Jessica Fletcher; Donald Bain

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  • Bibliography:
    61 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    October 1990
  • Latest Book:
    July 2025
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Full Series List in Order

A Murder, She Wrote Mystery

1 - Gin and Daggers (Oct-1990)
2 - Manhattans & Murder (Dec-1994)
3 - Rum & Razors (Apr-1995)
4 - Brandy & Bullets (Aug-1995)
5 - Martinis & Mayhem (Dec-1995)
6 - Deadly Judgment (Apr-1996)
7 - A Palette For Murder (Oct-1996)
8 - The Highland Fling Murders (Apr-1997)
9 - Murder on the QE2 (Oct-1997)
10 - Murder in Moscow (May-1998)
11 - A Little Yuletide Murder (Oct-1998)
12 - Murder at the Powderhorn Ranch (May-1999)
13 - Knock 'Em Dead (Oct-1999)
14 - Trick or Treachery (Oct-2000)
15 - Blood on the Vine (Apr-2001)
16 - Murder in a Minor Key (Oct-2001)
17 - Provence -- To Die For (Apr-2002)
18 - You Bet Your Life (Oct-2002)
19 - Majoring in Murder (Apr-2003)
20 - Destination Murder (Oct-2003)
21 - Dying to Retire (Apr-2004)
22 - A Vote for Murder (Oct-2004)
23 - The Maine Mutiny (Apr-2005)
24 - Margaritas and Murder (Oct-2005)
25 - A Question of Murder (Apr-2006)
26 - Three Strikes and You're Dead (Oct-2006)
27 - Coffee, Tea, or Murder (Apr-2007)
28 - Panning For Murder (Oct-2007)
29 - Murder on Parade (Apr-2008)
30 - A Slaying In Savannah (Oct-2008)
31 - Madison Avenue Shoot (Apr-2009)
33 - A Fatal Feast (Oct-2009)
33 - Nashville Noir (Apr-2010)
34 - The Queen's Jewels (Oct-2010)
35 - Skating on Thin Ice (Apr-2011)
36 - The Fine Art of Murder (Oct-2011)
37 - Trouble at High Tide (Apr-2012)
38 - Domestic Malice (Oct-2012)
39 - Prescription For Murder (Apr-2013)
40 - Close-Up on Murder (Oct-2013)
41 - Aloha Betrayed (Apr-2014)
42 - Death of a Blue Blood (Oct-2014)
43 - Killer in the Kitchen (Apr-2015)
44 - The Ghost and Mrs. Fletcher (Oct-2015)
45 - Design for Murder (Apr-2016)
46 - Hook, Line and Murder (Oct-2016)
47 - A Date with Murder (May-2018)
48 - Manuscript for Murder (Nov-2018)
49 - Murder in Red (May-2019)
50 - A Time for Murder (Nov-2019)
51 - The Murder of Twelve (May-2020)
52 - Murder in Season (Nov-2020)
53 - Killing in a Koi Pond (Jun-2021)
54 - Debonair in Death (Nov-2021)
55 - Killer on the Court (May-2022)
56 - Death on the Emerald Isle (Jan-2023)
57 - Fit for Murder (Jan-2024)
58 - Murder Backstage (Apr-2024)
59 - A Killer Christmas (Oct-2024)
60 - Snowy with a Chance of Murder (Mar-2025)

Book List in Order: 61 titles

  • Gin and Daggers

    A Murder, She Wrote Mystery - 1

    DEADLY NIGHT IN LONDON TOWN Jessica Fletcher is off to London to deliver the keynote address at a convention for the International Society of Mystery Writers. She's also looking forward to seeing her mentor, Marjorie Ainsworth, who's hosting a pa...

  • Manhattans & Murder

    A Murder, She Wrote Mystery - 2

    MANHATTAN MURDER AT CHRISTMASTIME Promoting her latest book brings bestselling mystery writer Jessica Fletcher to New York for Christmas. Her schedule includes book signings, Larry King Live, restaurants, department stores... and murder? It all...

  • Rum & Razors

    A Murder, She Wrote Mystery - 3

    A MURDEROUS VACATION After a cold winter in Cabot Cove, Maine, and with another soon-to-be bestseller on the way to her publisher, mystery writer Jessica Fletcher is off to balmy St. Thomas with its aquamarine sea and white sand beaches. But fr...

  • Brandy & Bullets

    A Murder, She Wrote Mystery - 4

    MURDER BY THE BOOK Cozy Cabot Cove, Maine, has a country luncheonette, but not much high culture. Mystery author Jessica Fletcher is the only writer in residence, but the renovation of the local Worrell mansion into an art colony may bring scores ...

