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Kate Parker Books in Order

Find Kate Parker books in order, with series lists, short summaries, background notes, and where to start with her historical mysteries.

Last updated: June 7, 2026

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The Vanishing Thief

by Kate Parker

2013

Antiquarian bookseller Georgia Fenchurch secretly investigates for the Archivist Society. A missing thief, a dubious duke, blackmail victims, and a glimpse of her parents’ killer pull her into danger.

Christmas Revels I

by Kate Parker

2014

The first Christmas Revels anthology gathers Regency holiday novellas with romance, family pressure, and seasonal mystery. Kate Parker’s contribution, God Rest Ye Murdered Gentlemen, adds a murder to the festivities.

The Counterfeit Lady

by Kate Parker

2014

Georgia poses as a titled lady to investigate a murder tied to stolen battleship plans. With national security at risk, she must navigate elite society and a master spy’s schemes.

Christmas Revels II

by Kate Parker

2015

The second collection offers four Regency Christmas stories, from a village vicar’s unexpected heroics to secrets, inheritance danger, a wounded stranger in the snow, and a soldier’s unruly homecoming.

The Conspiring Woman

by Kate Parker

2015

Georgia is hired to find Sir Edward Hale’s missing son, but the case widens when the boy’s mother turns up dead. Other missing women and an old enemy raise the stakes.

The Royal Assassin

by Kate Parker

2015

When a Russian princess’s bodyguard is murdered before a royal wedding, Georgia goes undercover as the princess’s secretary. Anarchists, family scandal, and palace politics all threaten the match.

Christmas Revels III

by Kate Parker

2016

The third Christmas Revels volume brings three Regency novellas about old rivals, a house-party murder beneath the ice, stolen jewels, and a married couple rediscovering what they want.

Deadly Scandal

by Kate Parker

2016

In 1937 London, Olivia Denis refuses to accept her husband’s death as suicide. Her search for answers leads from society reporting into German embassy secrets and a dangerous world of spies.

Deadly Wedding

by Kate Parker

2016

At a country-house wedding, Olivia finds a wealthy patriarch stabbed soon after changing his will. Family grudges, poisonings, and a mission to Nazi Vienna pull her into danger on two fronts.

Christmas Revels IV

by Kate Parker

2017

This fourth holiday anthology mixes Regency romance with danger, including an armed heiress, a seaside bequest, a second-chance mystery with blackmail and murder, and an unforgettable Christmas neighbor.

Deadly Fashion

by Kate Parker

2017

Olivia’s assignment at a Mayfair fashion house turns deadly when a German resistance leader is found murdered. The investigation links haute couture, political assassination, and Britain’s fragile prewar future.

The Detecting Duchess

by Kate Parker

2017

Days before her wedding, Georgia takes on a case involving a missing Crown investigator, coded letters, and stolen Egyptian gold. Bodies pile up while she races to reach the altar alive.

Christmas Revels V

by Kate Parker

2018

The fifth Christmas Revels collection returns to Yuletide Regency England with standalone novellas by Parker and her fellow authors. Expect courtship, family secrets, holiday gatherings, and mystery beside the mistletoe.

The Killing at Kaldaire House

by Kate Parker

2018

Milliner Emily Gates sneaks into a client’s house to collect an unpaid debt and finds Lord Kaldaire dying. To protect her reputation, she must help his widow and Scotland Yard find the killer.

Christmas Revels VI

by Kate Parker

2019

The sixth Christmas Revels volume offers another set of Regency holiday novellas where romance, social expectations, and seasonal surprises collide. Parker’s mystery-friendly touch keeps the festivities from staying too quiet.

Deadly Deception

by Kate Parker

2019

When Olivia finds her father beside the body of a man believed drowned years earlier, she must clear him. The trail leads through coastal secrets, collaborators, and a French assassin.

The Mystery at Chadwick House

by Kate Parker

2019

Emma Winter agrees to help a friend renovate an old Victorian house, but strange accidents unsettle the project. Secretive Adam Chadwick may be part of the danger, or another victim of it.

Deadly Travel

by Kate Parker

2020

A murdered Kindertransport chaperone sends Olivia to Berlin in 1939. She must find a killer, uncover a traitor, and help rescue a spy’s endangered family before the Nazis close in.

Murder at the Marlowe Club

by Kate Parker

2020

Emily Gates discovers a scantily clad corpse while cutting through a private park. Lady Kaldaire pushes her into another investigation involving aristocratic scandal, a secret club, and Emily’s criminal family ties.

