Frances Brody is the author of the Kate Shackleton mysteries, as well as many stories and plays for BBC Radio, scripts for television and four sagas, one of which won the HarperCollins Elizabeth Elgin Award. Her stage plays have been toured by several theatre companies and produced at Manchester Library Theatre, the Gate and Nottingham Playhouse, and Jehad was nominated for a Time Out Award.
Genres: Historical Mystery, Mystery, Sagas
Series
Kate Shackleton
0.5. Kate Shackleton's First Case (2018)
1. Dying in the Wool (2009)
2. A Medal For Murder (2010)
3. Murder in the Afternoon (2011)
4. A Woman Unknown (2012)
5. Murder on a Summer's Day (2013)
6. Death of an Avid Reader (2014)
7. A Death in the Dales (2015)
8. Death at the Seaside (2016)
9. Death in the Stars (2017)
10. A Snapshot of Murder (2018)
11. The Body on the Train (2019)
12. Death and the Brewery Queen (2020)
aka Murder is in the Air
13. A Mansion for Murder (2022)
0.5. Kate Shackleton's First Case (2018)
1. Dying in the Wool (2009)
2. A Medal For Murder (2010)
3. Murder in the Afternoon (2011)
4. A Woman Unknown (2012)
5. Murder on a Summer's Day (2013)
6. Death of an Avid Reader (2014)
7. A Death in the Dales (2015)
8. Death at the Seaside (2016)
9. Death in the Stars (2017)
10. A Snapshot of Murder (2018)
11. The Body on the Train (2019)
12. Death and the Brewery Queen (2020)
aka Murder is in the Air
13. A Mansion for Murder (2022)
Books containing stories by Frances Brody
Award nominations
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