Jill McGown

Jill McGown (b. 9 August 1947, Campbeltown, Scotland - 6 April 2007 in Kettering, Northamptonshire) was a British writer of mystery novels. She was best known for her mystery series featuring Inspector Lloyd and Judy Hill, one of which (A Shred of Evidence) was made into a television series. McGown wrote her first mystery novel after being laid off from the British Steel Corporation in 1980. She is sometimes credited as Elizabeth Chaplin.

Bibliography

Series novels

• A Perfect Match (1983)
• Redemption (aka Murder At the Old Vicarage) (1988)
• Death of a Dancer (aka Gone to Her Death) (1989)
• The Murders of Mrs Austin And Mrs Beale (1991)
• The Other Woman (1992)
• Murder... Now And Then (1993)
• A Shred of Evidence (1995)
• Verdict Unsafe (1997)
• Picture of Innocence (1998)
• Plots And Errors (1999)
• Scene of Crime (2001)
• Births, Deaths and Marriages (aka Death in the Family) (2002)
• Unlucky for Some (2004)

Non-series novels

• Record of Sin (1985)
• An Evil Hour (1986)
• The Stalking Horse (1987)
• Murder Movie (1988)
• Hostage to Fortune (1992) (writing as Elizabeth Chaplin)

External links

• Jill McGown's website
• Obituary: Adrian, Jack (2007-04-27). "Jill McGown: Author of intelligent whodunits". The Independent. p. 47. http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article2488791.ece. Retrieved 2007-04-27. 
• Obituary: McDermid, Val (2007-05-26). "Jill McGown: Critically acclaimed crime fiction writer". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2007/may/26/guardianobituaries.obituaries. Retrieved 2011-08-26. 
• Obituary: "Jill McGown". The Telegraph. 2007-05-10. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1551074/Jill-McGown.html. Retrieved 2011-08-26.