Irina Shapiro Books in Order: Redmond and Haze, Echoes from the Past, and Time-Travel Mysteries
Irina Shapiro writes historical mysteries, time-travel fiction, romantic suspense, and supernatural stories that frequently connect the present with secrets buried in the past. Her books range from Victorian murder investigations in England to stories about women who cross centuries through mysterious passages or psychic abilities.
Because Shapiro has several long-running series, there is no single required order for her entire bibliography. Each series has its own characters and story arcs, so the best approach is to read within a series in order and choose the series that matches the kind of mystery or historical fiction you enjoy.
Redmond and Haze Mysteries in Order
The Redmond and Haze Mysteries are set in Victorian England and follow American surgeon Jason Redmond and village constable Daniel Haze. What begins as an unexpected professional partnership develops into a lasting friendship as they investigate increasingly complicated murders across England.
This is currently Shapiro’s longest-running series, with 18 published books as of October 2026 and a nineteenth book scheduled for January 2027.
1. Murder in the Crypt
Published: 2020
Daniel Haze receives his first major murder investigation when a young man’s body is discovered inside the tomb of a medieval knight. Suspicion falls on Jason Redmond, an American stranger who has just arrived in the village, but the surgeon soon becomes an unexpected ally rather than an enemy.
The first novel establishes the partnership between Haze and Redmond and introduces the Victorian setting, forensic investigation, and character-driven relationships that become central to the series.
2. Murder at the Abbey
A young woman is found dead near the ruins of a supposedly haunted abbey. What initially looks like a supernatural death becomes a much more earthly murder when Redmond’s examination reveals that she was poisoned.
3. Murder at the Mill
A man’s naked body is discovered strapped to a waterwheel, giving Inspector Haze a particularly disturbing case. Redmond once again assists him as they investigate a victim whose enemies may have been numerous enough to make motive difficult to identify.
4. Murder in the Caravan
A gentlewoman is found murdered in a Romani caravan while another woman from the village disappears. Redmond and Haze must work through prejudice, conflicting testimony, and missing connections to determine what links the two cases.
5. Murder in the Grave
A newly appointed curate is found murdered in a freshly dug grave. His reputation as an almost saintly man makes the violence particularly shocking, forcing Haze and Redmond to investigate whether the victim’s public image concealed another life.
6. Murder at Ardith Hall
The investigators are drawn into another case involving an English country estate, where family relationships and hidden motives complicate the search for the killer.
7. Murder on the Sea Witch
The investigation moves beyond the familiar village setting as Redmond and Haze confront a murder connected with the ship Sea Witch.
8. Murder in Half Moon Street
A woman is brutally murdered in her own bedroom, apparently inside a locked house. Redmond and Haze must reconstruct her private life to discover who could have committed such a violent crime and escaped unseen.
9. Murder in Highgate
A young man is found hanging inside the Ashford family tomb at Highgate. Identifying the victim reveals a surprising connection to Jason Redmond, making this investigation more personal than usual.
10. Murder in the Mews
The Earl of Granville is found murdered with a pitchfork in his own stables. As Redmond and Haze dig into the family’s history, long-hidden secrets begin changing the apparent motive.
11. Murder of a Mermaid
The twelfth Redmond and Haze mystery continues their investigations into Victorian London’s darker corners, with another unusual death and another web of secrets surrounding the victim.
12. Murder Among the Dead
Redmond and Haze face another murder that takes them into an especially grim investigation. The series continues to develop both men’s personal lives alongside the mystery.
13. Murder of a Hangman
The thirteenth case brings Redmond and Haze into another disturbing investigation involving a hangman and the darker side of Victorian justice.
14. Murder of Innocents
Jason and Daniel are summoned to a historic Tudor manor after two young boys are murdered. Their investigation uncovers unexpectedly complicated relationships among the people living on the estate.
15. Murder of a Medium
A famous psychic is attacked after leaving a séance at an earl’s home. Redmond and Haze investigate her movements and discover that her connections to the case are more personal than they first appear.
16. Murder in Bloody Weald
With Daniel Haze preparing for marriage, he and Jason Redmond are pulled into the violent world surrounding Essex’s most powerful crime family after a crime boss’s son is found murdered in an ancient wood.
17. Murder of a Vampire
The seventeenth mystery brings Redmond and Haze another unusual murder case in Victorian England. The title plays on the period’s fascination with vampires and the supernatural while remaining firmly rooted in the series’ historical mystery world.
