Cheryl Lanham


Cheryl Arguile is an American writer who also writes under her maiden name Cheryl Lanham and the pseudonyms Sarah Temple and Emily Brightwell.

Personal life

Cheryl Lanham was born on November 10, 1948, in Richwood, West Virginia. In May 1976, she married Richard James Arguile. They have two children.

Writing career

She has been published several times in the young adult novel genre and contemporary romance novels.
As Emily Brightwell, she is the author of 41 titles in the Victorian murder mystery series that started with The Inspector and Mrs. Jeffries in February 1993.
The series has grown in popularity in recent years as each new mystery is published and as the earlier titles are reissued as three-book anthologies. Her mystery Mrs. Jeffries and The One Who Got Away made the New York Times Mass Market Fiction Bestseller List for February 22, 2015. Mrs. Jeffries Turns the Tide made the New York Times Mass Market Fiction Bestseller List for May 26, 2013. Mrs. Jeffries Defends Her Own, Emily Brightwell's previous paperback original mystery, made the New York Times Mass Market Fiction Bestseller List in May 2012.

As Sarah Temple

Single novels

  • Kindred Spirits
  • Lifeline
  • ''The Liberation of Layla''

As Emily Brightwell

Mrs. Jeffries series

  1. The Inspector and Mrs. Jeffries
  2. Mrs. Jeffries Dusts for Clues
  3. The Ghost and Mrs. Jeffries
  4. Mrs. Jeffries Takes Stock
  5. Mrs. Jeffries on the Ball
  6. Mrs. Jeffries on the Trail
  7. Mrs. Jeffries Plays the Cook
  8. Mrs. Jeffries and the Missing Alibi
  9. Mrs. Jeffries Stands Corrected
  10. Mrs. Jeffries Takes the Stage
  11. Mrs. Jeffries Questions the Answer
  12. Mrs. Jeffries Reveals Her Art
  13. Mrs. Jeffries Takes the Cake
  14. Mrs. Jeffries Rocks the Boat
  15. Mrs. Jeffries Weeds the Plot
  16. Mrs. Jeffries Pinches the Post
  17. Mrs. Jeffries Pleads Her Case
  18. Mrs. Jeffries Sweeps the Chimney
  19. Mrs. Jeffries Stalks the Hunter
  20. Mrs. Jeffries and the Silent Knight
  21. Mrs. Jeffries Appeals the Verdict
  22. Mrs. Jeffries and the Best Laid Plans
  23. Mrs. Jeffries and the Feast of St. Stephen
  24. Mrs. Jeffries Holds the Trump
  25. Mrs. Jeffries In the Nick of Time
  26. Mrs. Jeffries and the Yuletide Weddings
  27. Mrs. Jeffries Speaks Her Mind
  28. Mrs. Jeffries Forges Ahead
  29. Mrs. Jeffries and the Mistletoe Mix-Up
  30. Mrs. Jeffries Defends Her Own
  31. Mrs. Jeffries Turns the Tide
  32. Mrs. Jeffries and the Merry Gentlemen
  33. Mrs. Jeffries and the One Who Got Away
  34. Mrs. Jeffries Wins the Prize
  35. Mrs. Jeffries Rights a Wrong
  36. Mrs. Jeffries and the Three Wise Women
  37. Mrs. Jeffries Delivers the Goods
  38. Mrs. Jeffries and the Alms of the Angel
  39. Mrs. Jeffries Demands Justice
  40. Mrs. Jeffries and the Midwinter Murders
  41. Mrs. Jeffries Aims to Win 1

Mrs. Jeffries reprint anthology series

  1. All three titles now an anthology trade paperback: Mrs. Jeffries Learns the Trade
  2. All three titles now an anthology trade paperback: Mrs. Jeffries Takes A Second Look
  3. All three titles now an anthology trade paperback: Mrs. Jeffries Takes Tea at Three
  4. All three titles now an anthology trade paperback: Mrs. Jeffries Sallies Forth
  5. All three titles now an anthology trade paperback: Mrs. Jeffries Pleads the Fifth
  6. All three titles now an anthology trade paperback: ''Mrs. Jeffries Serves at Six''

As Cheryl Lanham

Anthologies in collaboration