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ⓘ About Merryn Allingham
Merryn Allingham is an English author of romance, mystery, and historical fiction books best known for her Flora Steele mysteries which have had over 16 million page reads. Being born into an army family meant that she spent most of her childhood traveling around the United Kingdom and abroad. This experience gave Allingham an urge to always travel to new places, and while in her twenties, she quit a secretarial career to work as a cabin crew and quench her thirst for travel. The Bookshop Murder is the first book in Flora Steele Mystery series. It’s a historical mystery series set in Abbeymead, Sussex, in the 1950s. They say that money is the root of all evil and that saying is proven to be accurate as Jack and Flora are able to unmask their gold-digging treasure seeker.
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The Officer's Widow / Daisy's Long Road Home
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2015
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Merryn Allingham?
Merryn Allingham is an English author of romance, mystery, and historical fiction books best known for her Flora Steele mysteries which have had over 16 million page reads. Being born into an army family meant that she spent most of her childhood traveling around the United Kingdom and abroad. This experience gave Allingham an urge to always travel to new places, and while in her twenties, she quit a secretarial career to work as a cabin crew and quench her thirst for travel.
Which Merryn Allingham series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Daisy's War series, the earliest of Merryn Allingham's multi-book series: it opens with The Girl from Cobb Street (2015) and runs to 3 books across 2015, ending with The Officer's Widow / Daisy's Long Road Home (2015). Merryn Allingham's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Merryn Allingham written?
Merryn Allingham has 40 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2015 and 2027. 37 of them belong to 7 named series — the largest being the Flora Steele Mystery series with 15 books — and 3 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Merryn Allingham's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Merryn Allingham's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Daisy's War (2015, 3 books), Allingham Regency Classic (2017–2020, 6 books) and Summerhayes House (2018–2023, 3 books), plus 4 more.
How are Merryn Allingham's books organised into series?
This guide splits Merryn Allingham's 40 books into 7 named series and 3 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Flora Steele Mystery (15 books, 2021–2027); Allingham Regency Classic (6 books, 2017–2020); Tremayne Mystery (6 books, 2020–2021); Daisy's War (3 books, 2015); Summerhayes House (3 books, 2018–2023), plus 2 further series.