Brenda & Effie Mystery Books in Order

Seeking a quiet retirement, Brenda opens a guest house in Whitby and befriends neighboring shopkeeper Effie. Supernatural disturbances keep drawing them into investigations, while Brenda’s unusual scars and hidden past suggest she belongs among the town’s mysteries.

Poison-pen letters unsettle Whitby as Brenda and Effie investigate the mysteries gathering around them. A stranger’s knowledge of Brenda’s past and disturbing events outside her bedroom force her to face more than the town’s supernatural troubles.

Brenda’s old adversary Mr Danby returns through a late-night radio show, drawing Effie into trouble. Meanwhile, an unexpected romance forces Brenda to confront her unusual origins as the friends journey beyond familiar Whitby to face new dangers.

Penny leaves domestic troubles behind for Whitby, hoping the seaside town will offer a fresh start. Her search for a new identity leads toward something far more dangerous, as mysterious events suggest a gateway to hell.

As Brenda prepares for Christmas, mysterious neck bites and Effie’s changed behavior threaten Whitby. A newcomer investigating an Edwardian novelist’s strange worlds uncovers discoveries that may help Brenda rescue her friend before the consequences become permanent.

Holidaying in Paris, Brenda and Effie receive a warning that returning to Whitby could unleash worldwide disaster. Their duties as the town’s supernatural guardians draw them home anyway, where secrets from their pasts threaten everything they cherish.

Working as a housemaid in a northern university town in the 1930s, Brenda encounters writers whose stories summon creatures from other dimensions. Fictional counterparts of Tolkien and Lewis join her in battling demons and investigating the resulting mysteries.

Brenda and Effie face vampires, mummies and haunted cats in another collection of Whitby adventures. Their investigations reach from the Christmas Hotel to Brenda’s origins with Baron Frankenstein, bringing familiar allies and unexpected literary visitors into their supernatural world.