Margot Arnold Books in Order

In New Orleans, Marie Laveau grows into a powerful figure whose beauty, business dealings, and spiritual authority draw her into the city's turbulent life. Family rivalry, love, and wartime intrigue shape this fictional portrait of the voodoo queen.

When an archaeologist disappears from a dig in Israel, his colleague Sir Toby Glendower investigates. The missing man was nearing a discovery linked to a legendary treasure, making his research central to the mystery.

A corpse in a Cape Cod cranberry bog draws Penny Spring into an investigation involving a wealthy family. While Toby Glendower pursues their history in Italy, Penny plans a dangerous trap with herself as bait.

When her husband receives a diplomatic assignment in Africa, Melissande Carver must adjust to an unfamiliar and demanding life. Harsh conditions test her hopes for happiness as she struggles to find a place within her changed circumstances.

Penny Spring and Sir Toby investigate threatening letters sent to the author of a Mardi Gras history. Their inquiry grows urgent when his publisher wakes beside a murdered woman in New Orleans, drawing the academics into dangerous secrets among Creole society.

Plans for a nuclear reactor on an ancient Breton burial site are disrupted by murder with apparent occult connections. When archaeologist Toby Glendower is kidnapped, his colleague Penny Spring must continue the investigation and find him.

Penny Spring visits a friend whose inherited Scottish castle seems haunted, but a neighbouring landowner's death turns unease into a murder inquiry. Sir Toby joins the investigation as threats along the isolated coast put Penny herself in danger.

Accompanying their senior-officer husbands to a NATO conference in Rome, a group of wives encounters unexpected personal turmoil. Away from ordinary routines, romantic temptations and private dramas complicate the relationships that brought them to the gathering.

Elizabeth Marchant receives an unexpected request from a mysterious American while in an English garden. An old school friend is being held by Libyan captors and possesses sensitive information, drawing Elizabeth toward a dangerous international affair.

When Professor Giles falls under suspicion after the murder of his academic rival, Freyer, two fellow scholars undertake an investigation. American anthropologist Penny Spring and British archaeologist Sir Toby Glendower work together to establish what happened and clear Giles's name.

A Russian ballerina suspected of murdering a fellow performer refuses to speak to anyone except Toby Glendower, whom she calls her father. Penny Spring must locate him at a Welsh excavation as the mystery becomes personal.

A holiday at a friend's Roman villa becomes a murder investigation for anthropologist Penny Spring and archaeologist Sir Toby Glendower. The killing of the villa's caretaker draws the visiting scholars into the mystery surrounding their host's property.

Teacher Clara Bacon is found seated at her desk, her carefully arranged body apparently directing investigators toward particular clues. Penny Spring and Sir Toby face an unusual puzzle: although remarkably preserved, the corpse has been dead for more than a month.

Penny Spring and Sir Toby Glendower investigate a death linked to an unsettling museum theft. A treasured devil mask vanishes and then returns bearing a warning of murder, making its disappearance more than an ordinary case of stolen antiquities.

Anthropologist Penny Spring and archaeologist Sir Toby Glendower take a Mediterranean cruise that becomes a murder investigation. When a wealthy father and son are killed, the pair must determine who aboard is responsible.