🎯 Where Should I Start?
ⓘ About Victoria Tait
About Victoria Tait Victoria Tait is a talented British author best known for her captivating ‘Kenya Kanga Mystery’ series. Drawing on over eight years of living rurally in Kenya with her family, she brings vivid and evocative descriptions of the African landscape to life. Her immersive storytelling allows readers to feel the heat, taste the dryness, and smell the dust of Africa. This rich backdrop provides a unique setting for her mysteries, making her books an engaging escape for readers. Tait excels at crafting memorable characters and protagonists, pulling her readers effortlessly into their world. Her keen insights from her time in Kenya enable her to create authentic and multidimensional characters.
All Book Series by Victoria Tait
Inheritance and Intrigue in the Cotswolds
Series opener · book 1 of 7 · published 2025
Tartan, Treasures and Trouble
Latest in the series · book 13 of 13 · published 2025
Antiques and Adversity in the Azores
Series opener · book 1 of 5 · published 2025
Bidding and Blackmail in Barcelona
Latest in the series · book 5 of 5 · published 2027
Hot Chocolate and A Festive Fatality
Latest in the series · book 6 of 6 · published 2024
Riddles: A Limited Edition Cozy Mystery Anthology
Single-title series · published 2023
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Victoria Tait?
About Victoria Tait Victoria Tait is a talented British author best known for her captivating 'Kenya Kanga Mystery' series. Drawing on over eight years of living rurally in Kenya with her family, she brings vivid and evocative descriptions of the African landscape to life. Her immersive storytelling allows readers to feel the heat, taste the dryness, and smell the dust of Africa.
Which Victoria Tait series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Kenya Kanga Mystery series, the earliest of Victoria Tait's multi-book series: it opens with Fowl Murder (2020) and runs to 6 books across 2020–2021, ending with Wild Dog Revenge (2021). Victoria Tait's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Victoria Tait written?
Victoria Tait has 38 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2020 and 2027. 37 of them belong to 5 named series — the largest being the Dotty Sayers Antique Mystery series with 13 books — and 1 is a standalone title, collection or anthology.
In what order should Victoria Tait's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Victoria Tait's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Kenya Kanga Mystery (2020–2021, 6 books), Dotty Sayers Antique Mystery (2022–2025, 13 books) and Waterwheel Cafe Mystery (2023–2024, 6 books), plus 2 more.
How are Victoria Tait's books organised into series?
This guide splits Victoria Tait's 38 books into 5 named series and 1 title that stands alone or appear only in collections: Dotty Sayers Antique Mystery (13 books, 2022–2025); Cotswold Antique Mystery (7 books, 2025–2026); Kenya Kanga Mystery (6 books, 2020–2021); Waterwheel Cafe Mystery (6 books, 2023–2024); Treasured Journey Mystery (5 books, 2025–2027).