  • Martinis & Mayhem

    A Murder, She Wrote Mystery - 5

    Murder By the Bay Cabot Cove, Maine's most famous mystery author, Jessica Fletcher, is excited about promoting her new book in glamorous San Francisco. She can't wait for drinks and dinner on Fisherman's Wharf, a ride on the cable cars, and a roma...

  • Deadly Judgment

    A Murder, She Wrote Mystery - 6

    MURDER IN BEANTOWN Jessica Fletcher is off to Boston to help her eccentric lawyer friend, Malcolm McLoon, defend a tycoon accused of fratricide. Her uncanny sleuthing talents will come in handy when the two old acquaintances dive into the case wit...

  • A Palette For Murder

    A Murder, She Wrote Mystery - 7

    HOMICIDE IN THE HAMPTONS Jessica Fletcher has come to the elegant Hamptons on Long Island's gold coast for a sinfully sweet spell in the sun and a chance to indulge her secret burning passion: painting. In this place where the arts flower and arti...

  • The Highland Fling Murders

    A Murder, She Wrote Mystery - 8

    A SLAYING IN SCOTLAND Jessica Fletcher and a group of her friends from Cabot Cove, Maine, take off for the British Isles and end up at a castle in Scotland. It would be a great vacation -- except for the ghost. And the murders. Scotland's mos...

  • Murder on the QE2

    A Murder, She Wrote Mystery - 9

    A QUEEN-SIZE SLAYING Jessica Fletcher, Cabot Cove, Main's acclaimed mystery writer, finds herself in treacherous waters when a dream voyage on the transatlantic luxury liner Queen Elizabeth 2 becomes a nightmare journey into danger. Jessica has...



  • Murder in Moscow

    A Murder, She Wrote Mystery - 10

    PUBLISH AND PERISH Bestselling mystery writer Jessica Fletcher is embarking on the trip of a lifetime. The first stop is Washington, D.C.--and a series of lavish receptions, culminating in a meeting with the President. Then it's on to Russia, wher...

  • A Little Yuletide Murder

    A Murder, She Wrote Mystery - 11

    A SLAY RIDE FOR SANTA Jessica Fletcher unwraps a deadly puzzle when she sets out to discover who killed "Santa Claus"--a.k.a. her neighbor Rory Brent, who played St. Nick at the town's yearly Christmas Eve celebration. Cabot Cove, Maine's most ...

  • Murder at the Powderhorn Ranch

    A Murder, She Wrote Mystery - 12

    A Deadly Dude Ranch: Bestselling author Jessica Fletcher takes a break from her latest hobby -- flying lessons -- to accept an invitation to stay at an old friend's Colorado ranch. Also attending are the Morrison family -- an unpleasant bunc...

  • Knock 'Em Dead

    A Murder, She Wrote Mystery - 13

    SHOW BUSINESS CAN BE MURDER.... When her latest mystery novel is tapped to become a Broadway play, Jessica Fletcher is thrilled beyond words. But she soon learns that the bright lights of the New York theater scene aren't all they're cracked up to...

  • Trick or Treachery

    A Murder, She Wrote Mystery - 14

    SCARED TO DEATH It's late October in Cabot Cove, and as Halloween approaches, something strange is in the air. The arrival of a self-righteous, fire-and-brimstone spiritual medium has some townspeople on the lookout for curses and evil omens; a re...

  • Blood on the Vine

    A Murder, She Wrote Mystery - 15

    VICTIM IN THE VINEYARD Jessica Fletcher is visiting the Napa Valley wine country while doing research for her next book, and she invites her old friend, Scotland Yard detective George Sutherland, to join her at a cozy bed-and-breakfast. No sooner ...

  • Murder in a Minor Key

    A Murder, She Wrote Mystery - 16

    A FUNERAL IN NEW ORLEANS After attending a conference in New Orleans, Jessica Fletcher can't resist staying an extra week for the annual jazz festival. In her short time there, she gets a chance to sample everything the city has to offer, its delect...

  • Provence -- To Die For

    A Murder, She Wrote Mystery - 17

    MURDER IS SERVED Jessica Fletcher has settled in France for a much-needed month long holiday. And bucolic, idyllic Provence offers Jess plenty of diversions, as she soaks up Gallic charms, immerses herself in the romantic language, and enjoys clas...

  • You Bet Your Life

    A Murder, She Wrote Mystery - 18

    A SETUP IN SIN CITY When her old friend Martha decided to get married in Las Vegas, Jessica Fletcher made the trip to watch her walk down the aisle. But what were the odds that she'd be back two years later--to watch Martha stand accused of her hu...

