Victoria Thompson

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  • Bibliography:
    61 Books (6 Series)
  • First Book:
    March 1985
  • Latest Book:
    March 2025
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About the Author

Victoria Thompson passed on August 23, 2024.

Full Series List in Order

A Counterfeit Lady Novel

1 - City of Lies (Nov-2017)
2 - City of Secrets (Nov-2018)
3 - City of Scoundrels (Nov-2019)
4 - City of Schemes (Jan-2021)
5 - City of Shadows (Dec-2021)
6 - City of Fortune (Dec-2022)
7 - City of Betrayal (Dec-2023)

The Cowboy and the Lady

1 - Texas Treasure (Mar-1985)
2 - Texas Triumph (Mar-1987)
3 - Texas Blonde (Oct-1987)
4 - Bold Texas Embrace (Dec-1989)

A Gaslight Mystery

1 - Murder on Astor Place (May-1999)
2 - Murder on St. Mark's Place (Mar-2000)
3 - Murder on Gramercy Park (Mar-2001)
4 - Murder on Washington Square (Apr-2002)
5 - Murder on Mulberry Bend (Mar-2003)
6 - Murder on Marble Row (Jun-2004)
7 - Murder on Lenox Hill (Jun-2005)
8 - Murder in Little Italy (Jun-2006)
9 - Murder In Chinatown (Jun-2007)
10 - Murder on Bank Street (Jun-2008)
11 - Murder on Waverly Place (Jun-2009)
12 - Murder on Lexington Avenue (Jun-2010)
13 - Murder on Sisters' Row (Jun-2011)
14 - Murder on Fifth Avenue (May-2012)
15 - Murder in Chelsea (May-2013)
16 - Murder in Murray Hill (May-2014)
17 - Murder on Amsterdam Avenue (May-2015)
18 - Murder on St. Nicholas Avenue (Nov-2015)
19 - Murder in Morningside Heights (May-2016)
20 - Murder in the Bowery (May-2017)
21 - Murder on Union Square (May-2018)
22 - Murder on Trinity Place (Apr-2019)
23 - Murder on Pleasant Avenue (May-2020)
24 - Murder on Wall Street (May-2021)
25 - Murder on Madison Square (May-2022)
26 - Murder on Bedford Street (Apr-2023)
27 - Murder in Rose Hill (Apr-2024)

Hired Gunslinger

1 - Angel Heart // Texas Angel (Sep-1988)
2 - Wild Texas Promise (Aug-1990)
3 - Sweet Texas Surrender (Jun-1991)
4 - Blazing Texas Nights (Mar-1992)

The Lady and the Scoundrel

1 - Texas Vixen (May-1986)
2 - Rogue's Lady (Dec-1988)
3 - Fortune's Lady (Jan-1990)

Tates of Texas

1 - Wild Texas Wind (Oct-1992)
2 - Winds of Promise (Jul-1993)
3 - Winds of Destiny (Mar-1994)
4 - Winds of Fortune (Jan-1995)
5 - Wild Texas Promise (Aug-1990)

Book List in Order: 61 titles

  • Texas Treasure

    The Cowboy and the Lady - 1

    A GOLDEN COWBOY Dusty Rhoades had to be the most unsettling man Priscilla Bedford had ever met! All the tall Texas cowboy had to do was glance her way and the chestnut-haired beauty felt her composure crumble. One moment he'd infuriate her with hi...

  • Texas Vixen

    The Lady and the Scoundrel - 1

    INSOLENT VARMINT She was backed into a corner, and he knew it -- the varmint. It was either accept Jack Sinclair's vile proposal of marriage or sell the Colson Ranch -- and that was the one thing pretty Maggie Colson would never do. He might get his ...

  • Texas Triumph

    The Cowboy and the Lady - 2

    HE SAID "I DO" Ranch foreman Cole Elliott couldn't say no to his enticing boss Rachel McKinsey when she proposed they have a marriage in name only. The virile gunslinger had had his eye on the shapely filly since he first hired on and dreamed of h...

  • Texas Blonde

    The Cowboy and the Lady - 3

    She swore she'd share his name -- and win his heart! DESPERATE FOR A HUSBAND When dashing Josh Logan rescued her from death by exposure petite Felicity Morrow realized she'd never survive rugged frontier life without a man by her sick And...

