Harriet Steel Books in Order

Steel turns the real life of Lola Montez into vivid historical fiction, following Eliza Gilbert from constrained beginnings to scandal, reinvention, and fame. It is a lively story of ambition, performance, and self-made legend.

This short story collection moves across moods and situations, from light comedy to sharper emotional turns. Steel focuses on people at revealing moments, letting brief encounters open into fuller, more complicated lives.

In 1586, Tom Goodluck flees Salisbury for the world of Elizabethan theatre after an affair puts him in danger. But old secrets follow him, and with the Spanish Armada looming, his new life may not hold.

In 1864, Anna leaves home for Paris after a whirlwind marriage to Emile Daubigny. When he vanishes and war looms, she must navigate the city’s harsh underside and fight to survive in the place she dreamed of loving.

Paris is at peace, but Anna is still living with the scars of war and revolution. As she settles into painting and life with her mentor Edouard Blanchard, unexpected news about Antoine Clermont stirs old hopes again.

Inspector Shanti de Silva and his English wife, Jane, move to sleepy Nuala expecting a quieter life. Instead, a suspicious death tied to a plantation owner and a crusading lawyer gives him a tricky first case in town.

The arrival of the heir to an English earldom brings fresh trouble to Nuala. Inspector de Silva must sort through a tangle of aristocrats, outsiders, and hidden motives before another polished social visit turns deadly.

A visiting theatre company brings glamour to Nuala, until its actor-manager is murdered. Inspector de Silva and Jane must look past the performance and into some very ugly motives to find the killer.

Christmas cheer fills Nuala until a brutal murder casts a shadow over the season. With Jane at his side, Inspector de Silva races to expose the killer and keep a threatened romance from becoming another casualty.

During monsoon season, a ghostly encounter on a lonely road draws Inspector de Silva into murder. The case reaches back into the past and forces him to confront both danger and his own darker thoughts.

Shanti and Jane de Silva leave Nuala behind for a cruise to Egypt and a chance to relax. Then a writer is found murdered in his cabin, and their holiday turns into another tightly closed puzzle.

A peaceful evening ends when Inspector de Silva is called to the Royal Nuala Golf Club, where a wealthy member has been murdered. To solve it, he and Jane must look deep into privilege, grudges, and the guarded world of the British establishment.

A Russian circus brings excitement to Nuala, until opening night ends in tragedy. Inspector de Silva suspects murder, and the case only grows stranger as jewel thefts, family tensions, and deadly snakes join the act.

When an American millionaire and his glamorous daughter arrive in Nuala, their visit is shattered by a vicious crime. Inspector de Silva, with Jane’s help, follows a twisting trail that includes ransom fears, high society nerves, and a mysterious fortune teller.

On the day of Nuala’s famous motor rally, human remains are uncovered on a tea plantation. Inspector de Silva must untangle an old crime involving a racing driver, a missing Bugatti, and a family scandal buried for years.

In autumn 1940, Shanti and Jane de Silva head to Galle for a longed-for holiday by the Indian Ocean. Death, strange illnesses, and a missing guest quickly turn the break into a dangerous investigation with consequences that reach well beyond Ceylon.

A famous Indian film company sweeps into Nuala and throws the little town off balance. When a sudden death follows, Inspector de Silva and Jane are pulled into a bitter family conflict and a second mystery at the Residence.

Nuala’s premier race meeting ends in controversy and a tragic death. With thin evidence and a hostile British establishment closing ranks, Shanti and Jane face long odds as they try to uncover what really happened.

A peaceful stay at a mountain monastery becomes something far more dangerous when Shanti and Jane are drawn into the hunt for a stolen ancient manuscript. Hidden motives among guests and monks soon lead to deadly consequences.

As independence approaches, Inspector de Silva should be planning for crowds, processions, and celebration. Instead, a plantation owner falls gravely ill and his glamorous young wife disappears, forcing Shanti and Jane into a race against time.

Now working under a new boss in independent Ceylon, Inspector de Silva faces a case involving a murdered exiled maharajah and a stolen sapphire said to be cursed. When more deaths follow, rumor and reason collide.