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  • Bibliography:
    9 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 2015
  • Latest Book:
    July 2022
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Full Series List in Order

Lady Montfort

1 - Death of a Dishonorable Gentleman (Jan-2015)
2 - Death Sits Down to Dinner (Apr-2016)
3 - A Death by Any Other Name (Mar-2017)
4 - Death of an Unsung Hero (Mar-2018)

A Woman of WWII Mystery

1 - Poppy Redfern and the Midnight Murders (Nov-2019)
2 - Poppy Redfern and the Fatal Flyers (Dec-2020)

Book List in Order: 9 titles



  • Lady Montfort has been planning her annual summer costume ball for months with scrupulous care. Pulling together the food, flowers and a thousand other details for one of the most significant social occasions of the year is her happily accepted respo...



  • Filled with deceptions both real and imagined, Death Sits Down to Dinner is a delightful Edwardian mystery set in London. Lady Montfort is thrilled to receive an invitation to a dinner party hosted by her close friend Hermione Kingsley, the patron...



  • A Death by Any Other Name is a delightful Edwardian mystery set in the English countryside. Building on the success of her last two mysteries in the same series, Tessa Arlen returns us to the same universe full of secrets, intrigue, and, this time, r...



  • In 1916, the world is at war and the energetic Lady Montfort has persuaded her husband to offer his family’s dower house to the War Office as an auxiliary hospital for officers recovering from shell-shock with their redoubtable housekeeper Mrs. Jac...



  • Charming and feisty Poppy Redfern stumbles into murder in this exciting new World War II historical mystery series from critically acclaimed author Tessa Arlen. Summer 1942. The world has been at war for three long and desperate years. In the ...



  • “You’ll love this character so much, you’ll want her as your best friend.” -- Alyssa Maxwell, author of the Gilded Newport Mysteries and a Lady and Lady’s Maid MysteriesPoppy Redfern is back on the case when two female fighter pilots take a...





  • Now a USA TODAY Bestseller!“Engrossing. Fans of The Crown will devour this.”--Publishers WeeklyThe revealing story of Queen Elizabeth II's beloved governess, Marion Crawford, who spent more than sixteen years of her life in loyal service to the r...



  • A sumptuous novel based on the fascinating true story of La Belle Époque icon Lucy, Lady Duff Gordon, who shattered the boundaries of fashion with her magnificently sensual and enchantingly unique design from the USA Today bestselling author of In R...





Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Tessa Arlen has published 9 books.

Tessa Arlen does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, A Dress of Violet Taffeta, was published in July 2022.

The first book by Tessa Arlen, Death of a Dishonorable Gentleman, was published in January 2015.

Yes. Tessa Arlen has 2 series.