Iris Woodmore Mysteries Books in Order

While visiting Devon for her father’s wedding in 1923, Iris Woodmore becomes involved in a mystery surrounding a skeleton found on a private beach. A fresh murder suggests old smuggling secrets may threaten her father and his bride.

Reporter Iris Woodmore investigates a local election in 1920 and uncovers disturbing questions about her mother’s death six years earlier. A missing friend and connections to Crookham Hall draw Iris toward secrets that have shaped her own family.

Plans for a railway and hotel threaten Waldenmere Lake in 1921, dividing residents over the future of their community. When General Cheverton is murdered, reporter Iris Woodmore investigates the interests and resentments behind the struggle to control the land.

Back home in 1922, Iris Woodmore is drawn to Reverend Archie Powell while investigating threats against businesswoman Constance Timpson. The disappearance of two factory workers deepens the mystery, bringing her reporting into dangerous contact with hidden local tensions.

A Christmas visit to Winchester turns deadly when a pantomime’s leading actress is murdered during preparations for a royal visit. With her friend’s brother under suspicion, Iris Woodmore investigates the theater company and encounters an enemy from her past.

Iris Woodmore hopes to leave London and escape a man threatening to expose her secret. When he is murdered after their confrontation, she must clear her name while protecting the identity of the person who could establish her alibi.