Sarah J. Waldock

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  • Bibliography:
    54 Books
  • First Book:
    September 2011
  • Latest Book:
    December 2018
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Book List in Order: 54 titles

  • Poison for a Poison Tongue

    Renaissance artist, Roberto Robertini, and his young apprentice Felicia, are forced to leave Florence in a hurry. They think themselves lucky to find passage on a ship bound for England, unintentionally becoming passengers number 12 - and unlucky 13....

  • Death of a Fop

    This is a tribute to Jane Austen; after the events of her 'Emma', though the main protagonists might live happily ever after, Jane Fairfax Churchill expected an idyllic marriage with Frank Churchill. Unfortunately for her, the humiliating games he pl...

  • Tabitha Tabs the Farm Kitten

    The story of a kitten as she discovers the world about her on the farm where she was born, and the educational tales of her adventures with her friends. Tabitha learns about the wonders of wildlife and the dangers of disobedience and the joys of frie...

  • William Price and the 'Thrush'

    Inspired by Jane Austen's 'Mansfield Park' this introduces William Price, just promoted to Lieutenant, who finds his new commission places him on a ship sailing under sealed orders and a potentially mutinous crew....

  • Jane and the Bow Street Runner

    Being a sequel to 'Death of a Fop' this book consists of three novellas following Jane Fairfax-Churchill in her avocation as a consultant to Bow Street and solver of crimes alongside Bow Street Runner Caleb Armitage....

  • The Mary Rose Mystery

    Following the adventure aboard ship in [i]Poison for a Poison Tongue[/i], Artists Robin and Felicia meet Robin's old friend Thomas Wolsey, who has a problem - a missing ambassador. The fate of the ambassador precipitates the pair into a dangerous sea...

  • Vanities and Vexations

    This is a sequel to Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice'. When Mr and Mrs Fitzwilliam Darcy decide to bring Georgiana out, Kitty and Mary are also to come to London with them. A wary peace with Lady Catherine means that Anne de Bourgh strikes up an un...

  • Cousin Prudence

    When Emma Knightley discovers that her father's sister made a misalliance with a weaver, and that this Mr Blenkinsop is asking his late wife's family to bring his daughter Prudence into society, it is something of a shock. Prudence is a surprise when...

  • Died True Blue

    When Artist Robin and his apprentice Felicia travel to Lavenham in Suffolk with Mary and Roger Pettiman, pledged to paint a betrothal picture of the younger Roger and his bride, the last thing they expect is to be thrown into an investigation of the ...



  • Frauds, Fools and Fairies

    There are strangers in Lavenham. The curate is stuck down with a blow to the back of his head, and though many feel that his wits could be hardly more addled, he has been rendered unconscious. And the gold and garnet communion chalice is missing. Rob...

  • Jane and the Opera Dancer

    This is the third book about Jane Fairfax, now Mrs Armitage. Jane receives a letter from an old school friend, who is the pensioner of wealthy man, who has the task of turning her patron's chosen bride into a lady. When the said patron is murdered, s...

  • Bishop of Brangling

    A boy bishop is chosen in Lavenham, and in Mary Pettiman's assessment, 'Bishop o' Satan' is a fair description. Mark Fosser blackmails his neighbours with cheerful ecumenism, and when he turns up dead, the suspects might be considered to include most...

  • A School for Ordinary Princesses

    This is a sequel to Frances Hodgson Burnett's 'A Little Princess', and explores what could have happened next if Sara Crewe decided that it would be fun to have a school with all her friends. And of course, there are always new friends to be made Th...

  • Friends and Fortunes

    When Hermione and Virgilia Chalcote suddenly find themselves to be heiresses, Hermione is able to look forward to coming out for the Season with her friend Julia Avery, whose younger sister Octavia is of an age with Virgilia. Little do the four girls...

  • The Hazard Chase

    Having a friend like Thomas Wolsey, king's Almoner and spymaster can be a double edged matter. Felicia and Robin find themselves headed for France to discover a plot aimed at the French king, Louis XII, and the stability of France as a whole. Moreove...

  • Jane and the Christmas Masquerades

    This book comprises two novellas: 'Jane and the Vanishing Valet in which Jane and her family are invited to stay with Araminta's uncle for Christmas, only to have to discover why their host is struck down, and also what has happened to the new valet....

  • None So Blind

    Lovely but blind Penelope Eltringham’s surprise meeting with the shocking Lord Shawthorpe leads to a misunderstanding that angers both of them. Despite this poor beginning, Penelope finds herself inexplicably drawn to him. Under the aegis of her gr...

  • Heretics, Hatreds and Histories

    Felicia’s newly discovered grandfather invites her to stay at his baronial hall to meet the scions of local families at a house party. The party is interrupted by an uninvited guest, Dean Ivo Pole, a fanatic cleric looking to root out heresy . Afte...

