Susan M. Boyer is the USA Today bestselling author of thirteen novels. Her debut novel, Lowcountry Boil, won the 2012 Agatha Award for Best First Novel, the Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery/Suspense, and garnered several other award nominations. Subsequent books in the Liz Talbot Mystery Series have been nominated for various honors, including Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance Okra Picks, the 2016 Pat Conroy Beach Music Mystery Prize, and the 2017 Southern Book Prize in Mystery & Detective Fiction.
Big Trouble on Sullivan’s Island, the first novel in her Carolina Tales series, won the 2024 Independent Publisher Book Award silver medal in Southeast Regional Fiction and was a 2024 National Indie Excellence Award finalist.
Susan is a lifelong Carolinian. She grew up in a small North Carolina town and has lived most of her life in South Carolina. She loves beaches, Southern food, and small towns where everyone knows everyone, and everyone has crazy relatives. You’ll find all of the above in her novels. She and her husband call Greenville, South Carolina, home and spend as much time as possible on the Carolina coast.
Big Trouble on Sullivan’s Island, the first novel in her Carolina Tales series, won the 2024 Independent Publisher Book Award silver medal in Southeast Regional Fiction and was a 2024 National Indie Excellence Award finalist.
Susan is a lifelong Carolinian. She grew up in a small North Carolina town and has lived most of her life in South Carolina. She loves beaches, Southern food, and small towns where everyone knows everyone, and everyone has crazy relatives. You’ll find all of the above in her novels. She and her husband call Greenville, South Carolina, home and spend as much time as possible on the Carolina coast.
Awards: Agatha (2013) see all
Genres: Cozy Mystery
New and upcoming books
Series
Liz Talbot Mystery
1. Lowcountry Boil (2012)
2. Lowcountry Bombshell (2013)
3. Lowcountry Boneyard (2014)
4. Lowcountry Bordello (2015)
5. Lowcountry Book Club (2016)
6. Lowcountry Bonfire (2017)
7. Lowcountry Bookshop (2018)
8. Lowcountry Boomerang (2019)
9. Lowcountry Boondoggle (2020)
10. Lowcountry Boughs of Holly (2020)
Postcards From Stella Maris (2022)
11. Lowcountry Getaway (2022)
1. Lowcountry Boil (2012)
2. Lowcountry Bombshell (2013)
3. Lowcountry Boneyard (2014)
4. Lowcountry Bordello (2015)
5. Lowcountry Book Club (2016)
6. Lowcountry Bonfire (2017)
7. Lowcountry Bookshop (2018)
8. Lowcountry Boomerang (2019)
9. Lowcountry Boondoggle (2020)
10. Lowcountry Boughs of Holly (2020)
Postcards From Stella Maris (2022)
11. Lowcountry Getaway (2022)
Carolina Tales
1. Big Trouble on Sullivan's Island (2023)
Beginnings - The Sullivan's Island Supper Club (2024)
2. The Sullivan's Island Supper Club (2024)
3. Trouble's Turn to Lose (2026)
1. Big Trouble on Sullivan's Island (2023)
Beginnings - The Sullivan's Island Supper Club (2024)
2. The Sullivan's Island Supper Club (2024)
3. Trouble's Turn to Lose (2026)
Books containing stories by Susan M Boyer
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