marion chesney agatha raisin and the quiche of death

In later life she divided her time between a cottage in the Cotswolds, and Paris. The couple moved to the Cotswolds when their son was about to go to university, assuming that he would go to Oxford, though in fact he did not. She married Express Middle East Correspondent Harry Scott Gibbons in 1969 they had a son, Charles. Marion Chesney was born on 10 June 1936 in Glasgow, Scotland, and worked as a buyer of fiction for the Glasgow bookshop John Smith & Son before working at the Scottish Daily Express as a theatre critic, newspaper reporter and editor. In an interview, she stated that she ceased writing the Edwardian series as a result of the pressure of writing for the Agatha Raisin and Hamish Macbeth series. Writing as Marion Chesney, her final endeavour was an Edwardian mystery series featuring Lady Rose Summer, a charming debutante with an independent streak, and Captain Harry Cathcart, an impoverished aristocrat. She also wrote romance novels under the pseudonyms Ann Fairfax, Jennie Tremaine, Helen Crampton, Charlotte Ward, and Sarah Chester. Both of these book series have been adapted for TV. Beaton, she also wrote many popular mystery novels, most notably the Agatha Raisin and Hamish Macbeth mystery series. She wrote numerous successful historical romance novels under a form of her maiden name, Marion Chesney, including the 'Travelling Matchmaker' and 'Daughters of Mannerling' series. Marion Gibbons (née Chesney 10 June 1936 – 30/31 December 2019) was a Scottish writer of romance and mystery novels, whose career as a published author began in 1979.

Marion chesney agatha raisin and the quiche of death