  • Angel Heart // Texas Angel

    Hired Gunslinger - 1

    HEAVENLY PLEASURES Ever since Angelica's father died, Harlan Snyder had been angling to get his hands on her ranch, the Diamond R. And now, just when she had an important government contract to fulfill, she couldn't find a single cowhand to ...

  • Rogue's Lady

    The Lady and the Scoundrel - 2
    The Avon Romance

    TEMPESTUOUS PASSION When proper Elizabeth Livingston went seeking the long-lost cousin named as her guardian, she never expected to find him running a fancy saloon in infamous Dodge City, Kansas! Notorious "Chance" Fitzwilliam, gambler and womanizer...

  • Beloved Outcast

    FORBIDDEN Molly Wade had loved Ben Cantrell since the moment he'd defended her honor in the schoolroom. Since she'd become a woman, her feelings for the handsome young rancher had grown deeper -- and more urgent. But something stood between t...

  • Bold Texas Embrace

    The Cowboy and the Lady - 4

    HOT-BLOODED RANCHER Art teacher Catherine Eaton could hardly believe how stubborn Sam Connors was! Even though the rancher's young stepbrother was an exceptionally talented painter, Sam forbade Catherine to instruct him, fearing that art would make ...

  • Fortune's Lady

    The Lady and the Scoundrel - 3

    THEY GAMBLED ALL THEY HAD ON THE PROMISE OF EVERLASTING LOVE... Left to raise her young son all alone, spunky Suzanna Prentice took a job as a dancehall girl in Dodge City's roughest saloon. But coping with the hard work and lewd remarks from dru...



  • Wild Texas Promise

    Hired Gunslinger - 2
    Tates of Texas - 5

    SHE HATED THE RUDE GUNSLINGER ALL DAY -- BUT WANTED HIM ALL NIGHT... DEFIANT SPITFIRE Rugged Linc Scott had hired on at Eden Campbell's ranch to protect it from cattle-rustling landgrabbers, but he soon realized that Eden Campbell herself was hi...

  • Playing With Fire

    COURTING ISABEL Though well past marrying age, innocent schoolmarm Isabel Forester arrived in Bittercreek Texas, to discover she was a prized commodity. A severe shortage of women in the rough-and-tumble frontier community had every bachelor - but...

  • Sweet Texas Surrender

    Hired Gunslinger - 3
    Zebra Lovegram

    HE VOWED TO PROTECT THE TEXAS BEAUTY ALL DAY -- AND LOVE HER ALL NIGHT RUGGED RIDER Travis "Colt" Taylor wasn't fooled by Sarah Hadley's fussy raven curls and sexy sashay--the strong-willed widow was no damsel-in-distress, and there was nothing s...

  • Blazing Texas Nights

    Hired Gunslinger - 4

    A FIERY HEIRESS Strong-willed Leah Harding had her hands full protecting her family's vast ranch from scheming landgrabbers. So when ruggedly handsome gunslinger Calhoun Stevens suddenly showed up with an unproven claim on her family, she swore to t...

  • Wild Texas Wind

    Tates of Texas - 1

    HE SAVED HER LIFE --- BUT AT WHAT PRICE? Rebekah Tate's years with the Comanche left her with precious little but the faint glimmer of hope that she would ever see the beloved home of her girlhood again. That is, until the day a tall redheaded tra...

  • Merry

    in A Christmas Kiss

    A lonely, stone-broke cowboy faces a bleak Christmas until he offers to do odd jobs for a rancher's young, beautiful widow... and finds himself drawn into a romance that proves what he had begun to dount: that Christmas is, indeed, a season of joy......

  • Winds of Promise

    Tates of Texas - 2
    Zebra Lovegram

    They forged a fiery passion from a harsh and rugged land... ONLY HE COULD FREE HER CAGED HEART After the slaughter of her husband and child in the chaos of the War Between the States, Sarah Peters had been taken prisoner by the fierce Comanche. F...

  • Winds of Destiny

    Tates of Texas - 3

    SHAME Born into a dynasty of wealth and privilege, Becky Tate is an outcast--branded by the Comanche blood that runs hotly through her veins. Then she meets a rugged stranger who awakens her heart to the magic and mystery of passion... SECRETS A...

