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  • Bibliography:
    12 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    August 2011
  • Latest Book:
    March 2024
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Full Series List in Order

A Detective Lavender Mystery

1 - The Missing Heiress // The Heiress of Linn Hagh (Sep-2013)
1.5 - The Mystery of the Skelton Diamonds (Jun-2014)
2 - The Sans Pareil Mystery (Oct-2015)
3 - The Sculthorpe Murder (Sep-2016)
4 - Plague Pits & River Bones (Jan-2018)
5 - Murder in Park Lane (Mar-2019)
6 - The Willow Marsh Murder (Apr-2022)

The Silver Sex Kittens

1 - Life After Men (Oct-2018)

A York Ladies' Detective Agency Mystery

1 - Smoke & Cracked Mirrors (Apr-2022)

Book List in Order: 12 titles



  • Easter Monday, 1809: Kirkley Hall manor house is mysteriously burgled. When suspicion falls on Jamie Charlton, he and his family face a desperate battle to save him from the gallows.

    When £1,157 rent money is stolen from Kirkley Hall, it is ...



  • Northumberland, 1809: A beautiful young heiress disappears from her locked bedchamber at Linn Hagh. The local constables are baffled and the townsfolk cry ‘witchcraft’. The heiress’s uncle summons help from Detective Lavender and his assi...



  • London 1808: The famous Skelton Diamonds have disappeared, and Detective Stephen Lavender is asked to investigate the crime. But why should he feel so uneasy, so reluctant to accept this case? Can he trust the wealthy, powerful politician who's summo...



  • On a cold February night in Regency London, a dark curtain falls on the Sans Pareil Theatre following the death of April Clare, a promising young actress, whose body is found in mysterious circumstances. Detective Stephen Lavender and his dependab...



  • Northamptonshire, 1810: As a new canal network snakes across the landscape, a vicious mob stakes its claim to the county. Every local constable is out on the hunt for the ruthless Panther Gang. When an elderly man is robbed and murdered in sleepy Mid...



  • London, 1812: Treacherous gangs roam the capital, and not even the Palace of Westminster is safe. When Detective Stephen Lavender is called in to investigate a highway robbery and a cold-blooded murder, both the cases take a dangerous and disturbing ...



  • 'Charlton and Gill's characters are quirky, independent and fun, and their plot has plenty of sizzle and sass... most highly recommended.' Jack Magnus, Readers' FavoriteHeart-warming comedy for the mature woman - because you're neve...



  • London, 1812. At a fashionable address in leafy Mayfair, a far cry from Detective Stephen Lavender’s usual haunts, a man is found dead in his room. He has been brutally stabbed, but the door is locked from the inside and the weapon is missing.



  • York, England: 1940 'An unsuitable job for a woman...' When her husband goes 'missing in action', Jemma James returns to the city of her birth to set up a private detective agency with her best friend, Roberta 'Bobbie' B...






  • Cambridgeshire, September 1813: Detective Stephen Lavender and Constable Ned Woods are lured to an isolated estate in the deadly marshland surrounding Ely to investigate a murder. But nothing is as it seems at the mysterious Willow Marsh Manor. They ...



  • York, England: June 1940While Jemma continues to search for her missing husband, the citizens of historic York are shocked by a series of vicious crimes at the city's two museums.A bungled break-in at the Yorkshire Museum is quickly followed by the b...



  • A corpse rises from the dead in the morgue at Guy's Hospital, and his missing pantaloons appear to be cursed as they roam the city, causing consternation and death wherever they go. What possible connection can this have to a gang of female jewel thi...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Karen Charlton has published 12 books.

Karen Charlton does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Resurrection Mystery, was published in March 2024.

The first book by Karen Charlton, Catching the Eagle, was published in August 2011.

Yes. Karen Charlton has 3 series.