Barbara Cleverly was born in the north of England and is a graduate of Durham University. A former teacher, she has spent her working life in Cambridgeshire and Suffolk; she now lives in Cambridge. She has one son and five stepchildren. She is the author of the Joe Sandilands series, including THE LAST KASHMIRI ROSE, FOLLY DU JOUR and STRANGE IMAGES OF DEATH. Her Joe Sandilands series, set against the background of the Indian Empire, was inspired by the contents of a battered old tin trunk that she found in her attic.

Books by Barbara Cleverly

Enter Pale Death: A Joe Sandilands Investigation

by Barbara Cleverly - Fiction, Historical Fiction, Historical Mystery, Mystery

Scotland Yard Detective Joe Sandilands suspects foul play in the violent death of Lady Truelove. He enlists old friend and former constable Lily Wentworth to trail the now-widower Sir James Truelove, and finds an ally in a fellow police officer familiar with the Truelove estate. But as the investigation yields surprising secrets about one of England’s most powerful families, Joe discovers how little he knows about the gilded lives of the moneyed.

The Palace Tiger

by Barbara Cleverly - Fiction, Mystery