Anthologies#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| More Crimes for a Summer Christmas |
1993 |
Buy |
Carol Ashton Mysteries Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
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| Lessons in Murder |
1988 |
Buy |
| Fatal Reunion |
1989 |
Buy |
| Death Down Under |
1989 |
Buy |
| Cop Out |
1991 |
Buy |
| Dead Certain |
1992 |
Buy |
| Body Guard |
1994 |
Buy |
| Double Bluff |
1995 |
Buy |
| Inner Circle |
1996 |
Buy |
| Chain Letter |
1997 |
Buy |
| Past Due |
1998 |
Buy |
| Set Up |
1999 |
Buy |
| Under Suspicion |
2000 |
Buy |
| Death Club |
2001 |
Buy |
| Accidental Murder |
2002 |
Buy |
| Blood Link |
2003 |
Buy |
| Fall Guy |
2004 |
Buy |
| Lethal Care |
2017 |
Buy |
Denise Cleever Thrillers Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Murder Undercover |
1999 |
Buy |
| Death Understood |
2000 |
Buy |
| Out of Sight |
2001 |
Buy |
| Recognition Factor |
2003 |
Buy |
| Death by Death |
2003 |
Buy |
| Murder at Random |
2005 |
Buy |
Kylie Kendall Mysteries Reading Order#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Wombat Strategy |
2004 |
Buy |
| The Kookaburra Gambit |
2005 |
Buy |
| The Quokka Question |
2005 |
Buy |
| The Dingo Dilemma |
2006 |
Buy |
| The Platypus Ploy |
2007 |
Buy |
Non-Fiction#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| The Loving Lesbian |
1997 |
Buy |
Standalone Novels#
| Title |
Published |
Buy on Amazon |
| Under the Southern Cross |
1992 |
Buy |
| Silent Heart |
1993 |
Buy |
| Writing My Love |
2006 |
Buy |
| Aspects of the Heart |
2020 |
Buy |
Claire McNab was an Australian-born author who spent much of her later life in Los Angeles. Born in Melbourne in 1940, she began writing crime fiction in the late 1980s and went on to publish more than 30 books before her death in 2019.
Her Carol Ashton series, which ran from 1988 to 2017, established her reputation in lesbian mystery fiction. Carol Ashton is a Detective Inspector in Sydney, and the books follow her cases and personal life across seventeen novels. McNab also wrote the Denise Cleever Thrillers, featuring an ASIO undercover agent, and the lighter Kylie Kendall Mysteries, which follow an Australian woman running a private investigation agency in Los Angeles.
McNab’s standalone novels range from romance to literary fiction, and she also produced one non-fiction title. Her output across multiple series and genres made her one of the more prolific writers in lesbian fiction during the 1990s and 2000s.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Claire McNab written?
Claire McNab has written 34 books across six series.
What was Claire McNab's first book?
Claire McNab’s first book is Lessons in Murder, published in 1988.
What is Claire McNab best known for?
McNab is best known for the Carol Ashton Mysteries, a seventeen-book series featuring a lesbian detective inspector working cases in Sydney, Australia. The series ran from 1988 to 2017 and is one of the longest lesbian mystery series in crime fiction.