Kate Kingsbury Books In Order

Do Not Disturb

Charged with keeping the London aristocracy entertained at Badger’s End, a seaside resort, Cecily Sinclair finds her job complicated when one of the guests is murdered.

Grounds for Murder

Local rumors about a visiting band of gypsies become reality when a young gypsy girl is found brutally murdered, and Cecily Sinclair grows alarmed when she realizes that the murder weapon, an axe, came from the tool shed at the Pennyfoot Hotel.

Ring for Tomb Service

Kept busy by her duties as Pennyfoot Hotel’s owner when the London aristocracy flocks to the seaside festivities of St. Bartholemew’s Week, Cecily Sinclair finds an additional challenge when murder visits Badger’s End.

Death with Reservations

The doctor claims food poisoning killed Pennyfoot guest Lord Sittingdon. But Cecily finds this hard to believe. Now she’ll have to do some investigating of her own before murder becomes the daily special.

No Clue at the Inn

Cecily Baxter and her husband, Hugh, haven’t been back to Badgers End in two years not since they sold the Pennyfoot Hotel and the new owner turned it into a country club. But when Cecily receives a letter asking her to manage the place during the Christmas season, she’s delighted to accept. Hugh, however, is not quite so enthusiastic especially when he discovers that the previous manager met a mysterious end…

Slay Bells

Cecily Sinclair Baxter hosts a holiday party at the Pennyfoot Hotel where the children of Badger’s End can meet Father Christmas. Unfortunately, the jolly old man is found dead along with one of his helpers.

The role of St. Nicholas had previously been played by a notorious village drunkard, and the police believe the two men killed each other. But Cecily has her doubts, as the murder weapon was never recovered. And since no one has left the hotel since the crime, she’s making a list of suspects and checking it twice.

Shrouds of Holly

While decorating the Pennyfoot’s ballroom for a Christmas reception, Cecily sends her husband Baxter and stable manager Samuel into the woods to cut some fresh boughs of holly for the ballroom. An hour later their one horse open carriage returns with the horse, the holly…
and the unwelcome gift of a dead body. Baxter and Samuel are nowhere to be found. In what should be a season of celebration with friends and family, Cecily means to reunite hers and solve the mystery even if a killer leads her in a merry measure.

Ringing in Murder

An all new Yuletide mystery featuring the incomparable staff of the Pennyfoot Hotel from a descendant of Agatha Christie. The Statesman Journal OR

A merry hustle and bustle always heralds the holidays at the Pennyfoot. Even as she prepares for the holiday meal, Cecily Sinclair Baxter is also helping her friend Madeline plan her wedding. And this year, Cecily has a cracking surprise for her guests Christmas crackers. Once the crackers pop, one lucky guest will discover a beautiful pearl brooch

But when two crackers go astray, things turn less than jolly. A mysterious fire has broken out in an upstairs room, killing the mood and two guests. And at the bottom of it all: one of the missing Christmas crackers. Cecily’s dead set on solving this mystery before another deadly present turns up

Decked with Folly

Make room for murder with all the trim*mings in the latest of the Pennyfoot Hotel Christmas mystery series. It’s the holiday season and the Pennyfoot staff is brim*ming with anticipation. The scents of the season overflow from the kitchen and the country club’s halls are decorated with festive displays thanks to Cecily’s dear friend Madeline. But when one of Cecily’s candlesticks disappears, she realizes someone is lacking in Christmas spirit. Petty thievery seems the least of Cecily’s problems after she learns a former employee has been found dead in her duck pond. He hasn’t worked at the Pennyfoot in years, but his ex wife is still their head maid and now she heads the list of suspects. And when Madeline has a vision of more misfortune to come, Cecily starts feeling more jinxed than jolly. Now a killer and a thief must be taken off the guest list in order to put the merry back into Christmas.

Mistletoe and Mayhem

This holiday season there’ll be murder under the mistletoe at the Pennyfoot Hotel…
As friends, family, and guests gather at the Pennyfoot Hotel to share the joys of the season, Cecily Sinclair Baxter and her staff are hustling and bustling more than ever. Cecily’s friend Madeline arrives with her new baby and adds a kissing bough to the decorations. Cecily believes that the holiday couldn’t get off to a better start…
But after a footman and a new maid are seen kissing under the bough and then turn up dead afterwards, the downstairs staff is convinced a serial killer is among them…
perhaps the mysterious guest known only as J. Mortimer. When Madeline’s baby disappears, Cecily desperately tries to find the child. If she doesn’t catch this killer in time, everyone’s cheer will quickly turn to fear.

