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Kathy Lynn Emerson Books in Order

Find every Kathy Lynn Emerson book in order, including standalone titles and complete series reading orders with publication years.

Updated 2026-07-11 / 82 books / 12 series

American author Kathy Lynn Emerson is best known for her historical mystery series featuring Lady Appleton and Susanna, Lady Appleton. Her acclaimed Face Down series earned an Agatha Award nomination. This page provides the Kathy Lynn Emerson books in order, including both chronological and series reading order.

All Kathy Lynn Emerson Books in Chronological Order

1984 Wives and Daughters: The Women of Sixteenth Century England POoNB / 1 Buy
1984 Making Headlines: A Biography of Nellie Bly POoNB / 2 Buy
1985 The Mystery of Hilliard's Castle POoSN / 1 Buy
1987 Julia's Mending POoSN / 2 Buy
1989 Cloud Castles POoSN / 3 Buy
1991 The Mystery of the Missing Bagpipes POoSN / 4 Buy
1991 Winter Tapestry POoSN / 5 Buy
1992 Renegade Ways(By: Terry Lawrence) POoTTB / 1 Buy
1992 Dark Fire(By: Peggy Webb) POoTTB / 2 Buy
1992 Night Dreams(By: Sandra Chastain) POoTTB / 3 Buy
1993 The Princess and the Pea(By: Fayrene Preston) POoTTB / 4 Buy
1993 'Twas the Night(By: Helen Mittermeyer) POoTTB / 5 Buy
1993 Animal Magnetism(By: Bonnie Pega) POoTTB / 6 Buy
1993 Echoes and Illusions POoSN / 6 Buy
1993 Firebrand POoSN / 7 Buy
1993 Perfect Double(By: Cindy Gerard) POoTTB / 7 Buy
1993 Baby, Come Back(By: Billie Green) POoTTB / 8 Buy
1993 The Shadow Lover(By: Terry Lawrence) POoTTB / 9 Buy
1994 Unquiet Hearts POoSN / 8 Buy
1994 The Green Rose POoSN / 9 Buy
1994 Fly with Me(By: Jan Hudson) POoTTB / 10 Buy
1995 Hearth, Home and Hope / The Rapunzel Trap POoSN / 10 Buy
1996 The Writer's Guide to Everyday Life in Renaissance England POoNB / 3 Buy
1996 Bad to the Bone(By: Debra Dixon) POoTTB / 11 Buy
1996 Wild at Heart(By: Faye Hughes) POoTTB / 12 Buy
1997 Face Down in the Marrow-Bone Pie POoSLAB / 1 Buy
1997 Sleepwalking Beauty POoSN / 11 Buy
1997 Relative Strangers POoSN / 12 Buy
1997 Separated Sisters / Family Lies POoSN / 13 Buy
1997 Cloud Dancer(By: Laura Taylor) POoTTB / 13 Buy
1997 Love Thy Neighbor POoTTB / 14 Buy
1998 Face Down Upon an Herbal POoSLAB / 2 Buy
1998 Sight Unseen / E-Mail Order Bride POoSN / 14 Buy
