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Tasha Alexander

Tasha Alexander, the daughter of two philosophy professors, studied English Literature and Medieval History at the University of Notre Dame. She and her husband, novelist Andrew Grant, live on a ranch in southeastern Wyoming. She is the author of the long-running Lady Emily Series as well as the novel Elizabeth: The Golden Age.

“Upon the Midnight Clear” by Tasha Alexander: New Excerpt

By Tasha Alexander

In this heartwarming new Christmas short story featuring Tasha Alexander’s Victorian sleuth, Lady Emily, and her husband, Colin, the discovery of a clue in a Christmas cracker leads to a true holiday miracle. While most of London society has fled to their country estates for the holidays, Lady Emily and her family are enjoying a few…

Noble Savagery: The Abuse of Royal Remains

By Tasha Alexander

November 2, 2018

…let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings; How some have been deposed; some slain in war, Some haunted by the ghosts they have deposed; Some poison’d by their wives: some sleeping kill’d; All murder’d… —William Shakespeare, Richard II People everywhere—even those with little interest in history—were captivated…

Uneasy Lies the Crown: New Excerpt

By Tasha Alexander

In Uneasy Lies the Crown, the thrilling new mystery in Tasha Alexander’s bestselling series, Lady Emily and her husband Colin must stop a serial killer whose sights may be set on the new king, Edward VII. On her deathbed, Queen Victoria asks to speak privately with trusted agent of the Crown, Colin Hargreaves, and slips him a…

Tasha Alexander Excerpt: Death in St. Petersburg

By Tasha Alexander

October 4, 2017

Death in St. Petersburg by Tasha Alexander is the 12th book in the Lady Emily Mysteries series (available October 10, 2017). After the final curtain of Swan Lake, an animated crowd exits the Mariinsky theatre brimming with excitement from the night’s performance. But outside the scene is somber. A ballerina’s body lies face down in the…

A Terrible Beauty (Lady Emily Series #11) by Tasha Alexander

A Terrible Beauty: New Excerpt

By Tasha Alexander

October 5, 2016

A Terrible Beauty by Tasha Alexander is the 11th Lady Emily Mystery, where Lady Emily travels to Greece where a ghost from her past returns to haunt her amid the ruins (Available October 11, 2016). On a quest to distract her lifelong friend Jeremy from his recent heartbreak, Lady Emily organizes a holiday in Greece. As a…

That Silent Night: Holiday Excerpt

By Tasha Alexander

December 16, 2015

That Silent Night by Tasha Alexander is a Christmas novella in the Lady Emily Mysteries series (Available for only $1.99 below). Lady Emily and her dashing husband Colin are spending a few days in London, doing some last-minute Christmas shopping and making the most of the time alone, when they find themselves in the middle…

The Adventuress by Tasha Alexander

The Adventuress: New Excerpt

By Tasha Alexander

October 15, 2015

The Adventuress by Tasha Alexander is the 10th Victorian mystery in the Lady Emily series (available October 13, 2015). Emily and husband Colin have come to the French Riviera for what should be a joyous occasion – the engagement party of her lifelong friend Jeremy, Duke of Bainbridge, and Amity Wells, an American heiress. But…

Death in the Floating City by Tasha Alexander

Death in the Floating City: New Excerpt

By Tasha Alexander

October 14, 2012

An excerpt of Death in the Floating City, the seventh historical mystery in the Lady Emily series by Tasha Alexander (available October 16, 2012). Years ago, Emily’s childhood nemesis, Emma Callum, scandalized polite society when she eloped to Venice with an Italian count. But now her father-in-law lies murdered, and her husband has vanished. …

A Crimson Warning by Tasha Alexander Cover

A Crimson Warning: New Excerpt

By Tasha Alexander

October 17, 2011

Newly returned to her home in Mayfair, Lady Emily Hargreaves is looking forward to enjoying the delights of the season. The delights, that is, as defined by her own eccentricities—reading The Aeneid, waltzing with her dashing husband, and joining the Women’s Liberal Federation in the early stages of its campaign to win the vote for…

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