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Dorothy Dunnett

Scotland (1923 - 2001)

aka Dorothy Halliday

Dorothy Dunnett is the author of the world-famous Lymond Chronicles set during the sixteenth century, as well as the House of Niccolo series. She was awarded the OBE for her services to literature in 1992, and lived in Edinburgh.

Genres: Historical, Mystery

Series

Lymond Chronicles
   1. The Game of Kings (1961)
   2. Queen's Play (1964)
   3. The Disorderly Knights (1966)
   4. Pawn in Frankincense (1969)
   5. The Ringed Castle (1971)
   6. Checkmate (1975)

Dolly Mystery (as by Dorothy Halliday)
   1. Tropical Issue (1980)
     aka Dolly and the Bird of Paradise
   2. Dolly and the Singing Bird (1968)
     aka Rum Affair / Photogenic Soprano
   3. Dolly and the Cookie Bird (1970)
     aka Ibiza Surprise / Murder in the Round
   4. Dolly and the Doctor Bird (1971)
     aka Operation Nassau / Match for a Murderer
   5. Dolly and the Starry Bird (1973)
     aka Roman Nights / Murder in Focus
   6. Dolly and the Nanny Bird (1976)
     aka Split Code
   7. Moroccan Traffic (1992)
     aka Send A Fax to the Kasbah

House of Niccolo
   1. Niccolo Rising (1986)
   2. The Spring of the Ram (1987)
   3. Race of Scorpions (1989)
   4. Scales of Gold (1991)
   5. The Unicorn Hunt (1993)
   6. To Lie with Lions (1995)
   7. Caprice and Rondo (1997)
   8. Gemini (2000)

Johnson Johnson Mystery
   Rum Affair (1991)
   Roman Nights (2012)
   An Ibiza Surprise (2012)
   Operation Nassau (2012)

Novels

King Hereafter (1976)

Anthologies edited

The Lymond Poetry (2003) (with Elspeth Morrison)

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