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Lavinia Lake and Tobias March

by Amanda Quick

The Lavinia Lake and Tobias March series by Amanda Quick has 3 known books (3 published) and is best read in publication order, starting with Slightly Shady (2001).

Books
3 known books (3 novels)
Published
3
First published
2001
Status
completed
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Start here: Slightly Shady (2001) — then read straight through in publication order.

Book one

Cover of Slightly Shady

Slightly Shady (2001)

Reading order

The date order of published books and any announced future entries — the default way to read the series.

  1. Slightly Shady

    Novel

    Slightly Shady (2001) opens the trilogy at 343 pages, introducing self-invented Regency investigator Lavinia Lake and former government agent Tobias March as wary professional rivals.

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  2. Don't Look Back

    Novel

    At 423 pages, Don't Look Back (2002) is the longest of the three novels, continuing Lavinia and Tobias's case-by-case partnership a year after Slightly Shady.

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  3. Late for the Wedding

    Novel

    The shortest of the trilogy at 336 pages, Late for the Wedding (2003) closes out Amanda Quick's Lavinia Lake and Tobias March trilogy, begun with Slightly Shady (2001), with the self-invented Regency inquiry agent and her former-government-agent partner's wary professional rivalry now grown into an established partnership. It brings the trio of Regency London murders, blackmail schemes and society scandals that Quick builds around the pair's will-they-won't-they chemistry to a close.

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About the Lavinia Lake and Tobias March series

Lavinia Lake is a self-invented Regency businesswoman running a private inquiry agency with her niece after an earlier career that involved rather more improvisation and rather less legality than she likes to admit. Tobias March is a former government agent turned investigator, methodical where Lavinia is instinctive, who keeps getting pulled into her cases -- and she into his -- across a trilogy of murders, blackmail schemes and society scandals in Regency London. Quick builds the series on the friction and genuine partnership between two mismatched investigators who are clearly suited to each other long before either will admit it, giving the books a bickering, will-they-won't-they energy alongside the mystery plotting that is one of her more overtly comic pairings.

Frequently asked questions

How many Lavinia Lake and Tobias March books are there?

Three: Slightly Shady (2001), Don't Look Back (2002), and Late for the Wedding (2003).

What order should I read the Lavinia Lake and Tobias March books in?

Publication order, starting with Slightly Shady -- the relationship between Lavinia and Tobias builds continuously across all three books.

Is this series connected to Amanda Quick's other series?

No, it is a self-contained trilogy with its own recurring leads, separate from the Vanza, Arcane Society, Ladies of Lantern Street, and Burning Cove books.

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