Hazel Holt

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  • Bibliography:
    24 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    February 1990
  • Latest Book:
    May 2016
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Full Series List in Order

Mrs. Malory

1 - Mrs. Malory Investigates // Gone Away (Feb-1990)
2 - The Cruellest Month (Apr-1991)
3 - Mrs. Malory and the Festival Murder (Apr-1993)
4 - Mrs. Malory's Shortest Journey (Jul-1994)
5 - Mrs. Malory: Detective in Residence (Dec-1994)
6 - Mrs. Malory Wonders Why // Superfluous Death (Dec-1995)
7 - Mrs. Malory: Death of a Dean (Dec-1996)
8 - Mrs. Malory and the Only Good Lawyer (Oct-1997)
9 - Mrs. Malory: Death Among Friends (Jun-1999)
10 - Mrs. Malory and the Fatal Legacy (Apr-2000)
11 - Mrs. Malory and the Lilies That Fester (Jun-2001)
12 - Mrs. Malory and the Delay of Execution (Jun-2002)
13 - Mrs. Malory and Death by Water (Jan-2003)
14 - Mrs. Malory and Death in Practice (Jul-2003)
15 - Mrs. Malory and the Silent Killer (Mar-2004)
16 - Mrs. Malory and No Cure for Death (Oct-2005)
17 - Mrs. Mallory and a Death In the Family (Nov-2006)
18 - Mrs. Mallory and a Time To Die (Dec-2008)
19 - Mrs. Malory and Any Man's Death (Dec-2009)
20 - Mrs. Malory and a Necessary End // Murder on Campus (Dec-2011)
21 - Mrs. Malory and Death Is a Word (May-2016)

Book List in Order: 24 titles

  • Mrs. Malory Investigates // Gone Away

    Mrs. Malory - 1

    THE CASE OF THE VANISHING FIANCEE That brash young woman called Lee Montgomery is no doubt marrying Charles Richardson for his money. That's the unequivocal conclusion of Sheila Malory's circle of friends. Despite their disapproval, Mrs. Malory an...

  • The Cruellest Month

    Mrs. Malory - 2

    THE CASE OF THE WICKED, LIBRARIAN The death of spinster Gwen Richmond seemed excessively nasty even for a most unlikable, snoopy woman. Her fatal burial under a collapsed shelf of rare books had forced the Bodleian Library to close and cast a pall...

  • Mrs. Malory and the Festival Murder

    Mrs. Malory - 3

    THE CASE OF THE DEAD LITERARY LION Character assassinations take place daily in genteel Taviscombe, particularly between long-time residents and upstart newcomers. But genuine bloody murder almost never happens in the cozy English Village--until t...

  • Mrs. Malory's Shortest Journey

    Mrs. Malory - 4

    THE LADY VANISHES Sweet, very rich Mrs. Edith Rossiter would be better off dead--for a surprising number of people. Her greedy daughter covets her fortune. Her son wants large sums of cash. And the family of her gravely ill sister would get a fat ...

  • Mrs. Malory: Detective in Residence

    Mrs. Malory - 5

    MURDER 101 When Mrs. Sheila Malory leaves her cat and English village to teach a literature course at a small American college, she finds herself right at home. There she meets Professor Carl Loring and his curator brother, Max, who, between them,...

  • Mrs. Malory Wonders Why // Superfluous Death

    Mrs. Malory - 6

    DEADLY EVICTION When Dr. Cowley, the greedy local physician of Taviscombe, plans to turn a prime oceanside building, occupied by the very elderly Miss Graham, into a profitable nursing home, Mrs. Malory becomes worried about the fate of her dear f...

  • Mrs. Malory: Death of a Dean

    Mrs. Malory - 7

    Mrs. Sheila Malory and actor David Beaumont have been friends since their salad days. Less green today, David is scrambling to save his charming, much-mortgaged cottage located across from the famed Royal Shakespeare Theatre. When his brother, the ha...

  • Mrs. Malory and the Only Good Lawyer

    Mrs. Malory - 8

    London solicitor Graham Percy has always been a trial, but Mrs. Malory's kindhearted late husband never could turn his back on his old Oxford acquaintance. Now Mrs. Malory has inherited the persnickety, long-winded bachelor and his interminable four-...

  • Mrs. Malory: Death Among Friends

    Mrs. Malory - 9

    Wealthy socialite Freda Spencer strikes terror in the hearts of other members of Brunswick Lodge, the community center where Sheila Malory and her friends volunteer. Her overbearing and highbrow ways make more enemies than friends. But she becomes gr...



