Irina Shapiro Books in Order

Seven former college friends accept an invitation to a luxurious, isolated lake house for a reunion weekend. Old tensions and secrets quickly surface, and when one of them ends up dead, the survivors must decide who they can trust and who is lying about the past.

Planning their future together, Gemma and Sebastian are shattered when they find a young woman’s body carefully arranged in a darkened house. As more friendless victims are claimed, their hunt for a remorseless killer threatens not only others’ lives but their own happiness.

Gemma Tate boards the American packet ship Prince Regent to assist Sebastian Bell in investigating the death of a British aristocrat at sea. Trapped aboard with a murderer, they must untangle motives before the killer strikes again far from any help.

Arriving at Paddington station to meet his brother, Inspector Bell instead discovers a woman’s body hidden in a trunk. With only a wedding ring and signs of a recent birth to guide them, he and Gemma follow a trail that cuts disturbingly close to home.

The exhumation of a young woman buried in unconsecrated ground reveals a body marked with signs of a so-called vampire burial. As rumor and folklore swirl, Redmond and Haze dig into her real life and discover a human motive far more chilling than any legend.

Celebrated psychic Alicia Lysander is brutally attacked after leaving a séance hosted by an earl. Redmond and Haze retrace her steps through fashionable drawing rooms and shabby back streets to discover who feared the secrets she might bring out of the dark.

Days before Daniel Haze’s wedding, the son of Essex’s most feared crime boss is found slain in an ancient wood. Investigating in the shadow of gang rivalries, Jason and Daniel must identify who sent such a bloody message before retaliation spirals.

A night at the Orpheus Theatre turns into horror when two lead actors are found dead onstage. Sebastian and Gemma are thrust into a backstage world of rivalries, debts, and hidden desires, where every member of the company wears a mask.

A dying man scribbles a few cryptic lines – woman dead in Highgate, man in a caped coat, milky way and red streaks – before his body is found beside hers in the mortuary. His sister Gemma Tate pushes Inspector Sebastian Bell to follow the trail those words reveal.

Summoned to a Tudor manor where two small boys have been murdered, Jason and Daniel confront a crime that horrifies even them. To catch the killer they must pry into the complicated, sometimes poisonous, relationships that bind the household together.

A severed head left on the steps of Newgate Prison turns out to belong to the prison’s hangman. With a long list of bereaved families who might want revenge, Redmond and Haze must navigate a grim world of executions to find who carried out one of their own.

Winter grips London as Gemma Tate tries to build a new life away from memories of the Crimea. When a journalist with ties to her past is murdered near the Tower, she and Inspector Bell must confront old ghosts and a killer who understands their wounds too well.

Hearing that one of her young charges at the Foundling Hospital has been killed, Gemma races back to the institution she loves. With Sebastian hampered by a resistant matron, the pair uncover jealousies, whispered romances, and a secret worth killing to protect.

Caught in a hurricane, a group of strangers shelter at a boutique hotel in a former plantation house. When bestselling novelist Callum Burke is found hanging from an ancient oak in the same manner as his fictional villain, the trapped guests realize one of them is a killer.

At a historic bookshop, Nicole meets an owner desperate to know what became of her playwright ancestor, Edgar Hilliard, who vanished one night leaving only an unfinished manuscript. Nicole’s search through his life and work exposes lies that still wound his descendants.

A reality show called Jamestown strands fifteen contestants on an isolated island to reenact seventeenth century life. When supplies vanish and bodies begin to fall, it becomes clear that someone is playing a far deadlier game than the cameras were meant to capture.

Moving into a Victorian house, Nicole and Kyle find a relic tied to the Redmond family and a beautiful girl in an old photograph. Investigating Lily Redmond’s disappearance in 1888, Nicole teams up with Quinn Allenby and stirs up a frighteningly similar modern crime.

A young woman’s body drifts down the Thames, her hair crowned with flowers and her legs wrapped in blue silk like a mermaid’s tail. Redmond and Haze must learn who she was, why she died, and whether her theatrical staging hides something even darker.

When the Earl of Granville is found skewered with a pitchfork in his own stables, Inspector Haze and Lord Redmond must peel back generations of privilege and resentment to find the killer, even as fresh revelations challenge everything the family claims to be.

When Charlotte Haze’s nurse, Rebecca Grainger, is found murdered in a disused burial ground and the little girl is missing, Jason and Daniel face their most personal case yet. Their hunt for Rebecca’s killer becomes a desperate race to save Charlotte.

In 1782 a ghost ship runs aground off Cornwall and its crew disappears. Centuries later, Nicole Rayburn and Kyle inherit a cliffside house tied to the legend and uncover secrets that connect the mysterious Aurora to buried scandals in their own family.

