Below you will find a complete list
of published books written by Kathy Lynn Emerson
Mysteries are listed first, then historical novels, romance, nonfiction, and
children's books.
Chronological Summary of Books and Stories in the Face Down Mystery Series featuring Susanna, Lady
Appleton and the spinoff Mistress Jaffrey Mysteries
"The
Body in the Dovecote" (1552)
"Much
Ado About Murder" (1556)
Face
Down in the Marrow-Bone Pie (1559)
hardcover: St. Martin's Press, 1997
paperback: Kensington Mystery, 2000
large print: Delphi Books, 2005
"The
Rubaiyat of Nicholas Baldwin" (1559)
Face
Down Upon an Herbal (1561)
hardcover: St. Martin's Press, 1998
paperback: Kensington Mystery, 2000
large print: Delphi Books, 2006
"Lady
Appleton and the London Man" (1562)
Face
Down Among the Winchester Geese (1563)
hardcover: St. Martin's Press, 1999
paperback: Kensington Mystery, 2001
large print: Delphi Books, 2007
"Lady
Appleton and the Cautionary Herbal" (1564)
Note: The three
novels and five short stories listed above are collected in Volume One of The
Face Down Collection (2021)
Face
Down Beneath the Eleanor Cross (1565)
hardcover: St. Martin's Minotaur, 2000
paperback: Kensington Mystery, 2001
large print: Delphi Books, 2009
Face
Down Under the Wych Elm (1567)
hardcover: St. Martin's Minotaur, 2000
paperback: Kensington Mystery, 2002
"The
Riddle of the Woolsack" (1569)
Face
Down Before Rebel Hooves (1569)
hardcover: St. Martin's Minotaur, 2001
paperback: Kensington Mystery, 2003
Face
Down Across the Western Sea (1571)
hardcover: St. Martin's Minotaur, 2002
please
note that there is no paperback edition of this book
"Lady
Appleton and the Cripplegate Chrisoms" (1572)
Note: The four
novels and two short stories above, plus the short story "The Reiving of Bonville Keep," are collected in Volume Two
of The Face Down Collection (2022)
"Lady
Appleton and the Bristol Crystals" (1572)
Face
Down Below the Banqueting House
(1573)
trade paperback: Perseverance Press, 2005
Face
Down Beside St. Anne's Well (1575)
trade paperback: Perseverance Press, 2006
"Encore
for a Neck Verse" (1576)
"Confusions
Most Monstrous" (1577)
"Death
by Devil's Turnips" (1577)
Face
Down O'er the Border (1577)
trade paperback: Perseverance Press, 2007
"Any
Means Short of Murder" (1579)
"A
Wondrous Violent Motion" (1580)
"Lady
Appleton and the Creature of the Night" (1581)
Note: the three novels and seven short stories above, together with
the two short stories listed below, are collected in Volume Three of The
Face Down Collection (2022)
Murder in the Queen's Wardrobe (1582/3)
hardcover:
Severn House, 2014 UK; 2015 US
trade
paperback: Severn House, 2015
large
print: Severn House, 2015
Murder in the Merchant's Hall (1583)
hardcover:
Severn House, 2015
trade
paperback: Severn House, 2016
large
print: Severn House, 2016
Murder in a Cornish Alehouse (1584)
hardcover:
Severn House (UK), 2016
hardcover:
Severn House (US), 2017
"The
Curse of the Figure Flinger" (1585)
"Lady
Appleton and the Yuletide Hogglers" (1586)
Collections of Short Stories:
Murders
and Other Confusions: The Chronicles of Susanna, Lady Appleton, Gentlewoman,
Herbalist, and Sleuth
hardcover and trade paperback: Crippen & Landru, 2004
Different
Times, Different Crimes
trade paperback: Wildside Press, 2017
assorted
short stories, past and present, including some featuring Lady Appleton
Note: All Face Down and Mistress Jaffrey novels and these two
collections of short stories are also available as individual ebooks.
The historical mystery short story "Mistress
Threadneedle's Quest" can be found Malice Domestic 12: Mystery Most
Historical (2017), Silver Bullets (2019), and Love and
Murder in the Time of the Tudors (2023).
