Dahlia Lively Books in Order

Three actresses famous for playing the same fictional detective attend a gathering at their creator’s former home. When real murders disrupt the celebration, they must set aside rivalries and use the stories that made them famous to identify the killer.

A sabotaged prop weapon disrupts a detective-film production and draws three actresses into another real investigation. When murder follows and a storm isolates the set, they must identify the culprit without relying on police to reach them.

Three actresses attend a Christmas wedding at a remote Scottish castle, only to become stranded by snow. A body wearing a bridal dress and stolen diamonds transforms their festive getaway into another murder investigation among isolated guests.

At a crime-writing festival, three actresses turned amateur sleuths help a podcast revisit a murder resembling one of their fictional cases. Evidence that the wrong man was convicted forces them to investigate seven suspects and an unexpectedly personal connection.

When an actor is found dead in Posy’s dressing room, her fellow amateur sleuths must determine whether she killed him. Backstage tensions, concealed histories and suspects skilled at performance make separating truth from acting especially difficult.