MC BEATON, 79, is the pseudonym of author Marion Chesney for her crime novels featuring Hamish Macbeth and Agatha Raisin.

Marion Chesney, who has died aged 83, was a dizzyingly prolific novelist best known as the creator, under the pseudonym MC Beaton, of two detectives who translated successfully to television: the ...

After 100 books set in the Regency period, the first Hamish Macbeth book was born when Beaton and her husband holidayed in Scotland.

Jake Kerridge profiles MC Beaton, the crime writer who's the third most borrowed adult author in Britain.

The author of detective series featuring Hamish Macbeth and Agatha Raisin has died, aged 83. Marion Chesney Gibbons, who wrote under the pen name MC Beaton, was an international best-seller whose ...

Cartoonist Beaton's "Hark! A Vagrant!" Finds Drollery in Drawing Rooms With a deceptively loose, doodle-like style, Canadian webcomic creator Kate Beaton imbues historical and literary figures ...

M C Beaton proves age is no bar to high achievement for women: at 76, this year sees the publication of the 23rd novel in her Agatha Raisin Murder Mystery series, Hiss and Hers.

My mother introduced me to reading. In Scotland, pre-television, nearly everyone read. The first book she bought me was Orlando The Marmalade Cat. Then came Alice In Wonderland.

MC Beaton: My six best books MC BEATON, 79, is the pseudonym of author Marion Chesney for her crime novels featuring Hamish Macbeth and Agatha Raisin.

Marion Chesney Gibbons, who wrote under the pen name MC Beaton, was an international best-seller whose books were translated into 17 languages.

Hamish Macbeth author MC Beaton dies, aged 83 The novelist’s death was announced by her son, Charles Gibbons.