Stand-alone Historical Mysteries
The
Finder of Lost Things
trade paperback and ebook:
Level Best Books (2020)
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more information, click here
Death
of an Intelligence Gatherer (2023)
for
more information, click here
Diana Spaulding Mysteries (for
more information, click here)
Deadlier
than the Pen ~ set in March 1888
hardcover: Pemberley Press, 2004
trade paperback: Pemberley Press, 2005
large print edition: Pemberley Press, 2009
"The
Kenduskeag Killer" set in Bangor, Maine in early
April 1888 and featuring Dr. Ben Northcote
"The
Telltale Twinkle" set in New York City in early April 1888 and featuring
Diana Spaulding
Fatal
as a Fallen Woman ~ set in April 1888
hardcover: Pemberley Press, 2005
trade paperback: Pemberley Press, 2006
No
Mortal Reason ~ set in May 1888
trade paperback: Pemberley Press, 2007
Lethal
Legend ~ set in June 1888
trade paperback: Pemberley Press, 2008
"The
Curse of the Vampire's Ghost" ~ set in Bangor, Maine and Boston,
Massachusetts in September 1888 and featuring Maggie Northcote
Note: All Diana
Spaulding novels are available as ebooks, as is the
collection, Different Times, Different Crimes which includes all three short stories. The four novels and the short
stories are included in the omnibus ebook edition Diana Spaulding 1888 Mysteries (2022)
Liss MacCrimmon Scottish-American Heritage Mysteries (w/a Kaitlyn
Dunnett)
ebooks
are available for all titles
for
more information, click here
Kilt
Dead
hardcover: Kensington, 2007
large
print: Center Point, 2007
paperback: Kensington, 2008
Scone
Cold Dead
hardcover: Kensington, 2008
large
print: Center Point 2008
paperback: Kensington, 2009
A
Wee Christmas Homicide
hardcover: Kensington, 2009
paperback:
Kensington, 2010
The
Corpse Wore Tartan
hardcover: Kensington, 2010
large
print: Center Point 2010
paperback: Kensington, 2011
Scotched
hardcover: Kensington, 2011
large
print: Center Point, 2011
paperback: Kensington, 2012
Bagpipes,
Brides and Homicides
hardcover: Kensington, 2012
large
print: Center Point, 2012
paperback:
Kensington, 2013
Vampires, Bones, and Treacle Scones
hardcover:
Kensington, 2013
large
print: Center Point, 2013
paperback:
Kensington, 2014
Ho-Ho Homicide
hardcover:
Kensington, 2014
large
print: Center Point, 2014
paperback:
Kensington, 2015
The Scottie Barked at Midnight
hardcover:
Kensington, 2015
large
print: Center Point, 2015
paperback:
Kensington, 2016
Kilt at the Highland Games
hardcover:
Kensington, 2016
audiobook:
Dreamscape, 2016
paperback:
Kensington, 2017
X Marks the Scot
hardcover:
Kensington, 2017
paperback:
Kensington, 2018
Overkilt
hardcover:
Kensington, 2018
paperback:
Kensington, 2019
A View to a Kilt
hardcover:
Kensington, 2020
Deadly Edits series featuring Mikki Lincoln (w/a Kaitlyn Dunnett)
for
more information, click here
Crime
& Punctuation
hardcover and ebook:
Kensington, 2018
audiobook: Tantor, 2018
large print: Thorndike, 2018
trade paperback: Kensington, 2019
Clause
& Effect
hardcover and ebook:
Kensington, 2019
audiobook: Recorded Books, 2019
large print: Thorndike, 2019
A
Fatal Fiction
hardcover and ebook:
Kensington, 2020
audiobook: Tantor, 2020
large print: Thorndike, 2020
Murder,
She Edited
hardcover and ebook:
Kensington, 2021
audiobook: Tantor, 2021
large print: Thorndike, 2022
by Kathy Lynn Emerson writing as Kaitlyn
Dunnett
The Valentine Veilleux Mysteries
(three short stories and a novella)
ebook original and trade
paperback (2021)
Secrets of the Tudor Court Series (w/a Kate Emerson)
NOTE: These are historical novels, not historical mystery or
historical romance
ebooks
and audiobooks (from Audible.com) are available for all these titles
