Tessa Arlen Books in Order
Tessa Arlen has written 8 books, published between 2015 and 2022. The first book is Death of a Dishonorable Gentleman (2015) and the newest is A Dress of Violet Taffeta (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 8
- Published
- 2015–2022
- Pages on record
- 1,939 in 6 of 8 books
- Reading time
- 32–48 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,939 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 8 titles with a page count on record.
Tessa Arlen writes historical mystery in upper-class England, across two series: the Lady Montfort Mysteries and the Woman of WWII Mysteries. The 8 catalogued books open with Death of a Dishonorable Gentleman (2015), take in Death Sits Down to Dinner (2016), Death of an Unsung Hero (2018) and the two Poppy Redfern novels of 2019 and 2020, and close with In Royal Service to the Queen (2021) and A Dress of Violet Taffeta (2022). Countesses, London and murder investigation recur.
How many Tessa Arlen books are there?
Tessa Arlen has 8 books, released between 2015 and 2022. They include 2 series and 2 titles listed outside any series.
Tessa Arlen Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 8 Tessa Arlen 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.
- 120153101/4
- 220163181/4
- 320173211/4
- 420183021/4
- 52019–1/4
- 620203201/4
- 7In Royal Service to the Queen2021 · 368 pages · confirmed 1/420213681/4
- 8A Dress of Violet Taffeta2022 · confirmed 1/42022–1/4
Tessa Arlen 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.
Lady Montfort Mystery in order
4 booksA Woman of WWII Mystery in order
2 booksStandalone books
2 books2 Tessa Arlen titles here are not listed as part of any series.
Do you have to read Tessa Arlen books in order?
You only need to read Tessa Arlen 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 Tessa Arlen
Start with Death of a Dishonorable Gentleman (2015), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Tessa Arlen book?
A Dress of Violet Taffeta (2022) is the newest Tessa Arlen book released so far.
Is there a new Tessa Arlen book coming?
No next Tessa Arlen book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Tessa Arlen at a glance
- Paused
- No new Tessa Arlen title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
- Release pace
- Tessa Arlen books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 1,939 pages across the 6 of 8 books with a recorded length, a median of 319 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Tessa Arlen books, 5 of 8, were published in the 2010s.
What the Tessa Arlen books are about
7 of the 8 Tessa Arlen books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: countesses is tagged on 4 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Countesses 4 of 7 books
- American literature 3 of 7 books
- History 3 of 7 books
- Investigation 3 of 7 books
- Murder 3 of 7 books
- Upper class 3 of 7 books
- England 2 of 7 books
- Mystery & detective, historical 2 of 7 books