Herald of Death

A dark spirit threatens the Pennyfoot’s shiny and bright Christmas…
The Christmas Angel is a welcome sight during the winter season but not this year. A killer is afoot in Badger’s End, cutting a lock of hair from his victims and sticking a gold angel on their foreheads. Cecily Sinclair Baxter already promised her husband that she’d take a hiatus from sleuthing. But three killings have created a blizzard of bad publicity and guests are canceling their hotel reservations. She will have to find the angel of death before he strikes again, leaving murder under the tree…

A Bicycle Built for Murder

In WWII England, residents of Sitting Marsh depend on Elizabeth Hartleigh Compton, lady of the Manor House, to take care of things from sorting out local gossip to solving the occasional murder.

Death is in the Air

When a German pilot escapes into the woods near Manor House, Lady Elizabeth Hartleigh Compton insists that the pilot is nothing more than a harmless, frightened young boy. But when a local girl is found murdered the very day the pilot disappears, Elizabeth is in the thick of a murderous muddle, combing for clues and searching for answers.

For Whom Death Tolls

A new Manor House mystery. In World War II England, murder rings a bell when manor house keeper Elizabeth Compton discovers something quite alarming in the church tower: the body of an American G.I., hanging from a bell rope.

Dig Deep for Murder

Lady Elizabeth has turned the Manor House lawn into victory garden plots for the villagers. But an uninvited guest in the form of a corpse wilts the festivities…

Paint by Murder

The new Manor House Mystery by the author of Dig Deep for Murder. In World War II England, the quiet village of Sitting Marsh is faced with food rations and fear for loved ones. But Elizabeth Hartleigh Compton, lady of the Manor House, stubbornly insists that life must go on except for her kindly tenent, who’s been murdered.

Berried Alive

In WWII England, the quiet village of Sitting Marsh is faced with food rations and fear for loved ones. Elizabeth Hartleigh Compton, lady of the Manor House and respected guardian of the village, knows she shouldn’t be entertaining impure thoughts about Major Earl Monroe especially with resentment against the Yanks building. But she can’t help it until she finds herself distracted by the mysterious deaths of four American servicemen.

Wedding Rows

Sitting Marsh, a World War II town threatened by invasion, is overdue for a celebration. But when a stranger appears at a wedding and is stabbed sleuth Lady Elizabeth is on the case, and there’s no shortage of suspects.

An Unmentionable Murder

Meet Elizabeth Hartleigh Compton. She’s the house rich, money poor keeper of the manor and keeper of the peace…
In World War II England, the quiet village of Sitting Marsh is faced with food rations and fear for loved ones. But Elizabeth Hartleigh Compton, lady of the Manor House, stubbornly insists that life must go on. Sitting Marsh residents depend on Elizabeth to make sure things go smoothly. Which means everything from sorting out gossip to solving the occasional murder…
In the thick of the Allied invasion, Elizabeth is sick with worry for Major Earl Monroe. To make matters worse, people and things keep going missing from the manor namely Martin, the elderly butler, and ladies knickers from the washing line. Before Elizabeth can track either down, a man is found shot dead. Few will miss bad tempered Clyde Morgan, and the police are ready to call it a suicide. But Elizabeth’s not so sure

High Marks for Murder

Meet Headmistress and sometime sleuth Meredith Llewellyn of Bellehaven House, a finishing school for girls.

It’s the height of elegance, the seat of sophistication, the scene of murder?

Teacher Kathleen Duncan was killed in the school garden at night. Judging by a bloody branch, Miss Meredith Llewellyn assumes it was an accident, until she learns that the limb didn t break off it was neatly sawn.

But as she searches for a killer, Meredith wonders if her eyes are playing tricks on her. How else can she explain her foggy images of Kathleen pointing to the flowerbeds? Without the help of the lazy constable or her petrified teachers, Meredith will have to find a link between flowers and the killing, take heed of her own safety, and get an education in murder.

Finished Off

A little girl ghost wants to be reunited with her family. Pained, Headmistress Meredith Llewellyn investigates the child’s parents deaths, but she soon grows wary of snooping. For a lady never goes anywhere uninvited.

Murder Has No Class

A headmistress gets a primer in murder in the third Bellehaven House mystery. Lord Stalham has claimed innocence in the murder of his father, even after they’ve hanged him. Now Stalham’s ghost is haunting Meredith Llewellyn. The headmistress needs her sleep, so she sets out for the truth and discovers a high society scandal.

Gambler’s Gold (As: Doreen Roberts)

Leanne Coulton needed help. Her brother was missing somewhere in Oregon’s Blue Mountains, and the last person to see him alive was a cynical, rugged tavern owner who seemed determined to make her life miserable. The minute Nick Garrett set his eyes on Leanne, he smelled trouble. The kind of trouble he d buried himself in the backwoods to escape. He felt obligated to help her, however, and sure enough trouble followed in the shape of evil thugs, a ruthless villain, and most dangerous of all, a longing for Leanne that he was helpless to deny.