1998 Never Say Good-Bye(By: Maureen Caudill) POoTTB / 15 Buy
1998 Tried and True POoSN / 15 Buy
1998 Your Wish is My Command(By: Stephanie Bancroft) POoTTB / 16 Buy
1998 That Special Smile POoSN / 16 Buy
1999 Face Down Among the Winchester Geese POoSLAB / 3 Buy
2000 Face Down Beneath the Eleanor Cross POoSLAB / 4 Buy
2000 Face Down Under the Wych Elm POoSLAB / 5 Buy
2001 Face Down Before Rebel Hooves POoSLAB / 6 Buy
2001 Someday POoSN / 17 Buy
2002 Face Down Across the Western Sea POoSLAB / 7 Buy
2004 Deadlier than the Pen POoDSB / 1 Buy
2004 Murders and Other Confusions POoSLAB / 8 Buy
2005 Fatal as a Fallen Woman POoDSB / 2 Buy
2005 Face Down Below the Banqueting House POoSLAB / 9 Buy
2006 Face Down Beside St. Anne's Well POoSLAB / 10 Buy
2007 Kilt Dead POoLMMB / 1 Buy
2007 No Mortal Reason POoDSB / 3 Buy
2007 Face Down O'er the Border POoSLAB / 11 Buy
2008 Scone Cold Dead POoLMMB / 2 Buy
2008 How to Write Killer Historical Mysteries: The Art and Adventure of Sleuthing Through the Past POoNB / 4 Buy
2008 Lethal Legend POoDSB / 4 Buy
2009 The Pleasure Palace POoSotTCB / 1 Buy
2009 Between Two Queens POoSotTCB / 2 Buy
2009 A Wee Christmas Homicide POoLMMB / 3 Buy
2010 By Royal Decree POoSotTCB / 3 Buy
2010 The Corpse Wore Tartan POoLMMB / 4 Buy
2011 At the King's Pleasure POoSotTCB / 4 Buy
2011 Scotched POoLMMB / 5 Buy
2012 The King's Damsel POoSotTCB / 5 Buy
2012 Bagpipes, Brides and Homicides POoLMMB / 6 Buy
2013 Royal Inheritance POoSotTCB / 6 Buy
2013 Vampires, Bones and Treacle Scones POoLMMB / 7 Buy
2014 The Blessing Witch POoSS / 1 Buy
2014 Ho-Ho-Homicide POoLMMB / 8 Buy
2015 Murder in the Queen's Wardrobe POoMJB / 1 Buy
2015 Murder in the Merchant's Hall POoMJB / 2 Buy
2015 The Scottie Barked At Midnight POoLMMB / 9 Buy
2017 Different Times, Different Crimes POoSSC / 1 Buy
2017 Murder in a Cornish Alehouse POoMJB / 3 Buy
2017 Kilt at the Highland Games POoLMMB / 10 Buy
2017 X Marks the Scot POoLMMB / 11 Buy
2018 Crime & Punctuation POoDEB / 1 Buy
2018 Overkilt POoLMMB / 12 Buy
2019 Clause & Effect POoDEB / 2 Buy
2020 Shalla POoCB / 1 Buy
2020 A Fatal Fiction POoDEB / 3 Buy
2020 A View to a Kilt POoLMMB / 13 Buy
2021 The Valentine Veilleux Mysteries POoSSC / 2 Buy
2021 Murder, She Edited POoDEB / 4 Buy

