Tasha Alexander

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  • Bibliography:
    24 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    October 2005
  • Latest Book:
    September 2024
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About the Author

Tasha Alexander attended the University of Notre Dame, where she signed on as an English major in order to have a legitimate excuse for spending all her time reading. Following graduation, she played nomad for several years, she lived in Amsterdam, London, Wyoming, Vermont, Connecticut and Tennessee before settling with her husband, the also writer Andrew Grant, in Chicago. When not reading, she can be found hard at work on her next novel.

Full Series List in Order

A Lady Emily Mystery

1 - And Only to Deceive (Oct-2005)
2 - A Poisoned Season (Apr-2007)
3 - A Fatal Waltz (Jun-2008)
4 - Tears of Pearl (Sep-2009)
5 - Dangerous to Know (Nov-2010)
6 - A Crimson Warning (Nov-2011)
7 - Death in the Floating City (Oct-2012)
8 - Behind the Shattered Glass (Oct-2013)
9 - The Counterfeit Heiress (Oct-2014)
9.5 - Star of the East (Oct-2014)
10 - The Adventuress (Oct-2015)
10.5 - That Silent Night (Oct-2015)
11 - A Terrible Beauty (Oct-2016)
12 - Death in St. Petersburg (Oct-2017)
12.5 - Amid the Winter's Snow (Oct-2018)
13 - Uneasy Lies the Crown (Nov-2018)
13.5 - Upon the Midnight Clear (Nov-2019)
14 - In the Shadow of Vesuvius (Jan-2020)
15 - The Dark Heart of Florence (Mar-2021)
16 - Secrets of the Nile (Oct-2022)
17 - A Cold Highland Wind (Oct-2023)
18 - Death by Misadventure (Sep-2024)

Book List in Order: 24 titles

  • And Only to Deceive

    A Lady Emily Mystery - 1

    Emily agreed to wed Philip, the Viscount Ashton, primarily to escape her overbearing mother. Philip's death while on safari soon after their wedding left Emily feeling little grief, for she barely knew the dashing stranger. But her discovery of hi...

  • A Poisoned Season

    A Lady Emily Mystery - 2

    London's social season is in full swing, and the Victorian aristocracy can't stop whispering about a certain gentleman who claims to be the direct descendant of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. But he's not the only topic of wagging tongues. Drawing r...

  • Elizabeth: The Golden Age

    The Elizabethan Age was a time of war, passion, and spectacular power. The Virgin Queen battled foes, lovers, and even her own sister, making an indelible mark on her beloved England and the rest of the world. THE GOLDEN AGE is the sequel to the 1998...

  • A Fatal Waltz

    A Lady Emily Mystery - 3

    At her friend Ivy's behest, Emily reluctantly agrees to attend a party at the sprawling English country estate of Lord Fortescue, a man she finds as odious as he is powerful. But if Emily is expecting Lord Fortescue to be the greatest of her problems...

  • Tears of Pearl

    A Lady Emily Mystery - 4

    Looking forward to the joys of connubial bliss, newlyweds Lady Emily and Colin Hargreaves set out toward Turkey for an exotic honeymoon. But on their first night in the city, a harem girl is found murdered -- strangled in the courtyard of the Sultan'...

  • Dangerous to Know

    A Lady Emily Mystery - 5

    Set in the lush countryside of Normandy, France, this new novel of suspense featuring Lady Emily Hargreaves is filled with intrigue, romance, mysterious deaths, and madness. Returning from her honeymoon with Colin Hargreaves and a near brush with ...

  • A Crimson Warning

    A Lady Emily Mystery - 6

    Secrets prove deadly in this new novel from Tasha Alexander featuring Lady Emily Hargreaves. Some very prominent people in London are waking up to find their doorsteps smeared with red paint, the precursor to the revelation of a dark secret -- and ...

  • Death in the Floating City

    A Lady Emily Mystery - 7

    Years ago, Emily's childhood nemesis, Emma Callum, scandalized polite society when she eloped with an Italian count. But now her father-in-law lies murdered, and her husband has fled, making him the prime suspect. Alone in her empty palazzo, there's ...

  • Behind the Shattered Glass

    A Lady Emily Mystery - 8

    A ruined abbey on a beautiful estate in Derbyshire, a murdered peer, and a most unlikely romance make "New York Times" bestseller Tasha Alexander's new novel "Behind the Shattered Glass "absolutely irresistible Anglemore Park is the ancestral hom...



  • The Counterfeit Heiress

    A Lady Emily Mystery - 9

    After an odd encounter at a grand masquerade ball, Lady Emily becomes embroiled in the murder investigation of one of the guests, a sometime actress trying to pass herself off as the mysterious heiress and world traveler Estella Lamar. Each small dis...