18. Murder in the Maze
On New Year’s Eve, antiquarian and self-styled treasure hunter Professor Frederick Latham gathers friends and rivals at his ancestral home. Before the new year begins, he is found dead at the center of the estate’s maze, leaving Redmond and Haze to unravel a mystery involving old rivalries and buried secrets.
19. Murder by Malmsey
Expected publication: January 2027
The nineteenth Redmond and Haze mystery is forthcoming. Superintendent John Ransome is about to become Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police when his former mentor is found submerged in a barrel of wine. Ransome turns to Redmond and Haze for help, drawing them into a case involving old loyalties, powerful London figures, and a particularly theatrical murder.
Tate and Bell Mysteries in Order
The Tate and Bell Mysteries move through Victorian London and follow nurse Gemma Tate and Inspector Sebastian Bell. The series combines murder investigation, historical detail, danger, and a slow-burning romance between its central characters.
1. The Highgate Cemetery Murder
Published: 2024
Gemma Tate becomes involved in a disturbing case after a man leaves behind a cryptic note about a dead woman and being followed. The investigation brings her into contact with Inspector Sebastian Bell and establishes the partnership that drives the series.
2. Murder at Traitors’ Gate
A murder investigation takes Gemma and Sebastian into the dark history surrounding Traitors’ Gate and the Tower of London.
3. Murder at the Foundling Hospital
When one of Gemma’s young charges at the Foundling Hospital is murdered, she is devastated. Sebastian works alongside her to uncover the truth, but the investigation is obstructed by people determined to keep certain secrets hidden.
4. Murder at the Orpheus Theatre
A night at the theater turns deadly when two lead actors are found murdered on stage. Gemma and Sebastian must determine who could have turned a theatrical performance into a carefully planned crime.
5. Murder on Platform Four
Sebastian arrives at Paddington Station hoping to reconcile with his estranged brother, but instead discovers a young woman’s body hidden inside an abandoned trunk. A distinctive bone-handled knife becomes one of the clues in a dangerous investigation.
6. Murder on the Prince Regent
Gemma boards the American packet ship Prince Regent to assist Sebastian with the death of a British aristocrat. The confined setting and suspicious passengers turn the voyage into another dangerous investigation.
7. The Carnival Murders
Gemma and Sebastian are planning their future when a murdered woman is discovered in a London neighborhood. As Gemma investigates the victim’s final days and Sebastian uncovers similar deaths connected to a traveling carnival, their own plans are placed at risk.
8. Murder on Devil’s Ridge
Gemma and her new husband, Sebastian, are visiting his family in Suffolk when a brutal murder is discovered. What appears to be an isolated killing soon points toward a much more complicated case.
9. A Murder in Belgravia
Expected publication: October 2026
A prominent Member of Parliament collapses at an elegant private dinner. His physician quickly attributes the death to a weak heart, but Sebastian Bell is not convinced. The ninth Tate and Bell mystery is scheduled for October 2026.
10. Murder at Craven Hill
Expected publication: March 2027
A woman connected to London’s criminal underworld reports a crime to Scotland Yard. Sebastian recognizes her from a painful chapter in his own past, and he and Gemma become involved in a case that reaches into London’s shadowy underworld.
11. Murder at Dead Man’s Place
Expected publication: July 2027
The eleventh Tate and Bell mystery is announced for July 2027. A wealthy peer’s heir is murdered after a night of revelry, and Sebastian discovers that the apparently simple robbery has much darker implications.
Echoes from the Past in Order
The Echoes from the Past series blends historical mystery, romance, psychic abilities, and dual timelines. Historian and archaeologist Quinn Allenby can experience the lives of people connected to objects and places from the past. With her husband Gabe, she investigates forgotten crimes and tragic stories hidden across centuries.
1. The Lovers
Published: 2017
In 1664 London, seventeen-year-old Elise de Lesseps is forced into a marriage she does not want. Her connection with another man becomes a forbidden love story whose consequences reach far beyond her own lifetime.
2. The Forgotten
Quinn investigates skeletal remains discovered near a former leper cemetery. Her psychic ability allows her to uncover the story of a woman and child whose deaths were surrounded by secrecy and shame.
3. The Unforgiven
Quinn is pregnant and alone in New Orleans when she becomes involved in a mystery surrounding a woman whose existence appears to have been erased from history. The investigation also brings Quinn closer to answers about her own past.
