Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Murder at Hatfield House | 2013 | Amanda McCabe | Buy |
| 2 | Murder at Westminster Abbey | 2014 | Amanda McCabe | Buy |
| 3 | Murder at the Queen’s Masquerade | 2015 | Amanda McCabe | Buy |
| 4 | Murder in the Queen’s Garden | 2015 | Amanda McCabe | Buy |
| 5 | Murder at Whitehall | 2015 | Amanda McCabe | Buy |
| 6 | Murder at Fontainebleau | 2016 | Amanda McCabe | Buy |
The Kate Haywood series is McCabe’s longest-running mystery series, spanning six books published between 2013 and 2016. Kate is a young musician in the household of Princess Elizabeth, and each book puts her at the scene of a murder that needs solving before the wrong person hangs for it. The settings move from Hatfield House to Westminster Abbey, Whitehall, and even Fontainebleau in France.
The mysteries combine court intrigue with period detail, giving readers a sense of what daily life looked like for people orbiting the Tudor court. McCabe draws on her background in historical romance to bring the Elizabethan world to life while keeping the murder plots moving at a brisk pace.