London, 1922. Draper’s daughter and former grammar school scholarship girl Marjorie Swallow has emerged from the First World War determined to live life to the full. A secretarial position with the enigmatic American lady detective, Mrs Iris Jameson, looks just the ticket.

Apprentice sleuth Marjorie is soon in the thick of it, from death over afternoon tea at The Ritz Hotel to peril in the illegal late-night clubs of Soho. She may be quick-witted, but her naïvety can lead her into danger – unless she learns fast. Fortunately Mrs Jameson is at hand to impart her hard-won life lessons. There’s one thing Mrs Jameson isn’t telling her, though, and that’s what happened in Rome…

This series, inspired by classic murder mysteries from the Golden Age of British crime writing, is sure to delight fans of Agatha Christie and Dorothy L Sayers.

Here's the reading order:

1: Murder At The Ritz (prequel novella)

2: Blackmail In Bloomsbury

3: The Soho Jazz Murders

4: Death At Chelsea

5: The Riviera Mystery

6: Death On Fleet Street

7: Murder On The White Cliffs

8: The Midwinter Murder (publishing November 2026)