  • Majoring in Murder

    A Murder, She Wrote Mystery - 19

    MURDER CUM LAUDE While teaching a creative writing course at Schoolman College, Jessica Fletcher is prepared for a whirlwind of activity. But the celebrity mystery writer doesn't expect to ride out the area's first tornado in more than sixty years...



  • Destination Murder

    A Murder, She Wrote Mystery - 20

    Everyone's favorite crimesolver takes a ride on the historic Whistler Northwind train through Canada...in this very special twentieth novel in the bestselling series. Celebrity mystery writer Jessica Fletcher has always loved Vancouver. So when he...

  • Dying to Retire

    A Murder, She Wrote Mystery - 21

    DEADLY MEDICINE In Florida for the funeral of Portia Shelby, a former neighbor from Cabot Cove, sleuth Jessica Fletcher and her old friend Dr. Seth Hazlitt discover that an apparent death from natural causes is not always what it seems. Potent pil...

  • A Vote for Murder

    A Murder, She Wrote Mystery - 22

    CAPITOL CRIME Mystery writer and amateur sleuth Jessica Fletcher can't believe her luck when she finds herself in Washington, D.C., to support a new literacy initiative. Not only does she get to spend a week helping with such an important cause, but ...

  • The Maine Mutiny

    A Murder, She Wrote Mystery - 23

    ROCKING THE LOBSTER BOAT Cabot Cove, Maine, is a quiet little community--perhaps too quiet. Although the town profits from the lobster trade, tourists avoid the Main Street shopping district. The First Annual Cabot Cove Lobster Festival promises t...

  • Margaritas and Murder

    A Murder, She Wrote Mystery - 24

    San Miguel de Allende is a picturesque town in central Mexico’s highlands that attracts artists, retirees, and those in need of some rest and relaxation. So when publisher Vaughan Buckley and his wife, Olga, invite Jessica to join them for a little...

  • A Question of Murder

    A Murder, She Wrote Mystery - 25

    ALL PART OF THE SHOW Jessica Fletcher is in the Berkshires attending a writers' conference at a historic mansion where her friends the Savoys are hosting a murder-mystery party. As both a crime solver and a mystery author, Jessica is an old hand at t...

  • Three Strikes and You're Dead

    A Murder, She Wrote Mystery - 26

    Visiting her old friends Judge Jack and Meg Duffy in Arizona, Jessica watches their foster son hit the winning run for the Mesa Rattlers in a AA league playoff game. She and the Duffys are thrilled at Ty Ramos's success, but team owner Harrison Benne...

  • Coffee, Tea, or Murder

    A Murder, She Wrote Mystery - 27

    DEAD ON ARRIVAL When Cabot Cove's own Wayne Silverton wants to debut his new airline, he invites Jessica Fletcher and other locals on the inaugural flight from Boston to London. Jessica is thrilled for the opportunity to visit a dear friend, Scotl...

  • Panning For Murder

    A Murder, She Wrote Mystery - 28

    OVERBOARD Jessica's plans to enjoy a relaxing cruise to Alaska are dashed when her friend Kathy Copeland joins her. Kathy's sister vanished from the very same vessel on a prior voyage, and though Wilimena often disappeared on flights of fancy, Kathy ...

  • Murder on Parade

    A Murder, She Wrote Mystery - 29

    DEAD MAN'S FLOAT Every Fourth of July the town of Cabot Cove hosts an elaborate celebration, and no one is more enthusiastic than the town's newest resident, corporate mogul Joseph Lennon. He's been waving his wealth around, hoping to influence both ...



  • A Slaying In Savannah

    A Murder, She Wrote Mystery - 30

    MILLION-DOLLAR MYSTERY Jessica is surprised to learn that her old friend, Tillie Mortelaine, has bequeathed her one million dollars -- as long as she solves a decades-old mystery. Jessica must find out who murdered Tillie's fiance, Wanamaker Jones, ...

  • Madison Avenue Shoot

    A Murder, She Wrote Mystery - 31

    DON’T LEAVE HOME WITHOUT IT. When Jessica Fletcher's favorite nephew, Grady, asks her to visit him in New York City, she's happy to reunite. But Jessica quickly realizes that there's more to Grady's invitation than just family ties. He's working fo...

  • A Fatal Feast

    A Murder, She Wrote Mystery - 33

    THE BIRD IS THE WORD. Jessica Fletcher would like to relax as Thanksgiving comes to Cabot Cove. But she's suffering from a rare case of writer's block while helping with the town's Thanksgiving pageant, feeding its needy citizens, and trying to find ...