for
more information, click here
The
Pleasure Palace
trade paperback: Pocket Books, 2009
Between
Two Queens
trade paperback: Pocket Books, 2010
By
Royal Decree
trade paperback: Gallery Books, 2010
At
the King's Pleasure
trade paperback: Gallery Books, 2012
The
King's Damsel
trade paperback: Gallery Books, 2012
Royal Inheritance
trade
paperback: Gallery Books, 2013
Romance Novels
(all these
are mass market paperbacks, now out of print but available as ebooks)
for
more information, click here
Cloud
Castles, Silhouette Intimate Moments
# 307 (w/a Kaitlyn Gorton)
Winter
Tapestry, Harper Paperbacks,
1991(historical)
Echoes and Illusions, Harper Monogram, 1993 (reissued 1996)
Firebrand, Harper Monogram, 1993 (historical)
Unquiet Hearts, Harper Monogram, 1994 (historical)
The Green Rose, Harper Monogram, 1994 (historical)
Hearth, Home and Hope, Silhouette Special Edition #942 (w/a Kaitlyn
Gorton) (ebook title: The Rapunzel Trap)
Love Thy Neighbor, Bantam Loveswept #825
Separated Sisters, Silhouette Special Edition #1092 (w/a Kaitlyn Gorton)
(ebook title: Family Lies)
Sleepwalking Beauty, Bantam Loveswept #835
Relative Strangers, Bantam Loveswept #860
Sight Unseen, Bantam Loveswept #883 (ebook title: The E-Mail Order Bride)
Tried and True, Bantam Loveswept #895
That Special Smile, Bantam Loveswept #913
Note: These romance
and romantic suspense novels have also been edited and reissued in ebook omnibus editions.
The
Waycross Springs Trilogy: Relative Strangers, The E-Mail Order Bride, That
Special Smile (ebook only, 2023)
The
Nostalgia Trilogy: Sleepwalking Beauty, Echoes and Illusions, Tried and True
(ebook
only, 2023)
Love
and Murder in the Time of the Tudors: Unquiet Hearts, The Green Rose, plus
three short stories (ebook only, 2023)
The
Maine Quartet: Cloud Castles, Love Thy Neighbor, The Rapunzel Trap, Family
Lies (ebook
and print on demand paperback, 2024)
Book Length Nonfiction
for
more information, click here
Wives
and Daughters: The Women of Sixteenth Century England (Whitston Publishing, 1984)
This
has been replaced by a revised and greatly enlarged ebook
edition:
A
Who's Who of Tudor Women (2020)
The
Writer's Guide to Everyday Life in Renaissance England (Writer's Digest Books, 1996; out of print); available
in a revised and enlarged edition in ebook and trade
paperback
How
to Write Killer Historical Mysteries: The Art and Adventure of Sleuthing
Through the Past (Perseverance Press,
2008; out of print); available in an
updated edition in ebook and trade paperback
I
Kill People For A Living: A Collection of Essays By A Writer of Cozy Mysteries ebook original and trade paperback (2021)
Books for Children ages 8-12
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more information, click here
The
Mystery of Hilliard's Castle, Down
East Books, 1985; new ebook and print editions (2020)
Julia's Mending, Orchard Books, 1987; new ebook
and print editions (2020)
Making Headlines: A Biography of Nellie Bly, Dillon Press, 1989
new ebook and print editions as Nellie Bly (2020)
The Mystery of the Missing Bagpipes, Avon Camelot, 1991; new ebook and print editions (2020)
Shalla: The Story of a Colonial New England Girl ebook original and print editions
(2020)
Katie's Way ebook original and print editions
(2020)
Young Adult Romantic Suspense
Someday (original ebook, 2001); new
trade paperback edition (2021)
Visit Kathy Lynn Emerson on Facebook at the Kaitlyn
Dunnett Facebook page
to contact Kathy mailto:kathylynnemerson@roadrunner.com
or mailto:kaitlyndunnett@gmail.com
Some original print editions are still available
direct from the author. Inquire at the email address above.
last updated 2/7/24