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  • Bibliography:
    10 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    March 2010
  • Latest Book:
    December 2016
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Full Series List in Order

Dancing Master's Daughters

1 - A Tempting Proposal (Jun-2015)

The Northminster Mysteries

1 - The Butchered Man (Nov-2011)
2 - The Dead Songbird (Jun-2013)
3 - The Shadowcutter (Apr-2015)
4 - The Hanging Cage (Jan-2016)
5 - The Ghosts of Ardenthwaite (Dec-2016)

Book List in Order: 10 titles



  • On an impetuous journey to stop her father making an unsuitable marriage, Griselda Farquarson meets dashing Tom Thorpe. They fall instantly in love and into trouble. After she indulges in a sensual clandestine encounter with him, Griselda is forced ...



  • Three young ladies with more beauty and charm than Isobel, Leonora and Vivien Buchanan, daughters of the laird of Blane, would be hard to find; their marriage prospects are exceptional. Indeed, in the summer of 1890, Isobel is already engaged to a du...



  • In the summer of 1900, a group of young people are brought together in the decaying splendour of the Quarro, a Scottish country house owned by the down-at-heel Lennox family. As their lives touch, new alliances are formed - some doomed to failure and...



  • Book One in an exciting new Victorian detective series from former Headline author Harriet Smart. England 1840, and police surgeon Felix Carswell enters a murky world of professional gamblers and jilted lovers to solve the case of The Butchered Man....



  • When Chris Adam recieves a proposal from wealthy young Guy Lindsay, her family are delighted - this would be a fine match indeed for a daughter of the Manse. Chris is tempted, for she is attracted to Guy, but her vocation is to be a composer, and ins...



  • “Death is too good for a whore like you. But He may show you mercy yet. BE PREPARED”Celebrated singer Anna Morgan has come to Northminster to escape a troubled past and sing at the city's Handel Festival. But when she continues to receive the poi...



  • Police surgeon Felix Carswell has joined Major Giles Vernon and his convalescent wife, Laura, for a few days in the elegant spa town of Stanegate " it’s a welcome holiday from the summer stench of Northminster. But no sooner has he arrived than a...



  • Adela Ross is reduced to singing in Macreadies’ sordid supper club in Edinburgh to keep bread on the table and a roof over her head.Sir William Urquhart must marry within a month or forfeit the estates and fortune left to him by his uncle.When Adel...



  • Summoned to the bleak market town of Whithorne in the midst of a winter storm, Major Giles Vernon and police surgeon Felix Carswell are embroiled in another challenging investigation.A beautiful young heiress has been found dead in her bed, and altho...






  • Something is amiss at Ardenthwaite. Ghostly apparitions have been seen, so terrifying that the mistress of the house and the servants have deserted the place. Colonel Parham, the tenant, asks his landlord Felix Carswell and Major Giles Vernon to dete...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Harriet Smart has published 10 books.

Harriet Smart does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Ghosts of Ardenthwaite, was published in December 2016.

The first book by Harriet Smart, Reckless Griselda, was published in March 2010.

Yes. Harriet Smart has 2 series.