Lizzie Pook Standalone Novels books in order

Standalone historical novels by Lizzie Pook set in the 19th century, featuring determined women investigating dangerous truths.
Series · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Mystery · Adventure

Reading order

# Title Published Author Buy on Amazon
1 Moonlight and the Pearler’s Daughter 2022 Lizzie Pook Buy
2 Maude Horton’s Glorious Revenge 2024 Lizzie Pook Buy

Lizzie Pook’s standalone novels share a template — a determined woman in a dangerous 19th-century setting, uncovering a truth that powerful people want hidden. Moonlight and the Pearler’s Daughter takes place in the pearling industry of Western Australia, while Maude Horton’s Glorious Revenge splits its time between London and the Arctic.

Both novels use their remote, historically specific settings to create atmosphere and tension. Pook writes about colonial-era industries and expeditions with an eye for the human cost of ambition, giving her stories a moral weight that goes beyond the mystery plots driving them.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books are in the Lizzie Pook Standalone Novels series?

There are two books in the Lizzie Pook Standalone Novels series, published between 2022 and 2024.

What is the first book in the Lizzie Pook Standalone Novels series?

The first book in the Lizzie Pook Standalone Novels series is Moonlight and the Pearler’s Daughter, published in 2022.

What is Moonlight and the Pearler's Daughter about?

Moonlight and the Pearler’s Daughter is set in 1886 in a pearl-diving settlement on the coast of Western Australia. When Eliza Brightwell’s father vanishes, she defies the town’s expectations to search for him, uncovering the exploitation and racism at the heart of the pearling industry.

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