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) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Luck Runs Out | (1979) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Wrack and Rune | (1982) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Something The Cat Dragged In | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Curse of the Giant Hogweed | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Corpse in Oozak's Pond | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Vane Pursuit | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| An Owl Too Many | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Something in the Water | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Exit the Milkman | (1996) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Sarah Kelling & Max Bittersohn Mysteries Books
| The Family Vault | (1979) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Withdrawing Room | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Palace Guard | (1981) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Bilbao Looking Glass | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Convivial Codfish | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Plain Old Man | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Recycled Citizen | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Silver Ghost | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Gladstone Bag | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Resurrection Man | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Odd Job | (1995) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Balloon Man | (1998) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Madoc Rhys Books
(as Alisa Craig)
| A Pint of Murder | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Murder Goes Mumming | (1981) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| A Dismal Thing to Do | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Trouble in the Brasses | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Wrong Rite | (1992) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Grub-And-Stakers Books
(as Alisa Craig)
| The Grub-And-Stakers Move a Mountain | (1981) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Grub-and-Stakers Quilt a Bee | (1985) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Grub-And-Stakers Pinch a Poke | (1988) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Grub-and-Stakers Spin a Yarn | (1990) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Grub-And-Stakers House a Haunt | (1993) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Mystery of the White Knight | (1964) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Next Door to Danger | (1965) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Fat Lady's Ghost | (1968) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Mouse's Vineyard | (1968) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Brass pounder | (1971) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Ask Me No Questions | (1971) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| King Devil | (1978) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| We Dare Not Go A-Hunting | (1980) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Cirak's Daughter | (1982) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Terrible Tide | (1983) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Maid of Honor | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
| A Cozy For Christmas | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| Grab Bag | (1987) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| It Was an Awful Shame and Other Stories | (2002) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Astrology For Skeptics | (1972) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Had She but Known | (1994) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Anthologies
Notes: The Mado Rhys and Grub-and-Stakers series were written as Alisa Craig. Mistletoe Mysteries was co-edited with Brian M. Thomsen.
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