Rhys Bowen Books In Order

Constable Evans Books In Publication Order

  1. Evans Above (1997)
  2. Evan Help Us (1998)
  3. Evanly Choirs (1999)
  4. Evan and Elle (2000)
  5. Evan Can Wait (2001)
  6. Evans to Betsy (2002)
  7. Evan Only Knows (2003)
  8. Evan’s Gate (2004)
  9. Evan Blessed (2005)
  10. Evanly Bodies (2006)

Friends Books In Publication Order

  1. Starring Tess and Ali (1991)
  2. Boy Trouble for Tess and Ali (1991)
  3. Tess and Ali and the Teeny Bikini (1991)
  4. Tess and Ali, Going on Fifteen (1991)

Full House: Club Stephanie Books In Publication Order

  1. Flamingo Revenge (1997)
  2. Fun, Sun, and Flamingoes (1997)

Heartbreak Cafe Books In Publication Order

  1. No Experience Required (1989)
  2. Just Desserts (1989)
  3. The Main Attraction (1989)
  4. Catch of the Day (1989)
  5. At Your Service (1989)
  6. Love to Go (1990)

Her Royal Spyness Books In Publication Order

  1. Her Royal Spyness (2007)
  2. A Royal Pain (2008)
  3. Royal Flush (2009)
  4. Royal Blood (2010)
  5. Naughty in Nice (2011)
  6. Masked Ball at Broxley Manor (2012)
  7. The Twelve Clues of Christmas (2012)
  8. Heirs and Graces (2013)
  9. Queen of Hearts (2014)
  10. Malice at the Palace (2015)
  11. Crowned and Dangerous (2016)
  12. On Her Majesty’s Frightfully Secret Service (2017)
  13. Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding (2018)
  14. Love and Death Among the Cheetahs (2019)
  15. The Last Mrs. Summers (2020)
  16. God Rest Ye, Royal Gentlemen (2021)

Love Stories Books In Publication Order

  1. Sharing Sam (By:Katherine Applegate) (1995)
  2. The Boy Next Door (1995)
  3. Who Do You Love? (1996)
  4. What We Did Last Summer (By:Elizabeth Craft) (1998)
  5. Trust Me (By:Kieran Scott) (1998)
  6. Kiss and Tell (By:Kieran Scott) (1998)
  7. While You Were Gone (By:Kieran Scott) (1999)
  8. Torn Apart (1999)
  9. How Do I Tell? (By:Kieran Scott) (1999)
  10. Justin & Nicole (By:Elizabeth Craft) (2000)
  11. Jake & Christy (By:Elizabeth Craft) (2000)

Molly Murphy Books In Publication Order

  1. Murphy’s Law (2001)
  2. Death of Riley (2002)
  3. For the Love of Mike (2003)
  4. In Like Flynn (2005)
  5. Oh Danny Boy (2006)
  6. In Dublin’s Fair City (2007)
  7. Tell Me, Pretty Maiden (2008)
  8. In a Gilded Cage (2009)
  9. The Last Illusion (2010)
  10. Bless the Bride (2011)
  11. The Amersham Rubies (2011)
  12. Hush Now, Don’t You Cry (2012)
  13. The Family Way (2013)
  14. The Face in the Mirror (2013)
  15. Through the Window (2014)
  16. City of Darkness and Light (2014)
  17. The Edge of Dreams (2015)
  18. Away in a Manger (2015)
  19. Time of Fog and Fire (2016)
  20. The Ghost of Christmas Past (2017)
  21. Wild Irish Rose (With: ) (2022)

NBC Great Escapes Books In Publication Order

  1. The Secrets of Lake Success (1993)
  2. Trade Winds (1993)

On Our Own Books In Publication Order

  1. The Graduates (1986)
  2. The Trouble with Toni (1986)
  3. Out of Love (1986)
  4. Old Friends, New Friends (1986)
  5. Growing Pains (1986)
  6. Best Friends Forever (1986)

Senior Year Books In Publication Order

  1. Homecoming Dance (1991)
  2. New Year’s Eve (1991)
  3. Night of the Prom (1992)
  4. Graduation Day (1992)

Sister, Sister Books In Publication Order

  1. Cool in School (1996)
  2. You Read My Mind (1996)
  3. One Crazy Christmas (1996)
  4. Homegirl on the Range (1996)
  5. He’s All That (1997)
  6. Summer Daze (1997)
  7. Star Quality (1997)
  8. All Rapped Up (1997)

