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Leann Sweeney Books in Order

Leann Sweeney has written 14 books, published between 2004 and 2016. The first book is Pick Your Poison (2004) and the newest is The Cat, the Collector and the Killer (2016). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
14
Published
2004–2016
Confirmed
14 of 14 titles
Pages on record
2,645 in 9 of 14 books
Reading time
44–66 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,645 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 9 of 14 titles with a page count on record.

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Cozy mystery is Leann Sweeney's form, split across the Yellow Rose Mysteries and the Cats In Trouble Mysteries. The 14 catalogued books open with Pick Your Poison (2004) and close with The Cat, the Collector and the Killer (2016). Recurring subjects include cats and cat owners, quiltmakers, South Carolina, missing persons and the private investigator Abby Rose. Nothing has followed 2016.

How many Leann Sweeney books are there?

Leann Sweeney has 14 books, released between 2004 and 2016. They include 2 separate series.

Leann Sweeney Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 14 Leann Sweeney 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 Pick Your Poison by Leann Sweeney, book 1 of the Yellow Rose Mysteries series (2004)
  2. Cover of A Wedding to Die For by Leann Sweeney, book 2 of the Yellow Rose Mysteries series (2005)
  3. Cover of Dead Giveaway by Leann Sweeney, book 3 of the Yellow Rose Mysteries series (2005)
  4. Cover of Shoot from the Lip by Leann Sweeney, book 4 of the Yellow Rose Mysteries series (2007)
  5. Cover of Pushing Up Bluebonnets by Leann Sweeney, book 5 of the Yellow Rose Mysteries series (2008)
  6. Cover of The Cat, the Quilt and the Corpse by Leann Sweeney, book 1 of the Cats In Trouble Mysteries series (2009)
  7. Cover of The Cat, the Professor and the Poison by Leann Sweeney, book 2 of the Cats In Trouble Mysteries series (2010)
  8. Cover of The Cat, the Wife and the Weapon by Leann Sweeney, book 4 of the Cats In Trouble Mysteries series (2012)
  9. Cover of The Cat, the Mill and the Murder by Leann Sweeney, book 5 of the Cats In Trouble Mysteries series (2013)
  10. Cover of The Cat, the Vagabond and the Victim by Leann Sweeney, book 6 of the Cats In Trouble Mysteries series (2014)
  11. Cover of The Cat, the Collector and the Killer by Leann Sweeney, book 8 of the Cats In Trouble Mysteries series (2016)
  1. 1
    Pick Your PoisonYellow Rose Mysteries #12004 · 272 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2004272
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  2. 2
    A Wedding to Die ForYellow Rose Mysteries #22005 · 268 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2005268
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  3. 3
    Dead GiveawayYellow Rose Mysteries #32005 · 272 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2005272
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  4. 4
    Shoot from the LipYellow Rose Mysteries #42007 · 288 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2007288
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  5. 5
    Pushing Up BluebonnetsYellow Rose Mysteries #52008 · 282 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2008282
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  6. 6
    Dying EmbersLeann Sweeney Short Stories/Novellas #12009 · confirmed 3/4
    2009–
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  7. 7
    The Cat, the Quilt and the CorpseCats In Trouble Mysteries #12009 · confirmed 3/4
    2009–
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  8. 8
    The Cat, the Professor and the PoisonCats In Trouble Mysteries #22010 · 288 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2010288
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  9. 9
    The Cat, the Lady and the LiarCats In Trouble Mysteries #32011 · confirmed 3/4
    2011–
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  10. 10
    The Cat, the Wife and the WeaponCats In Trouble Mysteries #42012 · confirmed 3/4
    2012–
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  11. 11
    The Cat, the Mill and the MurderCats In Trouble Mysteries #52013 · confirmed 3/4
    2013–
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  12. 12
    The Cat, the Vagabond and the VictimCats In Trouble Mysteries #62014 · 288 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014288
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  13. 13
    The Cat, the Sneak and the SecretCats In Trouble Mysteries #72015 · 291 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015291
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  14. 14
    The Cat, the Collector and the KillerCats In Trouble Mysteries #82016 · 396 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016396
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Leann Sweeney 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.

Cats In Trouble Mysteries in order

8 books
  1. 1. The Cat, the Quilt and the Corpse
  2. 2. The Cat, the Professor and the Poison
  3. 3. The Cat, the Lady and the Liar
  4. 4. The Cat, the Wife and the Weapon
  5. 5. The Cat, the Mill and the Murder
  6. 6. The Cat, the Vagabond and the Victim
  7. 7. The Cat, the Sneak and the Secret
  8. 8. The Cat, the Collector and the Killer

Yellow Rose Mysteries in order

5 books
  1. 1. Pick Your Poison
  2. 2. A Wedding to Die For
  3. 3. Dead Giveaway
  4. 4. Shoot from the Lip
  5. 5. Pushing Up Bluebonnets

Leann Sweeney Short Stories/Novellas

1 book

1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.

Do you have to read Leann Sweeney books in order?

You only need to read Leann Sweeney books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Leann Sweeney

Start with Pick Your Poison (2004), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Leann Sweeney book?

The Cat, the Collector and the Killer (2016) is the newest Leann Sweeney book released so far.

Is there a new Leann Sweeney book coming?

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

Leann Sweeney at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Leann Sweeney title on record dates from 2016, 10 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Leann Sweeney books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,645 pages across the 9 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 288 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Leann Sweeney books, 7 of 14, were published in the 2010s.

What the Leann Sweeney books are about

13 of the 14 Leann Sweeney books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective is tagged on 11 of 13. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.