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Dana Cameron Books in Order

Browse Dana Cameron books in order, from Emma Fielding to Fangborn and Anna Hoyt, with quick summaries, series guides, and where-to-start help.

Last updated: July 9, 2026

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21 books

Grave Consequences

by Dana Cameron

2002

Helping excavate a medieval abbey in England, Emma Fielding expects an interesting working holiday, not murder. A modern skeleton, a dead graduate student, and a town full of secrets make her the outsider who has to keep digging.

Site Unseen

by Dana Cameron

2002

Emma Fielding's discovery of a 17th century Maine settlement should make her career. Instead, a corpse on the shore and fierce academic rivalries pull her into a murder investigation with dangerous ties to her own past.

Past Malice

by Dana Cameron

2003

At a dig in Stone Harbor, Massachusetts, Emma Fielding uncovers more than history when fresh corpses appear near the site. Local tensions, old secrets, and another killing force her to dig into a town that does not want answers.

A Fugitive Truth

by Dana Cameron

2004

Emma Fielding gets the chance to study the diary of an accused 18th-century witch, only to find murder waiting in the Berkshire woods. As past and present start echoing each other, the research retreat turns deadly.

More Bitter than Death

by Dana Cameron

2005

Emma Fielding heads to a snowbound New England hotel for an archaeology conference honoring a man tied to her family's past. When the guest of honor is killed, Emma becomes a suspect in a bitter, claustrophobic murder case.

Ashes and Bones

by Dana Cameron

2006

Emma Fielding's life seems settled at last, until anonymous gifts give way to a deliberate campaign of fear. As her reputation and marriage come under attack, she must prove an enemy from her past is still very much alive.

The Lords of Misrule

by Dana Cameron

2006

This holiday anthology mixes romance, mystery, and a touch of the uncanny in six Christmas-set stories. Mary Daheim's contribution adds a ghostly note to the festive mischief.

The Night Things Changed

by Dana Cameron

2008

On Christmas Eve in Salem, private investigator Gerry Steuben and his vampire sister Claudia face a string of savage murders. The holiday setting only sharpens the dread as the Fangborn confront a threat they barely understand.

Boston Noir

by Jonathan Stone

2009

Bob, a solitary Boston bartender, finds a battered pit bull puppy in a trash can and reluctantly takes it in with help from wary neighbor Nadia. When the dog's violent former owner comes looking, Bob is pushed into a dangerous clash with local toughs and the bar's criminal backers.

Swing Shift

by Dana Cameron

2010

In this eerie short story, a reporter revisits the disappearance of six young men in a small Midwestern town. The deeper he digs into the cold case, the stranger and darker the truth becomes.

Seven Kinds of Hell

by Dana Cameron

2013

When her cousin is abducted, archaeologist Zoe Miller is forced to face a truth she has hidden even from herself. She is Fangborn, and that revelation pulls her into a brutal fight over family, power, and ancient evil.

The Serpent's Tale

by Dana Cameron

2013

In 13th century England, Sir Hugo, Lady Alice, and Father Gilbert investigate eerie disturbances in Godestone. A missing child and a fanatic hunter turn this historical Fangborn tale into a tense struggle between secrecy and duty.

Pack of Strays

by Dana Cameron

2014

After opening Pandora's Box, Zoe Miller is still reeling when she must stop a politician from exposing the Fangborn. Her powers are changing, loyalties are shaky, and the hunt for more deadly artifacts keeps widening.

The Curious Case of Miss Amelia Vernet

by Dana Cameron

2014

Sherlock Holmes's quiet teenage cousin Amelia Vernet has a secret life as one of the Fangborn. When a kidnapped boy reaches Baker Street, Amelia and Holmes uncover a case that threatens far more than one child.

Burning the Rule Book

by Dana Cameron

2015

Werewolf Jack Parker has broken one Fangborn rule too many, and his hidden romance may cost him everything. A strange mission, an oracle in the Tower of London, and Emily Vargas's past turn trouble into a dangerous prequel adventure.

Hellbender

by Dana Cameron

2015

As I-Day approaches, archaeologist Zoe Miller faces the public unveiling of the Fangborn, and enemies are already closing in. New powers, old secrets, and the mysterious Makers push her toward a fight over the fate of her kind.

