Patricia Sprinkle

Author profile

born

in The United States

January 01, 1943

gender

female

website

http://www.patriciasprinkle.com/

genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Nonfiction

About this author

edit data

Aka Patricia Houck Sprinkle.

When I met and married Bob, he looked over our budget and demanded, "Why don’t you write a mystery to pay for all the ones you buy?" I immediately knew I wanted to put a body in a building where I’d once worked. However, being over-endowed with the Protestant ethic, I wrote "important" things first and only wrote the mystery in my spare time, so my first mystery, Murder at Markham (reissued by Silver Dagger in 2001), took thirteen years to complete. It took even longer for me to learn that any writing which gives me pleasure is important, whether fiction or non-fiction.

Since 1988 I have written twenty mysteries, four novels, and five non-fiction books. I am grateful to my readers and editors for letting me do wha...more

combine editions
Patricia Sprinkle's Books

Average rating: 3.85 · 3,436 ratings · 280 reviews · 39 distinct works · Similar authors

	Death on the Family Tree (Family Tree Genealogy #1) 3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 190 ratings — published 2007 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Who Invited the Dead Man? (Thoroughly Southern Mystery #3) 3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 157 ratings — published 2002 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Who Left that Body in the Rain? (Thoroughly Southern Mystery #4) 3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 132 ratings — published 2002 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When Did We Lose Harriet? (Thoroughly Southern Mystery #1) 3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 144 ratings — published 1997 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	But Why Shoot the Magistrate? (Thoroughly Southern Mystery #2) 3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 131 ratings — published 1998 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sins of the Fathers (Family Tree Genealogy #2) 3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 116 ratings — published 2007 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Who Let That Killer In The House? (Thoroughly Southern Mystery #5) 3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 119 ratings — published 2003 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Did You Declare the Corpse? (Thoroughly Southern Mystery #8) 3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 113 ratings — published 2006 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Who Killed the Queen of Clubs? (Thoroughly Southern Mystery #7) 3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 109 ratings — published 2005 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What Are You Wearing to Die? (Thoroughly Southern Mystery #10) 3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

More books by Patricia Sprinkle…

Series by Patricia Sprinkle

Thoroughly Southern Mystery (10 books)
by Patricia Sprinkle
3.6898839137645107 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 1,206 ratings

Family Tree Genealogy (3 books)
by Patricia Sprinkle
3.7223650385604112 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 389 ratings

Sheila Travis Mystery (7 books)
by Patricia Sprinkle
3.6972972972972973 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 370 ratings

Job's Corner Chronicles (2 books)
by Patricia Sprinkle
3.9280575539568345 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 139 ratings

Upcoming Events

No scheduled events. Add an event.

Quotes by Patricia Sprinkle

“Katharine: I can't keep up with you!
Tom: I don't want you to keep up. I love you for yourself.

- Death on the Family Tree”
― Patricia Sprinkle

tags: love

1 person liked it

“You never did master a leer."

- Katharine Murray, Death on the Family Tree”
― Patricia Sprinkle

tags: flirt, leer, lust

1 person liked it

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics	posts	views	last activity
The Seasonal Read...: 20.4 (Always The Bridesmaid, Never The Bride - Heidi - Our Histories)	127	218	May 08, 2010 06:14am
The Seasonal Read...: 10.7- City Lights	60	160	Nov 01, 2010 04:43pm
The Seasonal Read...: Fall Challenge 2010 Completed Tasks (do NOT delete any posts in this thread)	2791	932	Nov 30, 2010 09:03pm
Cover to Cover Ch...: Shay's 144 Books for 2010	90	61	Apr 18, 2011 08:14am
Cozy Mysteries : September Mini-Challenge	81	114	Oct 05, 2011 09:13pm
Around the World ...: Alabama	5	58	Jul 22, 2012 12:02pm
Cozy Mysteries : Read Around the USA Challenge	241	479	Sep 03, 2012 05:50pm
One Million Pages...: Shay's 1,000,000 pages	755	237	Oct 05, 2012 11:57pm

More…

Is this you? Let us know. If not, help out and invite Patricia to Goodreads.

Patricia's Fans (32)