Miss Tonks Turns to Crime
- Published
- 1 January 1993
- Pages
- 216
- ISBN-13
- 9780745121918
- Type
- novel
About this book
Miss Tonks Turns to Crime is a novel by M. C. Beaton, running at 216 pages in 1993. It is book #2 of Poor Relation. It picks up after Lady Fortescue Steps Out and hands off to Mrs. Budley Falls From Grace.
Key facts about Miss Tonks Turns to Crime
Miss Tonks Turns to Crime is a novel by M. C. Beaton. Readers have had it since 1993. It runs to 216 pages.
Our list holds 1 edition of Miss Tonks Turns to Crime. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780745121918 to find the main one.
Miss Tonks Turns to Crime is book 2 of 6 in the Poor Relation series. The series has 6 published books. However, the series starts with Lady Fortescue Steps Out (1993).
Additionally, M. C. Beaton writes The Six Sisters, Hamish Macbeth and A House for the Season, plus 6 more series. Those series sit on our historical romance, cozy mystery and historical mystery shelves. Meanwhile, Death of a Groom is the latest published M. C. Beaton book on file, from 10 February 2026.
About M. C. Beaton
M. C. Beaton was the pen name of Marion Chesney, a Scottish-born author who wrote prolifically across romance and mystery before finding her signature register with two long-running cozy mystery series set worlds apart in tone and geography. See every M. C. Beaton book in order.
Its place in Poor Relation
Miss Tonks Turns to Crime is book 2 in the Poor Relation series. It follows Lady Fortescue Steps Out. It is followed by Mrs. Budley Falls From Grace. See the full Poor Relation reading order.
Six down-on-their-luck aristocrats -- the widowed Lady Fortescue, spinster Miss Tonks, the flighty Mrs. Budley, dissolute old soldier Colonel Sandhurst, ex-army Sir Philip Sommerville and hard-up gentleman Mr. Davy -- pool what little they have left to open a fashionable hotel in Bond Street, staffing and running it themselves rather than face the poorhouse or a humiliating dependence on relatives. Beginning with Lady Fortescue Steps Out , each of the six novels centers on one member of the makeshift household…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780745121918