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ⓘ About Susan Sleeman
Susan Sleeman is an American author of more than forty novels. She has sold over a million books in her career. Her writing focuses on romantic suspense novels that are clean and feature inspiring messages of faith. She is the author of the Nighthawk Security series, the Cold Harbor series, the Truth Seekers series, and the First Responders series. Sleeman grew up in a small town in Wisconsin where she developed a love of reading at a young age. She enjoyed the Nancy Drew books and other mystery and suspense novels. She is very passionate about the genre and even runs a website called TheSuspenseZone.com. Writing has taken over her life in a way as she often finds herself looking at everyday situations and trying to figure out how to turn them into a murder scenario.
All Book Series by Susan Sleeman
What a Picture's Worth
Book 5 of 13 · published 2013 Anthology · Susan Page Davis
Recipe for Deception
Book 6 of 13 · published 2013 Anthology · Rachael O. Phillips
Horseplay at White Meadows
Book 7 of 13 · published 2013 Anthology · Marlene Chase
Murder in Two Acts
Latest in the series · book 13 of 13 · published 2014 Anthology · Christy Barritt
Pieces From the Past
Series opener · book 1 of 22 · published 2016 Anthology · Elizabeth Penney
The Secret Letter
Book 2 of 22 · published 2016 Anthology · Mary Blount Christian
A Ring of Deception
Book 3 of 22 · published 2016 Anthology · DeAnna Julie Dodson
Season of Misdeeds
Book 10 of 22 · published 2025 Anthology · Kay Marshall Strom
Dead and Married
Latest in the series · book 22 of 22 · published 2025 Anthology · Donna Kelly
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Susan Sleeman?
Susan Sleeman is an American author of more than forty novels. She has sold over a million books in her career. Her writing focuses on romantic suspense novels that are clean and feature inspiring messages of faith.
Which Susan Sleeman series should I start with?
The best place to start is The Morgan Brothers series, the earliest of Susan Sleeman's multi-book series: it opens with High-Stakes Inheritance (2010) and runs to 3 books across 2010–2011, ending with The Christmas Witness (2011). Susan Sleeman's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Susan Sleeman written?
Susan Sleeman has 104 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2010 and 2027. 101 of them belong to 17 named series — the largest being the Antique Shop Mysteries series with 22 books — and 3 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Susan Sleeman's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Susan Sleeman's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are The Morgan Brothers (2010–2011, 3 books), Garden Gate Mystery (2010, 1 book) and Creative Woman Mysteries (2012–2014, 13 books), plus 14 more.
How are Susan Sleeman's books organised into series?
This guide splits Susan Sleeman's 104 books into 17 named series and 3 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Antique Shop Mysteries (22 books, 2016–2025); Creative Woman Mysteries (13 books, 2012–2014); Cold Harbor (8 books, 2017–2024); First Responders (6 books, 2014–2016); Lost Lake Locators (6 books, 2025–2027), plus 12 further series.