- Bootlegger’s Daughter. New York: Mysterious Press, 1992.
- Southern Discomfort. New York: Mysterious Pres, 1993.
- Shooting at Loons. New York: Mysterious Press, 1994.
- Up Jumps the Devil. New York: Mysterious Press, 1996.
- Killer Market. New York: Mysterious Press, 1997.
- Home Fires. New York: Mysterious Press, 1998.
- Storm Track. New York: Mysterious Press, 2000.
- Uncommon Clay. New York: Warner Books, 2001.
- Slow Dollar. New York: Mysterious Press, 2002.
- High Country Fall. New York: Warner Books, 2004.
- Rituals of the Season. New York: Warner Books, 2005.
- Winter’s Child. Mysterious Press, 2006.
- Hard Row. Warner Books, 2007.
- Death’s Half Acre. New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2008.
- Sand Sharks. New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2009.
- Christmas Mourning. New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2010.
- Three-Day Town. New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2011.
- The Buzzard Table. New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2012.
- Designated Daughters. New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2014.
These popular mysteries feature Deborah Knott, a District Court Judge in fictional Colleton County, N.C., which is located “a few miles southeast of Raleigh.” In each novel Judge Knott is forced to step out from behind the bench to pursue a local mystery on her own. The setting is especially important in these books. Colleton County still has working tobacco farms, and yet is bordered by the sprawling, increasingly urban Research Triangle. Deborah Knott, her large family, and the residents of the county are often caught in the clash between North Carolina’s high-tech future and its traditional, agrarian past. The series stays fresh with the introduction of 21st century topics such terrorism and pesticide contamination, but many readers eagerly await each new novel in the series to read about Deborah’s relationship with her new husband Dwight and his son Cal. As a bonus to longtime Maron fans, two most recent books have included Sigrid Harald, the main character in Maron’s first mystery series.