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Dixie Hemingway Books in Order

Blaize Clement has written 11 Dixie Hemingway books, published between 2005 and 2016. 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
11
Published
2005–2016
Pages on record
2,226 in 8 of 11 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 11 titles with a page count on record.

See all 11 books in order Printable Dixie Hemingway checklist

Dixie Hemingway is a former police officer who works as a pet sitter in Florida, and the character leads Blaize Clement's A Dixie Hemingway Mystery series. The catalogue subjects include women detectives, cats, dachshunds and murder investigation. The series has 11 books, published between 2005 and 2016. Curiosity Killed the Cat Sitter (2005) is the first, followed by Duplicity Dogged the Dachshund (2007) and Even Cat Sitters Get the Blues (2008). The Cat Sitter and the Canary (2016) is the newest. The catalogue marks the series as likely complete.

How many Dixie Hemingway books are there?

Dixie Hemingway has 11 books, released between 2005 and 2016.

Dixie Hemingway Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 11 Dixie Hemingway 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
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  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–
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  5. 5
    Raining Cat Sitters and DogsA Dixie Hemingway Mystery #52010 · 292 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010292
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  6. 6
    Cat Sitter Among the PigeonsA Dixie Hemingway Mystery #62010 · 262 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2010262
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  7. 7
    The Cat Sitter's PajamasA Dixie Hemingway Mystery #72012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  8. 8
    The Cat Sitter's CradleA Dixie Hemingway Mystery #82013 · 290 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013290
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  9. 9
    The Cat Sitter's Nine LivesA Dixie Hemingway Mystery #92014 · 305 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2014305
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  10. 10
    The Cat Sitter's WhiskersA Dixie Hemingway Mystery #102015 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015288
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK
  11. 11
    The Cat Sitter and the CanaryA Dixie Hemingway Mystery #112016 · 288 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2016288
    Buy at Amazon USAmazon UK

Do you have to read Dixie Hemingway books in order?

You should read the Dixie Hemingway books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Dixie Hemingway book also stands alone.

Where to start with Dixie Hemingway

Start with Curiosity Killed the Cat Sitter (2005), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Dixie Hemingway book?

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

Is there a new Dixie Hemingway book coming?

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

Dixie Hemingway at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Dixie Hemingway title on record dates from 2016, 10 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Dixie Hemingway books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
2,226 pages across the 8 of 11 books with a recorded length, a median of 288 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Dixie Hemingway books, 7 of 11, were published in the 2010s.

What the Dixie Hemingway books are about

10 of the 11 Dixie Hemingway books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mystery & detective, women sleuths is tagged on 9 of 10. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Blaize Clement

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.