  • Mrs. Malory and the Fatal Legacy

    Mrs. Malory - 10

    When Shelia Malory ran into her old college chum, Beth, now a bestselling novelist, she expected a pleasant lunch, some reminiscing, and a little harmless gossip. What she didn't expect was her friend to wind up dead shortly after their meeting. Now ...

  • Mrs. Malory and the Lilies That Fester

    Mrs. Malory - 11

    In a small town like Taviscombe, England, everyone knows everything about everyone--thanks to the dedicated efforts of local gossips and busybodies. So when the extremely unsavory Gordon Masefield is murdered, world of mouth spreads like fire...and b...

  • Journey's End

    in And the Dying is Easy

    WHAT I SOLVED ON MY SUMMER VACATION. Detectives make their reputations solving cases of murder and mayhem. Ever wonder what happens when they try to get away from it all? In this summertime crime spree, twenty of today's best mystery writers--f...

  • Mrs. Malory and the Delay of Execution

    Mrs. Malory - 12

    When a schoolteacher at a prestigious English prep school dies suddenly, Mrs. Malory gets shanghaied into being a substitute teacher. She's more than a little uneasy about facing a classroom full of know-it-all teenage girls. To her surprise, they ar...

  • Mrs. Malory and Death by Water

    Mrs. Malory - 13

    Sheila Malory takes on the unenviable task of sorting through her dear friend Leonora's voluminous estate when she passes on. Although she was in her 80s, dying from drinking contaminated water seems an unfitting end for a former journalist whose lif...

  • Mrs. Malory and Death in Practice

    Mrs. Malory - 14

    Dr. Doolittle he's not. In fact, the new veterinarian in town, Dr. Malcolm Hardy, hardly has any kennel-side manner at all. His patients squirm and bark in his presence--and the humans in this quiet, English town don't fancy him, either. Even genial ...

  • Mrs. Malory and the Silent Killer

    Mrs. Malory - 15

    The entire village of Taviscombe is sent reeling when Sidney Middleton, a popular and respected pillar of the community, dies in a tragic accident. However, it soon becomes apparent that his death was a most deliberate act. How could someone so likab...

  • Mrs. Malory and No Cure for Death

    Mrs. Malory - 16

    There is no doubt that John Morrison is an accomplished doctor. But his arrogant manner has made him many enemies in Taviscombe -- even the patients he care for don't much care for him. So it is not entirely surprising when he is found stabbed to dea...

  • Mrs. Mallory and a Death In the Family

    Mrs. Malory - 17

    Sheila Malory is less than thrilled when her loathsome cousin Bernard comes to Taviscombe looking for information to complete his family tree. After all, she's got better things to do than listen to Bernard's pompous genealogical lectures and watch h...

  • Mrs. Mallory and a Time To Die

    Mrs. Malory - 18

    Sheila Malory's old friends Charlie and Jo Hamilton run a popular riding school in the quiet English town of Taviscombe. When Charlie is found dead in his stables from a blow to the head -- with only his horses as witnesses to his final moments -- th...



  • My Dear Charlotte

    A British Regency murder mystery/romance set in 1815, written "with the assistance of Jane Austen's letters." Balls, visits, courtships, gossip (and murder, of course!). Especially for readers who love Jane Austen, Sharon Lathan, Georgett...

  • Mrs. Malory and Any Man's Death

    Mrs. Malory - 19

    The village of Mere Barton would be a different place without local busybody Annie Roberts. Standing only five feet tall, the tireless retired nurse organizes and oversees all local activity with military precision. When Sheila Malory gets roped into...

  • Mrs. Malory and a Necessary End // Murder on Campus

    Mrs. Malory - 20

    When Sheila Malory fills in for a friend at a local charity shop in the quiet English town of Taviscombe, she’s happy for the change of scene. It will give her a chance to deal with interesting books, meet new people, and above all, work for a good...

  • A Lot to Ask

    Barbara Pym is a writer of whom it may be truly said that her life is reflected in her work. This definitive biography puts Barbara in her setting and relates her life to the age and the world in which she lived. Drawing on a wealth of previously u...

  • Mrs. Malory and Death Is a Word

    Mrs. Malory - 21

    Arson and murder in the English countryside from the author of Mrs. Malory and a Necessary End . . . In the wake of a reporter’s death, biographer Sheila Malory must dig through the remnants of his life to discover the devil in the details . . ...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Hazel Holt has published 24 books.

Hazel Holt does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Mrs. Malory and Death Is a Word, was published in May 2016.

The first book by Hazel Holt, Mrs. Malory Investigates // Gone Away, was published in February 1990.

Yes. Hazel Holt has 1 series.
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