Emily Brightwell Books in Order
Emily Brightwell has written 46 books, published between 1990 and 2023. The first book is Kindred Spirits (1990) and the newest is Mrs. Jeffries Aims to Win (2023). Publication order is the reading order below. 41 of the 46 books listed here are in the Mrs. Jeffries series, which has its own page: Mrs. Jeffries books in order.
- Books
- 46
- Published
- 1990–2023
- Confirmed
- 46 of 46 titles
- Pages on record
- 9,894 in 42 of 46 books
- Reading time
- 165–247 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 9,894 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 42 of 46 titles with a page count on record.
Emily Brightwell is one of the pseudonyms of Cheryl Arguile, an American writer born November 10, 1948 in Richwood, West Virginia, who also writes as Cheryl Lanham and Sarah Temple. The Mrs. Jeffries mysteries run from The Ghost and Mrs. Jeffries and The Inspector and Mrs. Jeffries (1993) to Mrs. Jeffries Aims to Win (2023). Subjects include women household employees, Gerald Witherspoon, the Metropolitan Police and murder investigation in Great Britain. The 46 listed books begin with Kindred Spirits (1990), and a Dear Diary series also appears.
How many Emily Brightwell books are there?
Emily Brightwell has 46 books, released between 1990 and 2023. They include 2 separate series.
Emily Brightwell Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 46 Emily Brightwell books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 119902533/4
- 219912533/4
- 31992–3/4
- 419931813/4
- 519931843/4
- 619931983/4
- 7199413/4
- 819942003/4
- 91995–3/4
- 1019952403/4
- 1119962003/4
- 12199613/4
- 1319962243/4
- 1419972243/4
- 1519972593/4
- 161998–3/4
- 1719982273/4
- 1819991983/4
- 1920001853/4
- 2020002143/4
- 2120011973/4
- 2220031973/4
- 2320042153/4
- 2420042153/4
- 2520052343/4
- 2620062243/4
- 2720062403/4
- 2820072633/4
- 2920082563/4
- 3020092603/4
- 3120092883/4
- 3220102903/4
- 3320112943/4
- 3420112723/4
- 3520122943/4
- 3620132953/4
- 3720132773/4
- 3820142943/4
- 3920162923/4
- 4020172893/4
- 4120172823/4
- 4220192883/4
- 432019–3/4
- 4420202883/4
- 4520213043/4
- 4620233043/4
Emily Brightwell series in order
The series linked below has its own reading-order page.
- Mrs. Jeffries books in order 41 books
Emily Brightwell books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.
Emily Brightwell Standalone Novels
3 books3 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Dear Diary in order
2 books- 1. Remember Me
- 2. Dying Young
Emily Brightwell Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Emily Brightwell books run from Kindred Spirits (1990) to Mrs. Jeffries Aims to Win (2023), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Emily Brightwell in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Emily Brightwell books in order?
You only need to read Emily Brightwell books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
Where to start with Emily Brightwell
Start with The Inspector and Mrs. Jeffries (1993), the first Mrs. Jeffries book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Kindred Spirits (1990).
What is the newest Emily Brightwell book?
Mrs. Jeffries Aims to Win (2023) is the newest Emily Brightwell book released so far.
Is there a new Emily Brightwell book coming?
No next Emily Brightwell book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Emily Brightwell at a glance
- Paused
- No new Emily Brightwell title has appeared for 3 years. The last was published in 2023.
- Release pace
- Emily Brightwell books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 9,894 pages across the 42 of 46 books with a recorded length, a median of 246 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Emily Brightwell books, 18 of 46, were published in the 1990s.
What the Emily Brightwell books are about
43 of the 46 Emily Brightwell books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: mrs. jeffries (fictitious character) is tagged on 29 of 43. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Mrs. Jeffries (Fictitious character) 29 of 43 books
- Gerald Witherspoon (Fictitious character) 21 of 43 books
- Police 19 of 43 books
- Women household employees 14 of 43 books
- Great Britain 13 of 43 books
- Women domestics 12 of 43 books
- Great Britain. Metropolitan Police Office 11 of 43 books
- Jeffries, mrs. (fictitious character) 11 of 43 books
- Murder 11 of 43 books
- Investigation 9 of 43 books
- Mystery & detective, women sleuths 8 of 43 books
- Mystery & detective 7 of 43 books