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Patricia Sprinkle Books in Order

Patricia Sprinkle has written 29 books, published between 1988 and 2011. The first book is Murder at Markham (1988) and the newest is Friday's Daughter (2011). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
29
Published
1988–2011
Pages on record
5,975 in 22 of 29 books
Reading time
100–149 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 5,975 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 22 of 29 titles with a page count on record.

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Patricia Sprinkle writes mystery fiction set in Georgia. MacLaren Yarbrough and Sheila Travis are the recurring investigators, with women judges, genealogy and murder investigation among the subjects. Sprinkle's catalogue holds 29 books published between 1988 and 2011, across the Thoroughly Southern, Sheila Travis and Job's Corner Chronicles series. Murder at Markham (1988) opens it, followed by Murder in the Charleston Manner (1990), Murder on Peachtree Street (1991), Somebody's Dead in Snellville (1992) and A Mystery Bred in Buckhead (1994). Friday's Daughter (2011) is the last catalogued title.

How many Patricia Sprinkle books are there?

Patricia Sprinkle has 29 books, released between 1988 and 2011. They include 3 series and 7 titles listed outside any series.

Patricia Sprinkle Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 29 Patricia Sprinkle 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 Murder at Markham by Patricia Sprinkle, book 1 of the Sheila Travis series (1988)
  2. Cover of Murder in the Charleston Manner by Patricia Sprinkle, book 2 of the Sheila Travis series (1990)
  3. Cover of Murder on Peachtree Street by Patricia Sprinkle, book 3 of the Sheila Travis series (1991)
  4. Cover of Do I Have To? by Patricia Sprinkle (1993)
  5. Cover of Death of a Dunwoody Matron by Patricia Sprinkle, book 5 of the Sheila Travis series (1993)
  6. Cover of A Mystery Bred in Buckhead by Patricia Sprinkle, book 6 of the Sheila Travis series (1994)
  7. Cover of Deadly Secrets on the St. Johns by Patricia Sprinkle, book 7 of the Sheila Travis series (1995)
  8. Cover of Women Who Do Too Much by Patricia Sprinkle (1996)
  9. Cover of Women Home Alone by Patricia Sprinkle (1996)
  10. Cover of Children Who Do Too Little by Patricia Sprinkle (1996)
  11. Cover of When Did We Lose Harriet? by Patricia Sprinkle, book 1 of the Thoroughly Southern series (1997)
  12. Cover of But Why Shoot the Magistrate? by Patricia Sprinkle, book 2 of the Thoroughly Southern series (1998)
  13. Cover of The Remember Box by Patricia Sprinkle, book 1 of the Job's Corner Chronicles (2000)
  14. Cover of Who Invited the Dead Man? by Patricia Sprinkle, book 3 of the Thoroughly Southern series (2002)
  15. Cover of Who Left That Body in the Rain? by Patricia Sprinkle, book 4 of the Thoroughly Southern series (2002)
  16. Cover of Who Let That Killer in the House? by Patricia Sprinkle, book 5 of the Thoroughly Southern series (2003)
  17. Cover of When Will the Dead Lady Sing? by Patricia Sprinkle, book 6 of the Thoroughly Southern series (2004)
  18. Cover of Who Killed the Queen of Clubs? by Patricia Sprinkle, book 7 of the Thoroughly Southern series (2005)
  19. Cover of Death on the Family Tree by Patricia Sprinkle, book 1 of the Family Tree series (2006)
  20. Cover of Did You Declare the Corpse? by Patricia Sprinkle, book 8 of the Thoroughly Southern series (2006)
  21. Cover of Sins of the Fathers by Patricia Sprinkle, book 2 of the Family Tree series (2007)
  22. Cover of Daughter of Deceit by Patricia Sprinkle, book 3 of the Family Tree series (2008)
  23. Cover of Hold Up the Sky by Patricia Sprinkle (2010)
  24. Cover of Friday's Daughter by Patricia Sprinkle (2011)
  1. 1
    Murder at MarkhamSheila Travis #11988 · 218 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1988218
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  2. 2
    Murder in the Charleston MannerSheila Travis #21990 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1990208
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  3. 3
    Murder on Peachtree StreetSheila Travis #31991 · 245 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1991245
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  4. 4
    Somebody's Dead in SnellvilleSheila Travis #41992 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1992256
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  5. 5
    Do I Have To?1993 · 176 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993176
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  6. 6
    Death of a Dunwoody MatronSheila Travis #51993 · 272 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993272
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  7. 7
    Gift from God1994 · confirmed 1/4
    1994–
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  8. 8
    A Mystery Bred in BuckheadSheila Travis #61994 · 256 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994256
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  9. 9
    Deadly Secrets on the St. JohnsSheila Travis #71995 · 305 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995305
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  10. 10
    Women Who Do Too Much1996 · 187 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996187
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  11. 11
    Women Home Alone1996 · 252 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996252
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  12. 12
    Children Who Do Too Little1996 · 203 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1996203
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  13. 13
    When Did We Lose Harriet?Thoroughly Southern #11997 · confirmed 1/4
    1997–
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  14. 14
    But Why Shoot the Magistrate?Thoroughly Southern #21998 · 309 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1998309
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  15. 15
    The Remember BoxJob's Corner Chronicles #12000 · 412 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2000412
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  16. 16
    Carley's SongJob's Corner Chronicles #22001 · confirmed 1/4
    2001–
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  17. 17
    Who Invited the Dead Man?Thoroughly Southern #32002 · confirmed 1/4
    2002–
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  18. 18
    Who Left That Body in the Rain?Thoroughly Southern #42002 · confirmed 1/4
    2002–
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  19. 19
    Who Let That Killer in the House?Thoroughly Southern #52003 · 260 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2003260
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  20. 20
    When Will the Dead Lady Sing?Thoroughly Southern #62004 · 258 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2004258
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  21. 21
    Who Killed the Queen of Clubs?Thoroughly Southern #72005 · 259 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2005259
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  22. 22
    Death on the Family TreeFamily Tree #12006 · 348 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006348
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  23. 23
    Did You Declare the Corpse?Thoroughly Southern #82006 · 288 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2006288
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  24. 24
    Sins of the FathersFamily Tree #22007 · 354 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007354
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  25. 25
    Guess Who's Coming to Die?Thoroughly Southern #92007 · 277 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2007277
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  26. 26
    Daughter of DeceitFamily Tree #32008 · 356 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008356
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  27. 27
    What Are You Wearing to Die?Thoroughly Southern #102008 · 276 pages · confirmed 1/4
    2008276
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  28. 28
    Hold Up the Sky2010 · confirmed 1/4
    2010–
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  29. 29
    Friday's Daughter2011 · confirmed 1/4
    2011–
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Patricia Sprinkle 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.

