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Mirage Mysteries / Valley of the Sun Books in Order

Mirage Mysteries / Valley of the Sun by Sandy Dengler contains 10 books, published between 1993 and 2020. The first book is Cat Killer (1993) and the newest is Pony Up (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
10
Published
1993–2020
Pages on record
1,024 in 4 of 10 books
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Mirage Mysteries / Valley of the Sun is a detective series by Sandy Dengler, catalogued as Christian fiction. Ten books sit under the double heading. Four are dated 1993 and 1994 - Cat Killer, Mouse Trap, The Last Dinosaur and Gila Monster - and the remaining six run from 2012 onward, ending with Wild Horses and Pony Up in 2020. Catalogue subjects record dinosaurs, a gila monster, research institutes and the motion picture industry. Dengler is credited on all 10.

How many Mirage Mysteries / Valley of the Sun books are there?

Mirage Mysteries / Valley of the Sun has 10 books, released between 1993 and 2020.

Mirage Mysteries / Valley of the Sun Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 Mirage Mysteries / Valley of the Sun 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 Cat Killer by Sandy Dengler, book 1 of the Mirage Mysteries / Valley of the Sun series (1993)
  2. Cover of Mouse Trap by Sandy Dengler, book 2 of the Mirage Mysteries / Valley of the Sun series (1993)
  3. Cover of Gila Monster by Sandy Dengler, book 4 of the Mirage Mysteries / Valley of the Sun series (1994)
  1. 1
    Cat Killer1993 · 259 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993259
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  2. 2
    Mouse Trap1993 · 266 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1993266
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  3. 3
    The Last Dinosaur1994 · 261 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994261
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  4. 4
    Gila Monster1994 · 238 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1994238
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  5. 5
    Cry Fowl2012 · confirmed 1/4
    2012–
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  6. 6
    Fatal Fishes2013 · confirmed 1/4
    2013–
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  7. 7
    Dogged2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
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  8. 8
    The Wolves of Christmas2018 · confirmed 1/4
    2018–
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  9. 9
    Wild Horses2020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020–
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  10. 10
    Pony Up2020 · confirmed 1/4
    2020–
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Is there a chronological order for Mirage Mysteries / Valley of the Sun?

No separate chronological order is on record for Mirage Mysteries / Valley of the Sun, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read Mirage Mysteries / Valley of the Sun books in order?

You should read the Mirage Mysteries / Valley of the Sun books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Mirage Mysteries / Valley of the Sun book also stands alone.

Where to start with Mirage Mysteries / Valley of the Sun

Start with Cat Killer (1993), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Mirage Mysteries / Valley of the Sun book?

Pony Up (2020) is the newest Mirage Mysteries / Valley of the Sun book released so far.

Is there a new Mirage Mysteries / Valley of the Sun book coming?

No next Mirage Mysteries / Valley of the Sun book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Mirage Mysteries / Valley of the Sun at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Mirage Mysteries / Valley of the Sun title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Mirage Mysteries / Valley of the Sun books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
1,024 pages across the 4 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 260 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Mirage Mysteries / Valley of the Sun books, 4 of 10, were published in the 2010s.

What the Mirage Mysteries / Valley of the Sun books are about

3 of the 10 Mirage Mysteries / Valley of the Sun books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Sandy Dengler

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

Other series by Sandy Dengler

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