Researching a friend’s aristocratic line at Stiles Castle, Nicole discovers deliberate gaps in the family records and a Tudor ancestor someone wanted erased. As she pieces together the truth, long-hidden betrayals threaten both an old estate and modern loyalties.

A famous archaeologist is found dead inside a sarcophagus aboard the ship Sea Witch. Jason Redmond and Daniel Haze must identify who on the voyage had reason to kill him, sifting through academic rivalries, superstition, and greed on the high seas.

When a young man is discovered hanging in the Ashford family tomb, Daniel Haze and Jason Redmond assume he crossed the wrong aristocrats. Identifying the victim reveals shocking secrets and an unexpected link to Jason, raising the stakes of catching the killer.

A gentlewoman is savagely murdered in her bed inside a locked London townhouse. Redmond and Haze must untangle her seemingly blameless life, probe a house full of possible suspects, and work out how the killer escaped without a trace.

Nicole Rayburn visits Lockwood Hall to research Alys Bailey, a woman hanged for witchcraft in 1640. As she digs into the case, irregularities in the records and a sabotaged project suggest Alys’s death was more conspiracy than superstition, and someone wants it buried.

On holiday in the Lake District, Nicole and Kyle become fascinated by Isobel Devlin, a pregnant noblewoman who vanished from an island abbey in 1540. Nicole’s research uncovers dangerous holes in the official story and forces her to fight for her own happiness.

When a newly appointed curate is discovered in a freshly dug grave, everyone insists he was a saintly man. Redmond and Haze soon learn his past was more complicated, and that someone close to him was willing to kill to keep a secret buried.

A well-born woman is found dead in a Romani caravan and another villager disappears soon after. Redmond and Haze must look past prejudice and misdirection to connect the victims and expose a killer hiding behind layers of lies.

A séance at Ardith Hall ends with one guest dead in what looks like a tragic accident. Jason Redmond and Inspector Haze suspect a staged execution, but their list of suspects includes Daniel’s own wife, making the case painfully personal.

When a skeleton is uncovered in the roots of an ancient tree on a country estate, Quinn Allenby comes out of retirement for one last episode of her show and is drawn into a Revolutionary War tale of espionage, betrayal, and impossible choices.

Widowed Lauren retreats from Boston to historic Holland House on Cape Cod, hoping for solitude and time to write. Instead she finds unexplained noises, a presence she cannot see, and a chilling link between the house’s past and her own grief.

The body of a young man is found stuffed into a knight’s tomb in Birch Hill church. Parish constable Daniel Haze tackles his first murder with unwanted help from American surgeon Jason Redmond, whose keen eye may be the village’s best hope of justice.

A man’s naked body is strapped to a waterwheel in a shocking display. Newly promoted Inspector Haze and Lord Redmond probe the victim’s life and enemies, searching for a motive vicious enough to inspire such a theatrical killing.

A woman is discovered dead near the ruins of a supposedly haunted abbey and villagers whisper she died of fright. A postmortem points to poison and betrayal, and Redmond and Haze must expose the secrets she was willing to die rather than reveal.

Quinn is called to a Cornish cave where the remains of a woman and newborn have been sealed in a crude coffin. Her visions reveal a colonial bride in Virginia whose desperate bid for freedom will echo into Quinn’s own troubled present.

When dismembered infant remains are unearthed in an elderly couple’s garden, Quinn must uncover how the child died and why the body was hidden. As she relives the past, a devastating betrayal shatters her own life and forces painful decisions.

After a Spanish Armada ship wrecks off the Irish coast, a stranded soldier fights to survive among hostile locals. Centuries later, Quinn Allenby follows the trail his choices left behind and uncovers a love story marked by sacrifice and treachery.

Bones hidden in a sealed bathroom and a jeweled necklace lead Quinn into the story of Valentina, a young Russian refugee who fled revolution for a London mansion. Unraveling Valentina’s fate forces Quinn to confront loss, exile, and the cost of survival.

Stranded in New Orleans and expecting a child, Quinn films the finale of her documentary series while probing the life of Madeline Besson, a woman erased from history. The closer she gets to the truth, the more danger she unwittingly stirs up.

Skeletal remains at her husband’s ancestral home send Quinn searching for the fate of a long-dead warrior and the novice who tried to save him. As she bridges centuries, she uncovers a secret about her own birth that changes everything she believes.

Newly engaged, Quinn is asked to investigate the bodies of a woman and child buried face down outside a medieval leper cemetery. Her psychic gift pulls her into the mother’s world, revealing persecution, courage, and a crime no one wanted remembered.

