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1920s Murder Mystery
1920s Murder Mystery
Series · 4 books · 2023-2025
By
Anna Sayburn Lane
Books in series
#1
Blackmail In Bloomsbury
2023
A bohemian party, a handsome artist - and murder When Marjorie Swallow attends her first Bloomsbury party, she worries the conversation will be over her head. But when the evening ends in murder, she has more pressing concerns. Was the culprit really the handsome young artist she danced the night away with? And why did so many people want Betty Norris dead? From the garden squares of Bloomsbury to the seedy backstreets of Soho, trainee detective Marjorie goes on a perilous hunt for the killer. Blackmail in Bloomsbury brings 1920s London to life in a classic murder mystery. It’s sure to delight fans of Agatha Christie, TE Kinsey and Magda Alexander.
#2
The Soho Jazz Murders
2025
Jazz, dancing, nightclubs and drug gangs... It’s January 1923 and London feels dreary. So Marjorie and Mrs Jameson are keen to meet the American Ambassador’s niece, a genuine 1920s flapper with a love of jazz, dancing and fun. But a night out at Soho’s famous Harlequin Club comes to a fatal finish. Soon Marjorie is working undercover as a dance hostess to unmask the drugs gangs that threaten the West End. It’s a perilous occupation - and the deaths are not over yet. The Soho Jazz Murders is the second in the 1920s murder mystery series, featuring the irresistible apprentice detective Marjorie Swallow. It will be published in January 2024.
#3
Death at Chelsea
2024
The prettiest flowers can be deadly…
Detective duo Mrs Jameson and Marjorie Swallow are called to investigate when a renowned garden designer suspects that someone is sabotaging her priceless Himalayan Sapphire Lilies, ahead of the 1923 Chelsea Flower Show. But soon it’s not just the flowers that are dying. Rival gardeners, intrepid plant hunters and even King George V himself are caught up in a poisonous bouquet with its roots deep in the mountains of Tibet. The third in the Marjorie Swallow 1920s murder mystery series requires all her wit, charm and pluck to solve.
#5
Death On Fleet Street
2025
A death is announced... one week from today!
When the Daily Post, the top-selling newspaper of 1924, receives a notice announcing the death of Lord Ravensbourne, something is clearly up. Not only is his lordship the owner of the Post, but he’s still very much alive. Lady detectives Marjorie Swallow and Mrs Jameson must find out who sent the death notice, before the threat becomes reality. But Marjorie quickly discovers that Lord Ravensbourne, a belligerent bully, collects enemies like other men collect stamps. Everyone seems to have good reason to wish him dead. The detective duo dive into the murky world of 1920s Fleet Street, the home of British newspapers, where back-stabbing journalists will do anything for a scoop, inky-fingered printers strike at the drop of a trilby hat, and the presses rumble deafeningly in the basement. Can they protect Lord Ravensbourne and find out who sent the death notice - or will the sinister prediction end up as front page news?
Death On Fleet Street
is the fifth in the 1920s Murder Mystery series. It can be read as a stand-alone mystery.
Author
Anna Sayburn Lane
Author · 6 books