Marion Chesney

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born

January 01, 1936 in Glasgow, The United Kingdom

gender

female

genre

Historical Romance, Mystery & Thrillers, Historical Fiction

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Also writes as: M.C. Beaton, Jennie Tremaine, Sarah Chester, Helen Crampton, Ann Fairfax, Marion Gibbons, Charlotte Ward.

Marion Chesney (Marion McChesney) (born 1936) is a popular and prolific author. She has written numerous successful historical romance novels under her own name, including the Travelling Matchmaker and Daughters of Mannerling series. Using the pseudonym M. C. Beaton, she has also written many popular mystery novels, most notably the Agatha Raisin and Hamish Macbeth mystery series. She has also written under the pseudonyms Sarah Chester, Helen Crampton, Ann Fairfax, Marion Gibbons, Jennie Tremaine and Charlotte Ward.

Marion Chesney was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and has worked as a buyer of fiction for a Glasgow books...more

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Books by Marion Chesney

Average rating: 3.69 · 7,541 ratings · 618 reviews · 118 distinct works

	Snobbery With Violence (An Edwardian Murder Mystery #1) by Marion Chesney, M.C. Beaton 3.50 avg rating — 671 ratings — published 2003 — 13 editions	My rating:
	Hasty Death (An Edwardian Murder Mystery #2) by Marion Chesney, M.C. Beaton 3.48 avg rating — 394 ratings — published 2004 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Sick of Shadows (An Edwardian Murder Mystery #3) by Marion Chesney, M.C. Beaton 3.49 avg rating — 329 ratings — published 2004 — 12 editions	My rating:
	Our Lady of Pain (An Edwardian Murder Mystery #4) by Marion Chesney, M.C. Beaton 3.51 avg rating — 323 ratings — published 1991 — 12 editions	My rating:
	Minerva (The Six Sisters #1) 3.76 avg rating — 173 ratings — published 1983 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Emily Goes to Exeter (The Travelling Matchmaker #1) by Marion Chesney, M. C. Beaton 3.73 avg rating — 232 ratings — published 1990 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Refining Felicity 3.70 avg rating — 152 ratings — published 1988 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Lady Fortescue Steps Out: Being the First Vol. of the Poor Relation 3.76 avg rating — 165 ratings — published 1993 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Banishment (The Daughters of Mannerling #1) by Marion Chesney, M.C. Beaton 3.55 avg rating — 152 ratings — published 1995 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Belinda Goes to Bath (The Travelling Matchmaker #2) by Marion Chesney, M.C. Beaton 3.82 avg rating — 173 ratings — 6 editions	My rating:

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Series by Marion Chesney

Edwardian Murder Mystery (4 books)
by Marion Chesney, M.C. Beaton

3.50 avg rating — 1,717 ratings

The Traveling Matchmaker (6 books)
by Marion Chesney

3.80 avg rating — 931 ratings

The Six Sisters (6 books)
by Marion Chesney

3.77 avg rating — 823 ratings

The Poor Relation (6 books)
by Marion Chesney, M. C. Beaton

3.87 avg rating — 737 ratings

The School For Manners (6 books)
by Marion Chesney

3.78 avg rating — 683 ratings

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