10 ( With: Donna Andrews, Cate Conte, Diane Kelly, Ellen Hart, Ellie Alexander, Vivien Chien, Jane K. Cleland, Ashley Weaver, Susan Cox, Elizabeth Penney, Mindy Quigley) 2020 Description / Buy
11 Cozy Case Files Volume 11 ( By: Diane Kelly, Ellie Alexander, Vivien Chien, Paige Shelton, Mariah Fredericks, Elizabeth Penney, Mindy Quigley) 2021 Description / Buy
12 Cozy Case Files Volume 12 ( With: Donna Andrews, Hannah Dennison, Cate Conte, Kylie Logan, Leonard Goldberg, Allison Montclair, Sheila Connolly, Ellie Alexander, Ashley Weaver, S.C. Perkins, Eve Calder, , Mindy Quigley) 2021 Description / Buy
13 Cozy Case Files Volume 13 ( By: Mindy Quigley) 2021 Description / Buy
14 Cozy Case Files Volume 14 ( By: Diane Kelly, Gigi Pandian, Ellie Alexander, Paige Shelton, Mindy Quigley, Korina Moss) 2022 Description / Buy
15 Cozy Case Files Volume 15 ( By: Mindy Quigley) 2022 Description / Buy
16 Cozy Case Files Volume 16 ( With: Donna Andrews, Diane Kelly, Elizabeth Penney, Mindy Quigley, Korina Moss) 2022 Description / Buy
17 Cozy Case Files Volume 17 ( By: Rhys Bowen, Diane Kelly, Gigi Pandian, Ellie Alexander, Paige Shelton, Jean-Luc Bannalec, Olivia Matthews, , Mindy Quigley, , Korina Moss) 2023 Description / Buy
18 Cozy Case Files, Volume 18 ( With: Donna Andrews, Leonard Goldberg, Allison Montclair, Vivien Chien, Olivia Matthews, , Mindy Quigley, , Katharine Schellman, Korina Moss) 2023 Description / Buy

Order of Safe Haven Series

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1 The Message ( By: Stella Cameron) 1988 Description / Buy
2 Measure of Deceit ( As: Caroline Burnes) 1988 Description / Buy
3 Come Gentle the Dawn ( By: Lindsay McKenna) 1989 Description / Buy
4 Life Line ( By: Rebecca York) 1990 Description / Buy
5 Deadly Currents ( As: Caroline Burnes) 1992 Description / Buy
6 The Reluctant Bride ( By: Barbara Bretton) 1992 Description / Buy
7 Hired Hand ( By: Elizabeth Bevarly) 1993 Description / Buy
8 Dead Heat ( By: Patricia Rosemoor) 1993 Description / Buy
9 Night Prince ( By: Muriel Jensen) 1994 Description / Buy
10 Tempting Faith ( By: Susan Mallery) 1994 Description / Buy
11 A Haven in His Arms ( By: Phyllis Halldorson) 1994 Description / Buy
12 Odd Man Out ( By: B.J. Daniels) 1995 Description / Buy
13 True Lies ( By: Ingrid Weaver) 1995 Description / Buy
14 At the Midnight Hour ( By: Alicia Scott) 1995 Description / Buy
15 Caitlin's Guardian Angel ( By: Marie Ferrarella) 1995 Description / Buy
16 His Friend's Wife ( By: Janice Kay Johnson) 1995 Description / Buy
17 Badlands Bride ( By: Cheryl St. John) 1996 Description / Buy
18 A Suitable Bodyguard / The Bodyguard ( By: Kathryn Shay) 1996 Description / Buy
19 The Marrying Kind ( By: Beverly Bird) 1996 Description / Buy
20 The Only Child ( By: Carolyn McSparren) 1996 Description / Buy
21 Renegade's Redemption ( By: Lindsay Longford) 1997 Description / Buy
22 Sunset Promises ( By: Carla Cassidy) 1997 Description / Buy
23 The Amnesiac Bride ( By: Marie Ferrarella) 1997 Description / Buy
24 Return to Sender ( By: Merline Lovelace) 1998 Description / Buy
25 Clay Yeager's Redemption ( By: Justine Davis) 1999 Description / Buy
26 Keeping Annie Safe ( By: Beverly Barton) 1999 Description / Buy
27 Her Private Bodyguard ( By: Gayle Wilson) 2000 Description / Buy
28 Inadmissible Passion ( By: Ann Voss Peterson) 2000 Description / Buy
29 Memories of Megan ( By: Rita Herron) 2002 Description / Buy
30 Touch Me In The Dark ( By: Patricia Rosemoor) 2010 Description / Buy
31 Secrets and Lies ( By: Maggie Shayne) 2022 Description / Buy