Sugar and Spice Books In Publication Order

  1. Flip Side (1987)
  2. Two Girls, One Boy (1987)
  3. Trading Places (1987)
  4. The Last Dance (1987)
  5. Dear Cousin (1987)
  6. Nothing in Common (1987)
  7. Tug of War (1987)
  8. Surf’s Up (1987)
  9. Double Take (1987)
  10. Make Me a Star (1987)
  11. Big Sister (1988)
  12. Out in the Cold (1988)
  13. Blind Date (1988)
  14. It’s My Turn (1988)
  15. Home Sweet Home (1988)
  16. Dream Come True (1988)
  17. Campus Cousins (1988)
  18. Roadtrip (1989)
  19. One Step Too Far (1989)
  20. Having a Ball (1989)

Sweet Dreams Books In Publication Order

  1. California Girl (1983)
  2. Love Match (1983)
  3. Ten-Boy Summer (1983)
  4. Daydreamer (1983)
  5. Ghost of a Chance (1984)
  6. Exchange of Hearts (1984)
  7. Lovebirds (1984)
  8. The Two of Us (1984)
  9. Follow That Boy (1985)
  10. 101 Ways to Meet Mr. Right (1985)
  11. The Great Boy Chase (1985)
  12. My Secret Love (1986)
  13. Never Say Goodbye (1987)

TGIF Books In Publication Order

  1. Sleepover Madness (1995)
  2. Four’s a Crowd (1995)
  3. Forever Friday (1995)
  4. Toe-Shoe Trouble (1996)
  5. Secret Valentine (1996)

Boyfriend Club Books In Publication Order

  1. Ginger’s First Kiss (1994)
  2. Roni’s Dream Boy (1994)
  3. Karen’s Perfect Match (1994)
  4. Queen Justine (1994)
  5. Ginger’s New Crush (1994)
  6. Roni’s Two-Boy Trouble (1994)
  7. No More Boys (1995)
  8. Karen’s Lessons in Love (1995)
  9. Roni’s Sweet Fifteen (1995)
  10. Justine’s Baby-Sitting Nightmare (1995)
  11. The Boyfriend Wars (1995)
  12. Dear Karen (1995)

Red Dragon Academy Books In Publication Order

  1. Dreamwalker (2014)

True Love Books In Publication Order

  1. Kiss and Lie (2001)
  2. Secrets (2001)

Standalone Novels In Publication Order

  1. Tommy Loves Tina (As:Janet Quin-Harkin) (1984)
  2. Winner Take All (As:Janet Quin-Harkin) (1984)
  3. Wanted: Date for Saturday Night (As:Janet Quin-Harkin) (1986)
  4. Write Every Day (As:Janet Quin-Harkin) (1986)
  5. Madam Sarah (As:Janet Quin-Harkin) (1989)
  6. Summer Heat (As: Janet Quin-Harkin) (1990)
  7. Fool’s Gold (As:Janet Quin-Harkin) (1991)
  8. My Phantom Love (As:Janet Quin-Harkin) (1992)
  9. On My Own (As:Janet Quin-Harkin) (1992)
  10. Amazing Grace (As:Janet Quin-Harkin) (1993)
  11. The Apartment (As:Janet Quin-Harkin) (1994)
  12. The Sutcliffe Diamonds (As:Janet Quin-Harkin) (1994)
  13. Getting Personal (As:Janet Quin-Harkin) (1994)
  14. The King and I (As:Janet Quin-Harkin) (1999)
  15. Love Potion (As:Janet Quin-Harkin) (1999)
  16. In Farleigh Field (2017)
  17. The Tuscan Child (2018)
  18. What Child Is This (2018)
  19. The Victory Garden (2019)
  20. Above the Bay of Angels (2020)
  21. The Venice Sketchbook (2021)

Picture Books In Publication Order

  1. Peter Penny’s Dance (1976)
  2. Benjamin’s Balloon (1978)
  3. Septimus Bean and His Amazing Machine (1980)
  4. Magic Growing Powder (1981)
  5. Helpful Hattie (1983)
  6. Billy and Ben (1992)

World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories Books In Publication Order

  1. The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 1 (2000)
  2. The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 2 (2000)
  3. The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 3 (2002)
  4. The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 4 (2003)
  5. The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 5 (2004)

