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  • Bibliography:
    8 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    March 2008
  • Latest Book:
    October 2023
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Full Series List in Order

Myrtle Hardcastle Mystery

1 - Premeditated Myrtle (Sep-2020)
2 - How to Get Away with Myrtle (Sep-2020)
3 - Cold-Blooded Myrtle (Oct-2021)
4 - In Myrtle Peril (Oct-2022)

Multi-Author Series List

Fairytale Retellings: Rumpelstiltskin

A Curse Dark as Gold (Mar-2008)

Book List in Order: 8 titles



  • “In this slow-simmering but rewarding retelling, first-novelist Bunce presents an innovative interpretation of Rumpelstiltskin.” -- Horn BookWinner of the William C. Morris Award for a Young Adult DebutAn ALA Best Book for Young AdultsA Smithson...



  • In a glamorous castle full of Llyvraneth's elite, Celyn Contrare serves as a lady-in-waiting to shy young Merista Nemair. Her days are spent dressing in velvet, attending Lady Merista, navigating court gossip, and charming noblemen over lavish feasts...



  • As a pickpocket, Digger expects to spend a night in jail every now and then. But she doesn't expect to find Lord Durrel Decath there as well--or to hear he's soon to be executed for killing his wife. Durrel once saved Digger's life, and when she g...



  • An Edgar® Award Winning SeriesBefore the train has left the station, Victorian England’s most accomplished new detective already is on a suspect’s trail, and readers will be delighted to travel along.   Myrtle Hardcastle has no desire to g...



  • A 2021 Edgar® Award Winner, Best JuvenileA BookPage Best Book of 2020: Middle GradeA Mighty Girl's 2020 Books of the YearIntroducing Myrtle Hardcastle, your favorite new amateur detective: a wickedly smart twelve-year-old with a keen ...



  • An Edgar® Award Winning SeriesMyrtle Hardcastle -- twelve-year-old Young Lady of Quality and Victorian amateur detective -- is back on the case, solving a string of bizarre murders in her hometown of Swinburne and picking up right where she left off...



  • An Edgar® Award Winning Series A cold case. A missing heiress. And a murder in plain sight. But . . . where is the body? When a mysterious girl attempts to stake her claim to the Snowcroft family fortune, Myrtle Hardcastle’s father, a lawyer, is a...



  • An Edgar® Award Winning Series In the fifth book of the award-winning mystery series, Myrtle Hardcastle uncovers a string of murders during a treasure hunt on a haunted Scottish estate. When her governess inherits an estate on a Scottish island, ama...




Award-Winning Books by Elizabeth C. Bunce

A Curse Dark as Gold
2009 William C. Morris YA Debut Award -- Young Adult Literature
Premeditated Myrtle
2021 Edgar Allan Poe Award -- Juvenile


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Elizabeth C. Bunce has published 8 books.

Elizabeth C. Bunce does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Myrtle, Means, and Opportunity, was published in October 2023.

The first book by Elizabeth C. Bunce, A Curse Dark as Gold, was published in March 2008.

Yes. Elizabeth C. Bunce has 1 series.