BOOKS BY KATHY LYNN EMERSON

Below you will find a complete list of published books written by Kathy Lynn Emerson through early 2010.
Mysteries are listed first, then historicals, romance, nonfiction, and children's books.

Chronological Summary of Books and Stories
in the Face Down Mystery Series


"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)

Face Down Beneath the Eleanor Cross (1565)
hardcover: St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2000
paperback: Kensington Mystery, 2001

Face Down Under the Wych Elm (1567)
hardcover: St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2000
paperback: Kensington Mystery, 2002

Face Down Before Rebel Hooves (1569)
hardcover: St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2001
paperback: Kensington Mystery, 2003

"The Riddle of the Woolsack" (1569)

Face Down Across the Western Sea (1571)
hardcover: St. Martin’s Minotaur, 2002

"Lady Appleton and the Cripplegate Chrisoms" (1572)

"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)

"The Curse of the Figure Flinger" (1585)

Murders and Other Confusions: The Chronicles of Susanna, Lady Appleton, Gentlewoman, Herbalist, and Sleuth
trade paperback: Crippen & Landru, 2004
ebook available from A Writer's Work
This anthology contains most of the Face Down short stories

Crimes and Confusions (2010)
The remaining short stories can be found in this ebook original.
Available exclusively from A Writer's Work

(The first seven Face Down novels are also available as ebooks from www.BelgraveHouse.com)

Diana Spaulding Mysteries


Deadlier than the Pen ~ set in March 1888
hardcover: Pemberley Press, 2004
ebook available at www.BelgraveHouse.com
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 on her own

Both short stories are included in the original ebook, Crimes and Confusions available exclusively from A Writer's Work

Fatal as a Fallen Woman ~ set in April 1888
hardcover: Pemberley Press, 2005
trade paperback: Pemberley Press, 2006
ebook available at A Writer's Work

No Mortal Reason ~ set in May 1888
trade paperback: Pemberley Press, 2007

Lethal Legend ~ set in June 1888
trade paperback: Pemberley Press, 2008

Liss MacCrimmon Mysteries


written under the pseudonym Kaitlyn Dunnett

Kilt Dead
hardcover: Kensington, 2007
paperback: Kensington, 2008
Scone Cold Dead
hardcover: Kensington, 2008
paperback: Kensington, 2009
A Wee Christmas Homicide
hardcover: Kensington, 2009


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Secrets of the Tudor Court


written under the pseudonym Kate Emerson

The Pleasure Palace
trade paperback: Pocket Books, 2009
Between Two Queens
trade paperback: Pocket Books, 2010


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Other Short Stories

"The Reiving of Bonville Keep" (1400)
This short story will be found in the original ebook, Crimes and Confusions available exclusively from A Writer's Work



Romance novels


(out of print—available at www.BelgraveHouse.com)

That Special Smile, Bantam Loveswept #913
Tried and True, Bantam Loveswept #895
Sight Unseen, Bantam Loveswept #883
(ebook title: The E-Mail Order Bride)
Relative Strangers, Bantam Loveswept #860
Sleepwalking Beauty, Bantam Loveswept #835
Separated Sisters, Silhouette Special Edition #1092 (w/a Kaitlyn Gorton)
(ebook title: Family Lies)
Love Thy Neighbor, Bantam Loveswept #825
Hearth, Home and Hope, Silhouette Special Edition #942 (w/a Kaitlyn Gorton)
(ebook title: The Rapunzel Trap)
The Green Rose, Harper Monogram, 1994
Unquiet Hearts, Harper Monogram, 1994
Firebrand, Harper Monogram, 1993
Echoes and Illusions, Harper Monogram, 1993 (reissued 1996)
Winter Tapestry, Harper Paperbacks, 1991
Cloud Castles, Silhouette Intimate Moments # 307 (w/a Kaitlyn Gorton)

Book-length Nonfiction


A Who's Who of Tudor Women (2010)
ebook original available exclusively from A Writer's Work

HOW TO WRITE KILLER HISTORICAL MYSTERIES: THE ART AND ADVENTURE OF SLEUTHING THROUGH THE PAST
trade paperback: Perseverance Press, 2008
also available in a Kindle edtion

Writer's Guide to Everyday Life in Renaissance England
(Writer's Digest Books, 1996)
available in a revised and enlarged edition at www.BelgraveHouse.com

Wives and Daughters: The Women of Sixteenth Century England
(Whitston Publishing, 1984)
a updated version can be found by clicking here:

Books for Children Ages 8-12

(out of print)

The Mystery of the Missing Bagpipes, Avon Camelot, 1991
Making Headlines: A Biography of Nellie Bly, Dillon Press, 1989
Julia's Mending, Orchard Books, 1987
The Mystery of Hilliard's Castle, Down East Books, 1985

Young Adult Romantic Suspense

(e-book only)

Someday (2001)
available at www.BelgraveHouse.com

Historical Novel for Young Readers

(e-book only)

Shalla (2010)
ebook original set in Colonial Rhode Island
available exclusively from A Writer's Work


last updated 3/12/10