Victoria Tait Books in Order

Community vet Mama Rose Hardie's quiet Kenyan life is unsettled when an old confidant returns and a childhood friend dies. With police discouraged from investigating, she helps the victim's son search for a killer connected to long-buried tragedy.

Mama Rose Hardie attends a wildlife conference near Mount Kenya, hoping to support elephant conservation. When the principal speaker is found dead at the resort, she investigates a group of secretive suspects while official help remains tied up elsewhere.

Grieving her husband, Mama Rose Hardie is shaken when a woman dies in her arms and another dies during a zebra expedition. Despite police insisting the deaths are unrelated, she follows her instincts toward a concealed criminal plot.

A safari-lodge visit turns troubling when a young athlete disappears and a woman's body is discovered. As Mama Rose Hardie's husband deteriorates and enters hospital, she must choose between remaining beside him and pursuing a possible killer.

While officiating at a charity off-road race in the Maasai Mara, Mama Rose Hardie witnesses a colleague's fatal vehicle crash. Discovering sabotage, she investigates rival teams and old grievances to clear a friend accused of causing the death.

A local polo tournament draws Mama Rose Hardie into another investigation when a player is found dead in a stable. Stories from a late-night party reveal numerous motives, but proving murder becomes difficult as the competition approaches its end.

After being framed for art trafficking, Dotty hopes a vintage fair will offer welcome distraction. A stallholder's death and the disappearance of a valuable antiquity instead draw the trainee antiques expert into a mystery that may reach beyond a single murder.

Trainee antiques expert Dotty joins a charity triathlon while buying furniture for a celebrity client, only for a competitor to collapse and die. Her investigation into counterfeit antiques overlaps the troubling death, and sharing one clue puts an innocent person at risk.

Military widow Dotty Sayers finds new purpose at a Cotswold auction house, until an unknown soldier dies after a Remembrance parade. Appraising his possessions reveals conflicting identities, forcing her to investigate before the wrong man is convicted.

A guest dies at the Christmas charity ball Dotty Sayers has helped organize. Asked to trace a stolen painting, she becomes entangled in the murder investigation, where forgeries and her colleagues' secrets complicate the search for the truth.

Military widow Dotty Sayers accepts temporary work at a Cotswold auction house, hoping for financial stability. Discovering a hidden body turns her new beginning into an investigation, forcing an inexperienced sleuth to identify a killer while protecting herself.

Dotty Sayers nervously joins an antiques television show at a historic country hotel, where a celebrity expert is found dead beneath a staircase. Her promise to leave investigating to the police falters as clues emerge and her cat disappears.

Sergeant Keya Varma's sister loses her wedding venue to a double booking, then the other bride disappears. Searching for the missing woman draws Keya through a circle of suspicious people whose involvement suggests the marriage may conceal darker motives.

During an Edinburgh Fringe performance, Dotty Sayers witnesses the shooting of a controversial politician. When police arrest her father, she must investigate the events behind the stage and establish his innocence before the real killer escapes.

Preparing to open a Cotswold café, Sergeant Keya Varma discovers that builders have unearthed a girl's decades-old remains. When a friend also dies at her tea shop, conflicting identities complicate an investigation linking present danger with a long-unsolved disappearance.

Organizing a Christmas display at a Yorkshire country house, Dotty Sayers discovers the chief guide dead. Police dismiss her concerns, but an American colleague's disappearance makes her increasingly certain that the house's festive activities conceal something dangerous.

Dotty Sayers discovers a corpse that disappears, only for its apparently living owner to die again. As evidence implicates her and police allies withdraw their trust, she must rely on her friends to clear her name.

A journalist's death in his car draws Sergeant Keya Varma into a mystery involving a floral clue and a forty-year-old case. Battling an obstructive superior, she questions a past conviction while searching for the truth behind the new killing.

A search for family treasure brings Dotty Sayers to Northumberland, where a castle project offers a fresh start. When her mentor disappears and a body washes into a secluded cove, she investigates despite the local police dismissing her observations.

An antiques auction takes Dotty Sayers and Sergeant Keya Varma to Dublin, where a musician dies during a Halloween parade. A friend's arrest and another's confession complicate their investigation, forcing them to untangle conflicting accounts before accepting an easy answer.

On medical leave, Sergeant Keya Varma concentrates on Christmas treats at her café until a man dies beneath his festive lights. A second tragedy raises doubts about accidental death, drawing her back into police work despite her recovery.

A midsummer gathering at ancient Cotswold standing stones ends with a young woman's unexplained death. Sergeant Keya Varma investigates possible murder, then develops a mysterious illness herself, leaving doctors racing to understand whether the danger has reached her too.

Opening her café and celebrating her sister's wedding should make Keya Varma's life complete, until a customer's young son disappears. When paying a ransom fails to bring him home, the part-time police officer must pursue the search before time runs out.

While refurbishing a Leicestershire castle, Dotty Sayers becomes interested in an old robbery and a missing child. A death at its Christmas market draws her into an investigation connecting stolen antiques, concealed identities, and unresolved events from the past.

Dotty Sayers and her friends join a village pantomime in the Cotswolds, balancing rehearsals and preparations for opening night. When a cast member dies on stage, Dotty and Keya investigate suspicions that the death was deliberate.

A women's cricket festival turns deadly when one of Keya Varma's teammates is found dead. Working with antiques expert Dotty Sayers and the police, Keya untangles village grudges and suspicious evidence that challenge the apparent accident.

Taking charge of a Cotswold auction house amid scandal, Dotty discovers objects linked to a bookshop owner's suspicious death. Working with her friend Keya, she follows clues toward stolen Nazi treasure, concealed identities, and a wartime secret someone will kill to protect.

Widowed antiques expert Georgina Carey accepts an estate valuation in the Azores while struggling to rebuild her life. A body in the lake recalls a decades-old death, drawing her into local secrets and doubts about both tragedies.

Cataloguing a family's collection in the Moroccan town of Essaouira, antiques expert Georgina Carey discovers a guest dead inside a historic villa. Local prophecies and beliefs complicate the investigation, forcing her to distinguish practical evidence from the stories surrounding her.

Returning to manage her old Cotswold auction house, Dotty Sayers helps organize a Burns supper where a guest dies. Investigating his tangled relationships and business dealings threatens her professional future when newspaper coverage exposes the case to public scrutiny.

Dotty Sayers hopes to give her seriously ill father a perfect Christmas, but a fatal accident at a festive lights event reveals sabotage. When police question her family, she and Keya Varma investigate to clear their names.

Café owner Keya escapes the Cotswold winter with her partner and celebrates an unexpected proposal with a Sri Lankan beach wedding. Their honeymoon turns troubling when a priceless sapphire disappears and a body is found on the sand.

A body tied to the village maypole disrupts the Cotswolds' May Day celebrations and draws antiques expert Dotty into another investigation. With café owner Keya, she uncovers financial betrayal whose victims may be dangerously close to their own community.

Georgina Carey accompanies her aunt to a cultural exhibition in Malta, where a suspicious guest is later found dead in a cathedral. Searching for a stolen artifact draws the antiques expert into a mystery threatening someone she loves.

A fragment of an old sea chart takes Georgina Carey and Maltese police officer Jac Galea to Tenerife. Their treasure hunt becomes a murder investigation when a local official dies amid a bitter dispute over a historic property.

Helping restore a Gaudí-designed building in Barcelona, antiques expert Georgina Carey becomes involved in an auctioneer’s death. Persuaded to oversee a sale featuring a controversial Picasso, she and her sister Gilly investigate secrets surrounding the victim.