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Hello, and thank you for visiting my website. I'm Karen Charlton. I write historical crime fiction. 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. 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. |
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6th October 2019
TWO BRAND NEW LAVENDER MYSTERIES TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS!
I'm delighted to announce there will be TWO brand new Detective Lavender Mysteries published in the next six months: The Death of Irish Nell (a short story) and The Willow Marsh Murder (a full-length novel).
The Death of Irish Nell is due out on December 1st, 2019. The eBook of is already available to pre-order at the reduced price of $1.99 / £1.99.
The Death of Irish Nell is the prequel to my new full-length novel, The Willow Marsh Murder, which is due out in February. The Death of Irish Nell is a taster which has been especially written to whet my readers' appetites while we all wait for the publication of The Willow Marsh Murder. The short story features an early case of Lavender's, which he worked on with Woods at the start of his career as a Principal Officer. The decisions Lavender made back then have a profound effect on both of them ten years later when they're summoned to solve another murder at Willow Marsh Manor in Cambridgeshire.
Here's a link to pre-order The Death of Irish Nell.
The Death of Irish Nell is due out on December 1st, 2019. The eBook of is already available to pre-order at the reduced price of $1.99 / £1.99.
The Death of Irish Nell is the prequel to my new full-length novel, The Willow Marsh Murder, which is due out in February. The Death of Irish Nell is a taster which has been especially written to whet my readers' appetites while we all wait for the publication of The Willow Marsh Murder. The short story features an early case of Lavender's, which he worked on with Woods at the start of his career as a Principal Officer. The decisions Lavender made back then have a profound effect on both of them ten years later when they're summoned to solve another murder at Willow Marsh Manor in Cambridgeshire.
Here's a link to pre-order The Death of Irish Nell.
31st August 2019
HALF A MILLION SALES
I've just received confirmation from my publishers that The Detective lavender Series has now sold over half a million copies worldwide. This is incredible news , almost too much to grasp - but obviously I'm delighted. Thank you to everyone who has supported me and helped make this series such a success.
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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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.
