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Karen Baugh Menuhin Books in Order

Browse Karen Baugh Menuhin books in order, with short summaries, series background, reading paths, and clear advice on where to start.

Last updated: June 8, 2026

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Murder at Melrose Court

by Karen Baugh Menuhin

2018

Christmas 1920 begins with a body on Lennox's doorstep and a summons to his uncle's country house. Snow falls, tensions rise, and what starts as one mystery quickly becomes several.

The Black Cat Murders

by Karen Baugh Menuhin

2019

A wedding invitation takes Lennox to Bloxford, where art theft, forgery, and family tensions swirl around the death of Sir Crispin Gibbons. Even Chief Inspector Swift struggles to untangle the plot.

The Curse of Braeburn Castle

by Karen Baugh Menuhin

2019

At a crumbling Scottish castle on a lonely loch, a skeleton is uncovered wearing a golden crown. When the relic vanishes and whispers of a curse grow louder, Lennox faces murder, fear, and a very old secret.

Death in Damascus

by Karen Baugh Menuhin

2020

Lennox and Swift leave the English countryside for Damascus, where a movie crew, a possible spy, and a pair of mysterious women circle the same secret. The deeper they dig, the older and deadlier the mystery becomes.

The Monks Hood Murders

by Karen Baugh Menuhin

2020

A dying scoundrel leaves a priceless inheritance to a remote abbey on the Yorkshire moors, and trouble follows at once. Claims multiply, tempers flare, and Lennox finds murder stalking the cloisters.

France 1918

by Karen Baugh Menuhin

2021

In the last hard months of the Great War, Major Lennox and Greggs crash behind enemy lines in France. This prequel shows the danger, loyalty, and heartbreak that shaped the man he later becomes.

The Mystery of Montague Morgan

by Karen Baugh Menuhin

2021

Charming rogue Montague Morgan plans one last theft and a romantic escape, then disappears. With Swift drawn in and Christmas closing fast, Lennox must decide whether Morgan is hiding, betrayed, or dead.

The Tomb of the Chatelaine

by Karen Baugh Menuhin

2021

A suspicious accident, a dead man's gun, and a long buried tomb disturb Lanscombe Park. Lennox and Swift must unravel a ruthless man's past before more people die.

A Wreath of Red Roses

by Karen Baugh Menuhin

2022

An old moated house and a run of strange deaths pull Lennox and Swift into a summer case that looks simple, then turns far darker. The setting is dreamy, the secrets are not.

The Birdcage Murders

by Karen Baugh Menuhin

2022

When Lord De Ruyter is murdered, Lennox and Swift find the case tied to the notorious Birdcage murders. Every witness has a reason for being there, and nobody is quite who they claim to be.

Murder at Ashton Steeple

by Karen Baugh Menuhin

2023

A rich outsider is shot through the heart with an arrow in Lennox's own village. With Persi, Swift, and the whole household drawn in, the hunt for the killer turns painfully personal.

Murder at Little Minton

by Karen Baugh Menuhin

2023

In a Cotswolds village at Christmas 1922, an insurance salesman is found floating in the lake. Miss Busby uses her local knowledge and sharp questions to solve a case the new inspector cannot crack alone.

The Belvedere Murders

by Karen Baugh Menuhin

2023

A glittering ball at Belvedere House ends in murder when war hero Jack Dutton is found dead in the dark. Lennox and Swift uncover jewels, lies, and ugly secrets beneath the polished surface.

Coming Home for Christmas

by Karen Baugh Menuhin

2024

Jessica Brooks returns from New York to snowy Montrose, Vermont, expecting a festive break with her best friend Lily. Instead she finds business trouble, an intriguing English stranger, and a second chance with her first love.

Death of a Penniless Poet

by Karen Baugh Menuhin

2024

When a gentle poet and bookbinder is murdered, the police suspect the elderly bookseller he lived above. Miss Busby and Adeline are sure the truth is older, sadder, and far more tangled.

Saint Valentine's Day Murder

by Karen Baugh Menuhin

2024

A duel at dawn leaves one man dead and another gravely injured after Lady Bancroft's Valentine Ball. Lennox and Swift must work through old grudges and fresh lies before the killer strikes again.

The Lord of Cold Compton

by Karen Baugh Menuhin

2024

A formidable estate owner is found shot outside her manor, leaving family loyalties and resentments exposed. Miss Busby and Inspector McKay must sort through inheritance, power, and years of quiet control.

The Twelve Saints of Christmas

by Karen Baugh Menuhin

2024

At Temple House near Bath, a secret order of wealthy aristocrats gathers each Christmas to dispense charity. When one of the Saints is murdered, Lennox and Swift are called in before scandal tears the whole institution apart.

A Very Elegant Murder

by Karen Baugh Menuhin

2025

At the Halloween Ball at Hamnett Hall Hotel, Olivia Fortesque collapses at midnight and whispers of murder spread at once. Miss Busby and Adeline pick through wills, heirs, and carefully hidden resentments.

The Caxton Manor Murders

by Karen Baugh Menuhin

2025

Christmas at Caxton Manor turns deadly when ruthless industrialist Boris Bullen is found murdered in the snow. Alexander Wolfe arrives to investigate, surrounded by secrets, old grudges, and guests who all know more than they admit.

