Adele Jordan

“Surely there weren't any female spies in history?” That was the question I was once asked during a radio interview about my Kit Scarlett Mysteries, my series about a female spy in the sixteenth century. I remember thinking: Really? It is an understandable question, perhaps. We tend to imagine spies as men in dark coats, lurking in shadows, passing coded messages and looking as though they haven't slept since 1572, but once you start looking for women in the history of espion

You know when you innocently look something up and, three hours later, you are sitting in a historical rabbit hole wondering how you got there? Well, hello again. This particular rabbit hole began when I was looking into the warrior women of Celtic and Norse mythology. As so often happens when I go looking for mythical women, I stumbled across a real one. The Birka Viking Warrior Meet the woman now known as the Birka Viking Warrior. When her grave was excavated at Birka in Sw

How easy was it for a woman to sit down at a gambling table in Georgian and Regency England? As it turns out, the answer is complicated — and rather fascinating. I was recently researching a cosy mystery set in the Regency period when I found myself faced with a very simple question. Could my female character really sit down at a gambling table? The scene involved a gambling hall, cards, money changing hands and all the delicious possibilities that come with putting a fiction

New signing! We're delighted to share that author Adele Jordan has signed with literary agent Abigail Fenton of the Ampersand Agency. Abigail’s enthusiasm for Adele’s work, combined with her vision for the project, made her the perfect partner for this next stage of Adele’s writing journey. Together, they are excited to begin shaping and championing Adele’s work as it moves forward into submission and beyond. This marks an exciting new chapter, and Adele is thrilled to be wor

Book 5 'The Tudor Vanishing' is available for pre-order now! 'The Tudor Vanishing' Book 5 in the series out for pre-order now Out in June 2026. England is preparing to celebrate a royal birth… 1537 Queen Jane Seymour has gone into confinement, preparing to give birth to a new Tudor heir. Thief-turned-espionage-agent Gwynnie Wightham finds herself at Hampton Court Palace with her mentor, Elric Tombstone. But Tombstone is hiding something and Gwynnie is determined to find out w

'The King's Stolen Jewels' is out now Book 4 in The Shadow Cutpurses Tudor Thriller series is out not on Amazon. The King's Stolen Jewels - Book 4 in the Shadow Cutpurses Thrillers The Tudor cutpurses are back in a festive mystery! For fans of S J Parris, Andrew Taylor, S W Perry and Andrew Swanston. Goodwill to all men … including thieves… Christmas, 1536 Thief-turned-espionage-agent Gwynnie Wightham is stunned by the reappearance of her mother, Emlyn, who is supposed to be