Sarah Kelling and Max Bittersohn Books in Order

Opening the Kelling family vault for a funeral reveals the skeleton of a burlesque performer missing for decades. Sarah Kelling and investigator Max Bittersohn pursue the old crime, discovering that its consequences may still threaten members of the family.

Financial pressures force widow Sarah Kelling to open her Boston home to boarders. When an unpleasant lodger dies beneath a subway train, an eyewitness suggests murder, leaving Sarah to question the eccentric residents she has welcomed into her household.

Sarah Kelling and art investigator Max Bittersohn witness a museum guard's fatal fall after a concert. Discovering that valuable paintings have been replaced by forgeries sends them into a case that unsettles the respectable surface of Boston society.

Sarah and Max arrive at her summerhouse to find a valuable Spanish mirror neither can explain. As relatives gather, a neighbor's violent death adds murder to the puzzle, turning their seaside visit into another investigation of art and family secrets.

Jem Kelling's ceremonial necklace vanishes during his club's Christmas celebration. Max Bittersohn initially suspects a practical joke, but an injury to Jem raises the possibility of a more dangerous scheme among the aging members of the Convivial Codfish.

Sarah's Aunt Emma stages an amateur theatrical production, but the leading man's death disrupts the rehearsals. With Max away in Finland, Sarah follows her cousin's suspicion of murder and tackles a case entangled with the troupe's eccentric personalities.

A murder threatens a senior citizens' recycling center supported by the Kelling family. Sarah and Max investigate drugs found in the victim's collection bag and suspicious events around a charity auction, trying to protect the center from scandal and sabotage.

Sarah and Max search for a missing antique Rolls-Royce at a coastal estate's Renaissance celebration. Finding a corpse turns the assignment into a murder investigation, complicated by further thefts, an ineffectual police response, and the estate's elaborate festivities.

Emma Kelling becomes housekeeper at an island retreat for writers and artists, bringing stage jewelry to repair. A genuine diamond necklace among the props attracts deadly attention, and she turns to Sarah and Max as violence disrupts the isolated gathering.

Max encounters a former forger associated with a purported art-restoration guild, raising doubts about its work. He and Sarah investigate when the guild's clients begin dying, finding that forged masterpieces may be only part of the danger.

With Max abroad pursuing stolen paintings, Sarah investigates the murder of a museum administrator who unexpectedly named her executor. Changes on the trustees' board and a strange photograph complicate her search for answers in Boston's art world.

Sarah plans a wedding for Max's nephew, only to find stolen family jewels among the gifts. A burglar, a crashing hot-air balloon, and the arrival of eccentric relatives turn the celebration into a dangerous investigation for the sleuthing couple.