Caroline Blackwood Books in Order

Abandoned by her husband in a Manhattan apartment, J resents caring for their young daughter and his teenage child from an earlier marriage. Her imagined letters expose a growing fixation on her stepdaughter, turning domestic frustration into deliberate cruelty.

An orphaned teenage girl observes the eccentric relatives and damaged relationships behind her family's aristocratic life. At its center stands Great Granny Webster, a cold and domineering matriarch whose influence reveals the misery beneath privilege and social respectability.

Caroline Blackwood and Anna Haycraft collect recipes and practical shortcuts for hosts who want impressive meals without elaborate preparation. Culinary advice, wit and contributions from well-known acquaintances turn the pressures of entertaining into an exercise in ingenuity.

A charming Irishman seeking donations interrupts the lonely routine of widowed Mrs. Blunt. As their relationship develops, her daughter grows alarmed, raising questions about manipulation, independence, and whether her concern is for her mother's welfare or her own inheritance.

Caroline Blackwood visits the women’s peace camp at Greenham Common, recording life at the edge of the military base. Her account examines the people and convictions behind a protest against nuclear weapons and the tensions surrounding their presence.

Caroline Blackwood investigates fox-hunting through its supporters, opponents, rituals and social customs. Alongside the arguments over the sport, she examines the etiquette, folklore and class assumptions that shape a world increasingly challenged by hunt saboteurs.

This collection gathers stories and nonfiction from throughout Blackwood's career, including previously unpublished fiction. Troubled women, strained relationships, and encounters drawn from the author's life reveal the cruelty, vulnerability, and dark humor beneath ordinary social exchanges.

The murder of a young girl disturbs a seemingly quiet Kent village. Historian Rowan Anderson, his wife Cressida, and their daughter Mary Rose become caught in its emotional aftermath as fear changes the life of their family.