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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.

Reviews

5

Books on file

5

Avg rating

3.6

Years active

2005-2009

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Our reviews of Tasha Alexander's work

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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.