🎯 Where Should I Start?
ⓘ About Victoria Abbott / Mary Jane Maffini
Mary’s short stories, many of them indicating a deep mistrust of old ladies, can be found in the seven Ladies Killing Circle anthologies, Cold Blood V, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Storyteller Magazine, Iced, and some other popular publications. Mary is a former President and a current member of Crime Writers of Canada. She was a former board of directors member of the Canadian Booksellers Association. Mary is a frequent panelist at mystery conferences like Malice Domestic and Bouchercon in America and Bloody Words National Mystery Conference in Canada. She is a native of Nova Scotia, like many of her characters, Mary Jane lives in Ottawa with her long-suffering husband and two miniature dachshunds.
All Book Series by Victoria Abbott / Mary Jane Maffini
The Cozy Chicks Kitchen
Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 2012 Anthology · Ellery Adams,Leann Sweeney,Maggie Sefton,Kate Collins,Lorraine Bartlett,Deb Baker,Heather Webber
Tea Time with the Cozy Chicks
Book 2 of 3 · published 2015 Co-authored · Ellery Adams,Leann Sweeney,Maggie Sefton,Kate Collins,Lorraine Bartlett,Duffy Brown,Mary Kennedy
The Cozy Chicks Picnic
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2021 Anthology · Lorraine Bartlett,Duffy Brown,Mary Kennedy
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 3
Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 2002
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Victoria Abbott / Mary Jane Maffini?
Mary's short stories, many of them indicating a deep mistrust of old ladies, can be found in the seven Ladies Killing Circle anthologies, Cold Blood V, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Storyteller Magazine, Iced, and some other popular publications. Mary is a former President and a current member of Crime Writers of Canada. She was a former board of directors member of the Canadian Booksellers Association.
Which Victoria Abbott / Mary Jane Maffini series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Camilla MacPhee Mystery series, the earliest of Victoria Abbott / Mary Jane Maffini's multi-book series: it opens with Speak Ill of the Dead (1999) and runs to 7 books across 1999–2022, ending with You Light Up My Death (2022). Victoria Abbott / Mary Jane Maffini's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Victoria Abbott / Mary Jane Maffini written?
Victoria Abbott / Mary Jane Maffini has 34 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1999 and 2022. 30 of them belong to 7 named series — the largest being the Camilla MacPhee Mystery series with 7 books — and 4 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Victoria Abbott / Mary Jane Maffini's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Victoria Abbott / Mary Jane Maffini's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Camilla MacPhee Mystery (1999–2022, 7 books), Ladies' Killing Circle (1999–2008, 5 books) and Fiona Silk Mystery (2003–2007, 2 books), plus 3 more.
How are Victoria Abbott / Mary Jane Maffini's books organised into series?
This guide splits Victoria Abbott / Mary Jane Maffini's 34 books into 7 named series and 4 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Camilla MacPhee Mystery (7 books, 1999–2022); Charlotte Adams Mystery (6 books, 2007–2022); Book Collector Mystery (5 books, 2013–2016); Ladies' Killing Circle (5 books, 1999–2008); Fiona Silk Mystery (2 books, 2003–2007), plus 2 further series.