  • Winds of Fortune

    Tates of Texas - 4

    When fate brought them together on the Florida coast during the Spanish-American War, Sean Tate and Maud Campbell knew they had found something special. The son of a wealthy Texan, Sean needed to find out what being Roosevelt Rough Rider could show h...

  • The Wrong Man

    in To Love and to Honor 1995

    He's a sheepman in cattle country - a gentleman facing down a pack of gun-toting strangers. She's a Texan, born and bred - and engaged to another man. Until they share a soul-stealing kiss. Duncan Ferguson may be all wrong for Texas...but for Cassie ...



  • Cry Wolf

    THE UNFORGETTABLE STORY OF A WILD LAND, A RESTLESS MAN, AND THE WOMAN WHO VOWS TO TAME THEM BOTH... When Lobo rode up to the Davis ranch, Rachel felt a tremor, as if the very earth had opened. He was the wolf hunter they needed, and he seemed as ...

  • Wings of Morning

    The sudden death of her husband leaves former Philadelphia debutante Emma Winthrop penniless, alone, and at the mercy of the man she despises most: her handsome brother-in-law Grayson Sinclair, whose grand Texas plantation is to be her new home. B...

  • From This Day Forward

    A magnificent historical romance set on a Texas plantation during the Civil War. It is an unforgettable tale of two men and one woman ...of honor lost and won ...of a love that will steal your heart... During the summer that the Yankees invaded Te...

  • Murder on Astor Place

    A Gaslight Mystery - 1

    As a midwife-in the turn-of-the-century tenements of New York City, Sarah Brandt has seen suffering and joy, birth and death. Now she is about to take part in something more unusual in the crime-ridden streets of the teeming city -- a search for ju...

  • Murder on St. Mark's Place

    A Gaslight Mystery - 2

    As a midwife-in the turn-of-the-century tenements of New York City, Sarah Brandt has seen suffering and joy, birth and death-and even murder. And the crime-ridden streets of the teeming city offer little relief from either... Thinking she has been...

  • Murder on Gramercy Park

    A Gaslight Mystery - 3

    As a midwife in the turn-of-the-century tenements of New York City, Sarah Brandt has seen her share of suffering and joy, birth and death. Now, she learns that crime doesn't discriminate, when the highest echelons of society are rocked by murder... ...

  • Murder on Washington Square

    A Gaslight Mystery - 4

    As a midwife-in the turn-of-the-century tenements of New York City, Sarah Brandt has seen suffering and joy, birth and death. Now she is thrust into a twisted case of murder -- when a seductress falls victim to her own charades... To Sarah Brand...

  • Murder on Mulberry Bend

    A Gaslight Mystery - 5

    Sarah Brandt, a midwife in turn-of-the- century New York City; has seen more than her share of joy and sorrow, birth and death. Now she will see for the first time how the squalor of the streets can breed madness and murder... The Prodigal Son Mis...

  • Murder on Marble Row

    A Gaslight Mystery - 6

    As a turn-of-the-century midwife in New York City's tenements, Sarah Brandt has seen more than her share of joy and sorrow, birth and death. Now, she's drawn into a politically charged case where her help is not wanted--but is very much needed... ...

  • Murder on Lenox Hill

    A Gaslight Mystery - 7

    As a turn-of-the-century midwife in New York City's tenements, Sarah Brandt has seen more than her share of joy and sorrow, birth and death. Now, Sarah finds herself in the thick of a scandal that threatens to ruin not only one upstanding family, but...



  • Murder in Little Italy

    A Gaslight Mystery - 8

    As a midwife working in the tenements of turn-of-the-century New York, Sarah Brandt has witnessed her share of joy and misery, birth and death. Now Sarah suffers the heartbreak of losing a patient--but not from natural causes... Called to attend a...

  • Murder In Chinatown

    A Gaslight Mystery - 9

    Birth, death, and everything in between--midwife Sarah Brandt has seen it all. In the tenements of New York, Sarah helps out where she can. Now, in the latest of the Edgar Award -- nominated novels, she ventures to an exotic land, less than a mile aw...