  • Nashville Noir

    A Murder, She Wrote Mystery - 33

    In the brand-new novel in the USA Today bestselling series, Jessica Fletcher learns that some songs end on a fatal note. Jessica Fletcher knows that creativity must be nurtured. So when a young lady from Cabot Cove shows promise as a singer and s...

  • The Queen's Jewels

    A Murder, She Wrote Mystery - 34

    In the brand-new novel in the USA Today bestselling series, Jessica Fletcher takes a cruise through some rough-and deadly-seas. Jessica Fletcher has always wanted to take a transatlantic voyage on the legendary Queen Mary II. Now, she's finally ge...

  • Skating on Thin Ice

    A Murder, She Wrote Mystery - 35

    COLD AS ICE Olympic pairs figure skating hopeful Christine Allen has traveled to Cabot Cove to train at the town's newly refurbished ice arena under the tutelage of former gold medalist Brian Devlin. Partnered with up-and-coming Russian skater Al...

  • The Fine Art of Murder

    A Murder, She Wrote Mystery - 36

    While on vacation in Italy, Jessica joins a tour that takes her to where lesser-known Italian masterworks are displayed-and where a pair of young Italian gunmen steal a painting off a church wall, killing an off-duty policeman in the process. Agre...

  • Trouble at High Tide

    A Murder, She Wrote Mystery - 37

    In her latest mystery in the USA Today bestselling series, Jessica Fletcher looks forward to some rest and relaxation on Bermuda's famed pink beaches. But someone already has plans for a more active -- and deadly -- vacation. A week in sunny Bermu...

  • Domestic Malice

    A Murder, She Wrote Mystery - 38

    In the latest novel in the USA Today bestselling series, Jessica Fletcher must tread lightly when investigating a homegrown homicide… Jessica has always been civic-minded, so when the director of the Cabot Cove Women’s Shelter asks her to join...

  • Prescription For Murder

    A Murder, She Wrote Mystery - 39

    In the newest novel in the USA Today bestselling series, Jessica Fletcher must diagnose a killer with a taste for bad medicine… When her latest book tour brings bestselling author Jessica Fletcher to Tampa, Florida, she’s thrilled to learn tha...



  • Close-Up on Murder

    A Murder, She Wrote Mystery - 40

    It’s a brand-new episode of the USA Today bestselling series -- and Jessica Fletcher is finding out that some people in the movie biz can make you, break you, or just plain kill you... Cabot Cove is about to be invaded -- by Hollywood. One of Je...

  • Aloha Betrayed

    A Murder, She Wrote Mystery - 41

    Jessica Fletcher finds herself in a tropical paradise where "aloha" means both hello and goodbye. But sometimes, the goodbye is permanent... Jessica is on the Hawaiian island of Maui, giving a lecture at Maui College on community involvement in p...

  • Death of a Blue Blood

    A Murder, She Wrote Mystery - 42

    In the latest mystery in the USA Today bestselling series, Jessica Fletcher rings in the New Year with British aristocracy, but someone’s about to end the life of the party.… A VERY PROPER MURDER Jessica Fletcher and her friend Scotland Yard ...

  • Killer in the Kitchen

    A Murder, She Wrote Mystery - 43

    In the newest mystery in the USA Today bestselling series, there’s a battle brewing in Cabot Cove between two eateries. But when one of the combatants becomes a fatality, Jessica Fletcher will have to get cooking and find a killer… Jessica ma...

  • The Ghost and Mrs. Fletcher

    A Murder, She Wrote Mystery - 44

    In the USA Today bestselling Murder, She Wrote series -- make room for Jessica Fletcher as she cleans house to catch a killer who hasn’t got a ghost of a chance. Jessica’s friend, Eve Simpson is the town’s premier real estate agent and has r...

  • Design for Murder

    A Murder, She Wrote Mystery - 45

    In the newest in the USA Today bestselling mystery series, Jessica Fletcher visits New York City during fashion week, only to discover someone has rather fatal designs... Jessica is in Manhattan to attend the debut of a new designer. Formerly San...

  • Hook, Line and Murder

    A Murder, She Wrote Mystery - 46

    The USA Today bestselling Murder, She Wrote mystery series continues as Jessica Fletcher takes a relaxing getaway that turns into a reel deadly situation... Jessica enters a fly-fishing competition at a nearby lake. Joining her is the sheriff’s ...

  • A Date with Murder

    A Murder, She Wrote Mystery - 47

    Jessica Fletcher investigates a friend's murder and a dangerous dating service in the latest entry in this USA Today bestselling series... Jessica Fletcher takes up the cause of her good friend Barbara "Babs" Wirth after Babs' husb...

