There are 3 books in the The Monsarrat Mystery Series series. The newest book is The Power Game which came out in 2019.

A fast-paced, witty and gripping historical crime opener to The Monsarrat Series from Tom Keneally and his eldest daughter Meg

In an Australian penal colony at the edge of the known world, gentleman convict Hugh Monsarrat has risen from convicted forger to trusted clerk of the settlement's commandant.

Not long…

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The Unmourned

Book cover of The Unmourned: The Monsarrat Series

Not all murder victims are mourned...

For Robert Church, superintendent of the Parramatta Female Factory, the most enjoyable part of his job is access to young convict women. Inmate Grace O'Leary has made it her mission to protect the women from his nocturnal visits and when Church is murdered with…

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The Power Game

By Tom Keneally , Meg Keneally ,

Book cover of The Power Game: Book Three, The Monsarrat Series

Murder often comes with an easy scapegoat...

When a boatman is murdered on a remote island off Van Diemen's Land, the authorities want to blame a famous, and very inconvenient, political prisoner.


Hugh Llewelyn Monsarrat and his trusty housekeeper, Mrs Mulrooney, are sent to remote Maria Island to solve the…