Carolyn Haines Anthologies

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1 The Truth About Cats & Dogs 2004 Description / Buy
2 A Kudzu Christmas 2005 Description / Buy
3 Many Bloody Returns 2007 Description / Buy
4 Delta Blues 2009 Description / Buy
5 Florida Heat Wave 2010 Description / Buy
6 Haunted Holidays 2014 Description / Buy
7 Midnight Mysteries 2016 Description / Buy
8 Cozy Case Files Volume 2 2017 Description / Buy
9 Pieces 2018 Description / Buy
10 Cozy Case Files Volume 5 2018 Description / Buy
11 Cozy Case Files Volume 6 2019 Description / Buy
12 Year-Round Trouble 2020 Description / Buy
13 Alabama Noir 2020 Description / Buy
14 Cozy Case Files Volume 9 2020 Description / Buy
15 Cozy Case Files Volume 10 2020 Description / Buy
16 Cozy Case Files Volume 12 2021 Description / Buy
17 Cozy Case Files Volume 16 2022 Description / Buy
18 Cozy Case Files, Volume 18 2023 Description / Buy
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She has written many stand alone novels, some short stories, and some novels that make up the “Sarah Booth Delaney Mysteries” series. Some of Haines’s fiction is on the light side, but she does write darker novels too. She writes under her own name, but also uses pen names such as Lizzie Hart, Caroline Burnes, and R. B. Chesterton. Caroline Burnes is a pen named Haines uses when she writes romance mysteries, and Lizzie Hart is used for her humorous novels.

CAROLYN HAINES AWARDS:

In 2010 she won the Harper Lee Award which is, Alabama’s Distinguished Writer of the Year. The previous year, she won the Richard Wright Award for Literary Excellence. Haines also received an Arts literary fellowship from the Alabama State Council for her writing. Sarah Booth Delaney has won an award for Best Amateur Sleuth and “Hallowed Bones” made the top five of a list that ranked the best mysteries that came out in 2004 by Library Journal. “Penumbria” made its way onto another Library Journal list for best mysteries released in 2006.

BEST CAROLYN HAINES BOOKS:

For readers looking to get into Caroline Haines’s books, “Hallowed Bones”, “Penumbra”, and “Crossed Bones” are really good novels to start with.

Penumbra: This novel is one of Haines’s stand alone novels, and as a result sees her try to distance herself from her more humorous “Sarah Booth Delaney Mysteries” series by moving into more serious territory, and it is a lot darker. The result is a more literary crime novel that has passion and suspense. “Penumbra” is set in 1952 and takes place in Drexl, Mississippi. The novel is about a half black hair dresser named Jade, whose mother is Lucille Longier (the first lady of Drexl) who works for an undertaker. She is great at what she does and is highly sought out by the people in Drexl for her talents, however, she will never be accepted by the people in the town because she is black. After things go horribly wrong for Jade’s younger half-sister (named Marlena, she is beaten and has her child kidnapped). Jade knows that Marlena was cheating on her husband and wealthiest man in the town. She winds up getting help from a white sherriff’s deputy named Frank Kimble, and the two later date.

Hallowed Bones: The fifth installment in the “Sarah Booth Delaney Mysteries” series, and the one that stands out because it has accomplished the most. Normally installments in this series are set in solely in Mississippi, but this one takes readers to New Orleans so that Sarah can catch a bad guy. This novel is set near Halloween, and involves Sarah taking on the case of a woman (Doreen Mallory) feeding her ten week old daughter (named Rebekah) sleeping pills. The daughter was born with many birth defects, it looks like a slam dunk that Doreen did it. Sarah Booth does not think so, and upon digging into things, she finds that Doreen will not talk about the men in her life. Including one guy who is a televangelist and another that is a politician with a wife and mob ties. Either one could be Rebekah’s father and they also could be her killer.

Crossed Bones: The fourth installment in the “Sarah Booth Delaney Mysteries” series. In this one, she tries to help exonerate a man (named Scott Hampton) who is accused of killing a talented and very popular blues pianist named Ivory Keys. The accused and the pianist met in prison and were cellmates; the accused is also a rich white guy who turned racist. Meeting Ivory Keys changed Scott, he stopped being racist and started playing blues guitar at a level that made women go weak in their knees. Ivory’s widow does not believe he did it and hires Sarah so that she can prove it.

When Does The Next Carolyn Haines book come out?

Carolyn Haines doesn't seem to have an upcoming book. Their newest book is Tell-Tale Bones and was released on May, 16th 2023. It is the newest book in the Sarah Booth Delaney Series.

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