Victoria Gilbert Books in Order
This page shows Victoria Gilbert books in order, with quick summaries, series guides, and easy where to start advice for her cozy mysteries and fantasy.
Last updated: June 7, 2026
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Publication Order
19 books
Crown of Ice
by Victoria Gilbert
2014
Thyra Winther, the immortal Snow Queen, must rebuild an enchanted mirror before her eighteenth birthday or lose herself forever. Kidnapping brilliant Kai seems like a practical solution, until missing shards, Gerda, and her own thawing heart complicate everything.
A Murder for the Books
by Victoria Gilbert
2017
After a disastrous affair, librarian Amy Webber moves to a quiet Virginia mountain town and gets drawn into a 1925 murder case tied to her charming neighbor's house. When fresh deaths follow, old local secrets turn deadly.
Scepter of Fire
by Victoria Gilbert
2017
Varna Lund wants to become a healer, not a pawn in a war over magic and power. After sheltering a deserter and his injured friend, she is drawn toward the sorcerer Sten Rask and a dangerous enchanted mirror.
Shelved Under Murder
by Victoria Gilbert
2018
During Taylorsford's Heritage Festival, Amy and her assistant find a famous artist stabbed with her own knife. Forged paintings and a link to Amy's late uncle turn a small-town case into something painfully personal.
Past Due for Murder
by Victoria Gilbert
2019
A university student vanishes during Taylorsford's May Day bonfire, and Amy's neighbor Richard becomes a person of interest. As folklore, lies, and hidden relationships surface, Amy races to learn whether the town's old legends hide a modern killer.
A Deadly Edition
by Victoria Gilbert
2020
On the eve of Amy and Richard's wedding, a rival art dealer is found dead during a fight over a rare Kelmscott Press book. With Kurt Kendrick under suspicion, Amy juggles wedding plans and a dangerous investigation.
Booked for Death
by Victoria Gilbert
2020
Charlotte Reed's literary bed-and-breakfast is supposed to celebrate Josephine Tey, not host a corpse. When a rare book dealer is killed and her great-aunt's reputation comes under attack, Charlotte has to protect both the inn and her family's name.
Bound for Murder
by Victoria Gilbert
2020
When human remains are uncovered on Sunny Fields's family farm, a long-buried commune scandal threatens her mayoral campaign. Amy digs into the secrets of aging former hippies, only to find the past is still killing.
Renewed for Murder
by Victoria Gilbert
2021
A body in Zelda Shoemaker's gazebo, and a blackmail letter in the victim's pocket, put one of Amy's aunt's closest friends in danger. Amy's search through old records uncovers a tragedy that still has teeth.
Reserved for Murder
by Victoria Gilbert
2021
A bestselling fantasy author brings crowds to Charlotte Reed's Beaufort inn, but the weekend sours when a fan club leader is found dead by the docks. Charlotte and her sharp-eyed neighbor Ellen follow the clues through fandom, publishing, and small-town gossip.
A Fatal Booking
by Victoria Gilbert
2022
A fairy-tale themed book club retreat at Chapters B&B turns grim when a guest is poisoned at a Mad Hatter tea party. Charlotte and former spy Ellen soon realize every attendee has a motive, and someone is ready to kill again.
Death in the Margins
by Victoria Gilbert
2022
Richard's new dance production should be a triumph, until his former fiancée is found dead backstage. Amy must sort through rivalries, grudges, and local secrets before the killer strikes again and the show opens.
A Cryptic Clue
by Victoria Gilbert
2023
Forced into early retirement, librarian Jane Hunter takes a job cataloging Cameron Clewe's rare books and artifacts at his grand estate. Then a body is found in Cam's library, and Jane has to decide whether her brilliant new boss is innocent.
Murder Checks Out
by Victoria Gilbert
2023
Winterfest brings The Nutcracker, visiting in-laws, and more than enough holiday stress to Taylorsford. When the festival chair is murdered at the ice rink and Ethan becomes a suspect, Amy has to save both Christmas and her family.
A Killer Clue
by Victoria Gilbert
2024
Bookseller Eloise Anderson asks Jane and Cam to clear her late mother's name in an old murder case. When the original detective is found stabbed in Eloise's shop, the cold case becomes urgent, and Eloise becomes the prime suspect.
