Mary Linn Roby Books in Order

Set within the world of English theatre, this mystery explores the dangerous events surrounding its characters in Mary Linn Roby's first novel.

A wealthy older woman and a beautiful young girl are trapped in a deserted summer house as a storm gathers. Nearby, a disturbed young man finds a gun and plans an evening that turns their isolation into terror.

A young American widow begins a relationship with an Englishman accused of murdering his former wife. Her involvement draws her into a suspenseful uncertainty about the man she has trusted and the death shadowing their possible future together.

A celebrated British woman writer and her London publishing house become entangled in a Gothic suspense story.

Martha inherits her grandmother's mansion on the isolated Maine coast under an unsettling condition: she must keep her grandfather's mistress from returning. The woman has been dead for forty years, making the request impossible to understand.

After a young actress is murdered, Anna fears her husband may be responsible. Caught between love and suspicion, she follows a trail of blackmail and betrayal toward an isolated house outside London, where danger draws closer.

A kidnapping brings a wife, an ex-wife and a mistress together in a house overshadowed by violence. Each woman fears for her life, and each has a possible reason to kill, making trust a dangerous gamble.

A woman psychiatrist is drawn into a dangerous situation where attraction and murder intertwine in a Gothic mystery.

Twenty years after a seaside picnic ended in tragedy, Nora returns to Ballard's Cross to confront her guilt. Instead of finding peace, she encounters murder and memories that threaten her chance of love and escape from the past.

Journalist Claudia Ross enters a house overshadowed by hatred and death. As she becomes involved with the people inside, the sinister atmosphere threatens her own safety, turning her visit into a struggle against gathering danger.

The remaining members of a proud family become entangled in destructive passions. As madness and murder threaten their dwindling circle, the family's attachment to its past offers little protection against the dangers growing within it.

Margaret's friendship with Corinne draws her into witchcraft, death, and fears for her daughter. With the child becoming a pawn in a dangerous struggle, Margaret must decide whether a handsome stranger can be trusted to help.

A year after her husband's death, Amanda Harcourt lives in her father-in-law's secluded Victorian home. A visitor resembling her husband claims his death was murder, forcing Amanda to investigate while questioning both his motives and her growing attraction.

Barbara watches her mother succumb to a strange illness in a household marked by hostility. Her stepfather, brother's fiancée, and an unsettling doctor deepen her suspicions as she tries to understand the danger surrounding her family.

At Kilgallen, Mara encounters a family dominated by its aging matriarch and divided by violence, regret, and secrets. Threatened by the estate's agent, she must judge whether Douglas's offer of protection can keep her safe.

Hired to catalog an art collection, Irene enters an isolated manor where the Stewart family awaits its matriarch's death. Hostility, stolen paintings and attempts on her life leave her struggling to decide whom she can trust.

Sara Gray inherits a cottage on an old Cornish estate, drawing her into a place marked by earlier tragedy. As trouble returns in the present, her new home becomes entangled with the estate's disturbing past.

Returning to Tunis to forget Robert, Ann Hever accepts an actress's invitation and finds herself virtually imprisoned in a mansion. Murder and intrigue surround her, while Robert's reappearance complicates her desperate efforts to decide whom to trust.

After her famous father's suicide, Elizabeth Dalton returns to England and works with his biographer. The handsome older man and a house tied to her childhood draw her toward disturbing secrets surrounding her mother's death.

Summoned to an aging actress's bedside, Darney enters a seaside château where friendship offers uncertain protection. Murder transforms the gathering into a dangerous encounter with treachery, leaving her to navigate the threats concealed among her companions.

Anna's whirlwind marriage ends when her husband dies in an unexplained accident. Trying to understand his life, she discovers that his valuable antiques and an attractive count are connected to a conspiracy that puts her in danger.

Pamela Pominder struggles with her mother's social ambitions, her sister's imprudence, and her brother's drinking and gambling. Lord Ellingham repeatedly comes to the family's rescue, but his helpful presence creates increasingly complicated feelings for sensible Pamela.

Caroline inherits Mrs. Lorimer's fortune on the peculiar condition that she break men's hearts. Installed in a London house and drawn into flirtation, she discovers that one gentleman may have the power to overturn her plans.

A powerful woman directs the Herrick family's enterprises across America and England, protecting its prestige. Behind that success lies a history of poverty, an unacknowledged child, and a grandmother's difficult choice between love and ambition.