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Donald Bain (1935-2017) was an American author who is best known for writing various mystery titles. Perhaps most notably, he is the “co-author” along with the fictional character and protagonist Jessica Fletcher on the Murder, She Wrote TV tie-in book series. He has also ghostwritten many books anonymously. Donald is survived by his wife, fellow writer Renee Paley-Bain, two daughters (one of which, Laurie Bain Wilson, is also an author) and four grandchildren.

Donald Bain has been a published novelist ever since the late 1960s, but his first credited book was The Case Against Private Aviation, published in 1969. Below is a list of Donald Bain’s books in order of when they were originally published:

Publication Order of Capital Crimes Books

(with Jon Land, Margaret Truman)

Murder in the White House (By: Margaret Truman) (1980)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder on Capitol Hill (By: Margaret Truman) (1981)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder in the Supreme Court (By: Margaret Truman) (1982)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder in the Smithsonian (By: Margaret Truman) (1983)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder on Embassy Row (By: Margaret Truman) (1984)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder at the FBI (By: Margaret Truman) (1985)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder in Georgetown (By: Margaret Truman) (1986)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder in the CIA (By: Margaret Truman) (1987)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder at the Kennedy Center (By: Margaret Truman) (1989)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder at the National Cathedral (By: Margaret Truman) (1990)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder at the Pentagon (By: Margaret Truman) (1992)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder on the Potomac (By: Margaret Truman) (1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder at the National Gallery (By: Margaret Truman) (1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder in the House (By: Margaret Truman) (1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder at the Watergate (By: Margaret Truman) (1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder at the Library of Congress (By: Margaret Truman) (1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder in Foggy Bottom (By: Margaret Truman) (2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder in Havana (By: Margaret Truman) (2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder at Ford's Theatre (By: Margaret Truman) (2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder at Union Station (By: Margaret Truman) (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder at The Washington Tribune (By: Margaret Truman) (2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder at the Opera (By: Margaret Truman) (2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder on K Street (By: Margaret Truman) (2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder Inside the Beltway (By: Margaret Truman) (2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Monument to Murder (By: Margaret Truman) (2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Experiment in Murder (With: Margaret Truman) (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Undiplomatic Murder (With: Margaret Truman) (2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Internship in Murder (With: Margaret Truman) (2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Deadly Medicine (With: Margaret Truman) (2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Allied in Danger (With: Margaret Truman) (2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder on the Metro (By: Jon Land,Margaret Truman) (2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder at the CDC (By: Jon Land,Margaret Truman) (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Coffee, Tea or Me? (With: Rachel Jones,Trudy Baker) (1967)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Veronica: The Autobiography of Veronica Lake (With: Eddie Muller,Veronica Lake) (1969)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Every Midget Has an Uncle Sam Costume (2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The CIA's Control of Candy Jones (2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Charlie and the Shawneetown Dame (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder, HE Wrote (2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Standalone Plays

Olden Times, or the Rising of the Session (2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Murder, She Wrote Books

The Murder of Sherlock Holmes (1985)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Hooray for Homicide (1985)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Lovers and Other Killers (1986)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Gin & Daggers (1989)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Manhattans & Murder (1994)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Rum & Razors (1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Brandy and Bullets (1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Martinis & Mayhem (1995)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Deadly Judgment (1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Palette for Murder (1996)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Highland Fling Murders (1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder on the QE2 (1997)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder in Moscow (1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Little Yuletide Murder (1998)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder at the Powderhorn Ranch (1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Knock 'em Dead (1999)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Trick or Treachery (2000)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Blood on the Vine (2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder in a Minor Key (2001)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Provence to Die for (2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
You Bet Your Life (2002)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Majoring In Murder (2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Destination Murder (2003)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Dying to Retire (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Vote for Murder (2004)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Maine Mutiny (2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Margaritas and Murder (2005)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Question of Murder (2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Three Strikes and You're Dead (2006)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Coffee, Tea, or Murder? (2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Panning for Murder (2007)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder on Parade (2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Slaying in Savannah (2008)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Madison Avenue Shoot (2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Fatal Feast (2009)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Nashville Noir (2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Queen's Jewels (2010)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Skating on Thin Ice (2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Fine Art of Murder (2011)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Trouble at High Tide (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Domestic Malice (2012)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Prescription for Murder (2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Close-up on Murder (2013)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Aloha Betrayed (2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Death of a Blue Blood (2014)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Killer in the Kitchen (2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Ghost and Mrs Fletcher (2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Design For Murder (2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Hook, Line, and Murder (2016)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Date with Murder (By: Jon Land,Jessica Fletcher) (2018)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Manuscript for Murder (By: Jon Land,Jessica Fletcher) (2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder in Red (By: Jon Land,Jessica Fletcher) (2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Time for Murder (2019)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
The Murder of Twelve (By: Jon Land,Jessica Fletcher) (2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder In Season (By: Jon Land,Jessica Fletcher) (2020)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Killing in a Koi Pond (By: Terrie Farley Moran,Jessica Fletcher) (2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Debonair in Death (By: Terrie Farley Moran,Jessica Fletcher) (2021)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Killer on the Court (By: Terrie Farley Moran,Jessica Fletcher) (2022)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Death on the Emerald Isle (By: Terrie Farley Moran,Jessica Fletcher) (2023)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder She Wrote Killer On Thecourt (By: Terrie Farley Moran,Jessica Fletcher) (2023)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Fit for Murder (By: Terrie Farley Moran,Jessica Fletcher) (2024)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
Murder Backstage (By: Terrie Farley Moran,Jessica Fletcher) (2024)Description / Buy at Amazon.com
A Killer Christmas (By: Terrie Farley Moran,Jessica Fletcher) (2024)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Publication Order of Anthologies

Cold-Blooded: Killer Nashville Noir(2015)Description / Buy at Amazon.com

Notes: The Murder, She Wrote series is written with Jessica Fletcher. From The Ghost and Mrs. Fletcher until Hook, Line and Murder, the Murder She Wrote series was co-authored by Renee Paley-Bain. The Capital Crimes series is co-authored with Margaret Truman. A Date with Murder was written by Jon Land.

If You Like Donald Bain Books, You’ll Love…

Donald Bain Synopses: In Martinis & Mayhem, Jessica Fletcher is in San Franciso promoting her latest novel. She goes on a visit to a women’s prison and afterwards finds a diary in her bag. Could the diary contain clues that will clear an inmate of murder?

In A Deadly Judgment, Jessica is helping her friend, lawyer Malcolm McLoon, defend a wealthy tycoon who has been charged with murdering his brother. The accused’s only alibi is his girlfriend, who ends up being found murdered.

A Palette for Murder has Jessica Fletcher on vacation in the Hamptons. There, she takes up an art class… but one of the young models turns up dead.

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