Bug Appétit

by Barb Goffman

2019

Emma Fielding is supposed to be enjoying a trip through Turkey's ancient sites, but trouble finds her anyway. This short mystery sends Emma from sightseeing into a puzzle that refuses to stay a vacation.

Pandora's Orphans: A Fangborn Collection

by Dana Cameron

2021

This collection gathers Dana Cameron's Fangborn stories, from the tale that launched the world to later adventures across different times and characters. It is the best place to see how her werewolves, vampires, and oracles fit together.

Exit Interview

by Dana Cameron

2022

Reporter Amy Lindstrom witnesses an arms dealer's suspicious death just as covert operative Jayne Rogers is framed for murder and betrayal. With hacker Nicole Bradley as their uneasy ally, the three women race to stop a catastrophic weapons deal.

Anna Hoyt

by Dana Cameron

2024

In 1745 Boston, tavern owner Anna Hoyt fights to hold on to the Queen's Arms while violent men circle for control. With law offering little real protection, she has to decide how far she will go to keep her freedom.

The Bull Dancer

by Dana Cameron

2024

In this Sherlock Holmes tale, a grieving Dr. Watson must face a beautiful widow who arrives at Baker Street after Holmes's death. Her revelations lead him into buried secrets with consequences that reach beyond London.

Where should I start?

If you want archaeology mysteries: Site UnseenGrave ConsequencesPast Malice
If you want urban fantasy and secret history: The Night Things ChangedSeven Kinds of HellPack of StraysHellbender
If you want historical crime: Femme SoleAnna Hoyt
If you want spy-thriller action: Exit Interview

Author bio

Dana Cameron was born and raised in New England, and that sense of place runs through a lot of her fiction. She lives in Massachusetts with her husband and, by her own account, a household ruled by cats. Before fiction became the day job, she worked as an archaeologist on prehistoric and historical sites in the United States and Europe, and that field experience still gives her books their texture.

Archaeology came first. As a kid, she was drawn to books, travel, and the way people in different times and places made sense of the world. Later she started seeing a link between archaeology and storytelling. Both ask the same basic questions, who, what, when, where, why, and how, and both depend on clues, patience, and a willingness to look twice.

She came to writing sideways.

Cameron has said she once thought being a writer sounded too lofty, and maybe a little too dramatic for her taste. But years of reading fiction, social history, and plays nudged her along. Thinking about how actors build a character from text helped her see that writers and archaeologists are doing related work, making sense of evidence, filling gaps carefully, and noticing what other people miss.

That mix shows up right away in Site Unseen, the first Emma Fielding mystery. Emma is an archaeologist and professor, which lets Cameron turn digs, archives, and academic rivalries into murder plots without any strain. Readers who like the Emma books usually come for the puzzle, but stay for the way the past keeps pressing on the present. Books like A Fugitive Truth and Ashes and Bones lean into that especially well.

Then Cameron took the same love of buried history and pushed it in a very different direction. Her Fangborn stories, which grew out of the short story The Night Things Changed and led to Seven Kinds of Hell, mix urban fantasy with archaeology, secret societies, and old evils that never quite stay buried. Zoe Miller, like Emma, uses an archaeologist's habit of mind. She just has to deal with werewolves, vampires, and oracles too.

She likes historical settings as much as modern ones. The Anna Hoyt stories, and later the novel Anna Hoyt, move into 18th century Boston, where taverns, waterfront politics, and survival matter as much as any official law. More recently, Exit Interview shows another side of her work, a straight-up thriller built around covert ops, suspicion, and momentum.

Awards have followed across formats. Cameron's work has won Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity Awards, and her short fiction has been nominated for the Edgar. Several Emma Fielding mysteries were later adapted for television, which makes sense. Her stories tend to be built on strong premises, clear stakes, and characters who have to think their way through trouble.

What ties the whole bibliography together is curiosity. Cameron likes investigators, people who dig, ask hard questions, and keep going after the easy answer falls apart.

She also seems to enjoy giving them a rough time.

Whether she is writing an archaeology mystery, a monster story with secret history, or a thriller about a burned operative, the appeal is similar. Smart protagonists. Real pressure. A sense that the past is never finished with us. That is a broad range, but it feels of a piece.

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