  • Rookwood

    Precipitated by his brother’s death into the responsibility of inheriting an estate burdened by debt, Kit Rookwood considers seeking a wealthy wife in the person of his new tenant’s daughter, Marianne. His childhood friend, Nell, however, has oth...



  • The Unwilling Viscount

    formerly published as 'Rookwood' Precipitated by his brother’s death into the responsibility of inheriting an estate burdened by debt, Kit Rookwood considers seeking a wealthy wife in the person of his new tenant’s daughter, Marianne. His childho...

  • The Hasty Proposal

    Edward Brandon, angered by the mercenary attitude of the girl he had intended to marry, vows to marry the first woman who does him a kindness. This turns out to be his aunt’s young companion, Beth. Aunt Letty insists that Beth should have a season ...

  • The Midsummer Mysteries

    This is a braided novel, made up of ten linked short stories that vary in length. Robin and Felicia are spending time with Felicia's grandfather, Sir Godfrey, and discover that peaceful country life can be anything but peaceful. They solve a selectio...

  • Elinor's Endowment

    Blessed with beauty and wealth, Elinor Fairbrother believes she has not long to live, having inherited a weak heart. Elinor decides to set up a school for impoverished young ladies and collects around her the people needed to run the school once she ...

  • The Reprobate's Redemption

    Following a botched abduction in which he was wounded, Evelyn, Marquis Finchbury finds himself embroiled with the determined young runaway Imogen. Short of money but loath to get attached to a chamberpot heiress, Finchbury spurns the idea of courting...

  • Ophelia's Opportunity

    Ophelia is the oldest of the Rackham children and the death of her father means that money is short in the Rackham household. To pay for her 3 younger brothers' schooling Ophelia applies for a teaching post at Swanley Court School for impoverished yo...

  • Jane and the Hidden Hoard

    Jane and Caleb are hired to work outside London; by the rules of Bow Street ‘when a gentleman writes, the gentleman pays’. At stake is the whole livelihood of Sir Colin, a man from whose custody were stolen a number of jewels belonging to other p...

  • The Colour of Murder

    Felicia and Robin are at Richmond Palace for Robin’s investiture as a knight for services to the crown. While awaiting the king’s pleasure, Felicia and Robin mix with the artists in residence waiting to paint their patrons in honour of their inve...

  • Abigail's Adventure

    Orphan Abigail is surprised to be claimed as a relative of Mr and Mrs Heltham, a well-to-do couple from Bath. The Helthams invite Abigail to leave school and join them for the Little Season in Bath. In Bath Abigail meets Richard, the Helthams' son, w...

  • The Advertised Bride

    Unwilling to be married to a man three times her age, whom she has met only once, Dinah Caldecott appeals to her cousin Imogen for help. Dinah’s father, Sir Swithin, is a bully, who cares nothing for anything but his own wishes. Imogen suggests adv...



  • Marianne's Misanthrope

    Marianne Seagall is orphaned, with just two things to connect her to her former life. One is an autocratic cousin, who sends her to the Swanley Court School for Impoverished Gentlewomen; the other is Sir Robert Morley, who claims that he is still owe...

  • The Wandering Widow

    When Napoleon Bonaparte is exiled to Elba, widow Letty Grey takes advantage of the peace to visit France. Escorted by an old friend of her husband’s, sometime British spy, Viscount Leomer Byesby, Letty finds the trip riven with surprises from start...

  • The Pugilist Peer

    Lucius, Viscount Rokemere, is shocked to discover his late father has gambled away the family fortune, and even more shocked by the suggestion his agent makes; marry a wealthy girl. Rather than become a fortune-hunter, Lucius recruits the aid of fami...

  • Emma's Education

    ‘Emma’s Education’ and ‘Grace’s Gift’ are two romantic interlinked stories in the Charity School series. Spoilt Emma Spink is sent away to school in the hopes she will learn to behave. But the school is harsher than her father intended, a...

  • Anne's Achievement

    Anne Maplin is to spend Christmas with Ophelia Sanderville, a married friend and former governess from Swanley Court School. Anne expects to take up a post as governess to Ophelia’s stepdaughter, Lucy, in the New Year, but Ophelia has made other pl...

  • Falsehood Most Foul

    Robin, newly knighted, goes to take possession of the lands awarded to him by King Henry, which had formerly belonged to a rebel knight. Felicia is deeply suspicious of this royal gift, and her fears seem to be well-founded. The house and lands are b...

  • The Valiant Viscount

    Formerly published as 'The Pugilist Peer'. Lucius, Viscount Rokemere, is shocked to discover his late father has gambled away the family fortune, and even more shocked by the suggestion his agent makes; marry a wealthy girl. Rather than become a fort...

