Barbara Cleverly is a British author born in

Yorkshire Yorkshire ( ) is an area of Northern England which was History of Yorkshire, historically a county. Despite no longer being used for administration, Yorkshire retains a strong regional identity. The county was named after its county town, the ...

and a former teacher. She graduated from

Durham University Durham University (legally the University of Durham) is a collegiate university, collegiate public university, public research university in Durham, England, founded by an Act of Parliament (UK), Act of Parliament in 1832 and incorporated by r ...

and now works in

Cambridgeshire Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia. It is bordered by Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the north-east, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfor ...

. She is known for her ''Detective Joe Sandilands Mystery'' series, of which she has written thirteen books, and her ''Laetitia Talbot Mystery'' series. Shortlisted for the Crime Writers Association Debut Dagger award in 1999, Cleverly went on to receive the Crime Writers Association

Ellis Peters Historical Dagger The CWA Historical Dagger (currently called the CWA Endeavor Historical Dagger) is an annual award given by the British Crime Writers' Association to the author of the best historical crime novel of the year. Established in 1999, it is presented to ...

award in 2004. ''The Last Kashmiri Rose'' was a ''New York Times Notable Book''. She lives in Cambridge, England.The Blood Royal by Barbara Cleverly
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''Detective Joe Sandilands Mystery'' series

This series centers on

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detective A detective is an investigator, usually a member of a law enforcement agency. They often collect information to solve crimes by talking to witnesses and informants, collecting physical evidence, or searching records in databases. This leads the ...

and

World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

hero Joe Sandilands and is primarily set in

colonial India Colonial India was the part of the Indian subcontinent that was occupied by European colonial powers during and after the Age of Discovery. European power was exerted both by conquest and trade, especially in spice trade, spices. The search for ...

and Europe of the 1920s and 1930s. * ''The Last Kashmiri Rose'' (2001) * ''Ragtime in Simla'' (2002) * ''The Damascened Blade'' (2003) * ''The Palace Tiger'' (2004) * ''The Bee's Kiss'' (2005) * ''Tug of War'' (2006) * ''Folly Du Jour'' (2007) * ''Strange Images of Death'' (2010) * ''The Blood Royal'' (2011) * ''Not My Blood'' (2012) * ''A Spider in the Cup'' (2013) * ''Enter Pale Death'' (December 2014) * ''Diana's Altar'' (May 2016)

''Laetitia Talbot Mystery'' series

Also set in the 1920s, this series centers on Laetitia Talbot, an

archaeologist Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of Artifact (archaeology), artifacts, architecture, biofact (archaeology), biofacts or ecofacts, ...

-turned-detective. * ''The Tomb of Zeus'' (2007) * ''Bright Hair About the Bone'' (2008) * ''A Darker God'' (2010)

Other novels

* ''An Old Magic'' (2003) * ''The Corn Maiden'' (2015) * ''Fall of Angels'' (May 2018) (An Inspector Redfyre Mystery #1) * ''Invitation to Die'' (August 2019) (An Inspector Redfyre Mystery #2)

Short story collections

* ''Ellie Hardwick Mysteries'' (2012), . Ellie Hardwick is a young architect dealing with ancient buildings in East Anglia, England. In her work, she finds an occasional corpse, ghost, or wrong-doer. ** ''Love–lies Bleeding'' ** ''Here Lies'' ** ''A Threatened Species'' ** ''A Black Tie Affair'' ** ''Die Like a Maharajah'' * ''The Cambridge Mysteries'' (2013), . Four short murder mysteries, three featuring Detective Sergeant Christina Kenton, set in Cambridgeshire, England. ** ''No Picnic For Teddy Bears'' ** ''In A Dark Issue'' ** ''The Place: All Hallows Church. The Time: Halloween Night'' ** ''And in Sweet Alison''

Reviews

''Publishers Weekly''''Denver Post''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cleverly, Barbara English writers Living people Alumni of Durham University Writers of historical mysteries English women novelists English mystery writers British women mystery writers British women historical novelists 1940 births