Author
Tasha Alexander
Tasha Alexander is the American historical mystery writer behind the Lady Emily Hargreaves series, set in late-Victorian and Edwardian England and Europe. The first entry, And Only to Deceive, established the prosperous-widow-turned-amateur-sleuth template that has now run more than fifteen books.
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5
Books on file
5
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Years active
2005-2009
Reviewed
Our reviews of Tasha Alexander's work

And Only to Deceive
by Tasha Alexander
The first Lady Emily Ashton mystery. Victorian widow discovers her late husband's secret life among Greek antiquities.

A Poisoned Season
by Tasha Alexander
The second Lady Emily book. London Season jewel thefts and a Marie-Antoinette obsessive. Alexander hitting her stride.

A Fatal Waltz
by Tasha Alexander
The third Lady Emily mystery. Vienna, anarchist plots, and Lady Emily's most uncomfortable house-party investigation.

Tears of Pearl
by Tasha Alexander
The fourth Lady Emily mystery. Constantinople, harem politics, and Tasha Alexander's most ambitious setting to date.

The Golden Age: A Novel of Queen Elizabeth
by Tasha Alexander
Tasha Alexander stepping outside Lady Emily to write Elizabeth I. Respectable Tudor fiction in a crowded subgenre.
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What we have said about Tasha Alexander
The first Lady Emily Ashton mystery. Victorian widow discovers her late husband's secret life among Greek antiquities.
The second Lady Emily book. London Season jewel thefts and a Marie-Antoinette obsessive. Alexander hitting her stride.
The third Lady Emily mystery. Vienna, anarchist plots, and Lady Emily's most uncomfortable house-party investigation.
The fourth Lady Emily mystery. Constantinople, harem politics, and Tasha Alexander's most ambitious setting to date.
Tasha Alexander stepping outside Lady Emily to write Elizabeth I. Respectable Tudor fiction in a crowded subgenre.