  • Manuscript for Murder

    A Murder, She Wrote Mystery - 48

    Jessica Fletcher investigates a mysterious manuscript with deadly consequences in the latest entry in this USA Today bestselling series... Jessica Fletcher has had plenty to worry about over her storied career, both as a bestselling novelist and a...

  • Murder in Red

    A Murder, She Wrote Mystery - 49

    In the latest entry in this USA Today bestselling series, Jessica loses a loved one to unnatural causes and sets her sights on the mysterious local hospital before more people wind up dead on arrival... Jessica Fletcher's favorite gin rummy pa...



  • A Time for Murder

    A Murder, She Wrote Mystery - 50

    In the fiftieth entry in this USA Today bestselling series, two timelines converge as Jessica Fletcher returns to high school to investigate the murder of an old colleague, while we meet Jessica as a young teacher solving her very first murder... ...

  • The Murder of Twelve

    A Murder, She Wrote Mystery - 51

    In the latest entry in this USA Today bestselling series, Jessica Fletcher takes on an Agatha Christie-style mystery when she finds herself stranded in a hotel during a blizzard with twelve strangers and a killer in their midst.... Still st...

  • Murder in Season

    A Murder, She Wrote Mystery - 52

    Christmas has come to Cabot Cove, but a peaceful holiday season is not in the cards after Jessica Fletcher is pulled into a centuries-old mystery in the latest entry in this USA Today bestselling series. With work on the reconstruction of her belo...

  • Killing in a Koi Pond

    A Murder, She Wrote Mystery - 53

    When a friend’s husband dies while Jessica Fletcher is in town visiting, Jessica’s vacation turns into a murder investigation in this latest entry in the long-running USA Today bestselling series.After traveling to Bethesda for a mystery wri...

  • Debonair in Death

    A Murder, She Wrote Mystery - 54

    When a local art shop owner is murdered, Jessica Fletcher is surprised to once again be working alongside her old friend MI-6 agent Michael Haggerty to solve the case in the newest mystery in this USA Today bestselling series.When Nelson Pe...

  • Killer on the Court

    A Murder, She Wrote Mystery - 55

    Jessica Fletcher’s sunny beach vacation with her nephew’s family takes a dark turn in this new installment in the USA Today bestselling series.Jessica is delighted when her nephew Grady invites her to spend a few days with his family in an oceans...

  • Death on the Emerald Isle

    A Murder, She Wrote Mystery - 56

    A trip to Northern Ireland becomes unexpectedly grim for Jessica Fletcher in this new entry in the USA Today bestselling Murder, She Wrote series.Jessica Fletcher is quick to accept an invitation to replace a speaker who couldn’t attend a Book Fest...

  • Fit for Murder

    A Murder, She Wrote Mystery - 57

    Jessica Fletcher learns that exercise can be murder in this new entry in the USA Today bestselling Murder, She Wrote series.Former editor of the Cabot Cove Gazette, Evelyn Phillips is back in Cabot Cove. Evelyn tells Jessica and Seth that she got a c...

  • Murder Backstage

    A Murder, She Wrote Mystery - 58

    The newest entry in the USA Today bestselling Murder, She Wrote series.Jessica Fletcher’s British cousin, Emma MacGill, will be traveling to Edmonton in Alberta, Canada, to perform with internationally famous star of stage, screen, and te...

  • A Killer Christmas

    A Murder, She Wrote Mystery - 59

    It’s Christmastime in Cabot Cove, but there’s more homicide than ho-ho-ho in the newest entry in the USA Today bestselling Murder, She Wrote series.Christmas is not an easy time to sell a house, but in Boston tycoon John Bragdon, Cabot Cove ...

  • Snowy with a Chance of Murder

    A Murder, She Wrote Mystery - 60

    In a nod to Rear Window, this newest entry in the USA Today bestselling Murder, She Wrote series finds Jessica Fletcher coping with an injury that leaves her homebound -- and a murder just outside her window!Jessica Fletcher has taken a nasty spill o...

  • A Body in Boston

    Jessica Fletcher has dinner with her old pal Harry McGraw and gets pulled into a puzzling murder case.Invited to deliver a lecture at the Boston Public Library, Jessica Fletcher excitedly makes plans to see local friends. Naturally that includes dinn...

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Jessica Fletcher; Donald Bain has published 61 books.

The next book by Jessica Fletcher; Donald Bain, A Body in Boston, will be published in July 2025.

The first book by Jessica Fletcher; Donald Bain, Gin and Daggers, was published in October 1990.

Yes. Jessica Fletcher; Donald Bain has 1 series.
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