Marion Chesney Reading Order

6 books (1986–1988)

Start with Plain Jane, the first of 6 books in the A House for the Season series.

#	Title
1	Plain Jane 1986Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Miser of Mayfair 1986Buy 🇺🇸
3	Rake's Progress 1987Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Adventuress 1987Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Wicked Godmother 1987Buy 🇺🇸
6	Rainbird's Revenge 1988Buy 🇺🇸

39 books (1992–2025)

Start with The Quiche of Death, the first of 39 books in the Agatha Raisin series.

#	Title
1	The Quiche of Death 1992Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Vicious Vet 1993Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Potted Gardener 1994Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Walkers of Dembley 1995Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Murderous Marriage 1996Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Terrible Tourist 1997Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Wellspring of Death 1998Buy 🇺🇸
8	The Witch of Wyckhadden 1999Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Wizard of Evesham 1999Buy 🇺🇸
10	The Fairies of Fryfam 2000Buy 🇺🇸
11	The Love from Hell 2001Buy 🇺🇸
12	The Day the Floods Came 2002Buy 🇺🇸
13	The Case of the Curious Curate 2003Buy 🇺🇸
14	The Haunted House 2003Buy 🇺🇸
15	The Deadly Dance 2004Buy 🇺🇸
16	The Perfect Paragon 2005Buy 🇺🇸
17	Love, Lies and Liquor 2006Buy 🇺🇸
18	Kissing Christmas Goodbye 2007Buy 🇺🇸
19	A Spoonful of Poison 2008Buy 🇺🇸
20	There Goes the Bride 2009Buy 🇺🇸
21	Busy Body 2010Buy 🇺🇸
22	As The Pig Turns 2011Buy 🇺🇸
23	Christmas Crumble 2012Buy 🇺🇸
24	Hiss and Hers 2012Buy 🇺🇸
25	Hell's Bells 2013Buy 🇺🇸
26	Something Borrowed, Someone Dead 2013Buy 🇺🇸
27	The Blood of an Englishman 2014Buy 🇺🇸
28	Agatha's First Case 2015Buy 🇺🇸
29	Dishing the Dirt 2015Buy 🇺🇸
30	Pushing up Daisies 2016Buy 🇺🇸
31	The Witches' Tree 2017Buy 🇺🇸
32	The Dead Ringer 2018Buy 🇺🇸
33	Beating about the Bush 2019Buy 🇺🇸
34	Hot to Trot(With:R.W. Green) 2020Buy 🇺🇸
35	Down the Hatch(With:R.W. Green) 2021Buy 🇺🇸
36	Devil’s Delight(With:R.W. Green) 2022Buy 🇺🇸
37	Dead on Target(With:R.W. Green) 2023Buy 🇺🇸
38	Killing Time(With:R.W. Green) 2024Buy 🇺🇸
39	Sugar and Spite(With:R.W. Green) 2025Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (2001–2023)

Start with The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology: Celebrating 25 Years, the first of 4 books in the Anthologies series.

#	Title
1	The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology: Celebrating 25 Years 2001Buy 🇺🇸
2	Cozy Case Files Volume 3 2017Buy 🇺🇸
3	Cozy Case Files Volume 8 2020Buy 🇺🇸
4	Cozy Case Files, Volume 19 2023Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (1983–1983)

#	Title
1	The Westerby Sisters 1983Buy 🇺🇸

22 books (2017–2025)

Start with Cozy Case Files Volume 1, the first of 22 books in the Cozy Case Files Mystery Sampler series.

#	Title
1	Cozy Case Files Volume 1 2017Buy 🇺🇸
2	Cozy Case Files Volume 2 2017Buy 🇺🇸
3	Cozy Case Files Volume 3 2017Buy 🇺🇸
4	Cozy Case Files Volume 4 2018Buy 🇺🇸
5	Cozy Case Files Volume 5 2018Buy 🇺🇸
6	Cozy Case Files Volume 6 2019Buy 🇺🇸
7	Cozy Case Files Volume 7 2019Buy 🇺🇸
8	Cozy Case Files Volume 10 2020Buy 🇺🇸
9	Cozy Case Files Volume 8 2020Buy 🇺🇸
10	Cozy Case Files Volume 9 2020Buy 🇺🇸
11	Cozy Case Files Volume 11 2021Buy 🇺🇸
12	Cozy Case Files Volume 12 2021Buy 🇺🇸
13	Cozy Case Files Volume 13 2021Buy 🇺🇸
14	Cozy Case Files Volume 14 2022Buy 🇺🇸
15	Cozy Case Files Volume 15 2022Buy 🇺🇸
16	Cozy Case Files Volume 16 2022Buy 🇺🇸
17	Cozy Case Files Volume 17 2023Buy 🇺🇸
18	Cozy Case Files, Volume 18 2023Buy 🇺🇸
19	Cozy Case Files, Volume 19 2023Buy 🇺🇸
20	Cozy Case Files, Volume 20 2024Buy 🇺🇸
21	Cozy Case Files, Volume 22 2024Buy 🇺🇸
22	Cozy Case Files, Volume 23 2025Buy 🇺🇸

2 books (1979–1982)

Start with Henrietta and read in order.

