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
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Lights Out! | (2014) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Coffee, Tea or Me? | (1967) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Veronica: The Autobiography of 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
Publication Order of Anthologies
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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