Thoroughly Southern in order

10 books
  1. 1. When Did We Lose Harriet?
  2. 2. But Why Shoot the Magistrate?
  3. 3. Who Invited the Dead Man?
  4. 4. Who Left That Body in the Rain?
  5. 5. Who Let That Killer in the House?
  6. 6. When Will the Dead Lady Sing?
  7. 7. Who Killed the Queen of Clubs?
  8. 8. Did You Declare the Corpse?
  9. 9. Guess Who's Coming to Die?
  10. 10. What Are You Wearing to Die?

Sheila Travis in order

7 books
  1. 1. Murder at Markham
  2. 2. Murder in the Charleston Manner
  3. 3. Murder on Peachtree Street
  4. 4. Somebody's Dead in Snellville
  5. 5. Death of a Dunwoody Matron
  6. 6. A Mystery Bred in Buckhead
  7. 7. Deadly Secrets on the St. Johns

Family Tree in order

3 books
  1. 1. Death on the Family Tree
  2. 2. Sins of the Fathers
  3. 3. Daughter of Deceit

Job's Corner Chronicles in order

2 books
  1. 1. The Remember Box
  2. 2. Carley's Song

Standalone books

7 books

7 Patricia Sprinkle titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Patricia Sprinkle books in order?

You only need to read Patricia Sprinkle books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Patricia Sprinkle

Start with Murder at Markham (1988), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Patricia Sprinkle book?

Friday's Daughter (2011) is the newest Patricia Sprinkle book released so far.

Is there a new Patricia Sprinkle book coming?

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

Patricia Sprinkle at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Patricia Sprinkle title on record dates from 2011, 15 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Patricia Sprinkle books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
5,975 pages across the 22 of 29 books with a recorded length, a median of 260 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Patricia Sprinkle books, 13 of 29, were published in the 2000s.

What the Patricia Sprinkle books are about

24 of the 29 Patricia Sprinkle 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 8 of 24. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.