Tgif! Books In Publication Order

  1. Friday Night Fright (1995)

Anthologies In Publication Order

  1. Blood on Their Hands (2003)
  2. Sherlock Holmes: The American Years (2010)
  3. Silent Night, Deadly Night (2016)
  4. Shattering Glass (2020)
  5. Nothing Good Happens After Midnight (2020)

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Rhys Bowen Books Overview

Evans Above

Evan Evans, a young police constable, has traded city life for that of Llanfair an idyllic Welsh village. He quickly learns that even the bucolic countryside has its share of eccentric and deadly characters. When two hikers are murdered, Evans must hunt down a vicious killer.

Evan Help Us

Evan Evans is settling into his role as Constable of Llanfair, a small town nestled in the mountains of North Wales. Here, he has been a mediator of the minor disputes of the locals, between competing ministers, country merchants, and seemingly every Welch eccentric throughout the region. But an unusual series of events brings unseen hostilities to light, and Evan realizes just how deep the townsfolk’s passions and hostilities lie. While the village of Llanfair has always been at odds with the neighboring town of Beddgelert, an intriguing archeological find in the nearby hills brings that rivalry to dangerous extremes, and creates a circus of local enthusiasm and gossip. The circus quickly turns deadly, however, when Llanfair’s prodigal son, Ted Morgan, announces plans to erect an amuseme*nt park over the site’s excavation. Soon Constable Evans is drawn into a whirl of cultural pride, deception, and greed, and while he’s at it uncovers the town’s undaunted ambition to earn the right to the longest name in the world. With the warmth, charm, and wry sense of humor that won readers’ hearts in Evans Above, Rhys Bowen offers a delightful new installment to an already cherished mystery series.

Evanly Choirs

When Constable Evan Evans is persuaded to join the local male choir for the upcoming eisteddfod cultural festival, he doesn’t think the addition of his mediocre voice will do them much good. In spite of all the effort that choirmaster Mostyn Phillips puts in to the choir, it is not exactly first class. Hope arrives in the form of world renowned tenor Ifor Llewelyn, come home to Llanfair to rest, on doctor’s orders. Llewelyn immediately sets about renewing old friendships, and Mostyn even persuades him to sing with the choir. But Ifor isn’t in Llanfair long before the residents decide that his presence is a mixed blessing. Noisy fights between Ifor and his wife, a threatening stranger, and Ifor’s own warped sense of humor make life in Llanfair increasingly tense. When he announces that he is planning to write his memoirs, telling all about his numerous relationships with famous and infamous women, he jokes that some people won’t be happy. But is someone unhappy enough to commit murder to stop him? While tracking down a dangerous killer, Constable Evans also manages to navigate the treacherous waters of neighborhood rivalries, lusty barmaids, and local gossip. With her third book in this acclaimed series, Rhys Bowen offers another page turning tale of small town mayhem and murder.

Evan and Elle

When an unused chapel reopens as a French restaurant, the villagers of Llanfair are excited, but also a bit suspicious. For one thing, it doesn’t seem quite right to put a restaurant in what used to be the Lord’s house; for another, the owner, Madame Yvette, is a stranger, and a glamorous one at that. But Madame Yvette’s cooking clas*ses begin to soften the hearts of the townswomen, although their husbands are less enthusiastic about the unfamiliar food on their tables. Their attention is soon diverted by more serious problems: A string of fires has begun to plague the town. Constable Evan Evans suspects that Welsh nationalists may be targeting foreign owned property, especially after Madame Yvette receives a threatening note. When she asks for Evan’s help, he finds himself in the middle of a complicated case of murder, arson, and international intrigue not to mention the displeasure of his longtime admirers, Bronwen and Betsy, at his frequent encounters with the exotic Yvette. Constable Evans follows a trail of clues that leads to the South of England and then to France a trail that leads to unexpected conclusions: Nothing is what it seems and a dangerous killer may be loose in Llanfair. With her fourth book in this acclaimed series, Rhys Bowen offers another ingenious tale of mystery and murder in an otherwise tranquil town. AUTHORBIO: RHYS BOWEN is the author of Evans Above, Evan Help Us, and Evanly Choirs, the first three novels in this series, as well as more than one hundred books for children and young adults. She lives near San Francisco.

