Posie Parker Mystery Books in Order
Part ofLB Hathaway Books in OrderSee the Posie Parker Mystery books in order by L.B. Hathaway, with short summaries, reading order notes, series background, and easy help on where to start.
Last updated: July 9, 2026
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Posie Parker Mystery books in publication order
13 books
Murder Offstage
by LB Hathaway
2014
In 1921 London, new detective Posie Parker races to clear her old friend Rufus Cardigeon after a stolen diamond and a Ritz Hotel murder make him the prime suspect. The hunt pulls her into a dangerous theatre world full of lies.
The Tomb of the Honey Bee
by LB Hathaway
2014
What starts as a summer break becomes a globe-trotting hunt when explorer Alaric Boynton-Dale vanishes. Posie follows a deadly honey-themed clue from the Cotswolds to France, Sicily, and Egypt, while suspects and danger multiply around her.
Murder at Maypole Manor
by LB Hathaway
2016
Posie joins Inspector Richard Lovelace on an undercover trip to a glittering New Year's Eve party at a cliff-top manor in Kent. When snow traps the guests and murder strikes, every secret and every alibi starts to crack.
The Vanishing of Dr Winter
by LB Hathaway
2016
Back in snowy Cambridge for Christmas 1922, Posie takes on the case of a brilliant doctor who vanished after the war. The search stirs old grief and leads her into a web of ghosts, false identities, and buried secrets.
A Christmas Case
by LB Hathaway
2017
At Rebburn Abbey on Christmas Eve, Posie and Chief Inspector Lovelace expect ghost stories and holiday cheer. Instead, the guests' unsettling tales start to link up, and a deadly gift under the tree turns the night into a race against time.
Murder of a Movie Star
by LB Hathaway
2017
At a sweltering 1923 film studio, Posie is hired to protect star Silvia Hanro after death threats begin arriving. Behind the painted sets and easy glamour, she finds hidden loyalties, old secrets, and a killer ready to act.
Murder in Venice
by LB Hathaway
2018
Posie heads to Venice for her wedding, only to find fire, a stalker, and a deeply uneasy house party waiting on the Grand Canal. Masks, disguises, and rising political tension turn the celebration into one of her most dangerous cases.
The Saltwater Murder
by LB Hathaway
2019
When brilliant young lawyer Amyas Lyle is found murdered with poisoned saltwater, Posie faces one of her strangest cases yet. A trail of sea-soaked clues leads from London to Whitley Bay, where scandals and fresh danger await.
Marriage is Murder?
by LB Hathaway
2020
Posie's wedding day should be perfect, but the vicar is wrong, the flowers have changed, and the groom is missing. As gunshots ring out, she has to decide whether this is cold feet or something far more deadly.
Murder on the White Cliffs
by LB Hathaway
2020
After a former client dies in a fall from the White Cliffs, Posie follows the case to a glamorous Dover party house tied to fashion and fame. Guilt, intruders, and mounting deaths force her to dig into secrets nobody wants found.
Murder and the Mermaid
by LB Hathaway
2021
An urgent call sends Posie and Richard to the old Mermaid hotel in Rye, where Rufus Cardigeon hopes to learn what happened to his missing wife. A vanished dancer, ghostly hints, and smuggling-country secrets soon point toward murder.
Murder in a Chelsea Garden
by LB Hathaway
2021
Summoned to a fashionable Chelsea perfume house, Posie investigates blackmail aimed at famed perfumier Anouk Sinne. When a glamorous launch ends in murder, she uncovers old heartaches, false surfaces, and motives hiding in plain sight.
Murder in Tuscany
by LB Hathaway
2021
Pregnant and restless, Posie accepts a last-minute wedding invitation to sunny San Gimignano. Instead of romance, she finds death threats, uninvited guests, and a murderer striking again and again before the ceremony can end.
Posie Parker Mystery books in chronological order

Murder Offstage
by LB Hathaway
2014Posie Parker Mystery, Book 1
The Tomb of the Honey Bee
by LB Hathaway
2014Posie Parker Mystery, Book 2
Murder at Maypole Manor
by LB Hathaway
2016Posie Parker Mystery, Book 3
The Vanishing of Dr Winter
by LB Hathaway
2016Posie Parker Mystery, Book 4
Murder of a Movie Star
by LB Hathaway
2017Posie Parker Mystery, Book 5
A Christmas Case
by LB Hathaway
2017Posie Parker Mystery, Book 6
Murder in Venice
by LB Hathaway
2018Posie Parker Mystery, Book 7
The Saltwater Murder
by LB Hathaway
2019Posie Parker Mystery, Book 8
Murder on the White Cliffs
by LB Hathaway
2020Posie Parker Mystery, Book 9
Marriage is Murder?
by LB Hathaway
2020Posie Parker Mystery, Book 10
Murder in Tuscany
by LB Hathaway
2021Posie Parker Mystery, Book 11
Murder in a Chelsea Garden
by LB Hathaway
2021Posie Parker Mystery, Book 12
Murder and the Mermaid
by LB Hathaway
2021Posie Parker Mystery, Book 13
Series background & context
The Posie Parker Mystery books follow a young private detective making a place for herself in 1920s Britain. When the series opens in Murder Offstage, Posie has little more than a small inheritance, a rented office in Bloomsbury, and a very self-possessed cat called Mr Minks. Clients are scarce. Then an old friend lands in serious trouble, and Posie gets the chance to prove that she really can do the job.
Posie is the sort of sleuth who moves the story along by sheer stubbornness. She is observant, curious, romantic, and not especially good at staying out of danger. She has no great institutional power behind her, so she has to work through nerve, persistence, and a willingness to ask awkward questions. That makes the books feel a little scrappier, and often more lively, than a neat drawing-room mystery.
She goes where the trouble is.
Over time, the series builds a dependable circle around her. Friends, helpers, policemen, and aristocratic acquaintances recur from book to book, which gives the mysteries a real sense of continuity. Len Irving, Dolly Price, Richard Lovelace, Rufus Cardigeon, and even Mr Minks all help define the world around Posie. The relationships matter. You are not only reading to find out who did it, but also to see how old loyalties, romances, grudges, and wartime memories keep shaping the people involved.
The setting is one of the series' biggest pleasures. London theatre districts, country houses, snowy Cambridge streets, film studios, Venice canals, seaside hotels, the White Cliffs, and Tuscany all get their turn. Hathaway uses the 1920s for glamour, yes, but never only glamour. The Great War sits in the background of these stories, and that gives the bright parties and smart clothes a sharper edge. People are reinventing themselves, hiding things, and trying to outrun the past.
It is cozy, but not too cozy.
That balance is what makes the books easy to recommend. The mysteries are clean and readable, with red herrings, hidden identities, blackmail, missing people, and the occasional locked-in house party feeling. At the same time, they move quickly and do not stay in one village lane forever. If you like a classic British whodunit but want a little more travel and momentum, this series fits nicely. The cases generally stand on their own, but reading in order lets you watch Posie grow from a struggling investigator into a much more confident one.
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