Mignon G. Eberhart Books in Order

Nurse Sarah Keate becomes involved in a hospital mystery where an unsettling dinner party precedes murder. Working alongside detective Lance O’Leary, she must untangle suspicious behavior, concealed motives and the strange role of radium in the case.

Matil Kingery gathers the people present when her father died at an isolated hunting lodge, hoping to prove he was murdered. Nurse Sarah Keate and detective Lance O’Leary investigate as snow traps the guests and danger returns.

Nurse Sarah Keate arrives at a gloomy mansion to care for Adolph Federie after a stroke. Surrounded by uneasy relatives, she becomes involved in a murder investigation with Lance O’Leary while her patient remains unable to speak.

A physician is found dead in a hospital elevator, and a patient disappears from a gurney. Nurse Sarah Keate and detective Lance O’Leary investigate the disturbing events, following clues through a ward filled with secrets and suspicion.

Called to a wealthy family’s mansion to nurse a man with a gunshot wound, Sarah Keate encounters contradictory explanations for his injury. When her patient dies, she suspects murder and must penetrate the relatives’ efforts to conceal the truth.

Sue Talley's stay at a small French hotel becomes dangerous when a series of murders appears connected to her arrival. Joining forces with an attractive American, she tries to uncover the hotel's secrets before becoming the next victim.

While Deborah accompanies an opera singer at the piano, a gunshot kills her employer. Suspected of the murder and unable to identify the shooter, Deborah must uncover the secrets surrounding the penthouse household before danger returns.

Marcia’s husband’s hospitalization offers a temporary escape from his abuse and brings her closer to neighbor Robert Copley. When her husband returns and is murdered, suspicion falls on Marcia, threatening the freedom she had begun to imagine.

Dennis returns determined to prevent his childhood love Daphne from marrying Ben Brewer. When Ben is found dead after a secret meeting, evidence places the lovers under suspicion and their hopes depend on discovering the real killer.

Nan Bayne encounters the former fiancé who abandoned her while visiting an island resort near Chicago. His offer to leave his wife reawakens their hopes, but the wife’s murder makes both lovers suspects in detective Jacob Wait’s investigation.

Pressured into marriage with Jevan Locke, Dorcas Whipple visits former lover Ronald Drew on the eve of her wedding. When Ronald is found shot dead, the secrets surrounding their final meeting threaten to implicate her in murder.

After marrying the doctor whose first wife died under her care, nurse Rue Hatterick faces rumors that the death was murder. As suspicion threatens her marriage, she must decide whom to trust and whether escape would offer safety.

Averill Blaine’s marriage is unsettled when Eden Shore, the woman who once drew Noel away from her, returns. A suspicious death and tangled romantic loyalties expose threats beneath the family’s carefully maintained social life.

Elizabeth Dakin fears her wealthy husband’s violent drinking, but finding him dead creates a different danger. Their apparently privileged life in Jamaica becomes the setting for a murder investigation in which Elizabeth is the leading suspect.

Search Abbott visits an aunt who fears she is being poisoned and encounters Richard Bohan, the married man she loves. When Richard’s wife is found hanged, suspicion threatens him and Search becomes determined to uncover what happened.

Nurse Drue Cable returns to care for her wealthy former husband after he is shot. His family calls the injury an accident, but Sarah Keate helps Drue confront suspicions that someone close to him wants him dead.

Sent to collect papers from her employer’s home, secretary Maida Lovell discovers a body and tries to protect him from suspicion. Her concealment leaves her vulnerable to blackmail and a scheme involving wartime government secrets.

Victoria Steane cannot discern a pattern as seemingly unrelated victims are found drowned or strangled. Each new death increases her fear that the murderer is moving closer to her, turning the mystery into a personal struggle for safety.

Visiting her sister's California ranch, Serena hopes to reconnect with the man she once loved. A fatal fall and subsequent murders reveal bitterness and secrets within the household, transforming her return into a dangerous investigation.

