Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Murder at the Seven Dials | 2023 | Cara Devlin | Buy |
| 2 | Death at Fournier Downs | 2023 | Cara Devlin | Buy |
| 3 | Silence of Deceit | 2023 | Cara Devlin | Buy |
| 4 | Penance for the Dead | 2023 | Cara Devlin | Buy |
| 5 | Fatal by Design | 2023 | Cara Devlin | Buy |
| 6 | Nature of the Crime | 2024 | Cara Devlin | Buy |
| 7 | Taken to the Grave | 2024 | Cara Devlin | Buy |
| 8 | The Lady’s Last Mistake | 2024 | Cara Devlin | Buy |
The Bow Street Duchess Mystery series by Cara Devlin is set in Regency-era London and follows an unlikely crime-solving pair: a duchess with sharp instincts and a Bow Street runner with the authority to investigate. Murder at the Seven Dials kicks off the series with a killing in one of London’s rougher neighborhoods, and subsequent books take the duo across the city as they tackle new cases.
The series published eight books between 2023 and 2024, moving at a fast clip. Each novel centers on a different crime, but the developing relationship between the two leads gives the series an ongoing thread. Devlin balances the mystery plotting with Regency social dynamics, so readers get both a whodunit and a slow-burn romance set against the backdrop of early 19th-century London.