The Fane and Blackwood Mysteries Books in Order

When an Oxford professor collapses in 1912, the authorities accept a heart attack. Oliver Fenchurch suspects a connection to stolen research and seeks help from the young Roderick Fane, beginning the investigator's first murder case.

A hired hermit is shot during the ceremonial opening of a country estate's folly in 1926. Nell Blackwood helps Roderick Fane untangle the spectacle, while his personal connection to a disgraced relative complicates their search for the killer.

A stabbed man is discovered inside a locked ice house at Braeburn Hall. Posing as a library assessor, Nell Blackwood investigates with advice from Roderick Fane, uncovering secrets that connect the household's past to a present danger.

A surgeon's murder leaves another surgeon accused, but that suspect may be the only person capable of saving Roderick Fane. As Nell Blackwood investigates, she fears his desperate need for an answer could compromise their judgment.

In 1925 Oxford, nineteen-year-old Nell Blackwood suspects something is wrong with a professor's fatal fall. She takes her observations to Roderick Fane, a recluse since the war, and becomes his means of investigating beyond his villa.