British Stately Home Mystery Books in Order
Part ofAmy Myers Books in OrderExplore the British Stately Home Mystery series by Amy Myers in order, with quick summaries, Cara Shelley background, and where-to-start guidance.
Last updated: June 10, 2026
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Publication Order
2 books
Murder at Tanton Towers
by Amy Myers
2024
Cara Shelley runs the Happy Huffkin coffee shop on the grounds of Tanton Towers, an eccentric stately home in Kent. Her happy routine ends when the much-loved but irritating country dancer Daphne is found murdered.
Murder in the Grotto
by Amy Myers
2025
A ghost hunt in Tanton Towers' underground grotto follows an anniversary dinner for Lady Izzy's nephew, who died there ten years earlier. By the end of the evening, Cara Shelley is facing a very real murder.
Series background & context
The British Stately Home Mystery books are Amy Myers's newest cosy series, and they have a very clear setup. Cara Shelley runs the Happy Huffkin cafe in the grounds of Tanton Towers, a large and rather eccentric stately home in Kent that is open to the public. She is a forty-something single mother, practical, busy, and not remotely looking for a second career as an investigator.
Tanton Towers has other ideas.
This is a good setting for Myers because a stately home brings together visitors, family tensions, local gossip, old architecture, money worries, and plenty of opportunities for performance. Tanton is not a grand empty monument. It is a working place full of odd personalities and strange plans. That means Cara is always close to whatever the latest trouble happens to be, whether she likes it or not.
The tone here is modern cosy with a light touch. There is murder, but there is also coffee, cake, daily work, awkward attraction, and the comedy of managing difficult people. Cara is not a genius amateur sleuth. She is someone with common sense, patience, and enough curiosity to keep going after other people would stop. That makes her easy to spend time with. The investigations grow naturally out of her life instead of feeling pasted on.
Another strength is the tension between old buildings and present-day lives. The series makes good use of the stately-home setting without turning it into pure fantasy. Tanton is beautiful and weird, but it is also a workplace and a local landmark. Secrets from the past can matter, yet the danger usually arrives through living people with immediate motives. Cara's interactions with the police, especially DCI Andrew Mitchem, add another layer of friction and energy.
If you want Amy Myers in full cosy mode, this is a very welcoming place to start. The books offer a strong setting, a likeable lead, and mysteries that make the most of hidden corners, social oddness, and the fact that even a lovely old house can be a very inconvenient place to find a body.
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