Evan Can Wait

Constable Evan Evans, sole police officer in the charming Welsh village of Llanfair, is assigned to assist an expedition to raise a World War II German bomber plane from a lake. The whole venture is being filmed for a documentary on World War II and Evans tries to assist the film crew by finding them local people with stories to tell. Little does he realize that resurrecting the past can sometimes mean opening old wounds. After some unhappy confrontations, it is not just the villagers who are upset by the filmmakers. Evans’ own life is thrown into turmoil as he discovers his girlfriend Bronwen’s past relationship with someone from the film crew. Tensions build until one of the filmmakers disappears and is eventually found dead in a nearby slate mine. The case grows more complex as Evans slowly uncovers evidence that the victim had many enemies. In the process Evans also exposes an elaborate World War II scheme to hide paintings from the National Gallery. Do these paintings have something to do with the filmmaker’s disappearance? How could he be connected to events that took place over half a century ago?With this fifth addition to her critically acclaimed series, Rhys Bowen creates a colorful, page turning mystery set in two eras against the backdrop of a uniquely appealing small town filled with unforgettable characters. AUTHORBIO: RHYS BOWEN is the author of Evans Above, Evan Help Us, and Evanly Choirs, the first three novels in this series, as well as more than one hundred books for children and young adults. She lives near San Francisco.

Evans to Betsy

The charming village of Llanfair, the setting for Rhys Bowen’s beloved Constable Evans mysteries, sits amid lush, rolling Welsh meadows populated with quaint cottages and is considered by many of its colorful locals to be a kind of paradise. Unfortunately, there aren’t many opportunities for young people in Llanfair, so when an exciting and glamorous American woman breezes into town talking of dormant psychic powers and important social research, barmaid Betsy Edwards is quick to take her up on an offer of employment at the recently opened Sacred Grove New Age center not far away. Of course the locals, including the village constable, Evan Evans, think Betsy has gone around the bend, not to mention the nutty American who dragged her off to be ‘tested.’ Betsy, though, is dazzled at the possibility of exploring her own sixth sense. And she’s only a little surprised when her new powers are put to a real life test; when the center’s flamboyant director goes missing, clues to his fate mysteriously appear in Betsy’s dreams. It’s a tantalizing mystery for lonely Betsy, who can’t help doing a little investigating on her own. But Constable Evans has been involved with Sacred Grove before looking for a missing American college student who was lured there by Druid worship. As Betsy does her own sleuthing on the spot, Evan comes to realize that there is nothing straightforward about this case and that Betsy has no idea at all of the terrible danger she is in. AUTHORBIO: RHYS BOWEN is the author of five previous Constable Evans mysteries as well as Murphy’s Law, the debut novel in the Molly Murphy mystery series. She has also written more than a hundred books for children and young adults. She lives near San Francisco.

Evan Only Knows

When Constable Evan Evans and his new fianc e decide to travel south from home in Llanfair, Wales, to visit his mother in Swansea, they re not expecting the disturbing news that greets them on their arrival: the young thug convicted of murdering Evan’s father several years earlier is suspected of murder once again. Tried as a juvenile for Evan s father s death, Tony Mancini only served four years in prison. Now he s been accused of killing Alison Turnbull, a local teen and the daughter of Mancini s boss. But when Evan goes to meet the boy face to face he s surprised to find not the stone cold killer he expected but a scared young man who swears his innocence. Against his own wishes, and ignoring his superiors, Evan believes the boy s claim of innocence and decides to investigate, at potential peril to his career. But is his instinct correct, or is Mancini just trying to save himself? And how will he reconcile his actions with his memory of his father s murder, which has haunted him for so long? Evan Evans is up to the challenge, to be sure, and faces it all with characteristic good humor and the Welsh charm that sets Rhys Bowen s successful cozy series apart.

Evan’s Gate

Welsh constable Evan Evans has found the most delightful shepherd’s cottage, but before he seals the deal, a five year old vanishes from a seaside caravan park and he must consider all the suspects. But he can’t help wondering if the abduction is related to the disappearance of another girl, twenty five years ago. Now, as he and his fianc e try to build their dream house, he must also build a difficult case against a possible double murderer.

Evan Blessed

Evans’ search for a hiker gone missing in the Welsh hills places his fianc in the path of a killer in the next entry in this award-winner’s cozy series Constable Evan Evans is almost done planning his wedding. Just as he is ready to relax, Evans meets a hiker whose girl-friend has gone missing on Mt. Snowdon. A search for the girl yields no trace but instead turns up a bunker complete with chains and handcuffs. Are the two related? And if so, where is the girl being held?

