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  • Bibliography:
    4 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    September 2015
  • Latest Book:
    August 2020
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Full Series List in Order

A Li Du Novel

1 - Jade Dragon Mountain (Sep-2015)
2 - The White Mirror (Sep-2016)
3 - City of Ink (Aug-2018)

Book List in Order: 4 titles



  • On the mountainous border of China and Tibet in 1708, a detective must learn what a killer already knows: that empires rise and fall on the strength of the stories they tell. Li Du was an imperial librarian. Now he is an exile. Arriving in Dayan, ...



  • In The White Mirror, the follow-up to Elsa Hart’s critically acclaimed debut, Jade Dragon Mountain, Li Du, an imperial librarian and former exile in 18th century China, is now an independent traveler. He is journeying with a trade caravan bound for...



  • Following the enthralling 18th century Chinese mysteries Jade Dragon Mountain and White Mirror, comes the next Li Du adventure in City of Ink. Li Du was prepared to travel anywhere in the world except for one place: home. But to unravel the myster...



  • From the author of the acclaimed Li Du novels comes Elsa Hart's new atmospheric mystery series. London, 1703. In a time when the old approaches to science coexist with the new, one elite community attempts to understand the world by collecting...




Award-Winning Books by Elsa Hart

The Cabinets of Barnaby Mayne
2021 Edgar Allan Poe Award -- Mary Higgins Clark Award
Jade Dragon Mountain
2015 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Historical Mystery


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Elsa Hart has published 4 books.

Elsa Hart does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Cabinets of Barnaby Mayne, was published in August 2020.

The first book by Elsa Hart, Jade Dragon Mountain, was published in September 2015.

Yes. Elsa Hart has 1 series.