Ellen Hart Books in Order

When Allison Lord's drowning is ruled a suicide, Jane Lawless refuses to let the case rest. Her search for the truth leads from the University of Minnesota to a remote winter lodge and a killer waiting in the cold.

An old friend invites Jane to a Victorian inn to look into a murder from years earlier. What begins as uneasy nostalgia turns into a snowbound case filled with pranks, fear, and another death.

An aging actor dies on stage and Jane ends up both witness and suspect. To clear herself, she has to untangle the rivalries and secrets inside a glamorous theatrical family.

Two deaths at the Amelia Gower Women's Club pull Jane into a feud over power, money, and old loyalties. Hidden passages, private agendas, and a missing ledger make this a particularly tricky case.

Cordelia heads to a reunion meant to save an actress friend from alcoholism, but old loyalties crack fast. When one of the friends dies, Jane has to sort through years of jealousy, love, and resentment.

Food critic Sophie Greenway travels to Duluth for a restaurant reopening and lands in the middle of a family nightmare. A hanging, a shooting, and nursery-rhyme clues point to a killer close to home.

After a TV celebrity dies in bizarre circumstances, Jane looks into the uneasy residents of his Minneapolis apartment building. Break-ins, blackmail, and more violence reveal just how much the neighbors are hiding.

When a feared reviewer is murdered as a Minneapolis art show opens, Sophie Greenway finds herself pulled into a case with no shortage of grudges. The real problem is figuring out which resentment turned deadly.

At Sophie's St. Paul hotel, a church convention and a feminist gathering bring five former roommates back together. One murder forces Sophie to revisit another death the women thought was long buried.

Jane and Cordelia head north for rest, only to find an old friend missing before she can tell her family some life-changing news. The deeper Jane digs, the more the whole clan seems to be lying.

A Christmas revival of an old radio serial reopens a glamorous 1950s murder in the Twin Cities. Sophie and broadcaster Bram Baldric soon realize someone has strong reasons to keep the past from airing out.

A new tenant, a suspicious widow next door, and the discovery of bones in Jane's yard turn her own home into a crime scene. House history and family deceit close in from every side.

While recovering from a head injury, Jane leans on former lover Dr. Julia Martinsen, only to sense something badly wrong. A dead man and a string of lies make the reunion far more dangerous than it looks.

At Sophie's hotel, a powerful culinary clan, an unauthorized biographer, and a murdered critic create a messy mix of ambition and revenge. Everyone has a motive, and nobody seems willing to tell the whole truth.

A meat loaf contest, a car bomb, and a dying man's confession put Sophie Greenway on edge. The story looks tidy on the surface, but the clues suggest a much older and dirtier scandal underneath.

Jane joins Cordelia on a strange holiday trip when Cordelia's sister plans to marry an elderly Hollywood director. The wedding soon gives way to old studio secrets, fresh bodies, and a mystery decades in the making.

After Ray Lawless defends a notorious arsonist and accused killer who later dies in jail, someone blames the Lawless family. Jane digs into the case and finds a more disturbing truth behind the revenge.

An old diary and a pair of deaths turn Prairie Lodge into a nest of family secrets. Sophie tries to protect her friend Elaine while sorting through grudges that have been fermenting for years.

When a wedding Jane is catering turns chaotic after the food is drugged, a near-fatal accident puts her reputation on the line. Clearing her name means sorting through family damage, secrets, and one very dangerous lie.

Two linked killings send Sophie into the Rookery Club, where gossip, old resentments, and a deadly car crash still hang over the city's elite. The polished social scene is hiding something ugly.

A gun found in Jane's late partner's briefcase forces her to reopen an infamous 1987 triple murder. The case becomes personal fast as grief, memory, and buried truths collide.

A Hollywood actress returns to Minneapolis under the shadow of an old stalker, and Jane is asked to help keep her safe. The case turns into a tense hunt where fame, fear, and obsession all matter.

Ray Lawless's run for governor uncovers political baggage that reaches back to Vietnam and a young woman's death. Jane has to protect her family while following a trail of long-suppressed secrets.

With her father's campaign under attack, Jane is already stretched thin when a murder echoes an old crime tied to an ex-con who swears he was framed. Politics and revenge make a dangerous mix.

A drifter named Annie Archer lands in Jane's orbit looking for work and a missing stepfather. When murder follows, Jane's professional instincts and personal feelings start pulling in the same risky direction.

Jane's ex-husband Chester drifts back into Minneapolis carrying charm, trouble, and a connection to a dead buyer and a looted artifact. Helping him may be a mistake, but walking away is not so simple.

At Lost Lake, Jane and Cordelia step in to help a friend preparing a play, but an outsider with an old photograph starts asking questions about a decades-old death. The past does not stay quiet for long.

A voicemail from DeAndre Moore reaches Jane only after he has been stabbed to death outside a club. With A.J. Nolan sidelined, Jane follows the case into a knot of linked murders and buried motives.

Two boys vanish during a camping trip, and Jane is asked to help before panic turns to despair. Family strain, prejudice, and a ransom demand make the search more urgent by the hour.

While Cordelia restores an old Minneapolis theater, a body is found inside the wall. Jane juggles that mystery with a country singer's murder, and the two cases start to look less separate than they should.

Kira Adler has spent years haunted by dreams about her mother's death, and a disturbing package makes the old story feel newly dangerous. Jane steps into a family where an accident may have been something far worse.

A viral proposal video makes newly married Fiona and Annie famous overnight, then dangerously exposed. When threats harden into murder, Jane has to decide whether the couple are targets, suspects, or both.

Britt Ickles remembers a cousin her aunts insist never existed. Jane takes the case, and a house full of secrets soon leads to fire, bones beneath a garage, and a past nobody wants named.

New evidence suggests Rashad May may not have killed his husband after all, so Jane and her father reopen the case. Their search for the truth pulls in Jane's troubled brother and a gallery world full of nerves and lies.

Jane and Cordelia head to Castle Lake for an art festival and reunion week, just as the remains of a missing man from 1999 are found. The small town knows the story, but not the truth.

This anthology gathers stage-struck mysteries in the classic whodunit tradition. Presented by Ellen Hart, it brings together theatrical settings, backstage rivalries, and murders timed for dramatic effect.