Cathy Pickens Books In Order
Book links take you to Amazon. As an Amazon Associate I earn money from qualifying purchases.Publication Order of Southern Fried Mystery Books
Southern Fried | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Done Gone Wrong | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hog Wild | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hush My Mouth | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Can't Never Tell | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Charlotte True Crime Stories | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
True Crime Stories of Eastern North Carolina | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Triangle True Crime Stories | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
True Crime Stories of Upstate South Carolina | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Haunted America Books
Ghosts of the South Carolina Upcountry | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Charleston Mysteries | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ghost Stories of St. Petersburg, Clearwater and Pinellas County: Tales from a Haunted Peninsula | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Haunted Fort Lauderdale | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Haunted Rochester: A Supernatural History of the Lower Genesee | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Haunted Birmingham | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ghosts of the Pee Dee | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ghosts of the Triangle: Historic Haunts of Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Supernatural Saratoga: Haunted Places and Famous Ghosts of the Spa City | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Haunted Natchez | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Haunted St. Paul | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ghosts of St. Charles | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Haunted Hannibal : History and Mystery in America's Hometown | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Haunted Vicksburg | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Haunted Pensacola | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ghosts of the SouthCoast | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Haunted Meridian, Mississippi | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Haunted Southern Tier | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ghosts of Virginia's Tidewater | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Haunted Door County | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Haunted Inns, Pubs and Eateries of St. Augustine | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Haunted Tuscaloosa | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Haunted Annapolis: Ghosts of the Capital City | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ghosts of Boston: Haunts of the Hub | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Haunted History of Delaware | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Haunted Roanoke | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ghosts of Georgetown | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Haunted Big Bend, Florida | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Civil War Ghosts of Central Georgia and Savannah | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Civil War Ghosts of Atlanta | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Haunted St. Augustine and St. Johns County | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Haunted Alabama Black Belt | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Haunted Tampa: Spirits of the Bay | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ghosts of Boulder | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ghosts of Bobby Mackey's Music World | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Campus Ghosts of Norman, Oklahoma | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Haunted South | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Haunted Granbury | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Haunted Springfield, Missouri | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ghosts of Salem: Haunts of the Witch City | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Haunted Ybor City | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Haunted Hillsborough County | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ghosts of the Queen Mary | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Haunted Norman, Oklahoma | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Haunted Burlington, Wisconsin | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Haunted Guthrie, Oklahoma | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Haunted Mid-Shore: Spirits of Caroline, Dorchester and Talbot Counties | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ghosts of the Rio Grande Valley | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Haunted Tuscarawas County | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Haunted Southwest | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ghosts of Mississippi’s Golden Triangle | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Haunted Oklahoma City | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Haunted Pittsburgh | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Haunted Pittsburgh | (2016) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Haunted South Georgia | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Haunted Central Georgia | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Haunted Anchor Bay, Michigan | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Haunted Lawrence | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Haunted Sumter County, Florida | (2019) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Haunted Portland, Oregon: Ghost Hunting in the City of Roses | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Haunted History of Philadelphia | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Anthologies
Cathy Pickens is bestselling American author of mystery and thriller novels famously known for her series of novels, Avery Andrew. Cathy began the publication of Avery Andrews series in 2004 when Southern Fried the first book in the series was published. The series lasted five novels concluding in 2009 when Cant Never Tell was published. Cathy Pickens has also written a non-fiction works titled Charleston Mysteries (2007).
The first novel in Avery Andrews won the Malice Domestic/St. Martins Minotaur Award for the Best New Traditional Mystery. Subsequently, the Romantic Times BookClub magazine named it as one of the top five best mystery novels. Pickens stories are set in South Carolina, a town similar to where she was raised. Cathy is also a frequent mystery convention panelist, discussing on topics ranging from classic true crime cases to southern mysteries to the use of poisons. At different times and also under different aliases, Cathy has been a trial attorney focusing in complex civil litigation like product liability, commercial contract disputes, medical negligence; a professor teaching MBA students, a university provost. Cathy Pickens has a J.D degree from the University of South Carolina and a Bachelor of Science degree in financial management from Clemson University. Her family has lived in South Carolina for over three centuries, but she currently resides in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Cathy Pickens decided to create a lead character who is an attorney in order to help people fight for their lives and livelihoods in courtrooms. Dacus, the setting of Andrews novels is a place similar to Walhalla, South Carolina, and a small town where the author grew up. The third book in Avery Andrews series takes a break from the courtroom, and while the cops are hunting down a pot-belly pig, Avery Andrews is hunting down a developer who has taken advantage of a young woman deep in the mountain. However, when the developer is found murdered in a deserted gold mine, things take a twisted turn. Pickens is a part-time professor, teaching in the school of business, writing mysteries part-time.