  • Star of the East

    A Lady Emily Mystery - 9.5

    From New York Times bestselling author Tasha Alexander comes STAR OF THE EAST, a Lady Emily holiday story that will enchant readers and keep them guessing until the very last page...Emily and Colin Hargreaves make it a rule to spend as little time as...

  • The Adventuress

    A Lady Emily Mystery - 10

    Emily and husband Colin have come to the French Riviera for what should be a joyous occasion - the engagement party of her lifelong friend Jeremy, Duke of Bainbridge, and Amity Wells, an American heiress. But the merrymaking is cut short with the sho...

  • That Silent Night

    A Lady Emily Mystery - 10.5

    'Tis the season for murder, mayhem, and mistletoe across the pond from New York Times bestselling author Tasha AlexanderIn this new short story from Tasha Alexander, Lady Emily -- called "Victorian London's most colorful and delightfully eccentric sl...

  • A Terrible Beauty

    A Lady Emily Mystery - 11

    In this gripping new novel in the New York Times bestselling series, Lady Emily travels to Greece where a ghost from her past returns to haunt her amid the ruins. On a quest to distract her lifelong friend Jeremy from his recent heartbreak, Lady E...

  • Death in St. Petersburg

    A Lady Emily Mystery - 12

    From New York Times bestselling author Tasha Alexander comes the latest installment in the Lady Emily series. Death in St. Petersburg is a gripping new tale that will mesmerize fans of historical fiction and classic mysteries alike. After the fina...

  • Christmas Magic

    For readers of A Dog Named Christmas and The 13th Gift comes a story that will touch the hearts of anyone who has struggled to keep the Christmas Spirit in the face of an increasingly materialistic world.

    Bobby and Susan Thompson should have b...

  • Amid the Winter's Snow

    A Lady Emily Mystery - 12.5

    In Amid the Winter's Snow, an uplifting Christmas story in Tasha Alexander’s acclaimed series, Lady Emily and her husband Colin take on a case that proves the enduring power of love. Emily and Colin Hargreaves are looking forward to nothing more th...

  • Uneasy Lies the Crown

    A Lady Emily Mystery - 13

    Lady Emily and her husband Colin must stop a serial killer whose sights may be set on the new king, Edward VII. On her deathbed, Queen Victoria asks to speak privately with trusted agent of the Crown, Colin Hargreaves, and slips him a letter with ...

  • Upon the Midnight Clear

    A Lady Emily Mystery - 13.5

    In UPON THE MIDNIGHT CLEAR, a heartwarming new Christmas short story featuring Tasha Alexander's beloved Victorian sleuth, Lady Emily and her husband, Colin, discover a clue in a Christmas cracker that leads to a true holiday miracle.While most of Lo...



  • In the Shadow of Vesuvius

    A Lady Emily Mystery - 14

    In skillfully intertwined storylines from the dawn of the twentieth century and the heyday of the Roman Empire, Tasha Alexander's In the Shadow of Vesuvius, the latest installment to her bestselling series, brings Lady Emily and her husband to Po...

  • The Dark Heart of Florence

    A Lady Emily Mystery - 15

    In the next Lady Emily Mystery, The Dark Heart of Florence, critically acclaimed author Tasha Alexander transports readers to the legendary city of Florence, where Lady Emily and Colin must solve a murder with clues leading back to the time of the Me...

  • Secrets of the Nile

    A Lady Emily Mystery - 16

    In a brilliant homage to Agatha Christie, critically acclaimed author Tasha Alexander sends Lady Emily to Egypt during British colonial rule to investigate a crime that leads back to the era of the Pharaohs.In Secrets of the Nile, Lady Emily and her ...

  • A Cold Highland Wind

    A Lady Emily Mystery - 17

    In this new installment of Tasha Alexander’s acclaimed Lady Emily series set in the wild Scottish highlands, an ancient story of witchcraft may hold the key to solving a murder centuries later.In the summer of 1905, Lady Emily, husband Colin Hargre...

  • Death by Misadventure

    A Lady Emily Mystery - 18

    In the latest installment of Tasha Alexander’s New York Times bestselling series, Lady Emily must solve a string of high stakes “accidents” while trapped in a lavish villa in the Bavarian Alps.In the winter of 1906, Lady Emily and husband Colin...

Award-Winning Books by Tasha Alexander

The Counterfeit Heiress
2014 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Historical Mystery


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Tasha Alexander has published 24 books.

The next book by Tasha Alexander, Death by Misadventure, will be published in September 2024.

The first book by Tasha Alexander, And Only to Deceive, was published in October 2005.

Yes. Tasha Alexander has 1 series.
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