Herbert Reardon Books in Order

Returning from the First World War, Herbert Reardon reexamines a young woman's supposedly accidental drowning. When a maid is murdered at the same location, he investigates connections among villagers struggling to rebuild lives disrupted by war.

In 1927 Worcestershire, an unidentified body and a factory owner's subsequent death draw Herbert Reardon into an inquiry. The late Osbert Rees-Talbot's unfinished memoirs suggest that a secret from the Boer War may still threaten local families.

Relatives gather at Penrose Llewellyn's Shropshire home for his sixtieth birthday, only to find him dead after a supper party. Herbert Reardon investigates suspicious circumstances, inheritance expectations, and secrets exposed by the host's unexpected engagement.

A woman's body is discovered at Maxstead Court School for Girls, where Herbert Reardon's wife has just begun teaching. His investigation reveals concealed identities, staff rivalries, and cruel schoolgirl schemes within the supposedly respectable institution.

In 1933, Paul Millar returns home fourteen years after being presumed dead in the Great War. When he is murdered shortly afterward, Herbert Reardon investigates his unexplained absence and the secrets troubling his property-developing family.