Evanly Bodies

Detective Constable Evan Evans and his new bride, Bronwen, are settling into married life in their little cottage above the village of Llanfair when they meet the daughter of one of the village’s newest families, a sixteen year old Pakistani girl named Jamila. Bronwen and Jamila are becoming good friends when Jamila finds out from her parents that they have arranged a marriage for her back in Pakistan. Evans tries to convince her family not to enforce the custom, arguing that Jamila is a normal Welsh teenager, but just as the tensions increase, the girl suddenly vanishes. Bronwen is distraught, but there’s no trace of her. At work, Evans is investigating the murder of a man shot to death through the open window of his home while eating breakfast. After the man’s wife is jailed as a suspect, a second man is killed and then a third and Evans and his team are on the hunt for a serial killer. But they can’t seem to find any connections between the three men . In the surprising climax of Edgar Award finalist Rhys Bowen’s tenth Constable Evans mystery, Evans risks everything to solve the murders and discover what happened to Jamila. All in all, the novel is a triumph for fans of Bowen’s acclaimed Evans series, and a wonderful discovery for new readers.

Fun, Sun, and Flamingoes

Stephanie and her friends get together to start a summer camp for kids called Club Stephanie, but their plans are undermined when their rivals, the Flamingoes, start their own camp.’

Her Royal Spyness

The Agatha Award winner debuts a 1930s London mystery series, featuring a penniless twenty something member of the extended royal family. Her ridiculously long name is Lady Victoria Georgiana Charlotte Eugenie, daughter to the Duke of Atholt and Rannoch. And she is flat broke. As the thirty fourth in line for the throne, she has been taught only a few things, among them, the perfect curtsey. But when her brother cuts off her allowance, she leaves Scotland, and her fianc Fish Face, for London, where she has: a worked behind a cosmetics counter and gotten sacked after five hours b started to fall for a quite unsuitable minor royal c made some money housekeeping incognita, of course, and d been summoned by the Queen to spy on her playboy son. Then an arrogant Frenchman, who wants her family’s 800 year old estate for himself, winds up dead in her bathtub. Now her most important job is to clear her very long family name.

A Royal Pain

Another hilarious mystery featuring penniless aristocrat Lady Georgie, a feisty new hero*ine to delight a legion of Anglophile readers Jacqueline Winspear.

The Queen of England has concocted a plan in which Georgie is to entertain a Bavarian princess and conveniently place her in the playboy Prince’s path, in the hopes that he might finally marry.

But queens never take money into account. Georgie has very little, which is why she moonlights as a maid in disguise. She must draw up plans: clean house to make it look like a palace; have Granddad and her neighbor pretend to be the domestic staff; un teach Princess Hanni the English she s culled from American gangster movies; cure said Princess of her embarrassing shoplifting habit; and keep an eye on her at parties. Then there s the worrying matter of the body in the bookshop and Hanni s unwitting involvement with the Communist Party. It s enough to drive a girl crazy…

Royal Flush

A Royal Spyness mystery starring Lady Georgiana, thirty fourth in line for the throne and the mystery world’s favorite penniless heiress. With its posh clientele in the country for the summer, Georgie’s housecleaning business has fizzled. So she tries hiring herself out as a dinnerand theatre companion. But her first client has quite the wrong idea. To avoid further scandal, Georgie’s shipped home to Castle Rannoch, where her summer plans include honoring a promise to Her Majesty to keep Castle Rannoch’s divorc e houseguest from seducing the Prince of Wales. She’s also been coerced into helping Scotland Yard with a top secret mission namely keeping an eye on the shooting party at Balmoral and preventing someone from shooting the Prince. And Georgie must manage all this without strangling her odious sister in law Fig or spineless brother Binky.

