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Lady Emily Books in Order

Lady Emily by Tasha Alexander contains 25 books, published between 2005 and 2026. The first book is And Only to Deceive (2005) and the newest is Murder on the Sacred River (2026). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
25
Published
2005–2026
Confirmed
25 of 25 titles
Pages on record
4,530 in 15 of 25 books
Reading time
76–113 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 4,530 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 15 of 25 titles with a page count on record.

See all 25 books in order Printable Lady Emily checklist

Lady Emily Ashton is the detective of Tasha Alexander's historical mystery series, moving through aristocratic English society. And Only to Deceive (2005) opens a run of 25 books that reaches Murder on the Sacred River (2026), with A Poisoned Season, A Fatal Waltz and Tears of Pearl early in the sequence. Murder, heiresses and upper class social life fill the subject tags.

How many Lady Emily books are there?

Lady Emily has 25 books, released between 2005 and 2026.

Lady Emily Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 25 Lady Emily 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 And Only to Deceive by Tasha Alexander, book 1 of the Lady Emily series (2005)
  2. Cover of A Poisoned Season by Tasha Alexander, book 2 of the Lady Emily series (2007)
  3. Cover of A Fatal Waltz by Tasha Alexander, book 3 of the Lady Emily series (2008)
  4. Cover of Tears of Pearl by Tasha Alexander, book 4 of the Lady Emily series (2009)
  5. Cover of Dangerous to Know by Tasha Alexander, book 5 of the Lady Emily series (2010)
  6. Cover of Death in the Floating City by Tasha Alexander, book 7 of the Lady Emily series (2012)
  7. Cover of Behind the Shattered Glass by Tasha Alexander, book 8 of the Lady Emily series (2013)
  8. Cover of The Counterfeit Heiress by Tasha Alexander, book 9 of the Lady Emily series (2014)
  9. Cover of The Adventuress by Tasha Alexander, book 11 of the Lady Emily series (2015)
  10. Cover of In the Shadow of Vesuvius by Tasha Alexander, book 19 of the Lady Emily series (2020)
  11. Cover of The Dark Heart of Florence by Tasha Alexander, book 20 of the Lady Emily series (2021)
  12. Cover of Secrets of the Nile by Tasha Alexander, book 21 of the Lady Emily series (2022)
  13. Cover of A Cold Highland Wind by Tasha Alexander, book 22 of the Lady Emily series (2023)
  14. Cover of Death by Misadventure by Tasha Alexander, book 23 of the Lady Emily series (2024)
  1. 1
    And Only to Deceive2005 · 321 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2005321
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  2. 2
    A Poisoned Season2007 · 320 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2007320
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  3. 3
    A Fatal Waltz2008 · 296 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2008296
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  4. 4
    Tears of Pearl2009 · 307 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2009307
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  5. 5
    Dangerous to Know2010 · 306 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2010306
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  6. 6
    A Crimson Warning2011 · 324 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2011324
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  7. 7
    Death in the Floating City2012 · 309 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2012309
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  8. 8
    Behind the Shattered Glass2013 · 288 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013288
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  9. 9
    The Counterfeit Heiress2014 · 292 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2014292
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  10. 10
    Star of the East2014 · confirmed 3/4
    2014–
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  11. 11
    The Adventuress2015 · 288 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2015288
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  12. 12
    That Silent Night2015 · confirmed 3/4
    2015–
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  13. 13
    A Terrible Beauty2016 · 287 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2016287
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  14. 14
    Death in St. Petersburg2017 · 288 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2017288
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  15. 15
    The Bridal Strain2018 · confirmed 3/4
    2018–
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  16. 16
    Amid the Winter's Snow2018 · confirmed 3/4
    2018–
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  17. 17
    Uneasy Lies the Crown2018 · 296 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2018296
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  18. 18
    Upon the Midnight Clear2019 · confirmed 3/4
    2019–
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  19. 19
    In the Shadow of Vesuvius2020 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2020304
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  20. 20
    The Dark Heart of Florence2021 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2021304
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  21. 21
    Secrets of the Nile2022 · confirmed 3/4
    2022–
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  22. 22
    A Cold Highland Wind2023 · confirmed 3/4
    2023–
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  23. 23
    Death by Misadventure2024 · confirmed 3/4
    2024–
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  24. 24
    The Sisterhood2025 · confirmed 3/4
    2025–
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  25. 25
    Murder on the Sacred River2026 · confirmed 3/4
    2026–
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Is there a chronological order for Lady Emily?

No separate chronological order is on record for Lady Emily, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read Lady Emily books in order?

You should read the Lady Emily books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Lady Emily book also stands alone.

Where to start with Lady Emily

Start with And Only to Deceive (2005), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Lady Emily book?

Murder on the Sacred River (2026) is the newest Lady Emily book released so far.

Is there a new Lady Emily book coming?

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

Lady Emily at a glance

Still running
Lady Emily is still running, with a title published as recently as 2026.
Release pace
Lady Emily books have appeared about one a year on average.
Length
4,530 pages across the 15 of 25 books with a recorded length, a median of 304 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Lady Emily books, 14 of 25, were published in the 2010s.

What the Lady Emily books are about

15 of the 25 Lady Emily books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: murder is tagged on 7 of 15. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Tasha Alexander

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.

Characters in the Lady Emily books

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