Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Unseeing | 2016 | Anna Mazzola | Buy |
| 2 | The Story Keeper | 2018 | Anna Mazzola | Buy |
| 3 | The Clockwork Girl | 2022 | Anna Mazzola | Buy |
| 4 | The House of Whispers | 2023 | Anna Mazzola | Buy |
| 5 | The Book of Secrets | 2024 | Anna Mazzola | N/A |
Anna Mazzola’s standalone novels share a common approach: each one takes a real historical event or criminal case and builds a gripping mystery around it. Her settings range across centuries and countries, but the books are linked by their focus on women caught up in systems of power, whether legal, religious, or political.
The Unseeing (2016) is based on the 1837 Edgware Road murder and follows a young lawyer who investigates the case of a seamstress sentenced to hang. The Story Keeper (2018) brings a folklorist’s assistant to the Isle of Skye during the Highland Clearances, where girls have been vanishing. The Clockwork Girl (2022) is set in Paris in 1750, where a maid in a celebrated clockmaker’s household uncovers a conspiracy linked to missing children and the court of Louis XV. The House of Whispers (2023) follows a Slovenian pianist who marries into a Roman household in 1938 only to discover its walls hold dark secrets. The Book of Secrets (2024), which won the CWA Gold Dagger, is set in plague-ravaged 17th-century Rome and draws on the real Acqua Tofana poisoning cases.