M. C. Beaton

(aka Marion Chesney)

Click here for a post I’ve written about M. C. Beaton’s Hamish Macbeth Mysteries.

AGATHA RAISIN Mysteries:

Main Character: Agatha Raisin, Advertising Executive (retired), England

1. Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death   ’92
2. Agatha Raisin and the Vicious Vet   ’93
3. Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener   ’94
4. Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley   ’95
5. Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage   ’96
6. Agatha Raisin and the Terrible Tourist   ’97
7. Agatha Raisin and the Wellspring of Death   ’98
8. Agatha Raisin and the Wizard of Evesham   ’99
9. Agatha Raisin and the Witch of Wyckhadden   ’99
10. Agatha Raisin and the Fairies of Fryfam   ’00
11. Agatha Raisin and the Love from Hell   ’01
12. Agatha Raisin and the Day the Floods Came   ’02
13. Agatha Raisin and the Case of the Curious Curate   ’03
14. Agatha Raisin and the Haunted House   ’03
15. Deadly Dance   ’04
16. The Perfect Paragon   ’05
17. Love, Lies & Liquor    ’07
18. Kissing Christmas Goodbye    ’07
19. A Spoonful of Poison    ’08
20. There Goes the Bride     ’09
21. Busy Body    ’10
22. As the Pig Turns    ’11 
23. Hiss and Hers    ’12
24. Something Borrowed, Someone Dead   ’13 
25. The Blood of an Englishman    ’14
26. Dishing the Dirt    ’15
27. Pushing up Daisies    ’16
28. The Witches’ Tree    ’17
29. The Dead Ringer    ’18
30. Beating About the Bush   ’19
31. Hot to Trot   ’20
32. Down the Hatch   ’21 (with R. W. Green)
33. Devil’s Delight   ’22 (with R. W. Green)
34. Dead on Target   ’23 (with R. W. Green)
35. Killing Time   ’24 (with R. W. Green)

Introducing Agatha Raisin    ’08 (Includes first two novels in the series)

Christmas Crumble    ’12 (This is an Agatha Raisin Christmas Story)

Agatha’s First Case    ’15 (story)

HAMISH Macbeth Mysteries:

Main Character: Hamish Macbeth, Constable, Lochdubh, Scotland

1. Death of a Gossip   ‘85
2. Death of a Cad   ‘87
3. Death of an Outsider   ‘88
4. Death of a Perfect Wife   ‘89
5. Death of a Hussy   ‘90
6. Death of a Snob   ‘91
7. Death of a Prankster   ‘92
8. Death of a Glutton‘93(aka Death of a Greedy Woman’11)
9. Death of a Travelling Man    ‘93
10. Death of a Charming Man   ‘94
11. Death of a Nag   ‘95
12. Death of a Macho Man   ‘96
13. Death of a Dentist   ‘97
14. Death of a Scriptwriter   ‘98
15. Death of an Addict   ‘99
16. A Highland Christmas    ’99
17. Death of a Dustman   ‘00
18. Death of a Celebrity   ‘02
19. Death of a Village   ‘03
20. Death of a Poison Pen   ‘03
21. Death of a Bore   ‘05
22. Death of a Dreamer    ‘06
23. Death of a Maid   ’07
24. Death of a Gentle Lady     ’08
25. Death of a Witch    ’09
26. Death of a Valentine    ’10
27. Death of a Chimney Sweep    ’11
28. Death of a Kingfisher    ’12
29. Death of Yesterday    ’13
30. Death of a Policeman    ’14
31. Death of a Liar    ’15
32. Death of a Nurse    ’16
33. Death of a Ghost    ’17
34. Death of an Honest Man    ’18
35. Death of a Green-Eyed Monster   ’22
36. Death of a Spy   ’24

Knock, Knock, You’re Dead    ’16 (story)

Death of a Laird    ’22 (story)

STAND ALONES:

Skeleton in the Closet    ’01

Written as Marion Chesney: 

(As Chesney, I think her books are Romance novels.)

