Margaret Millar

1 series 4 books in order 1 standalone book

Margaret Ellis Millar (née Sturm) was an American-Canadian mystery and suspense writer. She was born in Kitchener, Ontario, and educated at the Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate Institute and the University of Toronto. She moved to the United States after marrying Kenneth Millar, who wrote under the pseudonym Ross Macdonald, and they lived in Santa Barbara, a location that inspired settings in her later novels. Her work included 27 books, short stories, screenplays, poems, radio stories, and a memoir, with two of her novels adapted for the television series Alfred Hitchcock Presents and Thriller.

Born
1915
Known for
A Tom Aragon Novel

Series by Margaret Millar

A Tom Aragon Novel

3 books in order · 1976–1982

  1. Cover of Ask for Me Tomorrow

    Ask for Me Tomorrow

    1976 · Margaret Millar

    Introducing Tom Aragon, a fast-talking Mexican-American attorney turned private investigator, who is sent by his boss to track down a wealthy…

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  2. Cover of The Murder of Miranda

    The Murder of Miranda

    1979 · Margaret Millar

    An affair between the help and a club member is always looked at with suspicion at the prestigious Penguin Beach Club in Santa Barbara but when both…

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    Mermaid

    1982 · Margaret Millar

    Cleo Jasper, a young woman attending an exclusive school for retarded young people, disappears under mysterious circumstances. Her older brother,…

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How many books has Margaret Millar written?

We list 4 books by Margaret Millar across 1 series, published between 1962–1982 — each shown in full reading order.

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