Order of Donald Bain Books
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 | (1980) |    |
| Murder on Capitol Hill | (1981) | |
| Murder in the Supreme Court | (1982) | |
| Murder in the Smithsonian | (1983) | |
| Murder on Embassy Row | (1984) | |
| Murder at the FBI | (1985) | |
| Murder in Georgetown | (1986) | |
| Murder in the CIA | (1987) | |
| Murder at the Kennedy Center | (1989) | |
| Murder at the National Cathedral | (1990) | |
| Murder at the Pentagon | (1992) | |
| Murder on the Potomac | (1994) | |
| Murder at the National Gallery | (1996) | |
| Murder in the House | (1997) | |
| Murder at the Watergate | (1998) | |
| Murder at the Library of Congress | (1999) | |
| Murder in Foggy Bottom | (2000) | |
| Murder in Havana | (2001) | |
| Murder at Ford's Theatre | (2002) | |
| Murder at Union Station | (2004) | |
| Murder at The Washington Tribune | (2005) | |
| Murder at the Opera | (2006) | |
| Murder on K Street | (2007) | |
| Murder Inside the Beltway | (2008) | |
| Monument to Murder | (2011) | |
| Experiment in Murder | (2012) | |
| Undiplomatic Murder | (2014) | |
| Internship in Murder | (2015) | |
| Deadly Medicine | (2016) | |
| Allied in Danger | (2018) | |
| Murder on the Metro | (2021) | |
| Murder at the CDC | (2022) | |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Lights Out! | (2014) | |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Every Midget Has an Uncle Sam Costume | (2002) | |
| The CIA's Control of Candy Jones | (2002) | |
| Charlie and the Shawneetown Dame | (2004) | |
| Murder, HE Wrote | (2006) | |
Publication Order of Standalone Plays
| Olden Times, or the Rising of the Session | (2019) | |
Publication Order of Murder, She Wrote Books
| The Murder of Sherlock Holmes | (1985) | |
| Hooray for Homicide | (1985) | |
| Lovers and Other Killers | (1986) | |
| Gin & Daggers | (1989) | |
| Manhattans & Murder | (1994) | |
| Rum & Razors | (1995) | |
| Brandy and Bullets | (1995) | |
| Martinis & Mayhem | (1995) | |
| A Deadly Judgment | (1996) | |
| A Palette for Murder | (1996) | |
| The Highland Fling Murders | (1997) | |
| Murder on the QE2 | (1997) | |
| Murder in Moscow | (1998) | |
| A Little Yuletide Murder | (1998) | |
| Murder at the Powderhorn Ranch | (1999) | |
| Knock 'em Dead | (1999) | |
| Trick or Treachery | (2000) | |
| Blood on the Vine | (2001) | |
| Murder in a Minor Key | (2001) | |
| Provence to Die for | (2002) | |
| You Bet Your Life | (2002) | |
| Majoring In Murder | (2003) | |
| Destination Murder | (2003) | |
| Dying to Retire | (2004) | |
| A Vote for Murder | (2004) | |
| The Maine Mutiny | (2005) | |
| Margaritas and Murder | (2005) | |
| A Question of Murder | (2006) | |
| Three Strikes and You're Dead | (2006) | |
| Coffee, Tea, or Murder? | (2007) | |
| Panning for Murder | (2007) | |
| Murder on Parade | (2008) | |
| A Slaying in Savannah | (2008) | |
| Madison Avenue Shoot | (2009) | |
| A Fatal Feast | (2009) | |
| Nashville Noir | (2010) | |
| The Queen's Jewels | (2010) | |
| Skating on Thin Ice | (2011) | |
| The Fine Art of Murder | (2011) | |
| Trouble at High Tide | (2012) | |
| Domestic Malice | (2012) | |
| Prescription for Murder | (2013) | |
| Close-up on Murder | (2013) | |
| Aloha Betrayed | (2014) | |
| Death of a Blue Blood | (2014) | |
| Killer in the Kitchen | (2015) | |
| The Ghost and Mrs Fletcher | (2015) | |
| Design For Murder | (2016) | |
| Hook, Line, and Murder | (2016) | |
| A Date with Murder | (2018) | |
| Manuscript for Murder | (2019) | |
| Murder in Red | (2019) | |
| A Time for Murder | (2019) | |
| The Murder of Twelve | (2020) | |
| Murder In Season | (2020) | |
| Killing in a Koi Pond | (2021) | |
| Debonair in Death | (2021) | |
| Killer on the Court | (2022) | |
| Death on the Emerald Isle | (2023) | |
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.
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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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