Kathy Lynn Emerson Book Series Reading Orders / browse all ->

01 The Pleasure Palace 2009 Buy
02 Between Two Queens 2009 Buy
03 By Royal Decree 2010 Buy
04 At the King's Pleasure 2011 Buy
05 The King's Damsel 2012 Buy
06 Royal Inheritance 2013 Buy
Standalone Books in Reading Order 17 books / 1985-2001
01 The Mystery of Hilliard's Castle 1985 Buy
02 Julia's Mending 1987 Buy
03 Cloud Castles 1989 Buy
04 The Mystery of the Missing Bagpipes 1991 Buy
05 Winter Tapestry 1991 Buy
06 Echoes and Illusions 1993 Buy
07 Firebrand 1993 Buy
08 Unquiet Hearts 1994 Buy
09 The Green Rose 1994 Buy
10 Hearth, Home and Hope / The Rapunzel Trap 1995 Buy
11 Sleepwalking Beauty 1997 Buy
12 Relative Strangers 1997 Buy
13 Separated Sisters / Family Lies 1997 Buy
14 Sight Unseen / E-Mail Order Bride 1998 Buy
15 Tried and True 1998 Buy
16 That Special Smile 1998 Buy
17 Someday 2001 Buy
01 Kilt Dead 2007 Buy
02 Scone Cold Dead 2008 Buy
03 A Wee Christmas Homicide 2009 Buy
04 The Corpse Wore Tartan 2010 Buy
05 Scotched 2011 Buy
06 Bagpipes, Brides and Homicides 2012 Buy
07 Vampires, Bones and Treacle Scones 2013 Buy
08 Ho-Ho-Homicide 2014 Buy
09 The Scottie Barked At Midnight 2015 Buy
10 Kilt at the Highland Games 2017 Buy
11 X Marks the Scot 2017 Buy
12 Overkilt 2018 Buy
13 A View to a Kilt 2020 Buy
01 The Blessing Witch 2014 Buy
01 Crime & Punctuation 2018 Buy
02 Clause & Effect 2019 Buy
03 A Fatal Fiction 2020 Buy
04 Murder, She Edited 2021 Buy
01 Renegade Ways(By: Terry Lawrence) 1992 Buy
02 Dark Fire(By: Peggy Webb) 1992 Buy
03 Night Dreams(By: Sandra Chastain) 1992 Buy
04 The Princess and the Pea(By: Fayrene Preston) 1993 Buy
05 'Twas the Night(By: Helen Mittermeyer) 1993 Buy
06 Animal Magnetism(By: Bonnie Pega) 1993 Buy
07 Perfect Double(By: Cindy Gerard) 1993 Buy
08 Baby, Come Back(By: Billie Green) 1993 Buy
09 The Shadow Lover(By: Terry Lawrence) 1993 Buy
10 Fly with Me(By: Jan Hudson) 1994 Buy
11 Bad to the Bone(By: Debra Dixon) 1996 Buy
12 Wild at Heart(By: Faye Hughes) 1996 Buy
13 Cloud Dancer(By: Laura Taylor) 1997 Buy
14 Love Thy Neighbor 1997 Buy
15 Never Say Good-Bye(By: Maureen Caudill) 1998 Buy
16 Your Wish is My Command(By: Stephanie Bancroft) 1998 Buy
01 Different Times, Different Crimes 2017 Buy
02 The Valentine Veilleux Mysteries 2021 Buy
01 Face Down in the Marrow-Bone Pie 1997 Buy
02 Face Down Upon an Herbal 1998 Buy
03 Face Down Among the Winchester Geese 1999 Buy
04 Face Down Beneath the Eleanor Cross 2000 Buy
05 Face Down Under the Wych Elm 2000 Buy
06 Face Down Before Rebel Hooves 2001 Buy
07 Face Down Across the Western Sea 2002 Buy
08 Murders and Other Confusions 2004 Buy
09 Face Down Below the Banqueting House 2005 Buy
10 Face Down Beside St. Anne's Well 2006 Buy
11 Face Down O'er the Border 2007 Buy
01 Murder in the Queen's Wardrobe 2015 Buy
02 Murder in the Merchant's Hall 2015 Buy
03 Murder in a Cornish Alehouse 2017 Buy
01 Shalla 2020 Buy
01 Wives and Daughters: The Women of Sixteenth Century England 1984 Buy
02 Making Headlines: A Biography of Nellie Bly 1984 Buy
03 The Writer's Guide to Everyday Life in Renaissance England 1996 Buy
04 How to Write Killer Historical Mysteries: The Art and Adventure of Sleuthing Through the Past 2008 Buy
01 Deadlier than the Pen 2004 Buy
02 Fatal as a Fallen Woman 2005 Buy
03 No Mortal Reason 2007 Buy
04 Lethal Legend 2008 Buy

Where to start with Kathy Lynn Emerson

What is the best order to read Kathy Lynn Emerson books?

Publication order is usually the safest place to start. If a book belongs to a series, follow the numbered series reading order shown on this page.

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Yes. Standalone titles appear in the full chronological bibliography, and series are broken out separately with reading-order links when catalog data is available.

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