#	Title
1	Henrietta 1979Buy 🇺🇸
2	Penelope 1982Buy 🇺🇸

13 books (1979–1988)

Start with Daisy, the first of 13 books in the Edwardian Candlelight series.

#	Title
1	Daisy 1979Buy 🇺🇸
2	Kitty 1979Buy 🇺🇸
3	Polly 1979Buy 🇺🇸
4	Ginny 1980Buy 🇺🇸
5	Lucy 1980Buy 🇺🇸
6	Molly 1980Buy 🇺🇸
7	My Lords, Ladies and Marjorie 1981Buy 🇺🇸
8	Susie 1981Buy 🇺🇸
9	Tilly 1981Buy 🇺🇸
10	Sally 1982Buy 🇺🇸
11	Maggie 1984Buy 🇺🇸
12	Poppy 1984Buy 🇺🇸
13	Pretty Polly 1988Buy 🇺🇸

4 books (2003–2006)

Start with Snobbery with Violence, the first of 4 books in the Edwardian Murder Mysteries series.

#	Title
1	Snobbery with Violence 2003Buy 🇺🇸
2	Hasty Death 2004Buy 🇺🇸
3	Sick of Shadows 2005Buy 🇺🇸
4	Our Lady of Pain 2006Buy 🇺🇸

41 books (1985–2026)

Start with Death of a Gossip, the first of 41 books in the Hamish Macbeth series.

#	Title
1	Death of a Gossip 1985Buy 🇺🇸
2	Death of a Cad 1987Buy 🇺🇸
3	Death of an Outsider 1988Buy 🇺🇸
4	Death of a Perfect Wife 1989Buy 🇺🇸
5	Death of a Hussy 1990Buy 🇺🇸
6	Death of a Prankster 1992Buy 🇺🇸
7	Death of a Snob 1992Buy 🇺🇸
8	Death of a Glutton / Death of a Greedy Woman 1993Buy 🇺🇸
9	Death of a Travelling Man 1993Buy 🇺🇸
10	Death of a Charming Man 1994Buy 🇺🇸
11	Death of a Nag 1995Buy 🇺🇸
12	Death of a Macho Man 1996Buy 🇺🇸
13	Death of a Dentist 1997Buy 🇺🇸
14	Death of a Scriptwriter 1998Buy 🇺🇸
15	A Highland Christmas 1999Buy 🇺🇸
16	Death of an Addict 1999Buy 🇺🇸
17	Death of a Dustman 2001Buy 🇺🇸
18	Death of a Celebrity 2002Buy 🇺🇸
19	Death of a Village 2003Buy 🇺🇸
20	Death of a Poison Pen 2004Buy 🇺🇸
21	Death of a Bore 2005Buy 🇺🇸
22	Death of a Dreamer 2006Buy 🇺🇸
23	Death of a Maid 2007Buy 🇺🇸
24	Death of a Gentle Lady 2008Buy 🇺🇸
25	Death of a Valentine 2009Buy 🇺🇸
26	Death of a Witch 2009Buy 🇺🇸
27	Death of a Chimney Sweep / Death of a Sweep 2011Buy 🇺🇸
28	Death of a Kingfisher 2012Buy 🇺🇸
29	Death of Yesterday 2013Buy 🇺🇸
30	Death of a Policeman 2014Buy 🇺🇸
31	Death of a Liar 2015Buy 🇺🇸
32	Death of a Nurse 2016Buy 🇺🇸
33	Knock, Knock, You're Dead! 2016Buy 🇺🇸
34	Death of a Ghost 2017Buy 🇺🇸
35	Death of an Honest Man 2018Buy 🇺🇸
36	Death of a Green-Eyed Monster / Death of a Love(With:R.W. Green) 2022Buy 🇺🇸
37	Death of a Laird(With:R.W. Green) 2022Buy 🇺🇸
38	Death of a Traitor(With:R.W. Green) 2023Buy 🇺🇸
39	Death of a Spy(With:R.W. Green) 2024Buy 🇺🇸
40	Death of a Smuggler(With:R.W. Green) 2025Buy 🇺🇸
41	Death of a Groom(With:R.W. Green) 2026Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (2015–2015)

1 book (2010–2010)

#	Title
1	The Agatha Raisin Companion(As: M.C. Beaton) 2010Buy 🇺🇸

6 books (1992–1994)

Start with Lady Fortescue Steps Out, the first of 6 books in the Poor Relation series.

#	Title
1	Lady Fortescue Steps Out 1992Buy 🇺🇸
2	Miss Tonks Turns to Crime 1993Buy 🇺🇸
3	Mrs. Budley Falls from Grace 1993Buy 🇺🇸
4	Sir Philip's Folly 1993Buy 🇺🇸
5	Back in Society 1994Buy 🇺🇸
6	Colonel Sandhurst to the Rescue 1994Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1979–1980)

Start with Henrietta and read in order.