EDWARDIAN MURDER MYSTERY Series:

Main Characters: Capt. Harry Cathcart, Lady Rose Summer & her Companion Daisy 

1. Snobbery with Violence   ’03
2. Hasty Death   ’04
3. Sick of Shadows   ’05
4. Our Lady of Pain     ’06

DAUGHTERS OF MANNERLING Series:

1. The Banishment   ’95
2. The Intrigue   ’95
3. The Deception   ’96
4. The Folly   ’96
5. The Romance   ’97
6. The Homecoming   ’97

POOR RELATION Series:

1. Lady Fortescue Steps Out   ’93
2. Miss Tonks Turns to Crime   ’93
3. Mrs. Budley Falls from Grace   ’93
4. Sir Philip’s Folly   ’93
5. Colonel Sandhurst to the Rescue   ’94
6. Back in Society     ’94

DUKES & DESIRES Series:

1. The Desirable Duchess   ’93
2. Her Grace’s Passion   ’91
3. Pretty Polly   ’88
4. The Sins of Lady Dacey   ’94
5. My Dear Duchess   ’79
6. Lady Lucy’s Lover   ’83
7. The Scandalous Marriage   ’91

TRAVELING MATCHMAKER Series:

1. Emily Goes to Exeter   ’90
2. Belinda Goes to Bath   ’91
3. Penelope Goes to Portsmouth  ’91
4. Beatrice Goes to Brighton   ’91
5. Deborah Goes to Dover   ’92
6. Yvonne Goes to York   ’92

SCHOOL FOR MANNERS Series:

1. Refining Felicity   ’88
2. Perfecting Fiona   ’89
3. Enlightening Delilah   ’89
4. Finessing Clarissa   ’89
5. Animating Maria   ’90
6. Marrying Harriet   ’90

WAVERLEY WOMEN Series:

1. The First Rebellion   ’89
2. Silken Bonds   ’89
3. The Love Match   ’89

HOUSE FOR THE SEASONS Series:

1. The Miser of Mayfair   ’86
2. Plain Jane   ’86
3. The Wicked Godmother   ’87
4. Rake’s Progress   ’87
5. The Adventuress   ’87
6. Rainbird’s Revenge   ’88

SIX SISTERS Series:

1. Minerva   ’83
2. The Taming of Annabelle   ’83
3. Deirdre and Desire   ’84
4. Daphne   ’84
5. Diana the Huntress   ’85
6. Frederica in Fashion   ’85

WESTERBY Series:

1. The Westerby Inheritance   ’82
2. The Westerby Sisters   ’83

DARING DEBUTANTES Series:

1. Henrietta   ’79
2. Molly   ’80
3. Penelope   ’83
4. Lucy   ’87
5. Annabelle   ’80
6. Kitty   ’80
7. Sally   ’02

REGENCY INTRIGUE Series:

1. The Flirt   ’85
2. Regency Gold   ’80
3. Lessons in Love   ’87
4. The Scandalous Lady Wright   ’90
5. His Lordship’s Pleasure   ’91
6. The Ghost and Lady Alice   ’82
7. The Constant Companion   ’80
8. Dancing on the Wind   ’03

ROYAL AMBITION Series:

1. The Dreadful Debutante   ’94
2. The Savage Marquess   ’88
3. Miss Fiona’s Fancy   ’87
4. The Viscount’s Revenge   ’83
5. The Chocolate Debutante   ’95
6. Lady Margery’s Intrigue   ’80
7. The Paper Princess   ’87

LADIES IN LOVE Series:

1. Polly   ’87
2. Ginny   ’80
3. Tilly   ’87
4. Susie   ’81
5. Daisy   ’81
6. Maggie   ’84
7. Poppy   ’90

CHANGING FORTUNES Series:

1. The Westerby Inheritance   ’82 (I’m not sure of the 1st)
2. The Loves of Lord Granton   ’96
3. The Marquis Takes a Bride   ’82
4. Lady Anne’s Deception   ’85
5. Milady in Love   ’87
6. The Highland Countess   ’81
7. My Lords, Ladies, and Marjorie   ’81
8. Love and Lady Lovelace   ’82

LOVE AND TEMPTATION Series:

1. The Original Miss Honeyford   ’85
2. At the Sign of the Golden Pineapple   ’87
3. The Education of Miss Patterson   ’85
4. Sweet Masquerade   ’84
5. Quadrille   ’81
6. Miss Davenport’s Christmas   ’93
7. The Perfect Gentleman   ’88

ENDEARING YOUNG CHARMS Series:

1. The French Affair   ’84
2. To Dream of Love   ’86
3. A Marriage of Inconvenience   ’92
4. A Governess of Distinction   ’92
5. The Glitter and the Gold   ’93
6. Duke’s Diamonds   ’82
7. Those Endearing Young Charms   ’86