Elizabeth MacPherson Books in Order

Elizabeth MacPherson attends her cousin Eileen Chandler's wedding preparations, only for murder to interrupt the celebration. With an eccentric wedding party full of possible suspects, Elizabeth investigates who wanted to prevent the marriage and what lay behind the violence.

An archaeological investigation into a North Carolina community's ancestral land claim is interrupted by murder. Elizabeth MacPherson applies her anthropological knowledge and observations of present-day behavior to uncover the motives concealed beneath the excavation's historical questions.

Elizabeth MacPherson attends the Glencoe Mountain Games, where Americans celebrate Scottish heritage through traditional competitions and festivities. The murder of disliked Colin Campbell, followed by another killing, forces her to investigate rivalries lurking behind the cheerful clan celebrations.

American and British archaeologists gather on a small Scottish island to study prehistoric burial practices. When a member of their mixed professional and amateur team dies suddenly, the excavation becomes a murder investigation for Elizabeth MacPherson.

Elizabeth MacPherson's hurried wedding plans are interrupted when a sheriff brings an ornate urn connected to a murder case. Investigating a neighbor's supposedly deceased husband leads her to question whose ashes the widow has kept for years.

Elizabeth MacPherson joins a tour of notorious British murder sites, expecting a journey through criminal history. When the tour itself becomes the setting for a crime, she must examine her fellow travelers and connect present danger with the past.

Elizabeth MacPherson heads to Virginia after her lawyer brother Bill faces fraud charges over the sale of an old mansion. His clients vanish, and Elizabeth follows a trail of deception and resentment toward a secret rooted in the Civil War.

Elizabeth MacPherson becomes the investigator for her brother's Virginia law firm and takes on cases involving troubled marriages and suspicious deaths. Her forensic knowledge, particularly of poisons, helps untangle evidence while the lawyers confront difficult questions about abuse and responsibility.

While Elizabeth MacPherson is hospitalized with depression over her missing husband, her brother's new law office houses an enigmatic elderly resident. His partner pursues an escaped prisoner and fugitive lawyer whose unusual campaign targets men in pickup bars.