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Start with Silent in the Grave and continue through all 10 books in the listed reading order.

10 books
Published 2006 to 2020
Status: Likely complete

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Silent in the Grave

Start with Silent in the Grave

Book 1 by Deanna Raybourn • Published 2006

At a London dinner party, Lady Julia Grey's quiet, sickly husband collapses and dies, apparently of natural causes. When a private enquiry agent hints at murder, Julia joins the investigation and uncovers secrets in h...

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Lady Julia Grey reading order

Ends with A Mysterious Season

  1. 1
    Silent in the Grave

    Book 1:Silent in the Grave

    Deanna Raybourn • 2006

    At a London dinner party, Lady Julia Grey's quiet, sickly husband collapses and dies, apparently of natural causes. When a private enquiry agent hints at murder, Julia joins the investigation and uncovers secrets in h...

  2. 2
    Silent in the Sanctuary

    Book 2:Silent in the Sanctuary

    Deanna Raybourn • 2007

    Fresh from a six month sojourn in Italy, Julia returns to her family's abbey for Christmas and finds the halls crammed with relatives, guests, and one infuriating Nicholas Brisbane. When a man is murdered in the chape...

  3. 3
    Silent on the Moor

    Book 3:Silent on the Moor

    Deanna Raybourn • 2009

    Julia ignores Brisbane's warnings and follows him to Grimsgrave Hall, a crumbling estate on the Yorkshire moors where he has become entangled with the proud Allenby family. Poison, old obsessions, and buried legacies...

  4. 4
    Dark Road to Darjeeling

    Book 4:Dark Road to Darjeeling

    Deanna Raybourn • 2010

    On their extended honeymoon, Julia and Brisbane are persuaded to detour to a remote tea plantation in India where Portia's friend Jane has been recently widowed. Amid family tensions and colonial gossip, they probe wh...

  5. 5
    The Dark Enquiry

    Book 5:The Dark Enquiry

    Deanna Raybourn • 2011

    Back in London as newlyweds, Julia longs to be a full partner in Brisbane's enquiry work. When her brother secretly hires him to investigate a spiritualist circle, Julia pushes into a case laced with seances, espionag...

  6. 6
    Silent Night

    Book 6:Silent Night

    Deanna Raybourn • 2012 • 1 recommendation

    Julia expects a cozy Christmas at Bellmont Abbey with Brisbane and her eccentric family, but missing jewels, unsettling newcomers, and a prowling "ghost" suggest an old crime is being reenacted. She must solve the puz...

  7. 7
    Midsummer Night

    Book 7:Midsummer Night

    Deanna Raybourn • 2013

    On the eve of Julia and Brisbane's long awaited wedding at Bellmont Abbey, village revels, pagan customs, and the chaos of the March clan collide. When a dangerous figure from the past appears, their celebration threa...

  8. 8
    Twelfth Night

    Book 8:Twelfth Night

    William Shakespeare

    Use the reading order above to move through the series in the intended sequence.

  9. 9
    Bonfire Night

    Book 9:Bonfire Night

    Deanna Raybourn • 2014

    Julia and Brisbane accept a peculiar inheritance that requires them to spend All Hallows' Eve through Bonfire Night in a lonely country house. Local legends, eerie lights, and a missing lady's maid turn a supposed fam...

  10. 10
    A Mysterious Season

    Book 10:A Mysterious Season

    Deanna Raybourn • 2020

    A Mysterious Season collects four Lady Julia Grey novellas set around English holidays, from Christmas and Midsummer to Twelfth Night and Bonfire Night. Each story drops Julia and Brisbane into a compact mystery that...

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Lady Julia Grey FAQ

What is the best order to read the Lady Julia Grey series?

The recommended reading order is the numbered order shown on this page, starting with Silent in the Grave.

How many books are in the Lady Julia Grey series?

There are 10 books currently listed in the Lady Julia Grey series on GurusReads.

Where should I start with the Lady Julia Grey series?

New readers should start with Silent in the Grave, the first book in the reading order.

Is the Lady Julia Grey series complete?

Based on the publication years we have, the series appears likely complete and spans releases from 2006 to 2020.