Order of Karen Charlton Books
Karen Charlton is an English author from the North Yorkshire coast. Her first novel, Catching the Eagle, was based on the true story of her husband’s notorious criminal ancestor: Jamie Charlton. Upon discovering the convict in a look through the family tree, Karen knew she had found the perfect character and story for her first foray into historical novel writing.
Charlton herself was an English graduate and has worked as a school teacher as well as the coordinator of a literacy consultancy group that is run by a group of successful authors. Charlton has a late husband and two grown-up children.
Publication Order of Regency Reivers Books
| Catching the Eagle | (2011) |    |
| February 1809 | (2012) | |
Publication Order of Detective Lavender Mysteries Books
| The Missing Heiress aka The Heiress of Linn Hagh | (2012) | |
| The Mystery of the Skelton Diamonds | (2014) | |
| The Piccadilly Pickpocket | (2015) | |
| The Sans Pareil Mystery | (2015) | |
| The Sculthorpe Murder | (2016) | |
| Plague Pits & River Bones | (2018) | |
| Murder in Park Lane | (2019) | |
| The Death of Irish Nell | (2019) | |
| The Willow Marsh Murder | (2020) | |
| Death at the Frost Fair | (2020) | |
Publication Order of York Ladies' Detective Agency Mysteries Books
| The Mystery of Mad Alice Lane | (2022) | |
| Smoke & Cracked Mirrors | (2022) | |
| Dancing With Dusty Fossils | (2022) | |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Seeking Our Eagle | (2012) | |
If You Like Karen Charlton Books, You’ll Love…
The aforementioned Catching the Eagle is a historical novel that follows the story of £1,157 in stolen rent money in 1809 Northumberland. The top suspects are the farm labourer Jamie Charlton, and the unpopular steward, Michael Aynsley. Jamie will need his brother William’s help to clear his name, but his brother has his own issues. Detective Stephen Lavender is on the case and his reputation as an investigator is impeccable. This book tells the story well and really takes you into the hardships of the poor at this time in history.
That book was such a success that Detective Lavender was spun off into his own series with the first book being The Heiress of Linn Hagh. A beautiful young heiress disappears from her locked bed chamber and people are claiming witchcraft. Lavender is brought in to investigate and he is stonewalled. The servants and family aren’t talking while there is a group of farmers ready to take the law into their own hands. This is a very trick case that will take Lavender deep into the world of family secrets and deception, a family feud that is just bubbling over.