Kathleen Marple Kalb

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  • Bibliography:
    8 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    April 2020
  • Latest Book:
    April 2025
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Full Series List in Order

An Ella Shane Mystery

1 - A Fatal Finale (Apr-2020)
2 - A Fatal First Night (May-2021)
3 - A Fatal Overture (Apr-2022)

Books in Order: 8 titles

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  • A Fatal Waltz

    Newly married Gilded Age diva Ella Shane and her Duke return to New York for Ella's Metropolitan Opera debut, and his investigation of a decades-old mystery that could threaten the succession to the British Throne-only to be drawn into a blackmail pl...

  • The Stuff of Mayhem

    When Unity, Connecticut's Independence Day cannon firing ends in disaster, historian Christian Shaw finds herself in the middle of a murder case-and a land-use dispute involving a possible Revolutionary War battlefield. Worse, her new client is hangi...

  • The Stuff of Murder

    When Hollywood comes to small-town Connecticut, it should be the stuff of dreams-but when a fading movie star ends up dead, a whole different kind of stuff hits the fan.  Unity Historical Society head and antique household items-stuff!-expe...

  • A Fatal Overture

    An Ella Shane Mystery - 3

    During the first winter of the twentieth century, Gilded Age trouser diva Ella Shane refuses to dim the lights on her dazzling show business career for marriage -- even to a dashing British duke. But the versatile mezzo-soprano may have to put it all...

  • A Fatal First Night

    An Ella Shane Mystery - 2

    It’s easy to be overlooked in Gilded Age Manhattan, but the Ella Shane Opera Company’s latest premier manages to attract adoring crowds, rave reviews, and a killer who’s a real showstopper!  New York City, Fall 1899. Ahead-of-her-time colo...

  • A Fatal Finale

    An Ella Shane Mystery - 1

    On the cusp of the twentieth century, Manhattan is a lively metropolis buzzing with talent. But after a young soprano meets an untimely end on stage, can one go-getting leading lady hit the right notes in a case of murder? New York City, 1899. Wh...

  • The Custodian of the Body

    • / Police Procedural

    A new widow, Christian Shaw, stumbles on a murder while planning her husband's funeral, and ends up using her unique expertise as a historian to help catch the killer. The title, and key phrase, stuck in the author's mind when she was making fin...

  • A Fatal Honeymoon

    • / Historical Mystery

    A blissful Niagara Falls honeymoon for Gilded Age trouser diva Ella Shane and her new husband the Duke turns deadly with a murder during a theatre outing -- with a dear friend's beloved the prime suspect. Now, the couple will have to clear his name, ...



Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Kathleen Marple Kalb has published 8 books.

Kathleen Marple Kalb does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, A Fatal Waltz, was published in April 2025.

The first book by Kathleen Marple Kalb, A Fatal Finale, was published in April 2020.

Yes. Kathleen Marple Kalb has 1 series.
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