Maggie falls for rising boxer Cy Dugan, then becomes a suspect when another contender is murdered. On championship night at Madison Square Garden, a killer's plan turns the spectacle into a direct threat against her life.

Secretary Marny joins her employer at his Florida vacation home and becomes attracted to a guest. When a woman claiming to be his wife is shot, evidence involving a white dress makes Marny the prime suspect.

Marcia Colfax boards a ship with the man she loves, expecting the journey to begin their long-delayed happiness. The presence of a murderer destroys that promise, transforming the voyage into a threat against their hoped-for future.

Richard Thorne plans to leave his wife Alice for Myra, but their relationship is entangled with a murder conviction. Myra's brother supplied the testimony that imprisoned Alice, making the proposed marriage inseparable from a troubling past.

A cryptic appeal from an old friend and a murder in her apartment send Monica toward Mexico City. Reunions with former companions become increasingly sinister as her wartime journey exposes a conspiracy involving espionage, betrayal, and death.

After her father's death, Nonie accepts a plantation owner's proposal on a Caribbean island. Her attraction to a neighboring heir complicates the arrangement, and his aunt's murder leaves her caught between suspicion, loyalty, and an approaching storm.

Sue's testimony helps free a man accused of murdering his wife, but attracts rumors about their relationship. Suspected by a local policeman and threatened by a gunman, she realizes the real killer remains within their small Virginia community.

Returning to New York, Maggy Brooke faces uncertainty about her estranged husband and unsettling signs in a family penthouse. An inheritance from her father-in-law turns an already tense visit into a threat to her life.

A shipping heir returns from Europe with a wife whose efforts to control his household upset the extended family. When he is shot, suspicions turn a troubled homecoming into a struggle over loyalty, inheritance, and the business his father left behind.

Sarah agrees to accompany a man impersonating her husband while he undertakes secret government work. News of a possible death and another murder transform the deception into a criminal suspicion, forcing her to investigate her husband's concealed dealings.

While visiting a California naval base, Sarah Keate covers a hospital shift and discovers that an injured lieutenant has been murdered. The base’s restricted access narrows the suspects, but unraveling the victim’s past makes the investigation increasingly dangerous.

Heiress Laura befriends a young orphan who has also inherited part of her guardian's fortune. The relationship draws suspicion from jealous beneficiaries, placing her among competing claims and resentments surrounding the late businessman's estate.

Dodie lost her marriage after interference from her husband's uncle, a powerful judge. When her former husband returns and the judge is found dead, he faces an accusation supported by an obvious motive, entangling their personal history with murder.

Anne's marriage to lawyer Brent Wystan brings her into New York society and a growing atmosphere of menace. Threatening messages, an intruder, and the return of Brent's first wife Melora turn her new life into a murder mystery.

Returning home to marry industrialist Kirk, Maggy dismisses a childhood friend's suspicions about his activities. Two deaths and an attempt on her own life force her to reconsider both her fiancé's conduct and the warning she ignored.

In Revolutionary-era South Carolina, Amity marries a rebel cousin to protect her loyalist family's property. Murders surrounding the wedding send her to Jamaica seeking her father, where further dangers entangle her with the conflict between two armies.

Martha tries to conceal a car accident to avoid damaging her husband's election campaign. Her decision leaves her vulnerable to blackmail, turning a private effort to protect political ambitions into an escalating threat she cannot easily control.

A midnight call draws Jenny back to the husband who left her for another woman. His new partner has been shot, and Jenny rushes to help despite fearing the police will reject his account of what happened.

Five blackmail letters and a dead lawyer's missing diary offer possible answers to an unsolved murder. As a New York blizzard disrupts transport and communication, the search for the concealed evidence becomes increasingly urgent.

Five shorter mysteries by Mignon G. Eberhart appear together in this collection. The contents include Deadly Is the Diamond, Bermuda Grapevine and Murder Goes to Market, alongside Strangers in Flight and Express to Danger.

A woman sees the man she secretly loves retrieving a body from the water while holding a hammer. His marriage proposal offers a way to avoid testifying, but protecting him could leave a killer free in their island community.

