Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lost Among the Angels | 2006 | Alice Duncan | Buy |
| 2 | Angel’s Flight | 2009 | Alice Duncan | Buy |
| 3 | Fallen Angels | 2011 | Alice Duncan | Buy |
| 4 | Angels of Mercy | 2012 | Alice Duncan | Buy |
| 5 | Thanksgiving Angels | 2015 | Alice Duncan | Buy |
| 6 | Angels Adrift | 2021 | Alice Duncan | Buy |
| 7 | Christmas Angels | 2022 | Alice Duncan | Buy |
| 8 | Hollywood Angels | 2023 | Alice Duncan | Buy |
| 9 | Celluloid Angels | 2024 | Alice Duncan | Buy |
| 10 | Dancing Angels | 2025 | Alice Duncan | Buy |
The Mercy Allcutt Mystery series is Alice Duncan’s second major cozy mystery sequence, set in 1920s Los Angeles and running from Lost Among the Angels (2006) to Dancing Angels (2025). Mercy Allcutt is a young woman from a respectable Boston family who moves to Los Angeles and finds work as a secretary to a private detective, drawing her into a succession of criminal investigations.
The Los Angeles setting complements the Daisy Gumm Pasadena books well, covering adjacent but distinct parts of Southern California during the same broad historical period. Hollywood figures, the emerging film industry, and the social character of 1920s LA provide color throughout the series. Mercy herself is a somewhat different type than Daisy – more conventional in her background, learning to navigate a world far from her East Coast upbringing.
Ten books have appeared across nearly two decades, with the series expanding significantly in output from 2021 onward. Lost Among the Angels is the starting point. Readers who have completed the Daisy Gumm series will find Mercy Allcutt a comfortable companion series, sharing the period and region while offering a distinct protagonist and investigative setup.