Susanna Calkins

A Lucy Campion Mystery

1 - A Murder at Rosamund's Gate (Apr-2013)
2 - From the Charred Remains (Apr-2014)
3 - The Masque of a Murderer (Apr-2015)
4 - A Death Along the River Fleet (Apr-2016)
5 - The Sign of the Gallows (Feb-2021)
6 - The Cry of the Hangman (Nov-2021)
7 - Death Among the Ruins (Jun-2023)

Speakeasy Mysteries

1 - Murder Knocks Twice (Apr-2019)
2 - The Fate of a Flapper (Aug-2020)

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  A Murder at Rosamund's Gate
  

  • Apr-2013
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  A Lucy Campion Mystery - 1
  

  In Susanna Calkins's atmospheric debut novel, a chambermaid must uncover a murderer in seventeenth-century plague-ridden London For Lucy Campion, a seventeenth-century English chambermaid serving in the household of the local magistrate, life is a...

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  From the Charred Remains
  

  • Apr-2014
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  A Lucy Campion Mystery - 2
  

  It’s 1666 and the Great Fire has just decimated an already plague-ridden London. Lady’s maid Lucy Campion, along with pretty much everyone else left standing, is doing her part to help the city clean up and recover. But their efforts come to a st...

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  The Masque of a Murderer
  

  • Apr-2015
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  A Lucy Campion Mystery - 3
  

  In Susanna Calkins's next richly drawn mystery set in 17th century England, Lucy Campion, formerly a ladies' maid in the local magistrate's household, has now found gainful employment as a printer's apprentice. On a freezing winter afternoon in 1667,...

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  A Death Along the River Fleet
  

  • Apr-2016
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  A Lucy Campion Mystery - 4
  

  Lucy Campion, a ladies’ maid turned printer’s apprentice in 17th-century London, is crossing Holborn Bridge over the murky waters of the River Fleet one morning when, out of the mist, she sees a specter moving toward her. Frightened at first, Luc...

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  The Trial of Madame Pelletier
  

  in Malice Domestic 12: Murder Most Historical

  • Apr-2017
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  Murder Knocks Twice
  

  • Apr-2019
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  Speakeasy Mysteries - 1
  

  The first mystery in Susanna Calkins’ captivating new series takes readers into the dark, dangerous, and glittering underworld of a 1920s Chicago speakeasy. Gina Ricci takes on a job as a cigarette girl to earn money for her ailing father―and ...

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  The Fate of a Flapper
  

  • Aug-2020
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  Speakeasy Mysteries - 2
  

  The Fate of a Flapper, the second mystery in Susanna Calkins’ captivating new series, takes readers into the dark, dangerous, and glittering underworld of a 1920's Chicago speakeasy. After nine months on the job, Gina Ricci feels like she...

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  The Sign of the Gallows
  

  • Feb-2021
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  A Lucy Campion Mystery - 5
  

  A dead man at a crossroads. A secret message. A ring with a warning about death . . . Printer’s apprentice Lucy Campion is caught up in a strange and puzzling murder case in this twisty historical mystery set in seventeenth-century London. London,...

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  The Cry of the Hangman
  

  • Nov-2021
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  A Lucy Campion Mystery - 6
  

  Murder always sells. But when a series of dark and puzzling crimes takes place in seventeenth-century London, will printer’s apprentice Lucy Campion be publishing the news â€" or starring in it? London, 1667. Printer’s apprentice Lucy Campion is...

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  Death Among the Ruins
  

  • Jun-2023
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  A Lucy Campion Mystery - 7
  

  Midnight assignations, dresses fit to meet the queen . . . and murder most horrid! Printer's apprentice Lucy Campion investigates a puzzling death in this thrilling historical mystery set in seventeenth-century London.London, 1668. Printer’s a...

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Award-Winning Books by Susanna Calkins

The Masque of a Murderer
2016 Macavity Award -- Sue Feder Memorial Historical Mystery