4. The Forsaken
The fourth book continues Quinn’s journey into the lives of people whose stories have been lost to history, combining a historical mystery with the emotional consequences of what Quinn discovers.
5. The Unseen
Another historical mystery draws Quinn into the hidden consequences of past actions while her own life and relationships continue to develop.
6. The Condemned
The sixth novel continues the dual-timeline structure of the series, with Quinn confronting another painful historical story and the consequences it has for the present.
7. The Betrayed
In 1588, Rafael de Silva survives the wreck of his ship off Ireland after serving in the Spanish Armada. His survival depends on an unexpected ally, while Quinn’s investigation in the present uncovers another connection between the past and present.
8. The Broken
Skeletal remains of a dismembered infant are discovered in an elderly couple’s garden. Quinn is called to investigate, but the case becomes especially painful as she suffers a devastating betrayal in her own life.
9. The Lost
The ninth novel continues Quinn’s investigations into mysteries that have survived across generations, combining historical tragedy with the consequences of secrets uncovered in the present.
10. The Vanished
Published: September 2026
The latest Echoes from the Past novel moves between the Lake District in 1923 and the present day. In the historical timeline, the Bellamy sisters face financial ruin, inheritance problems, forbidden love, and a devastating secret. In the present, Quinn investigates a woman’s body found sealed inside a well and discovers that an ancient object connects the case to the Bellamy family.
Nicole Rayburn Historical Mysteries in Order
The Nicole Rayburn Historical Mysteries follow a modern historical author whose research into old crimes repeatedly uncovers mysteries that have survived for generations. The books combine present-day investigation with historical stories.
1. The Hanging Tree
Published: 2021
Nicole investigates the story of Alys Bailey, a woman hanged for witchcraft in 1640. When Nicole discovers that important details have been removed from the historical record, her research turns into a much more dangerous search for the truth.
2. The Devil’s Den
Nicole’s research once again takes her into the darker corners of English history, where a historical mystery has consequences in the present.
3. The Shadow Bride
Nicole becomes involved in another old family mystery in which a woman from the past appears to have been deliberately erased from the historical record.
4. The Lost Tower
Another historical investigation leads Nicole toward secrets hidden inside an old English estate and a mystery whose effects continue into the present.
5. The Gilded Lily
Nicole discovers an old photograph and begins investigating the identity of the young woman pictured in it. Her research reveals a forgotten family mystery and the secrets surrounding a Victorian family.
6. A Fall from Grace
Nicole meets a woman desperate to uncover the truth about her Victorian ancestor, a successful playwright whose apparently perfect life concealed complicated relationships and secrets.
7. The Winter Witch
Published: September 2026
In 1816, healer and midwife Rosina de Winter is accused of witchcraft before disappearing from custody. That same night, the vicar who accused her is found hanging inside his locked church. More than two centuries later, Nicole investigates the mystery and discovers a connection involving a Romani girl, a baby, and a family crisis of her own.
The Hands of Time in Order
The Hands of Time series is Irina Shapiro’s major time-travel saga. It begins with Valerie Crane, a modern woman mysteriously transported from 2010 to seventeenth-century England, where she must decide what kind of life she wants after being separated from her own era.
1. The Hands of Time
Valerie Crane’s life changes completely when a mysterious passage transports her from the modern world into seventeenth-century England. Survival is only the beginning as she becomes emotionally attached to people and a life she never expected to find.
2. A Leap of Faith
Valerie’s new life becomes increasingly complicated as the consequences of crossing through time become clearer. The romance and historical danger deepen while she tries to reconcile her old identity with the person she is becoming.
3. A World Apart
The characters face another major shift between eras, exploring the emotional cost of belonging to two different worlds.
4. A Game of Shadows
Political and personal dangers increase as the story moves deeper into the historical setting. The time-travel premise becomes increasingly tied to questions of loyalty, identity, and survival.
5. Shattered Moments
The fifth book continues the saga with the consequences of earlier choices becoming impossible to avoid.
6. The Ties That Bind
The series continues to explore the bonds that survive across time, with relationships and family connections becoming central to the story.
7. The Summer Solstice
A seasonal installment that expands the world and relationships established in the main sequence.
8. The Winter Solstice
Another seasonal story that continues the series’ historical and romantic threads.
9. The Christmas Gift
A Christmas-themed addition to the Hands of Time world and a natural extra for readers who want to spend more time with its characters.
