Julie Mulhern Books in Order

In 1902 New Orleans, madam Trula Boudreaux needs help when a brutal killer threatens the haven she has built. Investigator Zeke Barnes brings danger, ghosts, and an attraction Trula cannot easily dismiss.

A dying student asks Ellison Russell to deliver one last message, pulling her into a search for a missing girlfriend and a murderer. Teen drama, family trouble, and another body make staying uninvolved impossible.

In 1974 Kansas City, artist Ellison Russell finds her husband’s mistress dead in the country club pool. When suspicion turns toward her, Ellison must untangle blackmail, lies, and society gossip before the killer closes in.

Christine Lambert’s father left behind a ghostly problem and a coin tied to Jean Laffite’s treasure. With Matthias Blake at her side, she searches haunted New Orleans before a killer claims the prize.

Ellison brushes off a near miss at a benefactors’ party until bullets, poison, and a firebomb prove someone wants her dead. Family guests and a handsome detective in the guesthouse only complicate the hunt.

A haunted house becomes too real when a knife-wielding clown leaves Brooks Harney dead. Ellison must sort through costumes, motives, family meddling, and one very bad date before the killer strikes again.

Grace is testing limits, her inheritance may be at risk, and Ellison’s country club meeting ends with a body. To protect her daughter’s future, Ellison must uncover a killer and face hard truths about power.

Ellison wants a decorator, not a corpse, but the Whites turn up dead in her home in alarmingly theatrical fashion. As gossip builds, Detective Jones’s new partner starts looking at Ellison too closely.

Ellison visits her broker for a portfolio update and finds him dead instead. An unexpected guest, a troublesome cat, and a rising body count leave her juggling family drama and a killer’s trail.

Aggie DeLucci, Ellison’s housekeeper and a former assistant private investigator, gets her own case when her new beau Mac is accused of theft. Clearing his name means dusting off her old investigative skills.

Poppy Fields expects a luxury Cabo escape, not a cartel abduction and a string of bodies. With charm, panic, and a lethal little Chihuahua, she must survive long enough to expose the danger.

Poppy goes to Paris with her movie-star mother, but her real assignment involves cartel money, encrypted accounts, and a looming attack. The City of Lights becomes a dangerous maze of oligarchs, assassins, and secrets.

A psychic predicts death around Ellison, and a corpse soon appears in her driveway. With a difficult neighbor, an unexpected houseguest, and trouble with Anarchy, Ellison has plenty to solve before death catches up.

Poppy flies to London after her mother’s Russian oligarch boyfriend is kidnapped. Fog, shopping, and danger surround her as a dirty bomb threat puts lives and global markets at risk.

Poppy signs on as a bridesmaid for a lavish New Orleans wedding and lands amid bullets, black magic, and murder. When Thor disappears, she must stop smugglers and still make it to the ceremony.

Ellison tries yoga to calm the stress of planning a major gala, only for the instructor to be murdered in class. Soon the killer is calling, and Ellison’s carefully balanced life is wobbling.

On Grand Cayman for her mother’s wedding, Poppy witnesses a murder and uncovers a money laundering scheme. Bridal chaos, bombs, car chases, and a jealous femme fatale put her mission on edge.

Poppy heads to Egypt searching for answers, but assassination attempts, money launderers, and missing treasure get in the way. Trusting new allies may be her only route out of the tombs alive.

Ellison finds a dead woman in her study, and this one claimed to be Mrs. Anarchy Jones. With mothers, wives, and near-fatal surprises circling, Ellison and Anarchy need answers fast.

Ellison chairs a gala tied to a museum’s Chinese funerary exhibit and expects disaster. When a body appears and someone targets her, social obligations become the least dangerous part of spring.

Poppy and Thor’s private Greek island vacation ends when a storm brings six trafficked teenage girls ashore. With communications down, they must stop the smugglers before the girls are dragged back.

Ellison is planning a patio wedding, but corpses keep appearing in pairs. When a third body makes her a suspect, she must catch a killer before her happily ever after turns into a funeral.

When Anarchy investigates the murder of a friend’s husband, Ellison gets pulled into toxic gossip and fresh danger. Wedding plans, teenage turmoil, and an old flame make this case anything but simple.

Ellison and Anarchy expect a peaceful weekend in the country with friends, full of riding, fishing, and rest. Instead, Ellison walks into murder, and every friend seems to have a motive.

Ellison returns from her honeymoon hoping for a quiet summer, only to find an older woman has been murdered. With her mother in danger and family chaos rising, sleuthing becomes personal.

A favor for Poppy’s new father-in-law starts with a package in Athens and turns murderous fast. Now she is racing across Turkey while killers chase a secret that could change the world.

Sirens wake Ellison, but this time they are headed across the street. A neighbor’s house is burning, a body is found in the ashes, and Anarchy’s investigation puts the whole block on edge.

Libba may finally have chosen a good man in cardiologist Charlie Ardmore, until his patients start dying. If Ellison cannot find the truth, her own father could become the next victim.

With Ellison in Europe, Frances Walford finds a corpse of her own and immediately understands the inconvenience. Solving a murder is hard enough, but keeping Ellison from ever knowing may be harder.

When fashion-world friend Kay Morrison visits Kansas City, Ellison hosts a chic luncheon that murder promptly ruins. A killing, a cruel theft, and friends under suspicion leave Ellison in a dark mood.

Thanksgiving night brings Ellison’s family to a Plaza Lighting Ceremony viewing party at her great-aunt’s apartment. When a relative falls from a seventeenth-floor balcony, Ellison and Anarchy investigate.

Prudence Davies and Ellison share ugly history, so when Prudence is murdered after a public fight, Ellison becomes a suspect. Old secrets and a hostile investigator threaten everything she loves.

Freddie Archer writes a 1920s Manhattan nightlife column under a pen name, but murder shadows her glittering beat. When she chases a familiar woman from a crime scene, mobsters, theaters, and fashion collide.

A body in a car trunk looks like a Kansas City mob message, but the victim belongs to Ellison’s circle. As danger spreads, even Mother may be right about minding one’s business.

Freddie Archer returns to solve crime among Broadway celebrities, Harlem Renaissance figures, and the Algonquin Round Table. Expect 1920s glamour, sharp social circles, and danger stitched into high fashion.

Ellison finds another body in this Country Club Murders entry, putting her family, friends, and 1970s Kansas City social circle back under pressure as a new killer disrupts the calm.

Libba’s secret marriage to a French count comes crashing back when the man is found stabbed on Ellison’s patio. Clearing Libba means facing twenty years of lies, heartbreak, and unfinished paperwork.