Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blood & Sugar | 2019 | Laura Shepherd-Robinson | Buy |
| 2 | Daughters of Night | 2020 | Laura Shepherd-Robinson | Buy |
| 3 | The Square of Sevens | 2023 | Laura Shepherd-Robinson | Buy |
| 4 | The Art of a Lie | 2025 | Laura Shepherd-Robinson | Buy |
Laura Shepherd-Robinson’s standalone novels are all set in Georgian England but feature different characters, locations, and social milieus. Blood & Sugar investigates a murder connected to the slave trade. Daughters of Night follows a nobleman’s wife drawn into a criminal underworld through London’s pleasure gardens. The Square of Sevens centers on a young fortune-teller searching for her true identity.
Each book works independently, though readers will notice Shepherd-Robinson’s consistent interest in how power, money, and social status shape who gets justice and who doesn’t. Her research into the period is thorough, and the historical details are woven into the plots rather than displayed for their own sake.