The official series page currently presents the first six books as The Hands of Time, A Leap of Faith, A World Apart, A Game of Shadows, Shattered Moments, and The Ties That Bind, while bibliographic listings identify the three later seasonal stories as additional installments.
Wonderland Series in Order
The Wonderland series follows location scout Neve Ashley, who discovers a hidden passage at Everly Manor that transports her from the modern world to England in 1685. There she meets Lord Hugo Everly, beginning a sweeping time-travel romance.
1. The Passage
Neve discovers a hidden passage at Everly Manor and unexpectedly crosses into 1685. Her meeting with Lord Hugo Everly changes the course of both their lives.
2. Wonderland
Neve is now living in the seventeenth century with Hugo, but the time-traveling couple become involved in danger and betrayal when they return to London.
3. Sins of Omission
Neve and Hugo settle in Paris, hoping for peace, but espionage, court politics, and old enemies make their new life anything but quiet.
4. The Queen’s Gambit
Neve and Hugo return home after years of exile and hope for stability. Instead, tragedy and a visitor from Neve’s own century threaten the life they have built.
5. Comes The Dawn
Hugo faces imprisonment for treason while Neve is accused of witchcraft. Their family must make an extraordinary choice if they are to survive.
5.5. Jem’s Journey
Jem, feeling overlooked at home, leaves Everly for London in search of adventure. The journey becomes an important coming-of-age story as he encounters hardship, temptation, and unexpected kindness. Goodreads identifies it as Wonderland #5.5, making it best treated as a companion novella rather than a sixth full-length numbered novel.
Irina Shapiro Standalone Books
Shapiro also writes standalone mysteries and psychological thrillers. These do not require a reading order.
The Inheritance
Published: 2011
An early Shapiro novel involving family history, secrets, and the consequences of an inheritance.
Full Circle
Published: 2011
A standalone story about the way choices from the past can return to reshape the present.
Precious Bones
Published: 2013
A darker standalone involving historical secrets and the discovery of clues that refuse to remain buried.
The Folly
Published: 2012
A suspenseful story built around secrets, relationships, and the dangerous consequences of digging into the past.
Haunted Ground
Published: 2014
A gothic-leaning standalone that combines atmosphere, mystery, and secrets connected to an old place.
The Gothic Collection
Published: 2015
This is a collection rather than a conventional novel, bringing together gothic stories from Shapiro’s earlier work. It is best treated as supplemental reading rather than another series.
The House on the Hill
Published: 2020
A mysterious house and the secrets surrounding it provide the foundation for this atmospheric standalone.
The Lost Colony
Published: 2023
The disappearance of an old settlement becomes the starting point for a mystery involving the past, hidden truths, and modern investigation.
After Midnight
Published: 2024
A darker standalone mystery that moves further into psychological suspense.
The Invite
Published: 2025
Seven college friends receive an invitation to reunite at an isolated luxury lake house. What should have been a weekend of reconciliation becomes a murder mystery when the gathering turns deadly.
No Child Lives Here
Expected publication: May 2027
This psychological thriller follows investigative journalist Hannah Webb, who moves to Maplewood with her daughter after a professional disaster. When Hannah sees a child in the window of an abandoned mansion, she begins investigating the disappearance of an eight-year-old girl from twenty years earlier. The investigation becomes urgent when Hannah’s own daughter disappears.
Which Irina Shapiro Series Should You Read First?
Start with Redmond and Haze for Victorian mysteries
Choose Murder in the Crypt if you want traditional historical murder mysteries, an evolving detective partnership, Victorian England, and a long series with plenty of cases to explore.
Start with Tate and Bell for London crime and romance
The Highgate Cemetery Murder is the better choice if you want Victorian London, a female investigator, police work, and a romance that develops gradually between Gemma and Sebastian.
Start with The Lovers for supernatural historical fiction
Choose The Lovers if you enjoy dual timelines, psychic abilities, historical romance, and mysteries whose answers are hidden in objects and places from the past.
Start with The Hands of Time for time travel
The Hands of Time is the natural starting point for readers who want a woman transported from the modern era into seventeenth-century England.
Start with The Passage for time-travel romance
If you prefer a romantic time-slip story built around a hidden passage and a historical love story, begin with The Passage.
Start with The Invite for a modern thriller
Readers who prefer contemporary psychological suspense rather than historical mystery can begin with The Invite.
Do Irina Shapiro Books Need to Be Read in Order?
Within each series, yes, reading in order is recommended. The individual mysteries often have their own cases, but the characters’ relationships and personal stories develop from one book to the next.
