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C.C. Benison Books in Order

C.C. Benison has written 10 books, published between 1996 and 2020. The first book is Death at Buckingham Palace (1996) and the newest is The Unpleasantness at the Battle of Thornford (2020). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
10
Published
1996–2020
Pages on record
2,618 in 7 of 10 books
Reading time
44–65 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 2,618 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 7 of 10 titles with a page count on record.

See all 10 books in order Printable C.C. Benison checklist

C.C. Benison is the pen name of Douglas Alfred Whiteway, a Canadian journalist and author born in 1961 who lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Whiteway studied religious studies at the University of Manitoba and journalism at Carleton University, and has worked for the Winnipeg Tribune and the Winnipeg Free Press. Under the Benison name, Whiteway wrote murder mysteries set on Queen Elizabeth II's estates, in which the housemaid Jane Bee solves crimes with the Queen's help. Death at Buckingham Palace (1996) is one of them. Death in Cold Type (2005) is a murder mystery set in Winnipeg. The catalogue lists the Her Majesty Investigates and Father Christmas Mystery series.

How many C.C. Benison books are there?

C.C. Benison has 10 books, released between 1996 and 2020. They include 2 series and 3 titles listed outside any series.

C.C. Benison Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 10 C.C. Benison books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Death at Windsor Castle by C.C. Benison, book 3 of the Her Majesty Investigates series (1998)
  2. Cover of In Search of Ancient Alberta by C.C. Benison (2000)
  3. Cover of Death in Cold Type by C.C. Benison (2005)
  4. Cover of Ten Lords A-Leaping by C.C. Benison, book 3 of the Father Christmas Mystery series (2013)
  1. 1
    Death at Buckingham PalaceHer Majesty Investigates #11996 · 273 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996273
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  2. 2
    Death at Sandringham HouseHer Majesty Investigates #21996 · 370 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1996370
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  3. 3
    Death at Windsor CastleHer Majesty Investigates #31998 · 383 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998383
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  4. 4
    In Search of Ancient Alberta2000 · 287 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2000287
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  5. 5
    Death in Cold Type2005 · 319 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2005319
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  6. 6
    Twelve Drummers DrummingFather Christmas Mystery #12011 · confirmed 2/4
    2011–
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  7. 7
    Eleven Pipers PipingFather Christmas Mystery #22012 · 496 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2012496
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  8. 8
    Ten Lords A-LeapingFather Christmas Mystery #32013 · 490 pages · confirmed 2/4
    2013490
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  9. 9
    Paul Is Dead2018 · confirmed 2/4
    2018–
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  10. 10
    The Unpleasantness at the Battle of ThornfordFather Christmas Mystery #42020 · confirmed 2/4
    2020–
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C.C. Benison books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Father Christmas Mystery in order

4 books
  1. 1. Twelve Drummers Drumming
  2. 2. Eleven Pipers Piping
  3. 3. Ten Lords A-Leaping
  4. 4. The Unpleasantness at the Battle of Thornford

Her Majesty Investigates in order

3 books
  1. 1. Death at Buckingham Palace
  2. 2. Death at Sandringham House
  3. 3. Death at Windsor Castle

Standalone books

3 books

3 C.C. Benison titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read C.C. Benison books in order?

You only need to read C.C. Benison books in order within each series: the books listed here span 2 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.

Where to start with C.C. Benison

Start with Death at Buckingham Palace (1996), the earliest published title.

What is the newest C.C. Benison book?

The Unpleasantness at the Battle of Thornford (2020) is the newest C.C. Benison book released so far.

Is there a new C.C. Benison book coming?

No next C.C. Benison book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

C.C. Benison at a glance

No recent titles
The newest C.C. Benison title on record dates from 2020, 6 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
C.C. Benison books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
2,618 pages across the 7 of 10 books with a recorded length, a median of 370 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most C.C. Benison books, 4 of 10, were published in the 2010s.

What the C.C. Benison books are about

7 of the 10 C.C. Benison books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: bee, jane (fictitious character) is tagged on 3 of 7. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.