BOOKS AND SHORT STORIES
IN THE FACE DOWN SERIES
Face Down O'er the Border
Book Ten in the Face Down Series
Set in Scotland in 1577
When Catherine, Lady Glenelg, is accused of murdering her mother-in-law,
Susanna must travel o'er the border to discover who really committed the crime.
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THE FACE DOWN SERIES
Books and Stories
in the
Face Down Mystery Series
(listed by the date of the plot)
"The Body in the Dovecote"
short story set in 1552
in Murders and Other Confusions anthology
"Much Ado About Murder"
short story set in 1556
in
Much Ado About Murder anthology (2002)
and in Murders and Other Confusions anthology
MURDERS AND OTHER CONFUSIONS
The Chronicles of Susanna, Lady Appleton
16th Century Gentlewoman, Herbalist, and Sleuth
Crippen and Landru Publishers
trade paperback
11 short stories featuring Lady Appleton and her friends
ISBN 1-932009-21-3
$19.00
Face Down in the Marrow-Bone Pie
St. Martin's Press ~ 1997
Kensington Mystery ~ 2000
Delphi Books ~ 2005
In 1559, Susanna, Lady Appleton, an expert on poisonous herbs,
St. Martin's Minotaur ~ 1998
Kensington Mystery ~ 2000
Delphi Large Print ~ 2006
available as an ebook from www.belgravehouse.com
When a Scots lord is found dead, face down upon
"Lady Appleton and the London Man"
St. Martin's Minotaur ~ 1999
Kensington Mystery ~ 2001
Delphi Large Print ~ 2007
When her husband becomes one of the suspects in the murder of several Southwark prostitutes
"A solid bet for historical mystery fans."(Publisher's Weekly)
"Lady Appleton and the Cautionary Herbal"
Book Four
St. Martin's Minotaur ~ 1999
Kensington Mystery ~ 2001
To read a short story, set in 1585,
Book Five
available as an ebook from www.belgravehouse.com
Under the wych elm lies a man, face down, the victim of witchcraft . . . or is he?
Susanna, Lady Appleton feels an obligation to help the accused women
Book Six
Kensington Mystery ~ 2003
available as an ebook from www.belgravehouse.com
"The Riddle of the Woolsack"
Book Seven "Original, beguiling, and eminently readable." Kirkus
"Emerson does a crackling good job." Booklist
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"Lady Appleton and the Cripplegate Chrisoms"
"Lady Appleton and the Bristol Crystals"
8th novel in the Lady Appleton series
Queen Elizabeth is threatening to pay a visit to Leigh Abbey. Will murder change her mind?
"Spirited and studded with wry humor." Kirkus
"Emerson's plot is deft and complex; she is at the top of her form here and leaves us with a breathless ending and lovely possibilities for future installments." BooklistThe First Lady Appleton Mystery
large print reprint now available
ISBN 0-9663397-9-7
$18.95
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suspects murder when the steward of her husband's Lancashire
estate is found face down in his marrow-bone pie.
While Sir Robert Appleton is off in France on a diplomatic mission,
Lady Appleton heads north from Kent with her faithful band of servants to solve the mystery,
capture a "ghost" and unearth a few secrets Sir Robert would just as soon have left buried.
"The Rubaiyat of Nicholas Baldwin"
short story set in 1559
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
(9/01)
and in Murders and Other Confusions anthology
Face Down upon an Herbal
Book Two
a copy of the cautionary herbal Lady Appleton wrote two years earlier,
she feels a personal obligation to solve the crime.
It is 1561. The place is rural Glouchestershire...and there is
a cold-blooded killer loose in the castle.
"Highly recommended for readers who appreciate suspenseful historical mysteries."
(Booklist)
short story set in 1562
in More Murder They Wrote anthology (1999)
and in Murders and Other Confusions anthology Face Down Among the Winchester Geese
Book Three
available as an ebook from
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(known as "Winchester Geese"), Lady Appleton vows
to uncover the identity of the real killer in order to prove him innocent.
The year is 1563.
short story set in 1564
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine (3/01)
and in Murders and Other Confusions anthology
Face Down Beneath the Eleanor Cross
available as an ebook from www.belgravehouse.com
This time the victim is Sir Robert, and Susanna is the most likely suspect.
After all, she is an expert on poisonous herbs.
in which one of the characters from this novel reappears, click here:
Face Down Under the Wych Elm
St. Martin's Minotaur
2000
Kensington Mystery
2002
even though doing so means she risks being accused of witchcraft herself.
Starred review in Kirkus
"Exploiting the chaos for its criminal possibilities,
Emerson poses enduringly hard questions about women
and worth in this exemplary historical mystery."
FACE DOWN BEFORE REBEL HOOVES
St. Martin's Minotaur
2001
When Sir Walter Pendennis asks her help to stop a treasonous uprising,
how can Lady Appleton refuse?
"The most satisfying book in the series." Bangor Daily News
short story set in 1569
in Murders and Other Confusions anthology
Face Down Across the Western Sea
St. Martin's Minotaur
2002
This is the only printed edition of this book.
available as an ebook from www.belgravehouse.com
Does England have a claim to the New World?
Queen Elizabeth I thinks so and she's gathered together a group
of scholars to prove it. Drawn into intrigue and danger
through her friendship with Sir Walter Pendennis,
Susanna lends a hand to uncover ancient secrets and solve a murder.
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"The Reiving of Bonville Keep"
This short story was originally published in
Murder Most Medieval (2000)
referred to in the text of
Face Down Across the Western Sea
short story set in 1572
Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine [6/03]
and in Murders and Other Confusions anthology
short story set in 1572
in Murders and Other Confusions anthology
FACE DOWN BELOW
THE BANQUETING HOUSE
Perseverance Press
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