Susan Conant Books in Order
Susan Conant has written 27 books, published between 1990 and 2015. The first book is A New Leash on Death (1990) and the newest is Sire and Damn (2015). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 27
- Published
- 1990–2015
- Pages on record
- 4,770 in 19 of 27 books
- Reading time
- 80–119 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,770 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 19 of 27 titles with a page count on record.
Dogs run through Susan Conant's mysteries. Holly Winter, a journalist in Cambridge, Massachusetts, leads the Dog Lover's Mysteries, which open with A New Leash on Death (1990). The Cat Lover's Mysteries and the Gourmet Girl Mysteries follow. Twenty-seven books are catalogued, closing with Sire and Damn (2015). Dog trainers, dog owners and murder are the standing subjects.
How many Susan Conant books are there?
Susan Conant has 27 books, released between 1990 and 2015. They include 3 separate series.
Susan Conant Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 27 Susan Conant 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.
- 119901802/4
- 219901822/4
- 319911792/4
- 419911972/4
- 519922422/4
- 619922722/4
- 719942842/4
- 819942602/4
- 919962722/4
- 1019972722/4
- 1119992242/4
- 121999–2/4
- 1320002242/4
- 1420022892/4
- 1520032722/4
- 1620052792/4
- 1720052722/4
- 1820062942/4
- 192006–2/4
- 2020073042/4
- 212007–2/4
- 222008–2/4
- 232009–2/4
- 242010–2/4
- 252010–2/4
- 262011–2/4
- 2720152722/4
Susan Conant 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.
Dog Lover's Mysteries in order
21 books- 1. A New Leash on Death
- 1. Two Vintage Holly Winter Stories
- 2. Dead and Doggone
- 3. A Bite of Death
- 4. Paws Before Dying
- 5. Gone to the Dogs
- 6. Bloodlines
- 7. Ruffly Speaking
- 8. Black Ribbon
- 9. Stud Rites
- 10. Animal Appetite
- 11. Evil Breeding
- and 9 more in the table above
A Gourmet Girl Mystery in order
5 books- 1. Steamed
- 2. Simmer Down
- 3. Turn Up the Heat
- 4. Fed Up
- 5. Cook the Books
Cat Lover's Mysteries in order
1 bookDo you have to read Susan Conant books in order?
You only need to read Susan Conant 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 Susan Conant
Start with A New Leash on Death (1990), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Susan Conant book?
Sire and Damn (2015) is the newest Susan Conant book released so far.
Is there a new Susan Conant book coming?
No next Susan Conant book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Susan Conant at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Susan Conant title on record dates from 2015, 11 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Release pace
- Susan Conant books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 4,770 pages across the 19 of 27 books with a recorded length, a median of 272 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Susan Conant books, 12 of 27, were published in the 1990s.
What the Susan Conant books are about
25 of the 27 Susan Conant books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: winter, holly (fictitious character) is tagged on 12 of 25. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Winter, holly (fictitious character) 12 of 25 books
- Women journalists 12 of 25 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 10 of 25 books
- Cambridge (mass.) 8 of 25 books
- Dogs 8 of 25 books
- Mystery & detective 7 of 25 books
- Dog owners 6 of 25 books
- Holly Winter (Fictitious character) 6 of 25 books
- Dog trainers 5 of 25 books
- Fiction - Mystery/ Detective 5 of 25 books
- Massachusetts 5 of 25 books
- Women dog owners 5 of 25 books