  • Murder on Bank Street

    A Gaslight Mystery - 10

    In the four years since her husband's death, midwife Sarah Brandt -- with Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy -- has helped bring justice to the less fortunate in the tenements of New York. Now, in the latest novel in the Edgar Award-nominated series, Sa...

  • Murder on Waverly Place

    A Gaslight Mystery - 11

    As a midwife -- and a sleuth -- Sarah Brandt has devoted her life to helping those in need in the tenements of turn-of-the-century New York, despite the disapproval of her wealthy parents. Now, the latest novel in the Edgar-nominated series reveals a...

  • Murder on Lexington Avenue

    A Gaslight Mystery - 12

    Midwife Sarah Brandt believes that even the destitute in turn-of-the-century New York deserve the protection of the law. So with the sometimes reluctant assistance of Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy, she offers them justice whenever she can. Now, in ...

  • Murder on Sisters' Row

    A Gaslight Mystery - 13

    With the help of a charitable lady of means, midwife Sarah Brandt rescues a young woman and her newborn from the brothel where the mother was forced to prostitute herself. But their success comes at a high price when their benefactor is found murdere...

  • Murder on Fifth Avenue

    A Gaslight Mystery - 14

    From the tenements to the town houses of nineteenth-century New York, midwife Sarah Brandt and Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy never waiver in their mission to aid the innocent and apprehend the guilty. Now, the latest novel in the Edgar-nominated se...

  • Murder in Chelsea

    A Gaslight Mystery - 15

    Sarah Brandt is shattered when she learns that a woman has inquired at Hope’s Daughters Mission for Catherine, the abandoned child she has taken as her daughter. The woman claims she was Catherine’s nursemaid, now acting on behalf of the girl’s...

  • Murder in Murray Hill

    A Gaslight Mystery - 16

    In national bestselling author Victoria Thompson’s Gaslight mysteries, the residents of nineteenth-century New York City turn to midwife Sarah Brandt and Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy to protect them from the worst crimes. Now, the two must track...

  • Murder on Amsterdam Avenue

    A Gaslight Mystery - 17

    In this Gaslight Mystery from the national bestselling author of Murder in Murray Hill, midwife Sarah Brandt and Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy investigate foul play in the secretive high-society world of nineteenth-century New York City… In t...



  • Murder on St. Nicholas Avenue

    A Gaslight Mystery - 18

    The author of Murder on Amsterdam Avenue returns to nineteenth-century New York City to find Christmas in the air, a police detective and a midwife with love in their hearts, and a wealthy newlywed with blood on her hands… Detective Sergeant Fra...

  • The Secret Seduction and the Enigma of Attraction

    'May I?' She nodded. Andreas settled down beside Annabelle on the steps. They sat in silence, watching the harbour city below, their eyes following tiny coloured lights - boats scampering along the surface of the dark water. But it was the night sky ...

  • Murder in Morningside Heights

    A Gaslight Mystery - 19

    In the latest from the bestselling author of Murder on St. Nicholas Avenue, former police sergeant Frank Malloy and his wife adjust to life in New York high society as they investigate a death in the field of higher learning... After spending his...

  • The Vanishing Wife

    in Malice Domestic 11: Murder Most Conventional

  • The Killing Game

    in Malice Domestic 12: Murder Most Historical

  • Murder in the Bowery

    A Gaslight Mystery - 20

    The latest Gaslight Mystery from the bestselling author of Murder in Morningside Heights finds Sarah Brandt and Frank Malloy searching for a connection between a murdered newsie and a high society woman with dangerous habits. Frank Malloy’s late...

  • City of Lies

    A Counterfeit Lady Novel - 1

    An exciting new series featuring woman-on-the-run Elizabeth Miles -- from the beloved national bestselling author of the Gaslight Mysteries. Every woman plays a part -- but some are more dangerous than others… Like most women, Elizabeth Mile...

  • Murder on Union Square

    A Gaslight Mystery - 21

    When a murder hits close to home, Frank finds himself in an unusual position--the prime suspect in the latest installment of the national bestselling Gaslight Mystery series... Sarah and Frank Malloy are enjoying married life and looking to make t...

  • City of Secrets

    A Counterfeit Lady Novel - 2

    An exciting new book in the series featuring woman-on-the-run Elizabeth Miles--from the beloved national bestselling author of the Gaslight Mysteries. Elizabeth Miles knows that honesty is not always the best policy when it comes to finding justic...

