Author · updated 2026
Kathy Lynn Emerson Books in Order
Every Kathy Lynn Emerson book in publication order — 64 in total, spanning 1984–2021.
Publication Order of Susanna, Lady Appleton Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Face Down in the Marrow-Bone Pie | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  Face Down Upon an Herbal | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  Face Down Among the Winchester Geese | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  Face Down Beneath the Eleanor Cross | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 |  Face Down Under the Wych Elm | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 |  Face Down Before Rebel Hooves | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 |  Face Down Across the Western Sea | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 |  Murders and Other Confusions | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 |  Face Down Below the Banqueting House | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 |  Face Down Beside St. Anne's Well | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 |  Face Down O'er the Border | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Treasured Tales Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Love Thy Neighbor | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Diana Spaulding Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Deadlier than the Pen | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  Fatal as a Fallen Woman | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  No Mortal Reason | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  Lethal Legend | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Liss MacCrimmon Mysteries Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Kilt Dead | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  Scone Cold Dead | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  A Wee Christmas Homicide | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  The Corpse Wore Tartan | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 |  Scotched | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 |  Bagpipes, Brides and Homicides | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 |  Vampires, Bones and Treacle Scones | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 |  Ho-Ho-Homicide | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 |  The Scottie Barked At Midnight | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 |  Kilt at the Highland Games | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 |  X Marks the Scot | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 |  Overkilt | 2018 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 |  A View to a Kilt | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Secrets of the Tudor Court Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Pleasure Palace | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  Between Two Queens | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  By Royal Decree | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  At the King's Pleasure | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 |  The King's Damsel | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 |  Royal Inheritance | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Mistress Jaffrey Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Murder in the Queen's Wardrobe | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  Murder in the Merchant's Hall | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  Murder in a Cornish Alehouse | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Deadly Edits Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Crime & Punctuation | 2018 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  Clause & Effect | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  A Fatal Fiction | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  Murder, She Edited | 2021 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Mystery of Hilliard's Castle | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  Julia's Mending | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  Cloud Castles | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  The Mystery of the Missing Bagpipes | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 |  Winter Tapestry | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 |  Echoes and Illusions | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 |  Firebrand | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 |  Unquiet Hearts | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 |  The Green Rose | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 |  Hearth, Home and Hope / The Rapunzel Trap | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 |  Separated Sisters / Family Lies | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 |  Sleepwalking Beauty | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 |  Relative Strangers | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 |  That Special Smile | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 |  Tried and True | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 |  Sight Unseen / E-Mail Order Bride | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | Someday | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Different Times, Different Crimes | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Wives and Daughters: The Women of Sixteenth Century England | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 |  Making Headlines: A Biography of Nellie Bly | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 |  The Writer's Guide to Everyday Life in Renaissance England | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 |  How to Write Killer Historical Mysteries: The Art and Adventure of Sleuthing Through the Past | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
Every title by year All 64, oldest to newest
| # | Title | Year | Get it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wives and Daughters: The Women of Sixteenth Century England | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 2 | Making Headlines: A Biography of Nellie Bly | 1984 | Amazon US UK |
| 3 | The Mystery of Hilliard's Castle | 1985 | Amazon US UK |
| 4 | Julia's Mending | 1987 | Amazon US UK |
| 5 | Cloud Castles | 1989 | Amazon US UK |
| 6 | The Mystery of the Missing Bagpipes | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 7 | Winter Tapestry | 1991 | Amazon US UK |
| 8 | Echoes and Illusions | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 9 | Firebrand | 1993 | Amazon US UK |
| 10 | Unquiet Hearts | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 11 | The Green Rose | 1994 | Amazon US UK |
| 12 | Hearth, Home and Hope / The Rapunzel Trap | 1995 | Amazon US UK |
| 13 | The Writer's Guide to Everyday Life in Renaissance England | 1996 | Amazon US UK |
| 14 | Face Down in the Marrow-Bone Pie | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 15 | Love Thy Neighbor | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 16 | Separated Sisters / Family Lies | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 17 | Sleepwalking Beauty | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 18 | Relative Strangers | 1997 | Amazon US UK |
| 19 | Face Down Upon an Herbal | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 20 | That Special Smile | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 21 | Tried and True | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 22 | Sight Unseen / E-Mail Order Bride | 1998 | Amazon US UK |
| 23 | Face Down Among the Winchester Geese | 1999 | Amazon US UK |
| 24 | Face Down Beneath the Eleanor Cross | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 25 | Face Down Under the Wych Elm | 2000 | Amazon US UK |
| 26 | Face Down Before Rebel Hooves | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 27 | Someday | 2001 | Amazon US UK |
| 28 | Face Down Across the Western Sea | 2002 | Amazon US UK |
| 29 | Murders and Other Confusions | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 30 | Deadlier than the Pen | 2004 | Amazon US UK |
| 31 | Face Down Below the Banqueting House | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 32 | Fatal as a Fallen Woman | 2005 | Amazon US UK |
| 33 | Face Down Beside St. Anne's Well | 2006 | Amazon US UK |
| 34 | Face Down O'er the Border | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 35 | No Mortal Reason | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 36 | Kilt Dead | 2007 | Amazon US UK |
| 37 | Lethal Legend | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 38 | Scone Cold Dead | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 39 | How to Write Killer Historical Mysteries: The Art and Adventure of Sleuthing Through the Past | 2008 | Amazon US UK |
| 40 | A Wee Christmas Homicide | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 41 | The Pleasure Palace | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 42 | Between Two Queens | 2009 | Amazon US UK |
| 43 | The Corpse Wore Tartan | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 44 | By Royal Decree | 2010 | Amazon US UK |
| 45 | Scotched | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 46 | At the King's Pleasure | 2011 | Amazon US UK |
| 47 | Bagpipes, Brides and Homicides | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 48 | The King's Damsel | 2012 | Amazon US UK |
| 49 | Vampires, Bones and Treacle Scones | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 50 | Royal Inheritance | 2013 | Amazon US UK |
| 51 | Ho-Ho-Homicide | 2014 | Amazon US UK |
| 52 | The Scottie Barked At Midnight | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 53 | Murder in the Queen's Wardrobe | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 54 | Murder in the Merchant's Hall | 2015 | Amazon US UK |
| 55 | Kilt at the Highland Games | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 56 | X Marks the Scot | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 57 | Murder in a Cornish Alehouse | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 58 | Different Times, Different Crimes | 2017 | Amazon US UK |
| 59 | Overkilt | 2018 | Amazon US UK |
| 60 | Crime & Punctuation | 2018 | Amazon US UK |
| 61 | Clause & Effect | 2019 | Amazon US UK |
| 62 | A View to a Kilt | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
| 63 | A Fatal Fiction | 2020 | Amazon US UK |
| 64 | Murder, She Edited | 2021 | Amazon US UK |
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