What is the title of your latest release?
THE SISTERHOOD
What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book?
I’m so wholly incapable of coming up with an elevator pitch that my agent always writes book descriptions for me. I was born without that gene. In this book, we’ve got suffragettes, the London Season, a murdered debutante, stolen jewels, and a second timeline focused on Boudica and Roman Britain.
How did you decide where your book was going to take place?
London was one of the primary locations in the first book in the series (And Only to Deceive) and is a place I’ve circled back to a few times since. On this occasion, I was walking along the Thames, came to the statue of Boudica in her chariot, and realized in that instant I wanted to tell her story.
Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life?
Absolutely! I’d even drink port with her.
What are three words that describe your protagonist?
Smart, loyal, intuitive.
What’s something you learned while writing this book?
Although we have a few primary sources that tell us about Boudica, there is no archaeological record of her yet found.
Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done?
I start each day by doing a quick revision on what I wrote the day before. Beyond that, however, I wait until I’ve finished the draft.
What’s your favorite foodie indulgence?
The lobster Gewürztraminer at Everest in Chicago. Poached in butter, perfect amount of ginger…food heaven!
Describe your writing space/office!
I have a 19th school desk that I use for revising on paper, but when I’m writing, I sit in a crazy comfortable Danish chair with my computer on my lap. I’m lucky to have a space with a fireplace, a bust of Alexander the Great, a marble panel showing Athena thinking, and a fabulously soft Turkish carpet. I’ve got my chair positioned so I can’t see anything but the sky when I’m working (no distractions from our frequently visiting moose). It’s truly a perfect space, except I’m nearly out of room on my bookshelves.
Who is an author you admire?
David Mitchell
Is there a book that changed your life?
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder. My first memory in life is from when I was about or so. My mother was reading Big Woods to me in our living room, and all of a sudden, I realized I was ahead of her on the page. I was utterly blown away that you didn’t need a grown up to read. It was as if the sky opened and heaven sang. From that moment on, I’ve had a book in my hand.
Tell us about when you got “the call.” (when you found out your book was going to be published)/Or, for indie authors, when you decided to self-publish.
I was in the kitchen in my attic apartment in New Haven when my agent called me with the offer. Still have the envelope on the back of which I scrawled down the details.
What’s your favorite genre to read?
Everything, everything, everything. Why limit yourself? I’ll read the back of a cereal box if that’s all that’s available.
What’s your favorite movie?
Feature film would be Sliding Doors because I’m obsessed with how tiny moments can change everything, but my favorite of all movie/tv is the old BBC Pride & Prejudice with Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth.
What is your favorite season?
Winter, because I can never have enough snow.
How do you like to celebrate your birthday?
I’ve been to a lot of spectacular places on my birthday, but nothing tops staying home with my husband, champagne, fondue and, I hope, a lot of snow.
What’s a recent tv show/movie/book/podcast you highly recommend?
Alan Alda’s Clear + Vivid, which he describes as conversations about communication. He interviews writers, scientists, actors and I learn something every single time. I’d listen to him talk to anyone!
What’s your favorite type of cuisine?
I could never pick one. Indian. Greek. Chinese. Thai. French.
What do you do when you have free time?
I travel a lot, go hiking in the mountains, and cook, but most of the time I’m reading.
What can readers expect from you next?
I’ve just about finished the draft of the 20th book in my series, which takes Emily to India. It’s set in Maheshwar at Ahilya Fort, where I stayed last year and instantly fell in love with the place and the 18th century queen who built it.
THE SISTERHOOD by Tasha Alexander
Lady Emily investigates the murder of a glamorous debutante in the next irresistible mystery of Tasha Alexander’s New York Times bestselling series.
London, 1907: When the Season’s most accomplished and elegant debutante, Victoria Goldsborough, collapses and dies at her engagement ball, the great and good of London Society prepare to mourn the tragic loss of an upstanding young woman. But all is not what it seems, and after a toxic beverage is revealed to be the cause of death, the king himself instructs Lady Emily and her husband Colin Hargreaves to unearth the truth.
Who would want to harm one of the most popular women of the year? Is it her fiancé with whom she had an unusually brief courtship; a rival for his affections bitter at being cast aside; her best friend who is almost certainly hiding a secret from Colin and Emily; a disappointed suitor with a hidden gambling habit; or a notorious jewel thief who has taken a priceless tiara from the Goldsborough home? When a second debutante succumbs to poison, the race is on to find a ruthless killer.
Emily and Colin’s investigation leads to a centuries old tomb in the center of London with a mysterious link to another death dating back to Roman times and the violent reign of Boudica, ancient Britain’s fearsome warrior queen. As the stakes rise and the clock ticks down, Emily must find the killer before they strike again.
Mystery Historical | Mystery Amateur Sleuth | Mystery Woman Sleuth [Minotaur Books, On Sale: September 23, 2025, Hardcover / e-Book, ISBN: 9781250374981 / eISBN: 9781250374998]
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About Tasha Alexander
TASHA ALEXANDER is the author of the New York Times bestselling Lady Emily mystery series. The daughter of two philosophy professors, she studied English literature and medieval history at the University of Notre Dame. She and her husband, novelist Andrew Grant, live on a ranch in southeastern Wyoming.
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