Royal Blood

The Royal Spyness series continues with an all new mystery of ‘the British monarchy…
a wedding in Transylvania…
and wonderful characters.’ 1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris. Penniless and thirty fourth in line to the throne, Lady Georgiana Rannoch finds herself in a truly draining state of affairs. To escape her hateful brother, Georgie accepts an invitation from the Queen to represent the royals at a wedding in Transylvania. But at the macabre looking castle, Georgie finds the bride with blood running down her chin, and a wedding guest is poisoned. Now it’s up to Georgie to save the nuptial festivities before the couple’s vows become: to love and to cherish, till undeath do them part…

Naughty in Nice

The national bestselling author of Royal Blood whisks her hero*ine away to the French Riviera for fun and danger. Lady Georgiana Rannoch has once again been called into service by Her Majesty the Queen. This time she’s sent to Nice on a secret assignment that’s nothing to sneeze at recover the Queen’s stolen snuff box. As much of an honor as it is to be trusted by Her Majesty, an even greater honor awaits Georgie in Nice as Coco Chanel herself asks Georgie to model her latest fashion. But when a necklace belonging to the Queen is stolen on the catwalk, Georgie has to find two priceless items and solve a murder. How’s a girl to find any time to go to the casino?

Sharing Sam (By:Katherine Applegate)

How can you take the guy your best friend loves…
when your best friend’s going to die?

Alison Chapman has always believed she d fall in love hard. And she does with Sam Cody, a new guy with a gorgeous face and brooding eyes, a guy who s impossible to resist. When Sam asks her to the Valentine s Day dance, Alison is elated…
until she finds out that her best friend, Isabella Cates Lopez, has fallen for Sam,
too…
until she finds out that Isabella is dying. Now Alison wants Isabella s last days to be her happiest ever even if she and Sam have to hide their love. Even if, by sharing Sam, Alison risks losing him forever.

What We Did Last Summer (By:Elizabeth Craft)

After the perfect summer romance with sexy Josh Nelson, Sara Connelly is devastated to see Josh in the halls of her new school with his girlfriend. Sara does what any intelligent, heartbroken girl would do she tells Josh she has a boyfriend. And she does, kind of. Her buddy Tim Kaplan just happens to be a cute guy. After a lot of begging and pleading, Sara convinces him to play along. Tim slips into the role so perfectly, in fact, that Josh is soon longing to pick up where he and Sara left off. At last Sara has Josh right where she wants him, but is he still the one she wants?.

While You Were Gone (By:Kieran Scott)

Who would you choose?For the first time in her life, Patricia is in love. Evan is sexy and artistic, and best of all, he treats Patricia like a queen. But when Patricia’s longtime crush moves back to town after two years away, it’s hard for her to resist his charms. Will Patricia give up Evan to be with the guy she thought she’d never have?

Justin & Nicole (By:Elizabeth Craft)

Help! It’s prom time and once again, Nicole is without a date. Not that she needs one she’s perfectly happy to hang out with her interesting, intelligent self. So why did she open her big mouth and announce she was going to the prom with this cute stranger she met at the mall? Not only does she not know who he is or if he’s taken, she’s only got three days to track him down!

Jake & Christy (By:Elizabeth Craft)

Christy’s mom thinks Jake is the perfect guy for her. Sure, he’s cute and smart, but he’s also pretty obnoxious. But it just so happens that Christy and Jake’s mothers are best friends. That’s why when Jake surprised her by asking her to the prom, Christy found herself saying yes. Her mom has been sick for a long time, and she hates to let her mom down, even if it means spending the most romantic night of her life with Jake. But can she really go through with it? It’s only one night, but it’s a memory for a lifetime.

Murphy’s Law

From the creator of the much loved Constable Evan Evans mysteries comes a colorful new series set in turn of the century New York City. When spirited redhead Molly Murphy was growing up a peasant on the coast of Ireland she always imagined there was something more in store for her. She couldn’t have known how right she was until the day she became a murderer, albeit in self defense. Under drastic circumstances, Molly is forced to strike out into a new world. With the police right behind her, Molly’s only chance at escape is a false identity and a steamship that will take her far, far away: to America. When her ship sails into New York Harbor, with the majestic figure of the Statue of Liberty providing comfort and inspiration, Molly is sure her whole life is in front of her. But she’s got one last hurdle to clear: Ellis Island. She is just one among thousands of immigrants on the tiny island, awaiting their fate with anxiety and hope. Unfortunately for Molly, before she is able to leave the island a man is brutally murdered, his throat cut from ear to ear, and coincidence and fate make her a suspect in a crime she didn’t commit. Under a cloud of suspicion, and due largely to a growing mutual attraction between Molly and the handsome police captain in charge of the case, she is allowed to leave Ellis Island for Manhattan. Unfortunately, she’s got a mission she couldn’t have anticipated: clear her own name of murder. Alone in a new country with no one to lean on, Molly hits the vibrant streets of New York intent on finding out what really happened. After all, if she can’t, she’ll be sent back to Ireland, where the dreaded gallows await. With the sweeping skyline of 19th century New York and the gritty, pulsating underworld of recently arrived immigrants forming a vivid backdrop, Rhys Bowen transports readers back in time to America’s not so distant past. The first entry in the Molly Murphy series is a fascinating look at our immigrant history as well as an intensely absorbing page turner.