#	Title
1	Henrietta 1979Buy 🇺🇸
2	Annabelle 1980Buy 🇺🇸
3	Penelope 1980Buy 🇺🇸

9 books (1980–1993)

Start with Regency Gold, the first of 9 books in the Regency Flame series.

#	Title
1	Regency Gold 1980Buy 🇺🇸
2	The French Affair 1984Buy 🇺🇸
3	Those Endearing Young Charms 1986Buy 🇺🇸
4	To Dream of Love 1986Buy 🇺🇸
5	Lessons in Love 1987Buy 🇺🇸
6	Miss Fiona's Fancy 1987Buy 🇺🇸
7	A Governess of Distinction 1992Buy 🇺🇸
8	Marriage of Inconvenience 1992Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Glitter And The Gold 1993Buy 🇺🇸

1 book (1985–1985)

#	Title
1	The Flirt 1985Buy 🇺🇸

9 books (1980–1993)

Start with Constant Companion, the first of 9 books in the Regency Intrigue / Season series.

#	Title
1	Constant Companion 1980Buy 🇺🇸
2	Quadrille 1981Buy 🇺🇸
3	Sweet Masquerade 1984Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Education of Miss Patterson 1985Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Original Miss Honeyford 1985Buy 🇺🇸
6	At the Sign of the Golden Pineapple 1987Buy 🇺🇸
7	Dancing on the Wind(As: Sarah Chester) 1988Buy 🇺🇸
8	The Perfect Gentleman 1988Buy 🇺🇸
9	Miss Davenport's Christmas 1993Buy 🇺🇸

20 books (1980–1996)

Start with Lady Margery's Intrigue, the first of 20 books in the Regency Royal series.

#	Title
1	Lady Margery's Intrigue 1980Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Marquis Takes a Bride 1980Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Ghost and Lady Alice 1981Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Highland Countess 1981Buy 🇺🇸
5	Duke's Diamonds 1982Buy 🇺🇸
6	Love and Lady Lovelace 1982Buy 🇺🇸
7	The Westerby Inheritance 1982Buy 🇺🇸
8	Lady Lucy's Lover 1983Buy 🇺🇸
9	The Viscount's Revenge 1983Buy 🇺🇸
10	Lady Anne's Deception 1986Buy 🇺🇸
11	Milady in Love 1987Buy 🇺🇸
12	My Dear Duchess 1987Buy 🇺🇸
13	The Paper Princess 1987Buy 🇺🇸
14	The Savage Marquess 1988Buy 🇺🇸
15	The Scandalous Marriage 1991Buy 🇺🇸
16	The Desirable Duchess 1993Buy 🇺🇸
17	The Dreadful Debutante 1994Buy 🇺🇸
18	The Sins of Lady Dacey 1994Buy 🇺🇸
19	The Chocolate Debutante 1995Buy 🇺🇸
20	The Loves of Lord Granton 1996Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1990–1991)

Start with The Scandalous Lady Wright and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Scandalous Lady Wright 1990Buy 🇺🇸
2	Her Grace's Passion 1991Buy 🇺🇸
3	His Lordship's Pleasure 1991Buy 🇺🇸

6 books (1995–1997)

Start with The Banishment, the first of 6 books in the The Daughters of Mannerling series.

#	Title
1	The Banishment 1995Buy 🇺🇸
2	The Intrigue 1995Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Deception 1996Buy 🇺🇸
4	The Folly 1996Buy 🇺🇸
5	The Homecoming 1997Buy 🇺🇸
6	The Romance 1997Buy 🇺🇸

6 books (1988–1990)

Start with Refining Felicity, the first of 6 books in the The School For Manners series.

#	Title
1	Refining Felicity 1988Buy 🇺🇸
2	Enlightening Delilah 1989Buy 🇺🇸
3	Finessing Clarissa 1989Buy 🇺🇸
4	Perfecting Fiona 1989Buy 🇺🇸
5	Animating Maria 1990Buy 🇺🇸
6	Marrying Harriet 1990Buy 🇺🇸

6 books (1982–1985)

Start with Minerva, the first of 6 books in the The Six Sisters series.

#	Title
1	Minerva 1982Buy 🇺🇸
2	Deirdre and Desire 1983Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Taming of Annabelle 1983Buy 🇺🇸
4	Daphne 1984Buy 🇺🇸
5	Diana The Huntress 1985Buy 🇺🇸
6	Frederica in Fashion 1985Buy 🇺🇸

6 books (1990–1992)

Start with Belinda Goes to Bath, the first of 6 books in the The Traveling Matchmaker series.

#	Title
1	Belinda Goes to Bath 1990Buy 🇺🇸
2	Emily Goes to Exeter 1990Buy 🇺🇸
3	Beatrice Goes to Brighton 1991Buy 🇺🇸
4	Penelope Goes to Portsmouth 1991Buy 🇺🇸
5	Deborah Goes to Dover 1992Buy 🇺🇸
6	Yvonne Goes to York 1992Buy 🇺🇸

3 books (1989–1989)

Start with Silken Bonds and read in order.

#	Title
1	Silken Bonds 1989Buy 🇺🇸
2	The First Rebellion 1989Buy 🇺🇸
3	The Love Match 1989Buy 🇺🇸