Haunted by the brother he left behind, Alec Whitfield returns to the seventeenth century hoping Charles will finally agree to move to the future. Instead he is drawn into his brother’s unfinished business and a reckoning that could cost both men dearly.

Years after first stepping through time, the Whitfields and Sheridans face new trials in colonial Virginia and beyond. When illness, war, and separation threaten their hard-won happiness, they must decide how far to push their fragile gift to protect family.

Nineteen-year-old Cory Hazard finds a strange watch at work and is hurled back to Ancient Egypt. Trapped in a world he does not understand, he must rely on ingenuity and courage to survive long enough to find a path home.

Investigating a seventeenth century portrait, Quinn sees the life of Elise de Lesseps, a girl sold into a dangerous marriage in Restoration London. As Elise’s forbidden love story unfolds, Quinn realizes she is also witnessing a brutal crime buried by time.

Finn has dreamed of seeing the future, and one wintry day he finally gets his wish. But what starts as a thrilling visit to the twenty first century reveals a looming tragedy, sending Finn and Alec racing against time to save someone they love.

Returning to Everly Manor after years of exile, Neve and Hugo dream of peace with their growing family. A tragic loss and the arrival of a man from Neve’s own century shatter that hope, warning them that history may claim Hugo’s life within a year.

Settled in Paris, Neve and Hugo Everly hope for a quieter life but are pulled into espionage, court politics, and old vendettas. When an enemy from the past resurfaces, the secrets they have kept from each other become as dangerous as any spy.

Feeling overlooked at home, Jem leaves Everly for London, expecting adventure and opportunity. Instead he encounters hardship, temptation, and unexpected kindness, discovering that growing up means confronting who he really is rather than who he planned to be.

With Hugo imprisoned for treason and Neve herself accused of witchcraft, the Everlys face the collapse of everything they have fought for. An audacious plan could save their family but will alter not only their future, but the fate of those left behind.

Living in 1685 with Hugo Everly, Neve uses the timeslip that brought her there to help him attempt a daring rescue in London. When betrayal strikes and Neve is accused of witchcraft, Hugo must race against the noose to bring her back.

Still reeling from personal tragedy, location scout Neve Ashley visits Everly Manor and discovers a hidden stair in the church crypt. One step through a wooden door drops her into 1685 and into the path of Lord Hugo Everly, changing both their lives.

This omnibus gathers three gothic tales of romantic suspense, each blending a present day heroine with a dangerous mystery rooted in the past, from Tudor intrigue and doomed love to Scottish rebellion and secrets born on Napoleonic battlefields.

A year after fleeing the plague, the Whitfields and Sheridans are torn apart by fresh loss, scandal, and a shocking murder. As accusations fly and old enemies resurface, the scattered family must fight to clear a loved one’s name and find their way back.

Lexi Maxwell buys a long-abandoned English mansion to turn into a hotel, only to be confronted by a grieving ghost who kneels nightly by a ruined folly. As villagers remark on Lexi’s uncanny resemblance to a dead woman, past and present collide in unsettling ways.

The Whitfields’ long-awaited reunion in England is anything but peaceful, while in 1777 Finn and Abbie risk their lives spying behind enemy lines. Secrets, divided loyalties, and unforeseen revelations threaten to destroy everything their families have built.

On a bitter December morning in 1815, nineteen-year-old Lady Elizabeth Flynn and her adult stepson are found drowned in an estate lake. As rumors swirl, the tangled story of forbidden love, family pride, and betrayal slowly reveals what really happened.

Reunited at last, Valerie and Louisa settle in colonial Virginia, only for disaster to strike when a new chance to return to the future tears their families across continents and centuries. Each must weigh home, love, and duty in an unforgiving world.

Grieving her parents, Louisa Jamison discovers her missing sister Valerie is alive in the seventeenth century. Determined to find her, Louisa risks everything to travel back in time, where war, unfamiliar customs, and a dangerous new love await.

Katie Price unexpectedly inherits a crumbling Scottish castle and a thriving whisky distillery from a man who claims to be her grandfather. Staying to sort out the estate, she uncovers her mother’s true origins and a haunting mystery dating back to Culloden.

After a painful divorce, Valerie Crane retreats to the English coast to heal. Exploring the ruins of Yealm Castle, she is swept back to 1605 and into the orbit of two very different brothers, forcing her to choose between returning home or embracing a new century.

When the remains of a young woman and her baby are discovered behind a Tudor kitchen wall, Cassandra is inexplicably overcome with grief. Drawn to the house and its history, she uncovers the tragic fate of the Thorne siblings and her own eerie connection to them.

This standalone novel traces how past decisions and buried hurts reverberate through one woman’s life, forcing her to re-examine old relationships and choose whether to keep repeating familiar patterns or step into a very different future.