Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Jazz Files / A Front-Page Murder | 2015 | Fiona Veitch Smith | Buy |
| 2 | The Kill Fee | 2016 | Fiona Veitch Smith | N/A |
| 3 | The Kill Fee / Murder at the Old Vic Theatre | 2016 | Fiona Veitch Smith | Buy |
| 4 | The Death Beat | 2017 | Fiona Veitch Smith | N/A |
| 5 | The Death Beat / Murder on Lexington Avenue | 2017 | Fiona Veitch Smith | Buy |
| 6 | The Cairo Brief | 2018 | Fiona Veitch Smith | N/A |
| 7 | The Cairo Brief / Murder at Winterton Hall | 2018 | Fiona Veitch Smith | Buy |
| 8 | The Art Fiasco | 2020 | Fiona Veitch Smith | N/A |
| 9 | The Art Fiasco / Murder at the Art Gallery | 2020 | Fiona Veitch Smith | Buy |
| 10 | The Crystal Crypt / Murder of an Oxford Scientist | 2021 | Fiona Veitch Smith | Buy |
Poppy Denby is a young journalist in 1920s London who has a habit of finding herself at the center of murder investigations. The series began with The Jazz Files in 2015, introducing Poppy as she takes a job at a Fleet Street newspaper and immediately lands in a decades-old mystery.
Over ten books, the series takes Poppy from London’s theater world (Murder at the Old Vic Theatre) to New York (Murder on Lexington Avenue) and beyond. Many titles carry dual names, reflecting different editions. The Crystal Crypt / Murder of an Oxford Scientist (2021) is the most recent entry. The 1920s setting gives the series a distinctive atmosphere of jazz, social change, and post-war intrigue.