Deadly Cypher

by Kate Parker

2021

At Bletchley Park, a young linguist has been murdered inside Britain’s secret codebreaking operation. Olivia takes her place and must decide whether the killer is a jealous lover, a mole, or worse.

Deadly Darkness

by Kate Parker

2021

Newlywed Olivia Redmond hopes for a quiet country honeymoon, but a blackout reveals a murdered Arctic explorer. Village secrets, blackmail, and Nazi spies turn her retreat into another deadly hunt.

Deadly Broadcast

by Kate Parker

2022

During the Phony War, Olivia investigates the murder of a BBC engineer at Broadcasting House. The victim’s ties to blackmail, sabotage, and IRA intelligence make almost everyone a suspect.

Deadly Rescue

by Kate Parker

2022

Olivia has one weekend to get a Nobel Prize-winning chemist and his research out of Denmark. A murder traps the party in Copenhagen as German invasion plans move closer.

Deadly Manor

by Kate Parker

2023

Escaping the Blitz for a country-house visit, Livvy hopes Adam can recover from wartime injuries. Then two guests are murdered, and the manor’s polite gathering turns into a nest of secrets.

Deadly Gamble

by Kate Parker

2024

In neutral Lisbon, Livvy is sent to meet a double agent selling secrets to Britain. When he falls to his death, she must protect his daughter and uncover what he meant to reveal.

Deadly Performance

by Kate Parker

2024

Wartime London’s West End offers glamour during the blackout, until a hated theater director is poisoned on opening night. When Olivia’s editor is arrested, she digs into backstage secrets.

Deadly Village

by Kate Parker

2025

With her baby in tow, Olivia seeks quiet in the Cotswold village of Chipping Ford. A murdered gossip, chilly neighbors, and old blackmail force her back into investigation mode.

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Deadly Ruse

by Kate Parker

2026

Olivia is sent to Trent Park House under the cover of teaching art to captured German generals. Murder, stolen jewels, and a familiar officer force her to untangle lies inside a wired mansion.

Where should I start?

For the World War II spy mysteries: Deadly ScandalDeadly WeddingDeadly FashionDeadly Deception.
For Victorian London sleuthing: The Vanishing ThiefThe Counterfeit LadyThe Royal Assassin.
For Edwardian cozy mystery: The Killing at Kaldaire HouseMurder at the Marlowe Club.
For holiday Regency stories: Christmas Revels IChristmas Revels IIChristmas Revels III.

Author bio

Kate Parker grew up in the Washington, D.C. area, in a family where mysteries and history were never far away. She has said she was reading Agatha Christie and Nancy Drew while other children were still on simpler school readers, which sounds about right for someone who later filled London bookshops, country houses, and wartime offices with suspicious deaths.

History stuck with her, too. Parker’s books show a clear love of older buildings, period clothes, and the small practical details that make the past feel usable, from Victorian bookshops to wartime blackout rules.

Before writing became her main work, Parker had the kind of job list that makes a mystery writer look almost overqualified. She has worked as a microbiologist in hospitals, an insurance fraud investigator, an office clerk, a telephone line repairer, and an emergency medical technician. That mix of science, paperwork, fieldwork, and people under stress gives her plenty to draw on.

Her first published mystery was The Vanishing Thief, which introduced Georgia Fenchurch, an antiquarian bookseller in Victorian London who also investigates for the secret Archivist Society. That series leans into secret rooms, class barriers, old crimes, and a slow-burn partnership with the Duke of Blackford.

Then came the Deadly series, beginning with Deadly Scandal. Those books follow Olivia Denis, later Olivia Redmond, from the tense late 1930s into World War II. Olivia starts as a young widow looking for the truth about her husband’s death, then becomes a newspaperwoman and a quiet asset in Britain’s intelligence world.

It’s a natural fit for Parker.

Books such as Deadly Travel, Deadly Cypher, and Deadly Broadcast use real wartime pressure points, including Kindertransport journeys, Bletchley Park, and Broadcasting House, while keeping the focus on one capable woman trying to solve the murder in front of her. The tone stays close to classic cozy mystery, but the stakes often reach into espionage and war.

Parker also writes the Milliner Mysteries, starting with The Killing at Kaldaire House. That series follows Emily Gates, an Edwardian London hatmaker who serves aristocratic customers while trying to hide her own ties to a family of thieves and con artists. It is a tidy setup with a messy life underneath.

She has also taken part in the Christmas Revels anthologies, which gather Regency holiday novellas with romance, mystery, and the occasional body in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Parker now lives in North Carolina’s Research Triangle area. When she isn’t writing, she travels to research the places and people that feed her historical mysteries, which is probably safer than building a time machine, and much easier to explain at customs.

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