The Violet Carlyle Mysteries Books in Order

Violet Carlyle and her twin spend Christmas with their wealthy aunt and a family eager for an inheritance. When the aunt dies after claiming someone wants her dead, Violet must investigate a murder with no obvious beneficiary.

Exhausted by work and family demands, Violet and Jack retreat to a woodland lodge for rest. A body discovered during a morning walk ends their peace, with the victim’s longtime friends emerging as the principal murder suspects.

Back from their honeymoon, Violet and Jack join friends for cocktails, jazz and dancing. When a band member collapses dead during the evening, their celebration becomes an investigation into who wanted the musician silenced and why.

Violet Wakefield plans a lavish Christmas filled with performances, decorations and gifts. Witnessing a crime unexpectedly draws her into another investigation, while managing Jack’s reaction becomes an additional challenge to keeping their festive plans intact.

Violet struggles through her first Christmas without Aunt Agatha, so Victor arranges a party to raise her spirits. A body interrupts the gathering, bringing Jack Wakefield into an investigation that also tests his uncertain romance with Violet.

Called home to explain their writing, romances and independent choices, Violet and Victor assemble their friends for support. The discovery of a gin-soaked body leads to a surprising request from the earl to investigate the murder.

Violet returns from the Amalfi Coast for her younger sister’s wedding and finds the proposed marriage troubling. Before she can intervene, another murder puts her family under suspicion, drawing her closer to Chief Inspector Jack Wakefield.

Violet accompanies Victor to inspect his recently purchased property as spring arrives. A walk through the woods brings her upon a body, leading the twins toward an investigation involving a gardener whose private life proves unexpectedly scandalous.

An encounter with an old friend in Belgium leads Violet and Victor to another weekend gathering in England. When murder implicates their shell-shocked friend Tomas St. Marks, they must establish the truth before he is arrested.

Amid wedding plans complicated by her stepmother, Violet accepts an invitation to the Piccadilly Ladies Club. A party with new acquaintances ends in murder, bringing her and Jack together to discover the victim’s secrets and the killer’s motive.

Violet plans an evening of chocolate and conversation for friends in her new married home. Poisoned sweets turn the gathering into a murder scene, leaving her, Jack and their companions to investigate an attack on their celebration.

Violet and Jack visit the seaside for rest and to welcome home Rita Russell. A morning outing ends with a body, drawing their friends into another investigation as they try to identify the killer before another attack.

Lady Eleanor unexpectedly calls Violet and Victor to London when she finds herself in trouble. The twins must decide whether to help the stepmother who has alienated them, then confront the disturbing discoveries their involvement brings.

A leisurely day on the water ends when Violet and Jack discover a young man’s body in the shallows. Learning that the victim was once Jack’s friend makes their investigation into his death a particularly personal undertaking.

Violet organizes an All Hallows celebration with costumes, cocktails and a scavenger hunt. A succession of malicious pranks ends in death, leaving her, Jack and their friends to trace the cruelty behind an increasingly dangerous evening.

Violet, Victor and their friends expect cocktails and fireworks on Bonfire Night, but discover a body instead of their Guy Fawkes. An obsidian blade complicates their investigation as tensions reveal other schemes behind the celebration.

Violet and Jack’s wedding preparations turn ominous when a body appears at a pre-wedding party. Because both despised the victim, they must solve the murder before suspicion and the investigation overwhelm their approaching wedding day.

Settled in London for autumn, Violet and Jack hope for books, warm drinks and evenings with friends. Jack’s consultation on a case in an inviting house interrupts their plans when appearances prove deceptive and another body emerges.

An unnamed host invites Violet and Jack to a masquerade without explaining its purpose. A murder soon confirms their suspicions, but an invitation for everyone present to solve the crime creates an unexpectedly peculiar investigation.

Violet and Jack attend their friends’ extended wedding celebration at a country house. After a picnic and a snipe hunt, the contest’s young winner dies at dinner, leaving them to investigate the reason for his murder.

Jack and Ham’s investigation pauses just as a tale of treasure emerges. Violet and Rita join the search, turning it into a competition between couples until unexpected developments force them to cooperate to protect those they love.

Violet and Jack plan a relaxing country summer with friends, but Violet becomes involved in organizing May Day festivities. Expectations of games and judging flowers disappear when she discovers a body and must investigate another murder.

Violet receives an obscure note claiming a murder and making a strange request. Because its writer knows unsettling details about her, she cannot dismiss it and must determine who is drawing her into the alleged crime.

Anonymous gifts begin arriving for Violet, alarming Jack and Victor. When another woman who received similar gifts is found dead, they must identify the admirer before Violet becomes the next target of his dangerous attention.

This collection revisits Violet Carlyle and her friends through parties, mischief and crimes in the roaring twenties. Stories previously published in the Madness anthologies appear alongside two new adventures involving their circle and its entanglements.

A romantic evening goes wrong when women at a dinner dance begin discovering missing jewelry. Ginger Gold teams up with Violet Carlyle in this brisk crossover mystery full of charm and closed-room mischief.

