The Delafield & Malloy Investigations

A society writer and a former lady’s maid join forces to expose the dark side of the rich and powerful in the 1910s while also searching for love and success in their own lives. 

The Whispering Women: A gripping women’s historical mystery (A Delafield & Malloy Investigation Book 1)

Book #1 from the series: The Delafield & Malloy Investigations

Can two women get the lowdown on high society?

In 1913, a society writer and a former lady’s maid join forces to find the truth and avenge the wrongful death of a friend.

Louisa Delafield and Ellen Malloy didn’t ask to be thrown together to bring the truth to light, but the unlikely pair navigate a soul-crushing class system to challenge the...

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The Butterfly Cage: A gripping women’s historical mystery (A Delafield & Malloy Investigation Book 2)

Book #2 from the series: The Delafield & Malloy Investigations

Louisa Delafield survived the abduction. The panic attacks remind her every day, and she knows that her past will never truly release her.

But it won’t hinder her commitment to defending the powerless. Traveling through the Wild West, she must confront her fears and fight a ruthless procurer to save innocent girls from the horrors of sex...

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The Burning Bride: A gripping women’s historical mystery (A Delafield & Malloy Investigation Book 3)

Book #3 from the series: The Delafield & Malloy Investigations

From anarchists in New York City to a raging inferno in the ancient city, Louisa and Ellen face danger and heartache head-on.

When Louisa is sent on what seems like a simple assignment in Florida, death follows her. A guest at a high-society wedding is found dead with a stolen diamond in his hand, and Louisa is determined to uncover the truth....

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Secrets and Spies: A gripping women’s historical mystery (A Delafield & Malloy Investigation Book 4)

Book #4 from the series: The Delafield & Malloy Investigations

Torn between kinship and conscience, between duty and truth.

After the sinking of the Lusitania in 1915, New York society writer Louisa Delafield and her assistant Ellen Malloy join in the hunt for German saboteurs who are employing biological and chemical warfare on American soil.

Their hunt takes them through all levels of American society,...

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The Ladies’ Lantern: A gripping women’s historical mystery (A Delafield & Malloy Investigation Book 5)

Book #5 from the series: The Delafield & Malloy Investigations

New baby, new friends, passionate crusades, and deadly challenges for Louisa and Ellen!

While Ellen tries to get her new magazine, The Ladies’ Lantern, off the ground, Louisa makes it her mission to find out who is killing Broadway investors and why.

The newest member of the Delafield & Malloy family, Carlotta, takes charge of caring for Ellen...

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Ransom in Red: A gripping women’s historical mystery (A Delafield & Malloy Investigation Book 7)

Book #7 from the series: The Delafield & Malloy Investigations

Coming in 2026! Louisa and Ellen continue their investigations as the Bolshevik revolution kicks into high gear in 1917 Petrograd!

The Furies of Winter: A gripping women’s historical mystery (A Delafield & Malloy Investigation Book 6)

Book #6 from the series: The Delafield & Malloy Investigations

1917: Two women. Two cities on the edge of chaos. One bond that defies distance.

In New York City, “discreet investigator” Louisa Delafield is caught between her desire for a safe, happy life with her fiancé Francis Holland and her duty to her friends and her country. When British intelligence offers her a mission to Petrograd, Louisa faces her...

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