Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Murder at Morrington Hall | 2019 | Clara McKenna | Buy |
| 2 | Murder at Blackwater Bend | 2020 | Clara McKenna | Buy |
| 3 | Murder at Keyhaven Castle | 2021 | Clara McKenna | Buy |
| 4 | Murder at the Majestic Hotel | 2022 | Clara McKenna | Buy |
| 5 | Murder on Mistletoe Lane | 2023 | Clara McKenna | Buy |
| 6 | Murder at Glenloch Hill | 2024 | Clara McKenna | Buy |
| 7 | Murder at Cottonwood Creek | 2025 | Clara McKenna | Buy |
Clara McKenna’s Stella and Lyndy Mystery series opens with Murder at Morrington Hall, where Kentucky-born heiress Stella Kendrick arrives in England for an arranged marriage to Viscount Lyndhurst. Instead of a quiet wedding, the pair finds a dead body and a mystery that pulls them into the darker corners of English country life. From there, the series takes Stella and Lyndy through seven books of murder, scandal, and the occasional clash of American frankness with British propriety.
The mysteries move across different English settings – a river bend, a coastal castle, a grand hotel, a Highland estate – and McKenna fills each one with period-accurate details of Edwardian society. The relationship between Stella and Lyndy develops alongside the cases, with the two growing from reluctant partners into genuine companions.
Murder at Keyhaven Castle earned Historical Novel Society Editor’s Choice recognition, and Suspense Magazine voted it one of the best cozy mysteries of 2021.