  • Murder on Trinity Place

    A Gaslight Mystery - 22

    The devil's in the details when a man is found murdered near Trinity Church in the latest installment of the national bestselling Gaslight Mystery series... The year of 1899 is drawing to a close. Frank and Sarah Malloy are getting ready to ce...



  • Morsels of the Gods

    in Malice Domestic 14: Mystery Most Edible

    The Malice Domestic anthology series returns with a new take on mysteries in the Agatha Christie tradition -- 36 original tales with a culinary bent! Included are: A Cup of Tea, by Parnell Hall Brown Recluse, by Marcia Adair A Slice of Heaven,, by La...

  • City of Scoundrels

    A Counterfeit Lady Novel - 3

    An exciting new book in the series featuring Elizabeth Miles, con woman turned Lady, from the beloved national bestselling author of the Gaslight Mysteries. Elizabeth Miles finds herself in a position no con can help her escape. Her beloved fiancĂ...

  • Murder on Pleasant Avenue

    A Gaslight Mystery - 23

    When Gino Donatelli is accused of a brutal murder, beloved sleuths Sarah and Frank Malloy have to catch a killer who is out to destroy their innocent friend's life in the latest installment of the national bestselling Gaslight mysteries. A vic...

  • City of Schemes

    A Counterfeit Lady Novel - 4

    Elizabeth Miles is preparing for her wedding to Gideon Bates, when a menacing shadow from her past threatens to destroy the life she's built for herself in this all new Counterfeit Lady Novel from USA Today bestselling author, Victoria Thompson. ...

  • Murder on Wall Street

    A Gaslight Mystery - 24

    Midwife Sarah Brandt Malloy and her detective husband, Frank, must discover who killed a prominent -- but despised -- society banker before an innocent family is destroyed in Murder on Wall Street, an all-new Gaslight Mystery in the USA Today bestsel...

  • City of Shadows

    A Counterfeit Lady Novel - 5

    In this all-new Counterfeit Lady Novel from USA Today bestselling author Victoria Thompson newlywed Elizabeth Miles must use her unlawful skills to expose a dangerous charlatan. Elizabeth Miles Bates has returned from her honeymoon with Gideon and...

  • Murder on Madison Square

    A Gaslight Mystery - 25

    Sarah and Frank Malloy must catch a scheming  killer in this latest gripping installment in the USA Today bestselling Gaslight Mysteries .Former policeman Frank Malloy is frustrated when a woman requests his private dete...

  • City of Fortune

    A Counterfeit Lady Novel - 6

    When a day at the races reveals sabotage and subterfuge, Elizabeth Miles must use every ounce of her craftiness to even the score in this all-new Counterfeit Lady novel from USA Today bestselling author Victoria Thompson.Wealthy but uncouth Sebastian...

  • Murder on Bedford Street

    A Gaslight Mystery - 26

    Midwife Sarah Malloy and her private investigator husband, Frank, must stop a killer lurking among a young family in the newest installment of the USA Today bestselling Gaslight Mysteries.Hugh Breedlove is far from the most agreeable client private i...

  • City of Betrayal

    A Counterfeit Lady Novel - 7

    Elizabeth Bates's latest con just might change the course of history in an all-new Counterfeit Lady Novel from USA Today bestselling author Victoria Thompson.A year has passed since Elizabeth Bates ran her last con. Life has been simpler, although no...

  • Murder in Rose Hill

    A Gaslight Mystery - 27

    Midwife Sarah Malloy and her private detective husband Frank discover that the cure is worse than the disease when they investigate the death of a promising young woman in this atmospheric, riveting mystery from the USA Today bestselling author of Mu...

  • Sailing to Tribantium

    Joy Enkanto, an orphan abandoned on a slave world, is faced with an offer that will change her life forever. An opportunity that won't only set her free but giver her the resources to pursue her passions. It's not a question of whether she will accep...

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Victoria Thompson has published 61 books.

The next book by Victoria Thompson, Sailing to Tribantium, will be published in March 2025.

The first book by Victoria Thompson, Texas Treasure, was published in March 1985.

Yes. Victoria Thompson has 6 series.
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