A Light in the Window is the second novel in the Mitford series, which includes At Home in Mitford, These High, Green Hills (1996; see separate entry), and Out to Canaan (1997). A fifth Mitford novel is in progress. All of the novels feature Father Timothy Kavanaugh, an Episcopal priest, as the protagonist. Important secondary characters in all of the books are Cynthia Coppersmith, his love interest, and Dooley Barlowe, a foster child.