Charlotte MacLeod Reading Order

4 books (1989–1992)

Charlotte MacLeod edited three mystery anthologies published between 1989 and 1992, each featuring short stories from various authors in the mystery and thriller genre. The complete series consists of Mistletoe Mysteries, Christmas Stalkings, and Malice Domestic 1, and should be read in publication order. This finished series offers standalone anthology entries that work independently from one another.

Start with Mistletoe Mysteries and read in order.

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1	Mistletoe Mysteries 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Christmas Stalkings 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Cat Crimes II 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Malice Domestic 1 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

5 books (1981–1993)

Charlotte MacLeod's Grub-And-Stakers series consists of five complete mystery novels published between 1981 and 1993. The books should be read in publication order, beginning with The Grub-And-Stakers Move a Mountain and concluding with The Grub-And-Stakers House a Haunt. This closed series follows a group of amateur detectives who become entangled in various mysteries while undertaking their unconventional community projects.

Start with The Grub-And-Stakers Move a Mountain, the first of 5 books in the Grub-And-Stakers series.

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1	The Grub-And-Stakers Move a Mountain 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Grub-and-Stakers Quilt a Bee 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Grub-And-Stakers Pinch a Poke 1988Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Grub-and-Stakers Spin a Yarn 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Grub-And-Stakers House a Haunt 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

5 books (1980–1992)

The Madoc Rhys series consists of five mystery novels published between 1980 and 1992, following the investigations of detective Madoc Rhys. This complete series should be read in publication order, beginning with A Pint of Murder and continuing through Murder Goes Mumming, A Dismal Thing to Do, Trouble in the Brasses, and concluding with The Wrong Rite. Charlotte MacLeod crafted these mysteries across the span of twelve years, offering a finished arc for readers seeking a traditional detective series with a definitive endpoint.

Start with A Pint of Murder, the first of 5 books in the Madoc Rhys series.

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1	A Pint of Murder 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Murder Goes Mumming 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	A Dismal Thing to Do 1986Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Trouble in the Brasses 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Wrong Rite 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (1972–1994)

Charlotte MacLeod's complete two-book non-fiction series spans from 1972 to 1994, beginning with Astrology For Skeptics followed by Had She but Known. These works should be read in publication order to follow the author's intended progression. The series is finished and contains no additional volumes.

Start with Astrology For Skeptics and read in order.

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1	Astrology For Skeptics 1972Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Had She but Known 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

10 books (1978–1996)

Charlotte MacLeod's Professor Peter Shandy series comprises ten mystery novels published between 1978 and 1996, with the sequence beginning with Rest You Merry and concluding with Exit the Milkman. This complete series should be read in publication order to follow the interconnected mysteries and character development across the installments. The mysteries unfold at a New England college setting where Professor Shandy becomes repeatedly entangled in investigations ranging from seasonal crimes to unusual deaths connected to campus life and the surrounding community.

Start with Rest You Merry, the first of 10 books in the Professor Peter Shandy series.

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1	Rest You Merry 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Luck Runs Out 1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Wrack and Rune 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Something The Cat Dragged In 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Curse of the Giant Hogweed 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Corpse in Oozak's Pond 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Vane Pursuit 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	An Owl Too Many 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Something in the Water 1994Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Exit the Milkman 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

12 books (1979–1998)

Charlotte MacLeod's Sarah Kelling & Max Bittersohn Mysteries comprises twelve books published between 1979 and 1998, following the adventures of a Boston socialite and her art-detective husband as they navigate murders and mysteries across New England. The complete series should be read in publication order, beginning with The Family Vault and continuing through The Balloon Man, the final entry. This closed-ended mystery series combines amateur sleuthing with art world intrigue and period charm characteristic of traditional detective fiction.

Start with The Family Vault, the first of 12 books in the Sarah Kelling & Max Bittersohn Mysteries series.

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1	The Family Vault 1979Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Withdrawing Room 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Palace Guard 1981Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Bilbao Looking Glass 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Convivial Codfish 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	The Plain Old Man 1985Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	The Recycled Citizen 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	The Silver Ghost 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	The Gladstone Bag 1990Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	The Resurrection Man 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	The Odd Job 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	The Balloon Man 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (1989–1989)

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1	A Cozy For Christmas 1989Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (1987–2002)

Charlotte MacLeod's Short Story Collections consists of two complete mystery and thriller collections published between 1987 and 2002. The series should be read in publication order, beginning with Grab Bag followed by It Was an Awful Shame and Other Stories. These standalone collections showcase MacLeod's shorter fiction across the span of fifteen years.

Start with Grab Bag and read in order.

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1	Grab Bag 1987Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	It Was an Awful Shame and Other Stories 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

11 books (1964–1984)

Charlotte MacLeod's eleven standalone mystery novels were published between 1964 and 1984, with each book offering an independent story that can be enjoyed in any order. While the series is complete, reading them in publication order starting with Mystery of the White Knight provides the best sense of the author's evolving style across two decades. One novel in the series, The Terrible Tide, was published under MacLeod's alternate pen name Alisa Craig.

Start with Mystery of the White Knight, the first of 11 books in the Standalone Novels series.

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1	Mystery of the White Knight 1964Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Next Door to Danger 1965Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Mouse's Vineyard 1968Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Fat Lady's Ghost 1968Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Ask Me No Questions 1971Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Brass pounder 1971Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	King Devil 1978Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	We Dare Not Go A-Hunting 1980Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Cirak's Daughter 1982Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	The Terrible Tide(As: Alisa Craig) 1983Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Maid of Honor 1984Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible