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Deanna Raybourn Books in Order
Deanna Raybourn is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling novelist and Edgar Award–nominated author. A sixth-generation Texan, she studied English and history at the University of Texas at San Antonio and lives in Virginia. Her fiction includes the Lady Julia Grey Mysteries, the Veronica Speedwell Mysteries, the 1920s Adventures novels and novellas, and the contemporary Killers thrillers.
historical mysteryhistorical romancegothic fictioncontemporary thriller
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Start with one of these
Silent in the Grave
The first Lady Julia Grey mystery.
A Curious Beginning
The first Veronica Speedwell mystery.
A Spear of Summer Grass
The main entry point to the 1920s Adventures novels; its prequel novella is optional.
Killers of a Certain Age
The first Killers thriller.
The Dead Travel Fast
A standalone gothic novel.
Read in order
Books by series
series · complete
Lady Julia Grey Mysteries
Victorian mysteries following Lady Julia Grey and private inquiry agent Nicholas Brisbane.
- 1 Silent in the GraveAmazon ↗
Book 1 · novel · 2007
- 2
Silent in the SanctuaryAmazon ↗Book 2 · novel · 2008
- 3
Silent on the MoorAmazon ↗Book 3 · novel · 2009
- 4
Dark Road to DarjeelingAmazon ↗Book 4 · novel · 2010
- 5
The Dark EnquiryAmazon ↗Book 5 · novel · 2011
- 6
Silent NightAmazon ↗Book 6 · novella · 2012
- 7
Midsummer NightAmazon ↗Book 7 · novella · 2013
- 8
Twelfth NightAmazon ↗Book 8 · novella · 2014
- 9
Bonfire NightAmazon ↗Book 9 · novella · 2014
series · ongoing
Veronica Speedwell Mysteries
Victorian mysteries following lepidopterist and amateur sleuth Veronica Speedwell and natural historian Revelstoke Templeton-Vane.
- 1 A Curious BeginningAmazon ↗
Book 1 · novel · 2015
- 2
A Perilous UndertakingAmazon ↗Book 2 · novel · 2017
- 3
A Treacherous CurseAmazon ↗Book 3 · novel · 2018
- 4
A Dangerous CollaborationAmazon ↗Book 4 · novel · 2019
- 5
A Murderous RelationAmazon ↗Book 5 · novel · 2020
- 6
An Unexpected PerilAmazon ↗Book 6 · novel · 2021
- 7
An Impossible ImpostorAmazon ↗Book 7 · novel · 2022
- 8
A Sinister RevengeAmazon ↗Book 8 · novel · 2023
- 9
A Grave RobberyAmazon ↗Book 9 · novel · 2024
- 10 A Ghastly CatastropheAmazon ↗
Book 10 · novel · 2026
series · complete
1920s Adventures
Historical adventure novels and prequel novellas set in the late 1910s and 1920s.
series · ongoing
Killers
Contemporary thrillers about highly trained women assassins connected to the Museum.
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Novels (1)
- The Dead Travel FastAmazon ↗
novel · 2010