Order of Professor Peter Shandy Books

Order of Professor Peter Shandy Books

Professor Peter Shandy by Charlotte MacLeod


Professor Peter Shandy is the central character in a series of cozy mystery novels by Canadian-American author Charlotte MacLeod. Peter Shandy is a botany professor at the Balaclava Agricultural College. Peter often ends up investigating crimes that occur around his work. He is often joined by librarian Helen Marsh. The series is set in Massachusetts.

Charlotte MacLeod debuted her Professor Peter Shandy character in the novel Rest You Merry, published in 1978. The book was originally a short story that was later expanded into a novel. The series consists of ten novels, concluding with Exit the Milkman in 1996. Below is a list of Charlotte MacLeod’s Professor Peter Shandy books in order of when they were first released (which is the same as their chronological order):

Publication Order of Professor Peter Shandy Books

Rest You Merry

(1978)

The Luck Runs Out

(1979)

Wrack and Rune

(1982)

Something The Cat Dragged In

(1983)

The Curse of the Giant Hogweed

(1985)

The Corpse in Oozak’s Pond

(1987)

Vane Pursuit

(1989)

An Owl Too Many

(1991)

Something in the Water

(1994)

Exit the Milkman

(1996)