Donald Sutherland Bain (March 6, 1935 – October 21, 2017) was an American author and ghostwriter, having written over 115 books in his 40-year career.

Bibliography

The ''Coffee, Tea or Me?'' series

byline: Trudy Baker and Rachel Jones *'' Coffee, Tea or Me?'' (1967) *''The Coffee Tea or Me Girls’ Round-the-World Diary'' (1970) *''The Coffee Tea or Me Girls Lay It on the Line'' (1972) *''The Coffee Tea or Me Girls Get Away From it All'' (1974)

The ''Murder, She Wrote'' series

byline:

Jessica Fletcher Jessica Beatrice "J. B." Fletcher (born Jessica Beatrice MacGill) is a detective show character and the protagonist on the American television series ''Murder, She Wrote''. Portrayed by award-winning actress Angela Lansbury, Fletcher is a best ...

and Donald Bain A spin-off book series based on the ''

Murder, She Wrote ''Murder, She Wrote'' is an American crime drama television series, created by Peter S. Fischer, Richard Levinson and William Link, starring Angela Lansbury, and produced and distributed by Universal Television for the CBS network. The seri ...

'' American crime drama television series starring

Angela Lansbury Dame Angela Brigid Lansbury (October 16, 1925 – October 11, 2022) was an Irish-British and American film, stage, and television actress. Her career spanned eight decades, much of it in the United States, and her work received a great deal ...

as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher. *''Gin and Daggers'' (1st edition) (1989) *''Manhattans and Murder'' (1994) *''Rum and Razors'' (1995) *''Brandy and Bullets'' (1995) *''Martinis and Mayhem'' (1995) *''A Deadly Judgment'' (1996) *''A Palette for Murder'' (1996) *''The Highland Fling Murders'' (1997) *''Murder on the QE2'' (1997) *''Murder in Moscow'' (1998) *''A Little Yuletide Murder'' (1998) *''Murder at the Powderhorn Ranch'' (1999) *''Knock 'em Dead'' (1999) *''Gin and Daggers'' (2nd edition) (2000) *''Trick or Treachery'' (2000) *''Blood on the Vine'' (2001) *''Murder in a Minor Key'' (2001) *''Provence - to Die for'' (2002) *''You Bet Your Life'' (2002) *'' Majoring in Murder'' (2003) *''Destination Murder'' (2003) *''Dying to Retire'' (2004) *''A Vote for Murder'' (2004) *''The Maine Mutiny'' (2005) *''Margaritas and Murder'' (2005) *''A Question of Murder'' (2006) *''Three Strikes and You're Dead'' (2006) *''Coffee, Tea, or Murder?'' (2007) *''Panning For Murder'' (2007) *''Murder on Parade'' (2008) *''A Slaying in Savannah'' (2008) *''Madison Avenue Shoot'' (2009) *''A Fatal Feast'' (2009) *''Nashville Noir'' (2010) *''The Queen's Jewels'' (2010) *''Skating on Thin Ice'' (2011) *''The Fine Art of Murder'' (2011) *''Trouble at High Tide'' (2012) *''Domestic Malice'' (2012) *''Prescription For Murder'' (2013) *''Close-Up On Murder'' (2013) *''Aloha Betrayed'' (2014) *''Death of a Blue Blood'' (2014) *''Killer in the Kitchen'' (2015) *''The Ghost and Mrs. Fletcher'' (2015) *''Design for Murder'' (2016) *''Hook, Line, and Murder'' (2016) *''A Date with Murder'' (2018) written with Jon Land

Comedic novels

*''Tender Loving Care'' – byline: Joni Moura & Jackie Sutherland (1969) *''Girlpower'' – byline: Kathy Cole & Donna Bain (1971) *''How to Make a Good Airline Stewardess'' – byline: Cornelius Wohl & Bill Wenzel (1972) *''If It Moves, Kiss It'' – byline: Joni Moura & Jackie Sutherland (1973) *''We Gave at the Office'' – byline: Laura Mills & Pauline Burlick (1977) *''Fly Me'' - byline: Cornelius Wohl & Bill Wenzel (1974) *''Teachers Pet'' – byline: Janet McMillan & Mitzi Sims (1975) *''The Casting Couch and Me'' – byline: Joan Wood (1975) *''Wall Street & Broad'' – byline: Teri Palmer (1976)

