Series:

Murray of Letho

6 primary works • 10 total works

Book 1

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Death in a Scarlet Gown

by Lexie Conyngham

Published 17 August 2011
1802. An ancient Scottish university is wracked by murder. A vindictive professor, an uncouth student, and a man seeking ministry lie dead, but who wanted to kill them? Charles Murray, a student with enough problems of his own, is drawn into the mystery, where neither innocuous accidents nor good friends are all they seem. Death in a Scarlet Gown is the first in the Murray of Letho series, set in Georgian Scotland.

Book 2

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Knowledge of Sins Past

by Lexie Conyngham

Published 17 August 2011
Scotland at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Scoggie Castle is cold and grim, but a refuge to the disinherited Charles Murray. Then a series of mysterious deaths shakes family and servants alike, and splits the local village in two. Murray is thrown once more into the midst of murder, but who has the answer in this dark rural landscape - the pig-lovers or the pig-haters? Knowledge of Sins Past is the second in the Murray of Letho series, set in Georgian Scotland.

Book 6

Cover of The Tender Herb: A Murder in Mughal Delhi
1812 - Recovering in Naples from the intrigues of Scottish politics, Charles Murray is drawn further afield by urgent news of an old servant in distant Mughal India. Going to the aid of one woman, he finds another and is pursued by a third. But that is no recipe for an easy life, and with imperial spies on the streets of Delhi, Murray must investigate the murder that brought him to the East, and redeem himself in his own eyes.The Tender Herb is the sixth in the Murray of Letho series.

Book 10

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Thicker Than Water

by Lexie Conyngham

Published 31 May 2017
When young Walter finds a dead body along with the dead fish in his tutor's fishpond, he knows he should tell his old master, Charles Murray of Letho. The dead man leaves a pretty wife and child and a broken string quartet, but someone must have profited by his death - could it be the avenger from his past as his widow fears, or is it someone from closer at hand? St. Andrews is once again the setting for a murder mystery, and a puzzle that Murray must solve before themurderer strikes again.

Book 11

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A Deficit of Bones

by Lexie Conyngham

Published 25 April 2019
A violent double murder in a lonely, empty house.
Not the kind of mystery that Charles Murray and his old friend Blair expect to find when they are trapped in snowbound Aberdeen. Tangled with dangerous whisky smugglers and an unexplained local illness, the solution is far from clear – and does it involve a missing box of human bones?

Book 13

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Shroud for a Sinner

by Lexie Conyngham

Published 6 October 2022
A violent murder at Letho - but who is the victim? The first of many questions for Charles Murray as he hunts a vindictive killer on his own doorstep, uncovering secrets even in those he thought he knew. Can he succeed - and can he protect the people he loves best?

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An Abandoned Woman

by Lexie Conyngham

Published 7 July 2012
A hot summer in Fife, and Charles Murray, laird of Letho, is a busy man. His servants' wing is leaking, his minister's manse is falling down, his houseguest is annoying and his neighbour's niece is entrancing. When an unknown woman dies mysteriously on his land, he can hardly find time to investigate her death - until it involves the whole village, and more violence follows. An Abandoned Woman is the fourth in the Murray of Letho series, set in Georgian Scotland.

Cover of Slow Death by Quicksilver
It's a long walk home to Ulster from Glasgow University - and even longer when the journey is interrupted by murder. Murray of Letho is staying with an old friend in the fishing village by Loch Ryan where the unpopular Newell meets his death. Missing his daughter, resenting his mourning and distracted by an abundance of charming female company, Murray struggles to find the murderer amongst a host of suspects, in a village where every second inhabitant has motive, means, and a fine knowledge of poison.

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Fellowship with Demons

by Lexie Conyngham

Published 31 May 2013
Edinburgh 1810: Charles Murray of Letho, a young gentleman of means, is in much demand: a rich widow, an old friend, and new military acquaintances all need his help. But when Henry Dundas, Viscount Melville, sends him an invitation, vanity and curiosity force him to accept - and straightaway he has to deal with murder. Why did a cowardly surgeon kill a drunken engraver? And what would the consequences be, in the rainy mists of autumn? In the end Murray's answers to his problems will lead to a decision that will change his life. Fellowship with Demons is the fifth in the Murray of Letho series, set in Georgian Scotland.

Cover of Service of the Heir: An Edinburgh Murder
Charles Murray is in Edinburgh when tragedy strikes him. The deaths of a lawyer and a servant not only draw him down to the homes of the capital's grim underclass, but also make him reconsider his elegant society friends. Yet is everything quite as it seems? Who kills - and who gives the orders? Service of the Heir is the third in the Murray of Letho series, set in Georgian Scotland.