Forbidden Jade (As: Doreen Roberts)

Hilary Barlowe had traveled to Thailand to honor her father’s dying wish to bring back a priceless jade scorpion to an American museum. The last thing she expected was to become involved with a merciless criminal, and an equally ruthless U.S. Agent hot on his trail. Simon King had one goal, to bring down the drug lord he d been chasing for years. Hilary Barlowe was getting in his way, in his face, and much to his surprise, in his heart. Danger surrounded them at every turn, while Hilary fueled his flames like no other woman he d met, until deep in the heart of the jungle, his burning need for her became impossible to ignore.

Threat of Exposure (As: Doreen Roberts)

Eden Granger had fled to Oregon to escape the nightmares that haunted her. All she wanted was privacy, and the nosy reporter bugging her was pushing all the wrong buttons. Yet there was something about him she couldn t resist, even though she knew that allowing him any closer could put her in danger. Cade Warner needed information, and he was willing to do anything to get it. Even if it meant exposing his heart and soul to a woman who d buried the past. As caring exploded into passion, Eden’s memory began to resurface, plunging them both into a deadly game against a lethal enemy. ! D ‘mb’,’ u003c/p u003e n u003cp u003e u003c/p u003e n u003cp u003e u003c/p u003e n u003cp u003eIN A STRANGER S EYES u003c/p u003e n u003cp u003e u003c/p u003e n u003cp u003eDuke Winters survived a deadly car wreck, thanks to the surgeons who reconstructed his face. His recovery was kept top secret, for only he could find the murderers who had staged the accident that killed his partner. Now changed beyond recognition, he must earn the trust of his partner s widow, for she had the information he needed, information she would never give him if she recognized him. u003c/p u003e n u003cp u003e u003c/p u003e n u003cp u003eCarol Everett had moved to London to forget the late husband she d hated, and his partner, whom she d despised. The stranger made her feel things she never dreamed she could feel, yet there was something about him that disturbed her. Then danger struck, threatening their lives, and she had to trust the stranger with eyes that reminded her of everything she d sworn to leave behind. u003c/p u003e n u003cp u003e u003c/p u003e n u003cp u003e u003c/p u003e n u003cp u003eFORBIDDEN JADE u003c/p u003e n u003cp u003e u003c/p u003e n u003cp u003eHilary Barlowe had traveled to Thailand to honor her father s dying wish to bring back a priceless jade scorpion to an American museum. The last thing she expected was to become involved with a merciless criminal, and an equally ruthless U.S. agent hot on his trail. u003c/p u003e n u003cp u003e u003c/p u003e n u003cp u003eSimon King had one goal, to bring down the drug lord he d been chasing for years. Hilary Barlowe was getting in his way, in his face, and much to his surprise, in his heart. Danger surrounded them at every turn, while Hilary fueled his flames like no other woman he d met, until deep in the heart of the jungle, his burning need for her became impossible to ignore. u003c/p u003e n u003cp u003e u003c/p u003e u003c/div u003e u003c/div u003e u003c/div u003e’,0 ; //

Strange Bedfellows (By:Kasey Michaels)

Forced to take shelter together from the ravages of a dangerous storm, adversaries Sean Frame, a single father, and counselor Cassandra Mercer, who has been treating Sean’s troubled young son, discover unexpected passion in each other’s arms.’

You Must Remember This (By:Marilyn Pappano)

The true identity of amnesiac ‘Martin Smith’ and his association with mayor Olivia Stuart are discovered when he helps to solve her murder. But saving Juliet Crandall from the killer is another matter. Even if he can save her life, his feelings for her will undoubtedly get in the way of his desire to leave Grand Springs behind forever. In this last title in the ’36 Hours’ series, all is revealed.

Cinderella for a Night (By:Susan Mallery)

A masquerade ball is plunged into darkness…
A woman is poisoned…
A millionaire bachelor becomes a father…
As a blackout gripped Grand Springs, Colorado, CEO Jonathan Steele was having quite a night. First, Cynthia Morgan aka ‘Cinderella’ drank poison meant for him. Then his blackmailing half brother and sister in law were murdered, leavign Jonathan with his newborn baby nephew. In thirty six hours, Jonathan’s life had changed forever. Then grateful to be alive Cynthia offered to move into his home as a temporary nanny, a series challenge to Jonathan’s bachelorhood…

Lightning Strikes (By:)

While a blackout paralyzes Grand Springs, Colorado, Vanderbilt Memorial ER physician Noah Howell is thrown together with Dr. Amanda Jennings, the woman from whom he once walked away, as they struggle to save lives and, in the process, uncover old secrets and reignite the flames of romance.’

Murder, They Wrote

A collection of eighteen short mysteries includes Nancy Pickard’s ‘The Potluck Supper Murders,’ Jane Dentiger’s ‘The Last of Laura Dane,’ and ‘Deeply Dead’ by Charlaine Harris.