Irene Sauman Books In Order

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Irene Sauman is a published Australian author and retired historian. She also writes modern cozy stories under the pen name Rennae Todd. She uses the name of Irene Sauman to write historical cozy mysteries.

Irene resides in Perth in western Australia. She grew up in New South Wales and went to school there by the mighty Murray River. There she lived with her parents on a vineyard and an orange orchard. There were several generations of her father’s family that were involved on the river with paddle steamers, so naturally it was this type of setting that she chose to set her first cozy mystery series.

She continues to reside in western Australia and has three children and grandchildren, as well as a sister who beta reads her books, checking for plot holes while also working to see how quickly she is able to solve the mystery, in which she is not always successful.

When she is not busy writing, Irene fesses up to being a readaholic. In addition to that, she likes to watch tennis, likes to play croquet where she notes that age will defeat youth and enthusiasm every time, and has a green thumb to some extent, meaning that not much dies in her garden (which is very different to her cozy mysteries).

Some of her favorite authors include Ngaio Marsh, Dorothy Sayers, Anthony Trollope, and Agatha Christie. Even though she loves mysteries, Irene also makes an effort to expand her reading to more than that.

Irene can be contacted through her Facebook author page and you can also reach her on BookBub. She belongs to the Aussie Readers group and other cozy mystery groups on Goodreads.

Saddled with Death is the first book in the Emma Berry Mystery series by Irene Sauman. If you love a good book about murder and can’t turn down a cozy mystery, check this book out!

A murder, a family who is mourning, and an old promise? The time period is the 1870’s, and Emma has a comfortable life. But the quiet life that she leads on her family’s sheep station on the Murray River might just be about to be turned upside down.

As it turns out, she is not the only one who is put out by the quarrelsome visitors who come to her neighbor’s property. There she’s helping to care for a woman who is terminally ill. But she’s also not the type to run away from a problem when it presents itself.

Then things take a turn and one of the visitors is found dead in the stable. As is her character, Emma is prepared to look into the death. But she’s also trying to avoid an old promise that she made as long as she can. In the meantime, she has to figure out what’s going on with the killer and avoid becoming his next victim in the process. Can she do it and bring justice to a now dead visitor and put everyone’s mind at ease? Read this book to find out!

A Gem of a Problem is the second book in the Emma Berry Mystery series. This story involves a death, an inheritance, and a problem left behind. Read it if you want to find out what happens!

When it comes to her marriage, Emma’s family has never approved. So when her husband’s questionable behavior puts everyone she is closest to in jeopardy, she knows that wherever she goes from here and what she does has to be done quietly.

She just has to work hard and she might be able to make some progress. If she can put the matter to rights, her family doesn’t need to now the deep pit that her marriage has brought them to the edge of. Nella has her own opinion on all of this, and Major Barnaby is getting impatient.

Emma might be able to get some type of resolution on this, if she can convince her brother-in-law to put his reputation at risk. The time to get anything done is running out, and she has to act quickly. Will she be able to do what she needs to do, or fail miserably and have to deal with the consequences? Read this book from Irene Sauman to find out!