Clara Vine Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Black Roses |
2013 |
Buy |
| The Winter Garden / Woman in the Shadows |
2014 |
Buy |
| A War of Flowers / The Scent of Secrets |
2015 |
Buy |
| The Scent of Secrets |
2015 |
N/A |
| Faith and Beauty / The Pursuit of Pearls |
2015 |
Buy |
| The Pursuit of Pearls |
2015 |
N/A |
| Solitaire |
2016 |
Buy |
| The Judgement of Stars |
2025 |
Buy |
Non-Fiction#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Tips for Meanies |
2014 |
Buy |
Rose Ransom Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Widowland |
2021 |
Buy |
| Queen Wallis |
- |
N/A |
| Queen Wallis / Queen High |
2023 |
Buy |
Standalone Novels#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Patrimony |
1997 |
Buy |
| The Shell House |
1999 |
Buy |
| The Weighing of the Heart |
2010 |
Buy |
| The Words I Never Wrote |
2020 |
Buy |
| Midnight in Vienna |
2024 |
Buy |
Jane Thynne worked as a journalist and broadcaster before turning to fiction, and that background shows in the Clara Vine novels: the books have a journalist’s eye for observed detail and a strong sense of how propaganda and social performance worked inside the Third Reich. Clara Vine’s position as an actress gives her access to the upper levels of Nazi society, making her observations of figures like Magda Goebbels feel credible and unsettling.
Her standalone novels are more varied in setting and tone, ranging from literary fiction in the 1990s to more recent historical and contemporary work. The Rose Ransom series takes a different direction, using a near-future alternate history where Germany won the Second World War as the setting for a thriller about power and resistance. Thynne’s non-fiction output is limited to one title, a short book called Tips for Meanies, which sits apart from her main body of work.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Jane Thynne written?
Jane Thynne has written seventeen books across four series.
What was Jane Thynne's first book?
Jane Thynne’s first book is Patrimony, published in 1997.
What is Jane Thynne best known for?
She is best known for the Clara Vine series, eight novels set in 1930s and 1940s Berlin that follow Clara Vine, a British-German actress recruited to gather intelligence from within Nazi Germany’s film industry and social elite.