Violet, Jack and friends impulsively board a steamship without knowing its destination. When two women are found unconscious after receiving different poisons, their spontaneous adventure becomes a search for whoever might strike another passenger next.

Violet and Jack retreat with friends to a Scottish lodge after scarlet fever disrupts their holiday plans. A body appears while they are isolated together, raising the disturbing possibility that someone in their own group killed.

Violet and her friends travel to motor races hoping for entertainment and perhaps a turn behind the wheel. Helping a mechanic they befriend leads instead to a body and another race to uncover those responsible.

Escaping gloomy London for the country, Violet and friends join a snow-sculpture competition after a storm. A body discovered during the festivities carries something familiar, and evidence makes a simple accidental death increasingly difficult to accept.

Violet gathers her shaken friends for New Year’s, hoping to help them recover from recent troubles. Another body brings fresh suspicion, and the group becomes determined to find the killer and protect the person accused.

Violet arranges time alone with Kate, Rita and Lila after children and repeated troubles strain their friendships. Their reunion becomes uneasy when events go wrong, forcing them to rely on one another while looking over their shoulders.

Violet and friends buy a yacht and sail to escape unhappy days, meeting old school acquaintances in Monaco. A party ends with a body, making the travellers suspects and threatening the peace their voyage had restored.

A seaside reunion brings Violet and her friends into a murder investigation when a body is found near the boardwalk. Evidence implicates someone they once trusted, and discovering the truth may expose them to danger.

Violet and Jack arrange a romantic evening to repair the strain between them, only to discover a body. Knowing the victim draws them into another investigation that tests their partnership as they try to reconnect.

Violet Carlyle and her friends follow mysterious directions to an elaborate Halloween party. Finding a body in their own car afterward turns them into suspects, forcing the group to identify the killer while clearing their names.

Violet, Jack, and their friends gather in the country for Christmas with gifts, feasts, and loved ones. A body discovered beneath the mistletoe threatens their celebration, sending the group searching for a murderer before the holiday arrives.

Violet Carlyle and her friends visit a village to admire fields of flowers planted as a declaration of love. A corpse interrupts the excursion, and the flowers’ intended recipient draws them into an investigation of hidden secrets.

Violet Carlyle welcomes a visit from her brother Geoffrey, then doubts his claim to have witnessed a murder. Taking him seriously means investigating alongside her difficult stepmother and father, while risking an already fragile relationship with Geoffrey.

Five years after their aunt’s murder, Violet and her twin hope to reclaim Christmas with their friends. Fresh bodies interrupt the preparations, reviving old fears and suggesting that the danger surrounding their family has returned.

Violet and Jack embark on a second honeymoon and join an island boat tour. The apparently affectionate families traveling alongside them conceal troubling tensions, and a sudden collapse forces the couple to question their fellow passengers.

Violet, Jack, and their friends return to bury Daniel Poole after his killer has been caught. Discovering another man’s still-warm body in his coffin turns a farewell into urgent questions about a missing corpse and a new murderer.

Violet and her friends visit a seaside carnival and invite a psychic to a gathering. An ominous warning becomes harder to dismiss when murder follows, drawing them into an investigation shaped by an unusually puzzling crime.

Jack and Ham visit a dear friend who has little time left to live, expecting a difficult farewell. As unsettling events accumulate, their apparently innocent stay takes a sinister turn and raises doubts about what is really happening.

Heavily pregnant Violet vows to give up investigating until outspoken remarks about an unpleasant couple make her a murder suspect. With her baby overdue, she gathers her friends to expose the killer before she faces imprisonment or execution.

A Christmas gathering turns ominous when sinister events escalate beyond harmless holiday disruption. Violet Carlyle and her experienced circle of friends are called upon to investigate, hoping their detective skills can prevent another death before the celebrations are lost.

Struggling after childbirth, Violet takes an impulsive countryside trip and encounters a woman accused of murdering her sleeping husband. Doubting the account, she joins her friends in following clues toward a criminal whose methods seem almost unbelievable.

Violet and Jack take their twins to the remote Scottish Highlands, hoping for a peaceful family holiday. Meeting a friend draws them into a dangerous mystery, where they must confront a killer without their usual companions to help.

A body discovered in a small-town chapel shocks Violet and her friends into another investigation. Beneath the community’s respectable surface, secrets and jealousy complicate their search as they race to prevent the murderer from claiming another victim.

Celebrating a completed book in London, Violet and her friends stumble across a body after drinking too much. Their confused choices split the group, leaving them to investigate separately and reunite before the killer strikes again.

Violet and her friends return to London expecting evenings of shopping, dancing, and family company. When one of their circle disappears and police dismiss their fears, they must investigate without official help before their missing friend runs out of time.

An old friend asks Violet and her companions for help, giving them a chance to prevent a killing. Their experience with murder faces a different test as they confront an adversary whose lack of limits makes intervention dangerously uncertain.