 Donald Bain was born in Mineola, New York. He was an author and ghostwriter. He wrote the 'Murder, She Wrote' series featuring Jessica Fletcher, an amateur sleuth. The series was continued by Jon Land and Terrie Farley Moran. See also Margaret Truman. |
Titles and year of publication:
| 'Murder, She Wrote' Novels | |
| 1) Gin and Daggers | 1989 |
| 2) Manhattans and Murder | 1994 |
| 3) Rum and Razors | 1995 |
| 4) Brandy and Bullets | 1995 |
| 5) Martinis and Mayhem | 1995 |
| 6) A Deadly Judgment | 1996 |
| 7) A Palette for Murder | 1996 |
| 8) The Highland Fling Murders | 1997 |
| 9) Murder on the QE2 | 1997 |
| 10) Murder in Moscow | 1998 |
| 11) A Little Yuletide Murder | 1998 |
| 12) Murder at the Powderhorn Ranch | 1999 |
| 13) Knock 'em Dead | 1999 |
| 14) Trick and Treachery | 2000 |
| 15) Blood on the Vine | 2001 |
| 16) Murder in Minor Key | 2001 |
| 17) Provence - to Die For | 2002 |
| 18) You Bet Your Life | 2002 |
| 19) Majoring in Murder | 2003 |
| 20) Destination Murder | 2003 |
| 21) Dying to Retire | 2004 |
| 22) A Vote for Murder | 2004 |
| 23) The Maine Mutiny | 2005 |
| 24) Margaritas & Murder | 2005 |
| 25) A Question of Murder | 2006 |
| 26) Three Strikes and You're Dead | 2006 |
| 27) Coffee, Tea or Murder? | 2007 |
| 28) Panning for Murder | 2007 |
| 29) Murder on Parade | 2008 |
| 30) A Staying in Savannah | 2008 |
| 31) Madison Avenue Shoot | 2009 |
| 32) A Fatal Feast | 2009 |
| 33) Nashville Noir | 2010 |
| 34) The Queen's Jewels | 2010 |
| 35) Skating on Thin Ice | 2011 |
| 36) The Fine Art of Murder | 2011 |
| 37) Trouble at High Tide | 2012 |
| 38) Domestic Malice | 2012 |
| 39) Prescription For Murder | 2013 |
| 40) Close-Up On Murder | 2013 |
| 41) Aloha Betrayed | 2014 |
| 42) Death of a Blue Blood | 2014 |
| 43) Killer in the Kitchen | 2015 |
| 44) The Ghost and Mrs. Fletcher (with Renée Paley-Bain) | 2015 |
| 45) Design For Murder (with Renée Paley-Bain) | 2016 |
| 46) Hook, Line, and Murder (with Renée Paley-Bain) | 2016 |
| 47) A Date with Murder (with Jon Land) | 2018 |
| Other Novels | |
| 1) Margaret Truman's Experiment in Murder | 2012 |
| 2) Lights Out! | 2014 |
| 3) Margaret Truman's Undiplomatic Murder | 2014 |
| 4) Margaret Truman's Internship in Murder | 2015 |
| 5) Margaret Truman's Deadly Medicine | 2016 |
| 6) Margaret Truman's Allied in Danger | 2018 |