Death and the Librarian
by Victoria Gilbert
2025
A visitor arrives in Taylorsford accusing art dealer Kurt Kendrick of an old murder, then turns up dead. With evidence stacking against Kurt, Amy must decide whom to trust while an arts festival and another deadly secret close in.
Schooled in Murder
by Victoria Gilbert
2025
Mystery writer and university educator Jen Dalton refuses to believe one of her students killed a pompous professor. To clear Mia's name, she has to navigate faculty grudges, campus politics, and a murderer hiding in plain sight.
A Deadly Clue
by Victoria Gilbert
2026
While cataloging a wealthy family's first editions, Jane and Cam uncover evidence that a woman's supposed suicide was really murder. A second suspicious death raises the stakes, and the pair race to stop whoever is targeting the Stewart heirs.
Death on the Books
by Victoria Gilbert
2026
A stranger collapses in the library clutching a note about a hen and a sapphire, and Amy is pulled into another tangled case. Poison, art dealers, and a lost Romanov treasure send the investigation in dangerous directions.
Where should I start?
If you want the core cozy mystery series: A Murder for the Books → Shelved Under Murder → Past Due for Murder
If you prefer seaside, bookish inn mysteries: Booked for Death → Reserved for Murder → A Fatal Booking
If you like traditional puzzle mysteries: A Cryptic Clue → A Killer Clue → A Deadly Clue
If you want an academic mystery first: Schooled in Murder
If you want YA fantasy instead: Crown of Ice → Scepter of Fire
Author bio
Victoria Gilbert grew up in a historic small town in northern Virginia, in the shadow of the Blue Ridge Mountains. That landscape stayed with her, and so did books. She has described turning an early obsession with reading into a dual career, and that phrase fits. Long before she was publishing mysteries and fantasy, she was already the kind of reader who could happily disappear into a stack of books for days.
She did not head straight into a writing career. Gilbert studied theatre, earned a master's degree in library science, and later completed a second master's in liberal studies. She also comes from a family of researchers, her father and grandfather were scientists, so curiosity and careful digging seem to have been in the air early on. Over more than thirty years, she worked as a reference librarian, research librarian, and library director in public, museum, and academic libraries.
Libraries came first.
That background shows up everywhere in her fiction. In A Murder for the Books, the first Blue Ridge Library mystery, librarian Amy Webber solves problems the way a real information professional might, by digging through records, following old stories, and noticing what other people overlook. The series grew from there, eventually including books like Shelved Under Murder, Death in the Margins, and Death and the Librarian. Readers who come for the library setting usually stay for the mountain-town atmosphere, the local history, the art and folklore threads, and the sense that Gilbert genuinely understands how communities remember things.
She has not stayed in just one corner of the shelf. Booked for Death moves to a literary bed-and-breakfast in Beaufort, North Carolina, where Charlotte Reed has to protect both her inn and her family's reputation. A Cryptic Clue introduces retired librarian Jane Hunter and wealthy collector Cameron Clewe, a pair who give Gilbert room to write a more traditional, puzzle-forward mystery. Then Schooled in Murder shifts the action to a Virginia university, with a mystery writer and educator trying to clear one of her students.
She also has a fantasy side. Writing under the name Vicki L. Weavil, Gilbert published the young adult fantasy novels Crown of Ice and Scepter of Fire. Those books use fairy-tale elements and magic, but they still share something with her mysteries: outsiders trying to make sense of themselves, hidden histories that refuse to stay hidden, and the idea that knowledge can be both protection and power.
Research is never just background in a Victoria Gilbert book.
Her stories often come back to a few things, women building new lives, places with long memories, and secrets that have been tucked away for years and suddenly become dangerous. She likes readers, librarians, teachers, collectors, writers, and other people who spend their lives paying attention. Even when the books are cozy, they are built on observation, patience, and the stubborn belief that the truth is out there if someone will keep looking.
After retiring from library work, she had more time to devote to fiction, and the steady stream of series since then makes that easy to see. She is a member of Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime. When she is not writing or reading, she enjoys films, music, gardening, and travel. She lives in North Carolina with her husband, son, and some very spoiled cats.
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