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Blaize Clement Books in Order

15 books are credited to Blaize Clement, published between 2005 and 2016; 5 of them appeared after Blaize Clement's death in 2011. The first book is Curiosity Killed the Cat Sitter (2005) and the newest is The Cat Sitter and the Canary (2016). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
15
Published
2005–2016
Pages on record
2,226 in 8 of 15 books
Reading time
37–56 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,226 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 8 of 15 titles with a page count on record.

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Blaize Clement was an American mystery writer, born 18 August 1932 and died 20 July 2011. A Dixie Hemingway Mystery is the series Clement is known for, published by St. Martin's Press and continued after Clement's death by her son John Clement. Fifteen catalogued books run from Curiosity Killed the Cat Sitter (2005) to The Cat Sitter and the Canary (2016). Pet sitting, ex-police officers, Florida, cats, dachshunds and murder investigation recur as subjects.

How many Blaize Clement books are there?

Blaize Clement has 15 books, released between 2005 and 2016. 5 of them were published after Blaize Clement's death in 2011. 11 of them belong to the A Dixie Hemingway Mystery series.

Blaize Clement Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 15 Blaize Clement books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Curiosity Killed the Cat Sitter by Blaize Clement, book 1 of the A Dixie Hemingway Mystery series (2005)
  2. Cover of Duplicity Dogged the Dachshund by Blaize Clement, book 2 of the A Dixie Hemingway Mystery series (2007)
  3. Cover of Even Cat Sitters Get the Blues by Blaize Clement, book 3 of the A Dixie Hemingway Mystery series (2008)
  4. Cover of Raining Cat Sitters and Dogs by Blaize Clement, book 5 of the A Dixie Hemingway Mystery series (2010)
  5. Cover of Cat Sitter Among the Pigeons by Blaize Clement, book 6 of the A Dixie Hemingway Mystery series (2010)
  6. Cover of The Cat Sitter's Cradle by Blaize Clement, book 8 of the A Dixie Hemingway Mystery series (2013)
  7. Cover of The Cat Sitter's Nine Lives by Blaize Clement, book 9 of the A Dixie Hemingway Mystery series (2014)
  8. Cover of The Cat Sitter's Whiskers by Blaize Clement, book 10 of the A Dixie Hemingway Mystery series (2015)
  9. Cover of The Cat Sitter and the Canary by Blaize Clement, book 11 of the A Dixie Hemingway Mystery series (2016)
  1. 1
    Curiosity Killed the Cat SitterA Dixie Hemingway Mystery #12005 · 261 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005261
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  2. 2
    Duplicity Dogged the DachshundA Dixie Hemingway Mystery #22007 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2007240
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  3. 3
    Even Cat Sitters Get the BluesA Dixie Hemingway Mystery #32008 · confirmed 2/4
    2008–
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  4. 4
    Cat Sitter on a Hot Tin RoofA Dixie Hemingway Mystery #42009 · confirmed 2/4
    2009–
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  5. 5
    Dance of the Moon Daughter2010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  6. 6
    In the Beginning2010 · confirmed 2/4
    2010–
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  7. 7
    Raining Cat Sitters and DogsA Dixie Hemingway Mystery #52010 · 292 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010292
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  8. 8
    Cat Sitter Among the PigeonsA Dixie Hemingway Mystery #62010 · 262 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010262
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  9. 9
    Kids Stay Free2011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  10. 10
    I, Malcolm2011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  11. 11
    The Cat Sitter's PajamasA Dixie Hemingway Mystery #72012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  12. 12
    The Cat Sitter's CradleA Dixie Hemingway Mystery #82013 · 290 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013290
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  13. 13
    The Cat Sitter's Nine LivesA Dixie Hemingway Mystery #92014 · 305 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014305
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  14. 14
    The Cat Sitter's WhiskersA Dixie Hemingway Mystery #102015 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015288
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  15. 15
    The Cat Sitter and the CanaryA Dixie Hemingway Mystery #112016 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016288
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Blaize Clement characters in order

The character linked below has its own reading-order page.

Blaize Clement books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

A Dixie Hemingway Mystery in order

11 books
  1. 1. Curiosity Killed the Cat Sitter
  2. 2. Duplicity Dogged the Dachshund
  3. 3. Even Cat Sitters Get the Blues
  4. 4. Cat Sitter on a Hot Tin Roof
  5. 5. Raining Cat Sitters and Dogs
  6. 6. Cat Sitter Among the Pigeons
  7. 7. The Cat Sitter's Pajamas
  8. 8. The Cat Sitter's Cradle
  9. 9. The Cat Sitter's Nine Lives
  10. 10. The Cat Sitter's Whiskers
  11. 11. The Cat Sitter and the Canary

Standalone books

4 books

4 Blaize Clement titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Blaize Clement books in order?

You only need to read Blaize Clement books in order within the A Dixie Hemingway Mystery series, which holds 11 of the 15 Blaize Clement books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Blaize Clement

Start with Curiosity Killed the Cat Sitter (2005), the first Dixie Hemingway book. It is also the earliest catalogued title.

What is the newest Blaize Clement book?

The Cat Sitter and the Canary (2016) is the newest Blaize Clement book released so far.

Is there a new Blaize Clement book coming?

No next Blaize Clement book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Blaize Clement at a glance

Died
Blaize Clement died in 2011, according to Wikidata.
After death
Books credited to Blaize Clement are still being published after Blaize Clement's death in 2011; the newest appeared in 2016.
Release pace
Blaize Clement books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,226 pages across the 8 of 15 books with a recorded length, a median of 288 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Blaize Clement books, 11 of 15, were published in the 2010s.

What the Blaize Clement books are about

10 of the 15 Blaize Clement books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: dixie hemingway (fictitious character) is tagged on 9 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.