Sue accepts security and companionship with a wealthy older husband, only to become haunted by his first wife's unsolved murder. When he too dies after falling from their penthouse terrace, she finds herself threatened by the killer.

A missing husband and a valuable piece of jade draw the search toward Hong Kong. Following their connection exposes a frightening secret, transforming the pursuit of answers into a mystery of menace and murder in an unfamiliar setting.

Katie Warren drives through fog and sleet to her aunt's isolated mansion, only to become the chief suspect in a murder. To escape the suspicion surrounding her, she must uncover the killer hidden within the unsettling household.

A fierce blizzard traps the residents of El Rancho Rio together, cutting off easy escape from their shared uncertainty. As suspicion grows that a murderer may be among them, the isolated household becomes an increasingly dangerous place to wait.

When Emmy's constant companion is murdered in her sister Diana's townhouse, the evidence points toward Diana. The unexplained killing brings suspicion into the wealthy family, threatening the relationships between the sisters and those close to them.

Bea inherits from a judge who opposed her marriage, then finds herself implicated in his murder by fingerprints on the weapon. Fearing someone has framed her, she begins searching for the real killer to clear her name.

Investigating Rose Manders's death, Susan encounters motives among sisters seeking an inheritance and servants within the household. Her own employer, the dead woman's husband, complicates matters further when he declares his love for Susan.

During the Civil War, Lucy inherits a plantation interest but remains under her brother's control. Marrying an injured soldier to claim authority over the estate exposes competing loyalties, greed, and secrets within a family already divided by the conflict.

Rony marries an ailing southern man and accompanies him to his plantation near New Orleans. An unexpectedly hostile household greets her, and accusations that she married for money turn her arrival into a confrontation with suspicion and resentment.

After her wealthy husband dies from poisoning and a fall, Meade becomes the leading suspect as his sole heir. A blackmailer and planted evidence add pressure, forcing her to investigate the secrets hidden in his business and private life.

A Union officer's arrival at her plantation unsettles Marcy as the Civil War erodes her familiar world. When her fiancé is murdered after naming the officer, she finds herself lying to protect a man she has met before.

Traveling to California for her wedding, Mallory fears her injured fiancé is being poisoned. The San Francisco earthquake strikes before she can resolve her doubts, and his subsequent shooting reveals how easily disaster can conceal deliberate murder.

While her absent fiancé's wealthy family tries to conceal a murder, Sarah begins investigating on her own. The more she discovers, the harder it becomes to avoid the conclusion that the killer belongs to the family she loves.

Disenchanted with the elite social functions expected of her, wealthy Mady Smith takes a job with a former senator. The change leads her into a murder, replacing the routines she wanted to escape with a dangerous new situation.

Sue's engagement cruise aboard a luxury yacht is disrupted by murder. Refusing to remain passive as danger spreads among the passengers, she takes it upon herself to identify the killer hidden within what should have been a celebratory voyage.

Television news researcher Emmy visits the luxurious condominium shared by her guardian uncle and his young wife. The family stay becomes entangled in intrigue and murder, drawing her into dangers concealed within the affluent surroundings.

Five years after fleeing a murder accusation, Jim returns to the fiancée he left behind. Determined to reclaim his life, he must either secure protection from prosecution or discover the real killer and prove his innocence.

Fourteen mystery stories bring together cases featuring Sarah Keate, Susan Dare and James Wickwire. Eberhart’s recurring investigators confront crimes that draw them into the hidden motives and dangerous circumstances surrounding the people they encounter.

A desperate letter brings Lary to visit a friend in upstate New York, where she becomes entangled in murder. Connections to her fiancé and a wealthy emerald-mine owner within her extended family complicate the search for answers.

This collection gathers previously uncollected mysteries featuring nurse Sarah Keate, writer Susan Dare, journalist Jim Byrne and banker James Wickwire. Other stories introduce Melvina Standish, an early investigator navigating suspicious events in a Chicago apartment building.