Josephine Tey Reading Order
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| An Expert in Murder | 2008 | Buy |
| Angel with Two Faces | 2009 | Buy |
| Two for Sorrow | 2010 | Buy |
| Fear in the Sunlight | 2012 | Buy |
| The Death of Lucy Kyte | 2013 | Buy |
| London Rain | 2015 | Buy |
| Nine Lessons | 2017 | Buy |
| Sorry for the Dead | 2019 | Buy |
| The Dead of Winter | 2020 | N/A |
| The Secrets of Winter / Dead of Winter | 2020 | Buy |
| Dear Little Corpses | 2022 | Buy |
| Shot With Crimson | 2023 | Buy |
Standalone Novels
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| Stanley and Elsie | 2019 | Buy |
| The Christmas Clue | 2025 | Buy |
Nicola Upson is best known for the Josephine Tey mystery series, which uses the real-life crime writer Josephine Tey as its fictional detective. The series began with An Expert in Murder in 2008 and has grown to twelve entries, running through titles like Two for Sorrow, Fear in the Sunlight, The Death of Lucy Kyte, and the more recent Shot With Crimson (2023). Each book blends historical settings with classic murder mystery plotting, and the series has maintained a steady pace of roughly one book every year or two.
Outside the Josephine Tey books, Upson has published the standalone novels Stanley and Elsie (2019) and The Christmas Clue (2025). Her catalog spans fourteen books from 2008 to 2025, and readers who like historically grounded crime fiction will find the Josephine Tey series a solid long-running option.