The Gathering of Clan McFee

by Karen Baugh Menuhin

2025

Spring 1924 takes Lennox and Swift to a Scottish clan castle where history, rivalry, and ambition are turning dangerous. Beneath the ceremony and old loyalties, someone is prepared to kill.

The Murder of Viscount Montcrief

by Karen Baugh Menuhin

2025

A reclusive viscount invites a troupe of actors to perform in his grand drawing room, then is found brutally murdered the next morning. Lennox steps into a house full of servants, players, masks, and motives.

The Mystery of the Missing Man

by Karen Baugh Menuhin

2025

Seven archaeologists board a train to Ashton Steeple, but only six arrive. Lennox and Swift investigate an impossible disappearance that opens onto murder, buried secrets, and the dangerous politics of a Roman dig.

New

Christmas at The Manor

by Karen Baugh Menuhin

2026

Lennox is hoping for a peaceful family Christmas at Ashton Steeple when a former German pilot arrives on the doorstep. A suspicious plane crash soon turns the holiday into another wartime shadowed murder case.

New

The Belmont Affair

by Karen Baugh Menuhin

2026

When banker Rupert Belmont dies in Sussex, the official verdict is heart failure, but Wolfe's chief suspects murder. Wolfe, Fox, and Dicks enter a polished world of money, discretion, and dangerous continental ties.

New

The Chester Grand Murders

by Karen Baugh Menuhin

2026

Three wealthy hoteliers die months apart, each death neatly labeled an accident. Lennox and Swift suspect a killer hiding in plain sight among money, rivalry, and old business interests.

New

The Mystery of the Midnight Swan

by Karen Baugh Menuhin

2026

Five years after a young playwright dies in a fire, an anonymous parcel lands on Miss Busby's doorstep. The charred pages inside hint at murder, and someone is still determined to keep the play's secret buried.

New

The Player in the Game

by Karen Baugh Menuhin

2026

A professional gambler asks Wolfe for help after an old debt turns into a deadly roulette party. With Fox beside him and seven glittering suspects in play, Wolfe has days to find both the target and the killer.

New

The Purbeck Stratagem

by Karen Baugh Menuhin

2026

At a clifftop Dorset estate, Wolfe and Fox join a carefully staged house party hosted by the charming and deeply dangerous Rex Falconer. Behind the fine views and perfect manners, something far larger than murder is taking shape.

Coming Soon

A Ghost in Gold

by Karen Baugh Menuhin

2027

When a village medium is stabbed at her séance table, Inspector McKay turns to Miss Busby for help. What looks like parlour trickery leads instead to stolen gold, old deceit, and a crime hidden in plain sight.

Where should I start?

If you want Lennox from the very beginning: France 1918Murder at Melrose Court
If you want the main country house mysteries: Murder at Melrose CourtThe Black Cat MurdersThe Curse of Braeburn Castle
If you want a quieter village cozy: Murder at Little MintonDeath of a Penniless PoetThe Lord of Cold Compton
If you want something darker and more secretive: The Caxton Manor MurdersThe Belmont AffairThe Player in the Game
If you want a festive romance instead: Coming Home for Christmas

Author bio

Karen Baugh Menuhin grew up in a military family, often on RAF bases, though she much preferred the countryside whenever she could get it. That mix of movement and rural England still feels close to her fiction, which is full of old houses, villages, weather, history, and people who carry the past with them.

She came to writing late.

Menuhin was sixty when she started. At the time she was helping her husband, Krov Menuhin, finish his autobiography, working on structure, tightening passages, and sorting photographs. Somewhere in that process she realised she wanted to write a book herself, not someday, but properly. So she sat down and began writing the sort of mystery she most liked to read, traditional, character led, and set in the 1920s.

Before fiction took over, she trained and worked as an accountant in the defence industry. She has also spent years renovating houses, which helps explain why the buildings in her novels never feel like painted backdrops. She notices how places work, how rooms shape people, and how old property keeps old secrets. She has also said that the research side of writing delighted her, which makes sense once you see how naturally history, travel, and architecture settle into her books.

The characters arrived quickly.

Her first novel, Murder at Melrose Court, appeared in 2018 and introduced Major Heathcliff Lennox, a former Royal Flying Corps pilot who finds a body on his doorstep just before Christmas. Readers who stay with the series tend to love the country house puzzles, the dry humour, the returning cast, and the balance between comfort and real danger. Books like The Black Cat Murders, Death in Damascus, and The Twelve Saints of Christmas keep that interwar atmosphere while widening the world around Lennox.

She has not stayed in one lane. The Miss Busby books shift the focus to a shrewd older amateur sleuth in the Cotswolds, while the Alexander Wolfe novels bring in a darker edge of spies, political pressure, and powerful people doing dangerous things behind closed doors. Across all of them, what stands out is the same clear storytelling, strong sense of place, and fondness for characters who notice what everyone else misses.

It has gone rather well.

Menuhin has sold more than a million books, reached number one in the United States, and been a Kindle Storyteller finalist, all after beginning this career later in life. She has said she loves whodunnits, art, and history, which makes perfect sense once you have spent time in her books. She lives in the Cotswolds with her husband, a retired natural history filmmaker, former US special forces soldier, and the eldest son of violinist Yehudi Menuhin. They have two sons and five grandchildren, and family life still sits close to the centre of her world, along with a dog and a cat.

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