Peter Shandy Series

10 primary works • 10 total works
Peter Shandy, college botany professor, and librarian Helen Marsh Shandy solve murder mysteries in Balaclava County, Massachusetts. Peter often ends up investigating crimes that occur around his work.

The series consists of ten novels, concluding with Exit the Milkman in 1996.

Book 1

Rest You Merry
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3.97 · 3673 Ratings · 394 Reviews · published 1978 · 2 editions
Professor Peter Shandy finally succumbs to Jemima …

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    Book 2

    The Luck Runs Out
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    4.01     · 1474 Ratings · 136 Reviews · published 1979 · 1 edition
    Professor Peter Shandy is in trouble up to the eye…

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    Book 3

    Wrack and Rune
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    3.93     · 1868 Ratings · 84 Reviews · published 1982 · 32 editions
    A gruesome murder leads Professor Peter Shandy to …

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    Book 4

    Something The Cat Dragged In
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    3.98     · 1290 Ratings · 87 Reviews · published 1983 · 33 editions
    Herbert Ungley wouldn't have been caught dead with…

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    Book 5

    The Curse of the Giant Hogweed
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    3.41     · 791 Ratings · 81 Reviews · published 1985 · 20 editions
    Professor Peter Shandy, Balaclava College's best a…

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    Book 6

    The Corpse in Oozak's Pond
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    3.80     · 1118 Ratings · 80 Reviews · published 1987 · 35 editions
    On Groundhog Day, Professor Peter Shandy digs into…

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    Book 7

    Vane Pursuit
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    4.08     · 905 Ratings · 68 Reviews · published 1989 · 5 editions
    A gang of thieves determined to steal every Praxit…

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    Book 8

    An Owl Too Many
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    3.94     · 943 Ratings · 76 Reviews · published 1991 · 31 editions
    When boorish Emory Emmerick is netted and stabbed …

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    Book 9

    Something in the Water
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    3.97     · 912 Ratings · 61 Reviews · published 1994 · 31 editions
    Although real murder is never a laughing matter, C…

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    Book 10

    Exit the Milkman
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    3.96     · 907 Ratings · 75 Reviews · published 1996 · 31 editions
    Prof. Jim Feldster will do anything for his cows a…

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