Order of Kathy Lynn Emerson Books
Kathy Lynn Emerson is an American novelist who writes historical mystery and romance novels (sometimes as Kaitlyn Gorton) and non-fiction books, as well as cozy mystery novels (as Kaitlyn Dunnett) and historical fiction (as Kate Emerson). She writes the Susanna, Lady Appleton, Liss MacCrimmon and Secrets of the Tudor Court series. Kathy has been writing ever since she wrote a newspaper for her dolls as a child. After growing up in New York, she moved to Maine for college, where she met her husband. Kathy still lives in Maine with her husband and their three cats.
Kathy Lynn Emerson became a published author in June 1984 with the historical non-fiction book Wives and Daughters: The Women of Sixteenth Century England. She quickly moved to fiction with The Mystery of Hilliard’s Castle exactly a year later. Below is a list of Kathy Lynn Emerson’s books in order of when they were originally published:
Publication Order of Susanna, Lady Appleton Books
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Face Down in the Marrow-Bone Pie |
(1997) |
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Face Down Upon an Herbal |
(1998) |
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Face Down Among the Winchester Geese |
(1999) |
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Face Down Beneath the Eleanor Cross |
(2000) |
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Face Down Under the Wych Elm |
(2000) |
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Face Down Before Rebel Hooves |
(2001) |
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Face Down Across the Western Sea |
(2002) |
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Murders and Other Confusions |
(2004) |
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Face Down Below the Banqueting House |
(2005) |
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Face Down Beside St. Anne’s Well |
(2006) |
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Face Down O’er the Border |
(2007) |
Publication Order of Treasured Tales Books
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Love Thy Neighbor |
(1997) |
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Your Wish is My Command |
(1998) |
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Publication Order of Diana Spaulding Books
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Deadlier than the Pen |
(2004) |
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Fatal as a Fallen Woman |
(2005) |
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No Mortal Reason |
(2007) |
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Lethal Legend |
(2008) |
Publication Order of Liss MacCrimmon Mysteries Books
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Kilt Dead |
(2007) |
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Scone Cold Dead |
(2008) |
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A Wee Christmas Homicide |
(2009) |
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The Corpse Wore Tartan |
(2010) |
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Scotched |
(2011) |
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Bagpipes, Brides and Homicides |
(2012) |
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Vampires, Bones and Treacle Scones |
(2013) |
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Ho-Ho-Homicide |
(2014) |
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The Scottie Barked At Midnight |
(2015) |
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Kilt at the Highland Games |
(2017) |
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X Marks the Scot |
(2017) |
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Overkilt |
(2018) |
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A View to a Kilt |
(2020) |
Publication Order of Secrets of the Tudor Court Books
(as Kate Emerson)
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The Pleasure Palace |
(2009) |
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Between Two Queens |
(2009) |
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By Royal Decree |
(2010) |
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At the King’s Pleasure |
(2011) |
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The King’s Damsel |
(2012) |
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Royal Inheritance |
(2013) |
Publication Order of Mistress Jaffrey Books
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Murder in the Queen’s Wardrobe |
(2015) |
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Murder in the Merchant’s Hall |
(2015) |
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Murder in a Cornish Alehouse |
(2017) |
Publication Order of Deadly Edits Books
(as Kaitlyn Dunnett)
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Crime & Punctuation |
(2018) |
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Clause & Effect |
(2019) |
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A Fatal Fiction |
(2020) |
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Murder, She Edited |
(2021) |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
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The Mystery of Hilliard’s Castle |
(1985) |
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Julia’s Mending |
(1987) |
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Cloud Castles |
(1989) |
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The Mystery of the Missing Bagpipes |
(1991) |
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Winter Tapestry |
(1991) |
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Echoes and Illusions |
(1993) |
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Firebrand |
(1993) |
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Unquiet Hearts |
(1994) |
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The Green Rose |
(1994) |
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Hearth, Home and Hope / The Rapunzel Trap |
(1995) |
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Sleepwalking Beauty |
(1997) |
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Relative Strangers |
(1997) |
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Separated Sisters / Family Lies |
(1997) |
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Sight Unseen / E-Mail Order Bride |
(1998) |
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Tried and True |
(1998) |
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That Special Smile |
(1998) |
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Someday |
(2001) |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
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The Blessing Witch |
(2014) |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
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Different Times, Different Crimes |
(2017) |
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The Valentine Veilleux Mysteries |
(2021) |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
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Wives and Daughters: The Women of Sixteenth Century England |
(1984) |
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Making Headlines: A Biography of Nellie Bly |
(1984) |
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The Writer’s Guide to Everyday Life in Renaissance England |
(1996) |
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How to Write Killer Historical Mysteries: The Art and Adventure of Sleuthing Through the Past |
(2008) |
Publication Order of Children’s Books
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Shalla |
(2020) |
Publication Order of Anthologies
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Best New England Crime Stories 2015 |
(2014) |
Notes: The novels Cloud Castles, Hearth, Home and Hope and Separated Sisters were written using the pen name of Kaitlyn Gorton. The Liss MacCrimmon series is written as Kaitlyn Dunnett. The Secrets of the Tudor Court and the novel Royal Inheritance are written as Kate Emerson.