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Karen Charlton Books in Order

Karen Charlton has written 18 books, published between 2011 and 2025. The first book is Catching the Eagle (2011) and the newest is The Poisoned Quill (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
18
Published
2011–2025
Pages on record
1,591 in 5 of 18 books
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Historical crime is Karen Charlton's field, with London among the settings and murder investigation the standing subject. The Detective Lavender Mysteries are the main sequence, joined by the York Ladies' Detective Agency Mysteries and Regency Reivers. Eighteen books are catalogued from Catching the Eagle (2011) to The Poisoned Quill (2025), among them The Missing Heiress (2012), The Sans Pareil Mystery (2015), The Sculthorpe Murder (2016) and Murder in Park Lane (2019).

How many Karen Charlton books are there?

Karen Charlton has 18 books, released between 2011 and 2025. They include 3 series and 1 title listed outside any series.

Karen Charlton Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 18 Karen Charlton 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.

  1. Cover of Catching the Eagle by Karen Charlton, book 1 of the Regency Reivers series (2011)
  2. Cover of The Missing Heiress / The Heiress of Linn Hagh by Karen Charlton, book 1 of the Detective Lavender Mysteries series
  3. Cover of The Sans Pareil Mystery by Karen Charlton, book 4 of the Detective Lavender Mysteries series (2015)
  4. Cover of Plague Pits & River Bones by Karen Charlton, book 6 of the Detective Lavender Mysteries series (2018)
  5. Cover of Murder in Park Lane by Karen Charlton, book 7 of the Detective Lavender Mysteries series (2019)
  1. 1
    Catching the EagleRegency Reivers #12011 · 280 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2011280
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  2. 2
    Seeking Our Eagle2012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  3. 3
    The Missing Heiress / The Heiress of Linn HaghDetective Lavender Mysteries #12012 · 325 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012325
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  4. 4
    February 1809Regency Reivers #22012 · confirmed 2/4
    2012–
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  5. 5
    The Mystery of the Skelton DiamondsDetective Lavender Mysteries #22014 · confirmed 2/4
    2014–
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  6. 6
    The Piccadilly PickpocketDetective Lavender Mysteries #32015 · confirmed 2/4
    2015–
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  7. 7
    The Sans Pareil MysteryDetective Lavender Mysteries #42015 · 322 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2015322
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  8. 8
    The Sculthorpe MurderDetective Lavender Mysteries #52016 · confirmed 2/4
    2016–
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  9. 9
    Plague Pits & River BonesDetective Lavender Mysteries #62018 · 348 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2018348
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  10. 10
    Murder in Park LaneDetective Lavender Mysteries #72019 · 316 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2019316
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  11. 11
    The Death of Irish NellDetective Lavender Mysteries #82019 · confirmed 2/4
    2019–
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  12. 12
    The Willow Marsh MurderDetective Lavender Mysteries #92020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
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  13. 13
    Death at the Frost FairDetective Lavender Mysteries #102020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
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  14. 14
    The Mystery of Mad Alice LaneYork Ladies' Detective Agency Mysteries #12022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
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  15. 15
    Smoke & Cracked MirrorsYork Ladies' Detective Agency Mysteries #22022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
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  16. 16
    Dancing With Dusty FossilsYork Ladies' Detective Agency Mysteries #32022 · confirmed 2/4
    2022–
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  17. 17
    The Resurrection MysteryDetective Lavender Mysteries #112024 · confirmed 2/4
    2024–
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  18. 18
    The Poisoned QuillDetective Lavender Mysteries #122025 · confirmed 2/4
    2025–
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Karen Charlton characters in order

The character linked below has its own reading-order page.

Karen Charlton 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.

Detective Lavender Mysteries in order

12 books
  1. 1. The Missing Heiress / The Heiress of Linn Hagh
  2. 2. The Mystery of the Skelton Diamonds
  3. 3. The Piccadilly Pickpocket
  4. 4. The Sans Pareil Mystery
  5. 5. The Sculthorpe Murder
  6. 6. Plague Pits & River Bones
  7. 7. Murder in Park Lane
  8. 8. The Death of Irish Nell
  9. 9. The Willow Marsh Murder
  10. 10. Death at the Frost Fair
  11. 11. The Resurrection Mystery
  12. 12. The Poisoned Quill

York Ladies' Detective Agency Mysteries in order

3 books
  1. 1. The Mystery of Mad Alice Lane
  2. 2. Smoke & Cracked Mirrors
  3. 3. Dancing With Dusty Fossils

Regency Reivers in order

2 books
  1. 1. Catching the Eagle
  2. 2. February 1809

Standalone books

1 book

1 Karen Charlton title here is not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Karen Charlton books in order?

You only need to read Karen Charlton books in order within each series: the books listed here span 3 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with Karen Charlton

Start with The Missing Heiress / The Heiress of Linn Hagh (2012), the first Detective Lavender Mystery book. The earliest catalogued title overall is Catching the Eagle (2011).

What is the newest Karen Charlton book?

The Poisoned Quill (2025) is the newest Karen Charlton book released so far.

Is there a new Karen Charlton book coming?

No next Karen Charlton book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Karen Charlton at a glance

Still publishing
Karen Charlton published a book as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Karen Charlton books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
1,591 pages across the 5 of 18 books with a recorded length, a median of 322 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Karen Charlton books, 11 of 18, were published in the 2010s.

What the Karen Charlton books are about

3 of the 18 Karen Charlton books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.