Southern Fried
Southern Fried is the first book in Avery Andrews series that introduces readers to attorney Avery Andrews who has worked his entire life for a large prominent law firm in the low country of South Carolina until one she snapped while questioning a witness on the stand. The two (Avery and her witness) got into a shooting mode, and the judge was prompted to call a mistrial, and the firm settled out of court. Typically, Avery was fired from her job, and so she returns to her small hometown of Dacus to figure out what she was going to do with her life.
While in her hometown, she semi-permanently works out of the office of the local town’s only lawyer, picking up cases that the court assigns or those that nobody wants to handle. The local towns biggest employer is known as Garnet Mill- who hires Avery Andrews to handle environmental inspections. Avery fast picks up the job thinking that they are looking specific and requests the inspector to come back with a warrant, which he does. Their task is to search for illegally dumped hazardous waste. However before Avery and her partner can get deeper into their investigation, someone burns down the factory and also tries to burn the accounting books. Additionally, a dead body is discovered in the wreckage, and Avery Andrews loses her best paying client. Losing her second job, Avery decides to work on her own and try to figure out the person behind the entire event surrounding her job loss, never realizing that her actions would lead her to an unsolved two-decade murder.
The first book in the series is a brilliant read and a delightful mystery. Cathy Pickens does a wonderful job in weaving a story that connects with her characters and the settings. The main character Avery is a lovely character, she is brave, with a wry sense of humor, a sharp eye for subtlety and humility that makers interesting.
Hog Wild
A runaway pic is about to prove explosive as a piece of news as there is to be found in the small town, Dacus. However, as soon as Avery Andrews returns to her hometown, all hell breaks loose in the small town.
Avery’s new office is still disorganized when Maggy Avinger arrives, holding a copy of her deceased husband letter to his lawyer. His made plans for a big stone angel to be erected at his resting place and the statue plague to read that Maggy had killed him. His doctor claims that the man died of lung cancer, so he has really got some never. Additionally, what bothers Maggy, the garish angel is in such bad taste.
Avery Andrews promises to have a look at the case. In the meantime, Maggie invites Avery into her native plant rescue at the site of a newly established development. A dead body is discovered, crammed into a deserted mine hole and a series of gruesome deaths then follow. Avery also discovers that the dead victims had also received several anonymous letters accusing them of several ethical shortcomings. With the assistance of an attractive local reporter who appears too good for her dads’ paper, Avery embarks on a mission to find the links between the murders and capture the serial killer.
The third novel in the distinctly Avery Andrews charming series keeps the readers hooked from the first page to the last as the series gets funnier and stronger with every book. Cathy Pickens voice is nothing short of delight as she weaves brilliant characters.
Hush My Mouth
A spring day’s shine brings Avery a new case on her desk. Fran French comes searching for her friend Neanna who was like a sister to her. Her friend had left for Dacus seeking to get answers to an unsolved murder case of her aunt, but since then, she has vanished.
Two decades earlier, Neanna’s aunt, Wenda’s body was discovered on a memorial bench in a cemetery. Neanna is also found in her car, shot in the head- with the cops calling it a suicide. However, Fran insists that it was impossible for Neanna to kill herself and requests Avery Andrews to help her prove it.
In this 4th installment in Avery Andrews’s series by Cathy Pickens, Avery explores the dark secrets of her client’s family and discovers the haunting power of the past. The story offers an original blend of mystery, and humor peppered with quirky characters and a sweet southern flavor.
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