There are 14 books in the Deadwood Humorous Mystery series. The newest book is Cops and Clobbers in Deadwood which came out in 2024.


NEARLY DEPARTED IN DEADWOOD, the Top-Rated #1 Kindle Bestseller in BOTH Women Sleuth and Ghost genres!

WINNER of the 2010 Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery/Suspense
WINNER of the 2011 Romance Writers of America® Golden Heart Award for Best Novel with Strong Romantic Elements

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Optical Delusions in Deadwood

By Ann Charles , C.S. Kunkle (illustrator) ,

Book cover of Optical Delusions in Deadwood
Someone is spreading rumors around Deadwood that Violet Parker likes to chat with dead folks. With her reputation endangered, her bank account on the verge of extinction, and her career at risk of going up in flames, Violet is desperate. When the opportunity to sell another vintage home materializes, she…

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Meanwhile, Back in Deadwood

By Ann Charles , C.S. Kunkle (illustrator) , C.S. Kunkle (illustrator)

Book cover of Meanwhile, Back in Deadwood
Meanwhile, Back in Deadwood… the mystery and mayhem continue. Between the butchered body parts, creepy killers, dogged detectives, ghoulish ghosts, and ever-present TV cameras, Violet Parker’s purple boots are itching to skedaddle.

But there is no escaping another murder investigation or her new deadly reputation. Not even if both risk…

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Gone Haunting in Deadwood

By C.S. Kunkle (illustrator) , C.S. Kunkle (illustrator) , Ann Charles

Book cover of Gone Haunting in Deadwood
Trespassers will be gutted and hung!—Slagton’s Town MottoNormally, not even drunk on a bet would Violet Parker go to Slagton, a creepy ghost town inhabited by those too stubborn—or deranged—to leave.But a certain bullheaded Deadwood detective has a problem—his informant from Slagton has gone missing. When Violet is shanghaied into…

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Devil Days in Deadwood

By C.S. Kunkle (illustrator) , C.S. Kunkle (illustrator) , Ann Charles

Book cover of Devil Days in Deadwood
“Hell is empty and all the devils are here.” ~William ShakespeareViolet Parker knows better than to play with devils. They always cheat, especially when lives are at stake. Deadwood’s charming, troublemaking, and soul-sucking devils are no different, and they’re biting at her heels.But the clock is ticking and Violet has…

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Never Say Sever in Deadwood

By C.S. Kunkle (illustrator) , C.S. Kunkle (illustrator) , Ann Charles

Never Say Sever in Deadwood
All Violet Parker wants is a day off. Better yet, just a “normal” day. But things never go as planned, especially in Deadwood.

Someone—or rather something—broke into the local taxidermy shop and took bites out of the critter displays before racing off into the dark. But this is no random…

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TimeReaping in Deadwood

By Ann Charles , C.S. Kunkle (illustrator) ,

Book cover of TimeReaping in Deadwood
Time is a tricky devil. And so is that blasted imp!

Violet Parker needs to catch the little terror before it wreaks even more havoc in the Black Hills. But now that she's saddled with this dang Timekeeper gig, she has a lot to juggle, like the real monsters wanting…

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Cops and Clobbers in Deadwood

By Ann Charles , Sam Lucky, C.S. Kunkle (illustrator)

Book cover of Cops and Clobbers in Deadwood
Violet Parker has big troubles these days—the ticking kind. To duck the Grim Reaper, she needs to get her hands on eighty-plus rare, mystical clocks locked up tight by a thick-headed detective.

The solution? Hijack the truckload of ticking time bombs out from under Johnny Law's nose.

But no caper…