Helen Golden Books in Order

Helping prepare a friend’s home for a high-profile wedding, Lady Beatrice finds herself investigating a death among the guests. Forced to work with a detective she dislikes, she enlists friends and her dog to keep the celebration from becoming another tragedy.

A celebrity chef dies during a food festival demonstration, and the police focus on his business partner, Beatrice’s new beau. Convinced he is innocent, Bea searches through culinary rivalries and concealed grudges with help from her friends and dog.

Beatrice hopes that renovating an events suite on her family estate will provide a fresh start. Finding a body instead puts her sister under suspicion, prompting an amateur investigation that brings her into conflict with the detective assigned to the case.

A luxury spa weekend before Perry’s wedding turns troubling when a guest dies. Unconvinced by the local detective’s explanation, Beatrice and her friends investigate the glamorous visitors whose secrets threaten to overwhelm the planned celebration.

A shooting-party guest is found dead at a Scottish castle where Beatrice is overseeing renovations. Trapped by a blizzard, she must cooperate with an irritating detective and her friends to identify the killer among the stranded company.

Pregnant and happily married, Beatrice is devastated when her husband dies in a car crash beside an unexpected passenger. Police questions and public speculation deepen her confusion as she tries to understand the secrets surrounding his final journey.

Deaths within the police force lead Beatrice and Richard Fitzwilliam toward secrets stretching back fifteen years. As the investigation raises doubts about her husband’s fatal crash, they confront a conspiracy someone is still prepared to kill to protect.

When a valuable clock at Francis Court is replaced with a fake, tour guide Perry assists a discreet investigation. Working with Detective Sergeant Simon Lattimore uncovers a wider deception and introduces a personal connection neither man expected.

A skeleton discovered inside a seaside restaurant threatens its imminent opening and a friend’s investment. Beatrice and her companions investigate a chef believed to have left town years earlier, uncovering old rivalries and secrets among the local community.

Hosting her first staff ball, Beatrice hopes to give the estate’s employees a memorable New Year’s celebration. An event planner’s suspicious death forces her and Perry to investigate quietly while trying to keep hundreds of guests from discovering the danger.

A celebrity baker is murdered while a television competition films at Francis Court, putting Beatrice’s brother’s new love under suspicion. Despite promising to avoid the investigation, Bea follows rivalries and secrets behind the show with her friends’ help.

At a country birthday gathering in 1891, Alice’s husband is found dead below a staircase. Doubting the police verdict of accident, the duchess recruits trusted servants and a childhood friend to investigate guests whose secrets may explain his death.

Preparations for an heiress’s birthday at Francis Court are disrupted by deliberate sabotage. Asked to uncover the culprit, Beatrice clashes with executive assistant Perry as each suspects the other’s motives and tries to save the estate’s reputation.

Asked to locate a missing heir during the London Season of 1891, Duchess Alice investigates evasive relatives and an unexplained hotel encounter. Her servants and a private investigator help her determine who would benefit if the young man never returns.

A holiday on the Algarve becomes an investigation when a film producer is found dead and a young maid is accused. Beatrice and Richard search among wealthy vacationers and hidden grudges to clear her name before further violence follows.

Perry’s dream role in an amateur production turns grim when another actor dies during rehearsal. Beatrice and friends investigate backstage rivalries and concealed grievances, hoping to find the killer before opening night brings the company together again.

When the royal family’s bulldogs vanish on Christmas Day, Daisy helps Beatrice and Richard investigate a ransom demand. Narrated by the observant Westie, the mystery follows suspicious visitors and worried staff as the search threatens to derail the festivities.

A persistent suitor appears dead in Duchess Alice’s garden after she rejects his proposal. Her investigation into his final days exposes secrets in London society and hints that a mysterious organization may connect his death with her late husband.

Christmas funds disappear from both a village celebration and a stately home in 1892. Duchess Alice and Mrs Thursby compare clues through correspondence, investigating suspicious newcomers and respectable neighbors before the missing money ruins the festivities.

Summoned to help a worried dowager, the widowed Duchess Alice welcomes a break from mourning. Her hostess’s sudden death turns the visit into an investigation of resentful relatives, a returning son and secrets someone may kill to preserve.

Weeks before her wedding, Beatrice is helping complete a veterans’ rehabilitation center when a staff member dies in a lift. Toxicology results challenge the apparent accident, drawing her friends into an investigation of old resentments and concealed loyalties.

A guest known for her interest in others’ affairs is murdered during a country-house weekend. Duchess Alice doubts the police theory of an intruder and searches for a missing letter that may reveal which secret made the victim dangerous.