The J.D. Hardin western series

byline: J.D. Hardin *''Bloody Sands'' *''The Spirit & the Flesh'' *''Death Flotilla'' *''The Lone Star Massacre'' *''Raider’s Revenge'' *''Raider’s Hell'' *''Apache Gold'' *''Bibles, Bullets & Brides'' *''Death Lode''

Other novels

*''The Airport Affair'' (1975) – byline: David Toma & Jack Pearl *''The Affair of the Unhappy Hooker'' (1976) – byline: David Toma & Jack Pearl *''Sado Cop'' (1976) – byline: Nick Vasile *''A Member of the Family'' (1993) – byline: Nick Vasile *''Raven'' (1987) – byline: Mike Lundy *''Baby Farm'' (1987) – byline: Mike Lundy *''Daughter of the Sand'' (1978) – byline: Pamela South *''The Eagle & the Serpent'' (1982) – byline: Lee Jackson *''Texas Lily'' (1987) – byline: Stephanie Blake

Biographies and autobiographies

*''Murder HE Wrote: A Successful Writer's Life'' (2006) (Autobiography)

Other books

*''The Racing Flag'' (1965) – byline: Bloys Britt & Bill France *''Veronica'' (1969) – byline:

Veronica Lake Constance Frances Marie Ockelman (November 14, 1922 – July 7, 1973), known professionally as Veronica Lake, was an American film, stage, and television actress. Lake was best known for her femme fatale roles in film noirs with Alan Ladd ...

(her autobiography, whose

ghostwriter A ghostwriter is hired to write literary or journalistic works, speeches, or other texts that are officially credited to another person as the author. Celebrities, executives, participants in timely news stories, and political leaders often ...

he was) *''The Case Against Private Aviation'' (1969) – byline: Donald Bain *''Long John Nebel'' (1974) – byline: Donald Bain *''The Control of Candy Jones'' (1976) – byline: Donald Bain *''Club Tropique'' (1978) – byline: Donald Bain *''War in Illinois'' (1978) – byline: Donald Bain *''Charlie & the Shawneetown Dame'' (2004) – byline: Donald Bain *''Caviar, Caviar, Caviar'' (1981) – byline: Gerald M. Stein & Donald Bain *''The "Girls" in the Newsroom'' (1983) – byline: Marjorie Margolies *''The World’s Best Bartenders’ Guide'' (1998)– byline: Joseph Scott & Donald Bain *''Margaret Truman's Experiment in Murder'' (2012) *''Margaret Truman's Undiplomatic Murder'' (2014) *''Margaret Truman's Internship In Murder (2015)'' *''Margaret Truman's Deadly Medicine'' (2016) *''Margaret Truman's Allied in Danger'' (2017)

Unacknowledged books

A ghostwriter is often required to be anonymous as a part of the contract to write the book. Some sources claim Bain is the author of most of the mystery novels attributed to

Margaret Truman Mary Margaret Truman Daniel (February 17, 1924 – January 29, 2008) was an American classical soprano, actress, journalist, radio and television personality, writer, and New York socialite. She was the only child of President Harry S. Truman a ...

. While Bain initially denied this, he wrote a column in the March 14, 2014 issue of ''

Publishers Weekly ''Publishers Weekly'' (''PW'') is an American weekly trade news magazine targeted at publishers, librarians, booksellers, and literary agents. Published continuously since 1872, it has carried the tagline, "The International News Magazine of ...

'' and finally acknowledged writing "27 novels in the Margaret Truman Capital Crimes series (mostly bylined by Truman, my close collaboratormy name is on only the most recent entries, released after her death)."

References

External links

Donald Bain on New American Library
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