  • Belles and Bucks

    This is a book of eleven short stories set against the glittering background of the ‘Long’ Regency. Dashing heroes and spirited heroines meet and find love and adventure. Whimsical or winsome, artistic, horsy, or bluestocking, eleven heroines mee...

  • The Braithwaite Letters

    The fifth book in the Brandon Scandals series, this book finds Marjorie Braithwaite, sister of Dinah/Diana in a predicament. Written as an epistolary novel, Marjorie is in a coach accident which becomes a turning point in her life, and co-incidentall...

  • Falconburg Divided

    Set in a fantasy, parallel Europe, the new religion has almost supplanted magic, and driven the magical into near extinction with its new superstitions. But out on the marchlands, some embrace the way of the Christ, some ignore it, and some reject it...



  • The First Felicia Omnibus

    The first two books of the Felicia and Robin series bound together. Poison for a Poison Tongue Renaissance artist Roberto Robertini and his young apprentice Felicia are forced to leave Florence in a hurry. They think themselves lucky to find passage ...

  • Jane and the Burning Question and Other Stories

    Jane and Caleb have been settling into their home, Daisy Hall, in Essex. Their reputation for solving crimes and mysteries ensures that they will continue to have an interesting life. These continuing stories have them contending with arson, theft, f...

  • The Monkshithe Mysteries

    Felicia and Robin must settle to their new job of being lord and lady of the manor, whether that may be a matter of sorting out drains or settling feuds between two tenant families. Naturally, trouble follows the intrepid couple, from theft to kidnap...

  • Heiress in Hiding

    Madelaine Vardy, friend of Beth Brandon, fears that her mother is arranging an unpalatable marriage for her. Madelaine finds the émigré Comte de Boisvalloné repulsive and believes he is only after her inheritance. She is only weeks from reaching h...

  • The Redemption of Chauvelin

    This story follows on from the events of ‘Sir Percy hits back,’ by the Baroness Orczy After Percy and the League rescued Fleurette, only child of Armand Chauvelin, the Jacobins were overthrown, and Robespierre sent to the guillotine. Chauvelin, t...

  • The Ace of Schemes

    Toby Davenport did well out of helping his cousin, Lucius, known as Luke, Lord Rokemere, to recoup the family fortune, but he has a mind to increase his own share of what they gained. A genius at mathematics, and also filled with common sense, Toby d...

  • Jane and the Sins of Society

    Caleb Armitage, the ‘gentleman Bow Street runner’, finds that being knighted is no picnic. The Prince of Wales requires Jane and Caleb to attend the start of the season; and when an old acquaintance turns up, it appears that the prince has an ult...

  • Daisy's Destiny

    Daisy Ellis may be a blue stocking, but she had no intention of being a governess if she could support herself with investment and industry from the initial loan given by Elinor Macfarlane. Her surprise to discover that her parents had not died penni...

  • Fantasia on a house party

    This spinoff from the ‘Charity School’ series, follows from ‘Anne’s Achievement’ and includes many of the secondary characters from that book, as they mature and start to think about marriage. It has an underlying theme of music lovers, sin...

  • Libby's Luck

    With the death of Mr Everard, the Swanley Court School is short of a trustee. The Bishop of Norchester suggests his own Godson, one Lucius Belvoir, whose avocation and business are horticulture. Libby is keen to involve her girls with growing food fo...



  • The Armitage Chronicles

    By request, “The Armitage Chronicles” is a deeper look at the romances seen in the background in ‘Jane and the Sins of Society’ as well as a visit to Agnes Fanshawe, an old school friend of Jane’s, who is also mentioned in that book. This b...

  • Toll the Dead man's bells

    Robin and Felicia receive a letter from Fanny Rose, the beauty they met on the ship on which they sailed to England. Fanny wrote an impassioned plea for aid, as she has found a man who she wishes to marry, but there has been trouble. Crispin Parsons,...

  • Bess and the Dragons

    A story set in a fantasy version of the time of Good Queen Bess, in which Sir Walter Raleigh, in search of fabulous golden treasures of the Incas, found instead ... dragon eggs.Bess Marlowe and her friends enrol in a school to teach young people how ...

  • The Enterprising Emigree

    Recently-orphaned émigrée, Francine DuChesne, is happy to leave school and live with her adoptive aunts, and is disconcerted when her French cousin turns up, insisting that she write to his father, her uncle. Francine consults Viscount Kit Rookwood...

  • Wells, Wool and Wickedness

    Felicia and Robin go to Italy for the sake of the health of their adopted daughter, Pernel, but Florence is not the perfect haven Felicia remembers it from the perspective of a child. As well as social obligations, the De Curtney-Robertini family fin...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Sarah J. Waldock has published 54 books.

Sarah J. Waldock does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Wells, Wool and Wickedness, was published in December 2018.

The first book by Sarah J. Waldock, Poison for a Poison Tongue, was published in September 2011.

No. Sarah J. Waldock does not write books in series.
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