Kate Kingsbury
1934-
Pseudonyms: Rebecca Kent and Allison Kingsley
 

Pseudonym of Doreen Roberts. She grew up in London and moved to the US in the early sixties. She also writes romances under her own name. She is the creator of:
1. 'Pennyfoot Hotel Mystery' series about a seaside hotel in Edwardian England.
2. 'Manor House Mystery' series about a manor house in WWII England.
3. 'Bellehaven House Mystery' series featuring headmistress - and sometime amateur sleuth - Meredith Llewellyn (under the pseudonym 'Rebecca Kent').
4. 'Raven's Nest Mystery' series featuring Clara Quinn and her cousin, Stephanie Quinn Dowd, who owns a paranormal bookstore in Finn's Harbor (under the pseudonym 'Allison Kingsley').
5. 'Merry Ghost Inn Mystery' series featuring Melanie West, the co-owner of a B&B on the Oregon coast.
 

Titles and year of publication:  

'Pennyfoot Hotel Mystery' Novels
 1) Room with a Clue  1993
 2) Do Not Disturb  1994
 3) Service for Two  1994
 4) Eat, Drink and Be Buried  1994
 5) Check-Out Time  1995
 6) Grounds for Murder  1995
 7) Pay the Piper  1996
 8) Chivalry Is Dead  1996
 9) Ring for Tomb Service  1997
10) Death with Reservations  1998
11) Dying Room Only  1998
12) Maid to Murder  1999
13) No Clue at the Inn  2003
14) Slay Bells  2006
15) Shrouds of Holly  2007
16) Ringing in Murder  2008
17) Decked with Folly  2009
18) Mistletoe and Mayhem  2010
19) Herald of Death  2011
20) The Clue Is in the Pudding  2012
21) Mulled Murder  2013
22) A Perilous Promise (e-story)  2016
23) A Merry Murder  2019
'Manor House Mystery' Novels
 1) A Bicycle Built for Murder  2001
 2) Death Is in the Air  2001
 3) For Whom Death Tolls  2002
 4) Dig Deep for Murder  2002
 5) Paint by Murder  2003
 6) Buried Alive  2004
 7) Fire When Ready  2004
 8) Wedding Rows  2006
 9) An Unmentionable Murder  2006
'Bellehaven House Mystery' Novels (as 'Rebecca Kent')
 1) High Marks for Murder  2008
 2) Finished Off  2009
 3) Murder Has No Class  2010
'Raven's Nest Mystery' Novels (as 'Allison Kingsley')
 1) Mind Over Murder  2011
 2) A Sinister Sense  2012
 3) Trouble Vision  2013
 4) Extra Sensory Deception  2014
'Merry Ghost Inn Mystery' Novels
 1) Dead and Breakfast  2017
 2) Doom with a View  2017
 3) Be Our Ghost  2018
Other Novels
 1) In Hot Water  2021

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