Order of Charlotte MacLeod Books

Charlotte MacLeod (1922-2005) was a Canadian-born American author of mystery novels. She is best known for her Professor Peter Shandy series and also wrote the Sarah Kelling & Max Bittersohn series as well as the Madoc Rhys and Grub-And-Stakers series as Alisa Craig. Charlotte MacLeod was born in New Brunswick and her family moved to the United States shortly after. She was educated at the Art Institute of Boston and then worked as a copywriter (while beginning her fiction career). Her writing is very light and consists of likable and eccentric characters. She passed away in 2005 in a nursing home from Alzheimer’s disease.

Charlotte MacLeod’s career began in 1964 with the novel Mystery of the White Knight. Her final novel was the Sarah Kelling and Max Bittersohn novel The Balloon Man, published in 1998. Her final published work was the short story collection It Was an Awful Shame and Other Stories, which was largely a re-issue of her earlier collection Grab Bag with additional content. Below is a list of Charlotte MacLeod’s books in order of when they were originally published:

Publication Order of Professor Peter Shandy Books

Rest You Merry	(1978)
The Luck Runs Out	(1979)
Wrack and Rune	(1982)
Something The Cat Dragged In	(1983)
The Curse of the Giant Hogweed	(1985)
The Corpse in Oozak's Pond	(1987)
Vane Pursuit	(1989)
An Owl Too Many	(1991)
Something in the Water	(1994)
Exit the Milkman	(1996)

Publication Order of Sarah Kelling & Max Bittersohn Mysteries Books

The Family Vault	(1979)
The Withdrawing Room	(1980)
The Palace Guard	(1981)
The Bilbao Looking Glass	(1983)
The Convivial Codfish	(1984)
The Plain Old Man	(1985)
The Recycled Citizen	(1987)
The Silver Ghost	(1987)
The Gladstone Bag	(1990)
The Resurrection Man	(1992)
The Odd Job	(1995)
The Balloon Man	(1998)

Publication Order of Madoc Rhys Books

(as Alisa Craig)

A Pint of Murder	(1980)
Murder Goes Mumming	(1981)
A Dismal Thing to Do	(1986)
Trouble in the Brasses	(1989)
The Wrong Rite	(1992)

Publication Order of Grub-And-Stakers Books

(as Alisa Craig)

The Grub-And-Stakers Move a Mountain	(1981)
The Grub-and-Stakers Quilt a Bee	(1985)
The Grub-And-Stakers Pinch a Poke	(1988)
The Grub-and-Stakers Spin a Yarn	(1990)
The Grub-And-Stakers House a Haunt	(1993)

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Mystery of the White Knight	(1964)
Next Door to Danger	(1965)
The Fat Lady's Ghost	(1968)
Mouse's Vineyard	(1968)
Brass pounder	(1971)
Ask Me No Questions	(1971)
King Devil	(1978)
We Dare Not Go A-Hunting	(1980)
Cirak's Daughter	(1982)
The Terrible Tide (As: Alisa Craig)	(1983)
Maid of Honor	(1984)

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

A Cozy For Christmas

(1989)

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

Grab Bag	(1987)
It Was an Awful Shame and Other Stories	(2002)

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Astrology For Skeptics	(1972)
Had She but Known	(1994)

Publication Order of Anthologies

Mistletoe Mysteries	(1989)
Christmas Stalkings	(1991)
Malice Domestic 1	(1992)

Notes: The Mado Rhys and Grub-and-Stakers series were written as Alisa Craig. Mistletoe Mysteries was co-edited with Brian M. Thomsen.

If You Like Charlotte MacLeod Books, You’ll Love…

• Dorothy L. Sayers
• Ngaio Marsh
• Dorothy Gilman

Charlotte MacLeod Synopsis: Had She But Known is a biography of Mary Robets Rinehart, the first American bestselling suspense author, by Charlotte MacLeod. The book covers her work as a WWI trench reporter and her interest in Native American culture.

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One Response to “Order of Charlotte MacLeod Books”

1. Tony Knight: 10 years ago

   does anyone know where I can buy the movie of Charlotte MacLeod’s “Rest You Merry” please

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