The Redmond and Haze books especially benefit from chronological reading because Daniel Haze and Jason Redmond’s friendship and personal lives develop throughout the series. The same applies to Gemma and Sebastian in Tate and Bell.
The standalone novels can be read in any order. The same is true across the different series because they operate as separate fictional worlds.
Irina Shapiro Books in Publication Order
For readers who want to explore Shapiro’s career from the beginning, her broad publication history starts with the early standalone and time-travel novels before moving into the major mystery series. Because several seasonal and companion books complicate a single chronological list, series-by-series order is more useful than forcing every title into one master sequence.
The major progression is:
- The Hands of Time (2011)
- A Leap of Faith (2012)
- A World Apart (2012/2013 editions vary by catalog)
- A Game of Shadows (2013)
- Shattered Moments (2014)
- The Passage (2015)
- Wonderland (2015)
- Sins of Omission (2016)
- The Queen’s Gambit (2016)
- Comes The Dawn (2016)
- The Lovers (2017)
- The Forgotten (2018)
- The Unforgiven (2018)
- The Forsaken (2018)
- The Unseen (2018)
- The Condemned (2019)
- The Betrayed (2019)
- The Broken (2019)
- Murder in the Crypt (2020)
- The Lost (2020)
- The House on the Hill (2020)
- The Hanging Tree (2021)
- The Devil’s Den (2021)
- The Shadow Bride (2022)
- The Lost Tower (2022)
- The Gilded Lily (2023)
- The Lost Colony (2023)
- A Fall from Grace (2024)
- After Midnight (2024)
- The Highgate Cemetery Murder (2024)
- The Invite (2025)
- Murder in the Maze (2026)
- The Vanished (2026)
- The Winter Witch (2026)
This is a career overview rather than a substitute for the individual series orders above, because Shapiro’s bibliography contains companion stories and different cataloging dates for some older books.
Irina Shapiro FAQ
How many Irina Shapiro books are there?
The total depends on whether companion stories, collections, seasonal installments, and forthcoming books are counted. Current databases range from the high 50s into the 60s because they use different definitions of a book. The author’s own site currently organizes the bibliography into six main series plus psychological thrillers and standalone books.
What is Irina Shapiro’s first book?
The Hands of Time is one of Shapiro’s earliest published novels and begins her Hands of Time series. Bibliographic sources also list The Inheritance, Full Circle, and Precious Bones among her early 2011 standalone publications.
What is the latest Irina Shapiro book?
As of October 2026, The Winter Witch, Nicole Rayburn Historical Mysteries #7, is the latest published Shapiro novel. It was released in September 2026.
What is the next Irina Shapiro book?
The next announced releases include A Murder in Belgravia, Tate and Bell #9, in October 2026, followed by Murder by Malmsey, Redmond and Haze #19, in January 2027. Murder at Craven Hill is scheduled for March 2027.
Is The Vanished part of Echoes from the Past?
Yes. The Vanished is Echoes from the Past #10 and continues Quinn Allenby’s dual-timeline investigations. It was published in September 2026.
Is The Winter Witch part of a series?
Yes. The Winter Witch is Nicole Rayburn Historical Mystery #7. It continues Nicole’s investigations into historical crimes and mysteries while also advancing her personal story.
Which Irina Shapiro series has the most books?
The Redmond and Haze Mysteries are currently the longest-running series, with 18 published books and Murder by Malmsey announced as Book 19.
Are Redmond and Haze and Tate and Bell connected?
They are separate series with different central characters. Both are set in Victorian England and share Shapiro’s interest in historical investigation, but readers can start either series independently.
Is Irina Shapiro a time-travel author?
Yes. Time travel and historical timeslip fiction are especially prominent in Hands of Time and Wonderland. Her other series use different supernatural or historical devices, including psychic abilities in Echoes from the Past.
Final Verdict
Irina Shapiro has built a particularly varied mystery bibliography. If you want a long-running Victorian detective series, Redmond and Haze is the deepest choice. If you prefer Victorian London with a stronger romantic thread, Tate and Bell is a natural starting point. For supernatural dual timelines, choose Echoes from the Past, while Hands of Time and Wonderland are the books to choose for time travel.
Her standalone work offers another side of her writing, particularly the darker contemporary thrillers such as The Invite. And with The Vanished, The Winter Witch, and several new mysteries arriving in 2026 and 2027, Shapiro’s bibliography is still expanding.
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