1930s Partners in Spying Mystery Reading Order
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| Death in Velvet | 2021 | Buy |
| The Art of Murder | 2023 | Buy |
Ruby Dove Mysteries Reading Order
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| The Mystery of Ruby’s Sugar | 2017 | Buy |
| The Mystery of Ruby’s Port | 2018 | Buy |
| The Mystery of Ruby’s Smoke | 2018 | Buy |
| The Mystery of Ruby’s Stiletto | 2018 | Buy |
| The Mystery of Ruby’s Tracks | 2018 | Buy |
| The Mystery of Ruby’s Mistletoe | 2018 | Buy |
| The Mystery of Ruby’s Roulette | 2019 | Buy |
| The Mystery of Ruby’s Mask | 2019 | Buy |
Rose Donovan writes historical cozy mysteries inspired by golden age authors like Agatha Christie, Ngaio Marsh, and Josephine Tey. Before turning to fiction, she wrote nonfiction articles on politics and social injustice. Her novels follow Ruby Dove and her friend Fina Aubrey-Havelock, two Oxford-educated dress designers who solve murders at country estates, aboard ships, and across the British Empire in the 1930s.
Donovan debuted in 2017 with The Mystery of Ruby’s Sugar and published eight Ruby Dove Mysteries in rapid succession through 2019. She then launched the 1930s Partners in Spying Mystery series, which continues Ruby and Fina’s adventures with espionage elements and higher stakes.