The Lotus Palace Mysteries Books in Order

Serving at the prestigious Lotus Palace, practical Yue-ying expects little from the privileged world around her. A deadly mystery draws her together with flirtatious scholar Bai Huang, creating a connection that challenges the social barriers separating their lives.

Disguised for a forbidden outing, Lady Bai witnesses a fatal stabbing and discovers secrets surrounding her brother. An enigmatic man named Gao helps her investigate, leaving her torn between exposing a killer and protecting her own family.

Asked to assist her brother's assassination inquiry, Lady Bai turns to streetwise Gao for help. Their investigation reaches from the capital's poorest quarters to the imperial palace, while an attraction neither can openly pursue deepens their unlikely partnership.

Newly married Constable Gao and Wei-wei investigate the death of a Taoist sorcerer during Ghost Month. As strange events surround the case, they must distinguish supernatural warnings from threats rooted in Gao’s past that could destroy their happiness.

Magistrate Li Chen and courtesan Song Yi begin investigating a stranger’s death and a missing woman in the Tang capital’s pleasure quarter. Their growing attraction collides with public duty and secrets from their pasts that threaten any shared future.

Courtesan Pearl reunites with Lu Xian, the former scholar whose quest to avenge his father tore them apart. Their renewed connection offers another chance at happiness, but his return from exile may complete the revenge that first cost them love.

Courtesan Mingyu and reserved constable Wu Kaifeng are drawn into the suspicious death of a powerful official. Their strained history and growing attraction complicate a dangerous investigation in which crossing social boundaries could threaten them both.