Sheila Travis Books in Order

Sheila Travis expects ordinary academic challenges when she begins work at the prestigious Markham School. The discovery of a murdered woman, followed by another death, draws her into institutional rivalries and a search for answers before someone else is killed.

Sent to Charleston by her formidable Aunt Mary, Sheila Travis investigates suspicious accidents at the home of family friends. Murder transforms a genteel visit into an inquiry through inheritance disputes and hidden history, placing Sheila herself in danger.

Sheila Travis doubts that television personality Dean Anderson killed himself, despite the police's willingness to accept suicide. Drawn into investigating with Aunt Mary, she confronts hostile relatives, resentful colleagues and other suspects whose secrets could make her a target.

Sheila Travis attends a family dinner where developers' interest in Grandma Sims's farmland has sharpened old disagreements. When murder strikes, Sheila and Aunt Mary must untangle the relatives' competing ambitions and grievances to identify the killer.

When unpopular Yvonne Delacourt is stabbed to death, Sheila Travis investigates to clear her old friend Walt, the victim's husband. Probing their affluent Dunwoody neighbours and Yvonne's past exposes carefully hidden secrets and complicates Sheila's own emotions.

Sheila Travis attends a treasured Atlanta Christmas party where a missing manuscript unexpectedly resurfaces in a servant’s hands. Its discovery threatens to expose long-hidden secrets, turning an evening of Southern hospitality into a dangerous confrontation with the past.

When Daphne L’Arken is murdered at a Jacksonville social gathering, Sheila Travis investigates the guests and their tangled relationships. Another body in the St. Johns River raises the danger as she sorts through family resentments and hidden connections.