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ⓘ About Sandy Dengler
Sandy Dengler is an American author who has always enjoyed the outdoors and considers them a big part of her life. As a child, she would spend a lot of time exploring the outdoors near her parent’s home in Sidney, Ohio. As a child she had ADHD and her mom had trouble channeling her energy so she set her loss in the wild and that was ultimately where she felt the most comfortable. She carried early dreams of digging up fossils, but in the 1940s and 1950s it was so unlikely for women to be paleontologists. Had she grown up in another era, she very well may have been. While in graduate school, she met Bill Dengler and married him ten weeks after they met. The two were together nearly 52 years before he passed away at the age of 75.
All Book Series by Sandy Dengler
The Missing Hydrangeas
Book 4 of 24 · published 2000 Anthology · Eileen M. Berger
The Highly Suspicious Halo
Book 5 of 24 · published 2000 Anthology · Eileen M. Berger
The Un-Nimble Thimble
Book 6 of 24 · published 2000 Anthology · Roberta Updegraff
The Sinister Swaps
Book 7 of 24 · published 2000 Anthology · Evelyn White Minshull
The Kidnapper's Club
Book 8 of 24 · published 2000 Anthology · Roberta Updegraff
The Blue Plate Perils
Book 10 of 24 · published 2000 Anthology · Roberta Updegraff
Puzzle in Patchwork
Book 12 of 24 · published 2000 Anthology · Roberta Updegraff
The Greedy Auctioneer
Book 16 of 24 · published 2000 Anthology · Evelyn White Minshull
The Regrettable Rumors
Book 18 of 24 · published 2000 Anthology · Eileen M. Berger
Mischief in Mason City
Book 20 of 24 · published 2000 Anthology · Evelyn White Minshull
The Doubtful Doctor
Book 21 of 24 · published 2000 Anthology · Eileen M. Berger
The Case of the Grandfather Clock
Book 22 of 24 · published 2000 Anthology · Roberta Updegraff
The Disappointed Diva
Book 23 of 24 · published 2000 Anthology · Evelyn White Minshull
The Baffling Bequest:
Latest in the series · book 24 of 24 · published 2000 Anthology · Roberta Updegraff
The Case of the Monster in the Creek
Latest in the series · book 6 of 6 · published 2001
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Sandy Dengler?
Sandy Dengler is an American author who has always enjoyed the outdoors and considers them a big part of her life. As a child, she would spend a lot of time exploring the outdoors near her parent's home in Sidney, Ohio. As a child she had ADHD and her mom had trouble channeling her energy so she set her loss in the wild and that was ultimately where she felt the most comfortable.
Which Sandy Dengler series should I start with?
The best place to start is The Daniel Tremain Adventures series, the earliest of Sandy Dengler's multi-book series: it opens with Rescue in the Desert (1981) and runs to 3 books across 1981–1984, ending with The Chain Five Mystery (1984). Sandy Dengler's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Sandy Dengler written?
Sandy Dengler has 88 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1979 and 2020. 71 of them belong to 10 named series — the largest being the Church Choir Mysteries series with 24 books — and 17 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Sandy Dengler's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Sandy Dengler's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are The Daniel Tremain Adventures (1981–1984, 3 books), Serenade Saga (1984–1987, 9 books) and Australian Destiny (1988–1990, 4 books), plus 7 more.
How are Sandy Dengler's books organised into series?
This guide splits Sandy Dengler's 88 books into 10 named series and 17 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Church Choir Mysteries (24 books, 2000); Mirage Mysteries / Valley of the Sun (10 books, 1993–2020); Serenade Saga (9 books, 1984–1987); New Sugar Creek Gang (6 books, 2001); Jack Prester Mysteries (5 books, 1993–2013), plus 5 further series.