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The woman behind the books, MC Beaton, is the most borrowed adult author from UK libraries, with 15 million copies sold and the TV series they inspired attracting huge viewing audiences, the ...

Jake Kerridge profiles MC Beaton, ... Another reason for the books’ popularity is that readers can relate to her characters in a way they can’t to melancholy cops or quip-flinging assassins.

Open Book: India Knight, M C Beaton & library reads. ... about her hilarious new novel Mutton featuring 46 year old heroine Clara Hutt and her encounters with the opposite sex. M C Beaton age ...

MARION Chesney Beaton admits she has no idea how many books she has written. The Hamish Macbeth author, who writes under the name MC Beaton, only realised she had lost count when she was told ...

My books are very easy to read, which means people assume they’re easy to write, which isn’t the case.’ Best-selling author MC Beaton is often described as the ‘queen of cosy crime’.

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.