Marian Babson

"A top-notch thriller . . The identities of the murderer and the twelfth victim come as a stunner" ( Publishers Weekly ). At Maude Daneson's rooming house, the holiday season has everyone bustling about in anticipation, and Maude herself is planning a glorious Christmas dinner. But neither the landlady nor her lodgers realize that a killer walks among them. The police have so far been unable to track the culprit-and when murder strikes close to home,...

A rescued cat is a clue to a killer’s identity in this cozy mystery by an “utterly entertaining” Agatha Award–winning author (Booklist).
 
Aging actress Dame Cecile Savoy is on the way to a Brighton taxidermist’s shop, accompanied by her friends Trixie and Evangeline—and her recently departed Pekingese. But when they arrive, they discover a dead body, a spreading fire, and a helpless...

A suspenseful tale of murder and mystery in a dysfunctional British family: “Babson is as easy to read as ever” (Kirkus Reviews).
 
Margot has come back to England from America to show solidarity with her extended family in the midst of a scandalous murder trial. Cousin Chloe stands accused of stabbing her identical twin sister, Claudia, and Margot’s well-to-do relatives are, understandably, a mess—that...

Shakespearean actor Winstanley Fortescue is known as a hound dog when it comes to the ladies. But when someone pushes him off a ladder, he falls on the theater's resident cat-and somehow the two of them wind up trading bodies. It takes a while to get used to living on four legs, but it's the perfect way for Winstanley to sneak around while he tries to uncover the attempted murderer, in this fun mystery from an Agatha Award–winning author.

A millionaire's cat may be the key to a murder mystery in this delightful novel from an Agatha Award–winning author. When Annabel Hinchby-Smythe accepts an offer to serve as interior decorator to computer mogul Arthur Arbuthnot, she can't help noticing that no one in the house seems to genuinely like the tycoon-aside from his cat, Sally. After Arthur's sudden death-and the revelation that Sally is named sole inheritor in his will-Annabel's new...

The Harpers have traded their New England home for a cottage in the original England-just for the summer. Their cozy new house even comes complete with Esmond, a timid marmalade cat. But the peaceful village starts to feel less welcoming when an attempt is made on Mr. Harper's life. Now, amid secrets and suspicions, they must sniff out the truth-with a little help from Esmond.

When silent film star Evangeline Sinclair and ex-hoofer Trixie Dolan attend a film retrospective in London, they expect to be the centers of attention, but are instead upstaged by a series of grisly murders based on the movies.