 Karen Charlton
Hello, and thank you for visiting my website. I'm Karen Charlton. I write historical crime fiction and cosy chicklit for the mature woman. My historical novels are all set in Regency England.
My standalone, debut novel Catching the Eagle is the true story of our notorious ancestor, Jamie Charlton, who was convicted of Northumberland's biggest robbery. My Detective Lavender Mysteries are based on the fictional adventures of Stephen Lavender, a real-life detective with the Bow Street Police Office in London. The Silver Sex Kittens Series, co-authored with my friend, award-winning author Jean Gill, is set in Yorkshire and features five ordinary middle-aged women who have extraordinary adventures. |
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You can find out more about me, my books and my main characters by following the links on the side of this page. On the genealogy pages you can also learn more about the research which led us to the skeleton in our family closet.
There's a fascinating cache of interviews with fellow authors in the Guest Interview section, a podcast interview further down this page, and I periodically post some musings about all things literary on my blog page. If you would like to contact me, I’d love to hear from you and if you would like to follow me on Facebook please click here.
I hope you enjoy your visit.
There's a fascinating cache of interviews with fellow authors in the Guest Interview section, a podcast interview further down this page, and I periodically post some musings about all things literary on my blog page. If you would like to contact me, I’d love to hear from you and if you would like to follow me on Facebook please click here.
I hope you enjoy your visit.
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28th March 2019
PLague Pits & River Bones Reaches Fifty Thousand Readers
Plague Pits & River Bones (Book #4) has now surpassed fifty thousand sales.
I feel humbled and incredibly proud that so many people are buying and enjoying my Detective Lavender novels.
Thank you for your support.
I feel humbled and incredibly proud that so many people are buying and enjoying my Detective Lavender novels.
Thank you for your support.
13th February 2019
Now Published!
MuRDER IN PARK LANE
Murder in Park Lane, the fifth novel in The Detective Lavender Mystery Series, was published on February 12th 2019 and within 24 hours it was already in the Top 200 on Amazon.com - and had got a Best-Seller tag.
At the time of typing, it is the best-selling novel in Historical Thrillers.
Go, Lavender!
At the time of typing, it is the best-selling novel in Historical Thrillers.
Go, Lavender!
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London, 1812. At a fashionable address in leafy Mayfair, a far cry from Detective Stephen Lavender’s usual haunts, a man is found dead in his room. He has been brutally stabbed, but the door is locked from the inside and the weapon is missing.
The deceased is David MacAdam, an Essex businessman with expensive tastes. As Lavender and Constable Ned Woods travel between London and Chelmsford seeking to understand MacAdam’s final hours and unearth the grisly truth, they uncover a tangled web of deceit behind his stylish facade. The unusual circumstances of MacAdam’s death are nothing compared to the shady nature of his life and it seems the house on Park Lane is at the heart of a dark conspiracy. But when a second body turns up, everything they think they’ve learned is thrown into doubt. Can Lavender and Woods find out who’s behind these shocking murders before more lives are ruined? |
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26th October 2018
Brand New Series:
'Life After Men'
The Silver Sex Kittens Book #1
I'm delighted to announce that Life After Men, the first short story in The Silver Sex Kittens Series is now published on Amazon.
Co-written with my friend and award-winning author, Jean Gill, this is my first venture into contemporary fiction and it has been great fun. I've written more about the experience on my blog.
Co-written with my friend and award-winning author, Jean Gill, this is my first venture into contemporary fiction and it has been great fun. I've written more about the experience on my blog.
29th June 2018
100,000 Sales for 'The Sans Pareil Mystery'
I'm delighted to announce that The Sans Pareil Mystery, the second book in The Detective Lavender Mystery Series has now exceed 100,000 sales. My publishers sent me a wonderful plaque to hang in my study alongside the one I received eighteen months ago when The Heiress of Linn Hagh also exceed this benchmark sales figure.
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2Oth March 2018
New Book CovErs
My debut novel Catching the Eagle, it's prequel, February 1809 and both my Detective Lavender short stories have had a makeover.
Two hundred years after his death, our family rogue, Jamie Charlton, has never looked so good.
Many thanks to my talented cover designer, Lisa Horton for these brilliant covers. Lisa designs the book covers for the full-length novels in the Detective Lavender Mystery Series (published by Thomas & Mercer) and I asked her to upgrade the covers of all my self-published fiction.
Two hundred years after his death, our family rogue, Jamie Charlton, has never looked so good.
Many thanks to my talented cover designer, Lisa Horton for these brilliant covers. Lisa designs the book covers for the full-length novels in the Detective Lavender Mystery Series (published by Thomas & Mercer) and I asked her to upgrade the covers of all my self-published fiction.
January 14th 2017
The Real Stephen Lavender
In this BBC Radio interview, I talk about my recent contact with the living descendants of Stephen Lavender and what I learned about the real Bow Street officer.
