Cleopatra Fox Books in Order

Newly arrived at her uncle’s luxurious London hotel, Cleopatra Fox hopes for a fresh start after her grandmother’s death. When a guest is poisoned on Christmas Eve, she turns reluctant sleuth to save the Mayfair’s reputation and uncover a killer before the New Year’s Eve ball.

When a leading actress is found dead at the Piccadilly Playhouse and the death is dismissed as suicide, Cleo Fox is hired by the victim’s lover to prove otherwise. Digging into backstage jealousies and buried scandals, she must unmask a killer before the final curtain falls.

A society wife is discovered dead in her own drawing room, and gossip points to her husband. Cleo, determined to look past easy answers, delves into the family’s secrets, scandalous photographs and the expectations that trap women of their class, hunting for a more dangerous truth.

Cleo discovers a murdered blackmailer during a high-society ball, but a footman’s arrest leaves unanswered questions. With Harry and her hotel friends, she investigates the victim’s scandalous discoveries to determine which threatened reputation supplied a motive for murder.

A prestigious dressmaker’s salon becomes the scene of a shocking death, and whispers of scandal threaten its clients. Investigating among mannequins, modistes and ambitious debutantes, Cleo must sort fashion rivalries from lethal grudges before another body falls.

A former hotel guest dies in a dockside tavern, apparently by suicide after a disastrous shipwreck. Evidence of murder draws Cleo into his murky business affairs, while Harry’s overlapping investigation exposes suspects whose grievances reach into the victim’s past.

A victorious polo captain is murdered, and his rival is found holding the weapon. Unconvinced by the obvious accusation, Cleo works with Harry to investigate the victim’s hidden cruelty and the people whose lives it damaged.

A housekeeper hires Cleo to investigate a butler’s supposedly natural death during a dinner party. Clues lead to an older murder and a missing suspect, while influential guests resist her efforts to uncover secrets linking the two crimes.

A gossip columnist threatens to expose Cleo’s private investigations, then disappears during their train journey from Brighton. Discovering her body sends Cleo and Harry after a fellow passenger whose concealed scandal may have turned blackmail into murder.

A gamekeeper’s murder disrupts Cleo’s country-house weekend, and the local police blame an absent man. Suspecting the host’s influence has distorted their investigation, she examines family secrets and the victim’s affairs, following suspects back to the Mayfair Hotel.

A patient dies using a sabotaged medical therapy device, leaving her doctor accused of murder. Cleo and Harry investigate grievances against him and the victim’s own secrets while another threat develops around a medical presentation at the hotel.

Hotel porter Goliath is accused of killing a writer connected to a famous pirate’s biographer. Cleo and Harry investigate while hiding him, as press attention and rival treasure seekers threaten both their friend’s freedom and the hotel’s reputation.

A gambling-house proprietor dies after a kiss beneath the mistletoe, and Cleo’s friend brings her the troubling case. Investigating with Harry exposes competing motives and an unexpectedly familiar suspect, complicating her hopes for a peaceful Christmas at the hotel.