Lord Kit Aston Books in Order

At Christmas in 1919, Lord Cavendish receives a card announcing his death before he is found murdered. Kit Aston investigates among snowbound guests at Cavendish Hall, where wartime experiences and concealed motives complicate the search for a killer.

Murders of a trade unionist, a knight, and a bishop unsettle Britain in 1920, with suspicion falling on Russia. Kit Aston investigates a pattern tied to chess as a contest with a Russian grandmaster takes on deadly significance.

Kit Aston travels to San Francisco for his cousin’s wedding, where a private investigator’s murder exposes questions about the groom. Kit, Mary, and Agatha join Dashiell Hammett in a case involving kidnapping and a stolen Maltese bird.

A diamond thief leaves calling cards across London’s West End, drawing Kit Aston into an apparently straightforward investigation. With Mary, Aunt Agatha, and an aspiring filmmaker helping, he faces a more complicated case as the Elephant Boys gang becomes involved.

In London at Christmas 1909, Kit Aston and his friends attend a boxing event featuring aging fighter Haymaker Harris. Forced by financial troubles to face a younger, heavier opponent, Harris also has a worrying encounter with gangster Billy Kimber.

During the 1919 Paris Peace Conference, a French diplomat is murdered and the girlfriend of Kit Aston’s friend becomes the chief suspect. Kit investigates as the unstable aftermath of the Great War leaves Europe vulnerable to another deadly threat.

A medium’s discovery of a murder victim draws Kit Aston into killings stretching back decades. Suspecting a cover-up and a sinister cult, he seeks help from Scotland Yard, London’s criminal world, and Arthur Conan Doyle before more people die.

Kit and Mary Aston join Agatha in Monte Carlo, where suspicious casino activity turns into a murder investigation. When Kit’s uncle is accused, they must untangle the mysterious Bluebeard Club’s involvement before an innocent man faces execution.

Kit and Mary Aston travel to Tangier after Aunt Agatha is accused of murder. When a hostile investigator is found dead inside a locked hotel room, clearing her name becomes a dangerous puzzle of shifting loyalties and double-crosses.

Threatening letters lure Kit and Mary Aston to a seaside variety theatre, where a magician is killed during his act. With police and old friends, they investigate performers hiding secrets while trying to prevent another death.

Celebrating New Year’s Eve in 1921 New York, Kit and Mary Aston attend a writer’s lavish murder mystery party. When their host is actually killed, simmering tensions among the guests become clues in a race to stop further deaths.

A visit to a friend’s Newmarket racing stables draws Kit and Mary Aston into an apparent suicide. Suspicion surrounding the men who discovered the body leads them through personal rivalries and a puzzle involving both motive and method.

May Day festivities in Upper Outwell are interrupted by an unidentified man’s death in the vicarage library. Kit and Mary Aston investigate with Aunt Agatha and their allies, uncovering concealed histories beneath the village’s cheerful celebrations.

Sidney Goodman is found over a murdered antiques dealer, protesting that he has been framed. Kit, Mary, and Agatha investigate a Russian countess’s vindictive will and a hunt for diamonds hidden among furniture scattered across Marseille.