Death of Riley

Molly Murphy has finally begun to forget the unpleasant murder of a would be rapist back in Ireland, not to mention her investigation into the murder of a fellow recent Irish immigrant, and is finally free to begin her life in New York City. Given her experiences so far in the New World, Molly has decided that her first order of business is to become a private investigator, a people finder of sorts, working for families in Europe who’ve lost touch with relatives in America. Not only might this put some food on her table, but her second order of business is to hook the handsome NYPD police captain Daniel Sullivan, and she envisions lots of opportunities to ‘seek his counsel’ in her new profession. Paddy Riley is a tough old Co*ckney P.I. who specializes in divorce work, and with a little persuasion he’s ready to take on Molly as an apprentice. It’s not exactly what she imagined, but she plans to make the most of it. That is, until she comes in to work one day to find her new world turned upside down and all expectations for her professional life suddenly up in the air. Before long, Molly has set off on a journey that will take her through the back alleys of Manhattan and into the bars and lounges of the literary scene, where she spends time with writers, actors, poets, and musicians. It’s quite an eye opening turn for innocent young Molly, but she’s resolute in her decision to find out exactly what happened that day in the office of Paddy Riley. Armed with nothing more than her fiery will and matching wild red hair, Molly has no idea of the danger her pursuit may bring in this fascinating, well researched, and suspenseful second novel in Rhys Bowen’s Agatha award winning series.

For the Love of Mike

New Yorker Molly Murphy is starting to think the cards are stacked against her. She’d like to be a private detective, but she’s finding all too many places in turn of the century New York City where women are not welcome, a fact that’s as frus tra ting to her fiery Irish pride as it is to her rapidly emptying pocketbook. Then two business opportunities pop up simultaneously. An aristocratic family in Dublin fears their daughter has fled to the new world with her unsavory boyfriend, and they hire Molly to track the two down and send the young woman back home. Before she has time to consider her good luck, she’s asked to go undercover in the garment business and investigate a potential case of industrial espionage. A vivid evocation of New York’s teeming immigrant community at the turn of the century, For the Love of Mike is the triumphant third installment in Rhys Bowen’s Agatha Award winning series.

In Like Flynn

Fledgling private investigator Molly Murphy’s latest assignment gives her the opportunity to escape the typhoid epidemic sweeping across New York City in the summer of 1902 for the lush Hudson River Valley. And it comes from an unlikely source Captain Daniel Sullivan, a New York City police detective and erstwhile beau of Molly’s. She has vowed to keep him at arm’s length until he can rid himself of his socialite fianc e, but she can’t pass up the chance to take advantage of his offer of a real detective job. Daniel hires Molly to go undercover inside the country household of Senator Barney Flynn, in Peekskill, New York. Flynn’s wife, Theresa, has become the latest devotee of a pair of spiritualists known as the Sorensen Sisters. The frail Theresa is desperate to use the sisters’ alleged abilities to hold a’s ance to contact her infant son, who was kidnapped five years ago and never found; the accused kidnapper was killed before he could tell police where the boy was being held. But the police are sure the women are frauds. When Molly allows herself to be distracted from the Sorensen Sisters and the members of the Flynn household by the unsolved kidnapping, it is a race against time to find out what’s really going on before it’s too late. In Like Flynn is the latest captivating installment in a series which has garnered an impressive array of awards and nominations in just three books: Rhys Bowen’s Molly Murphy mysteries have won the Agatha Award, the Anthony Award, the Bruce Alexander Historical Award, and the Herodotus Award, and have been shortlisted for the Agatha Award, the Macavity Award, and the Mary Higgins Clark Award.

Oh Danny Boy

Irish immigrant Molly Murphy is contemplating giving up PI work for something a little less exciting. Molly has had quite enough excitement recently, thank you very much. Especially from the handsome but deceptive NYPD captain Daniel Sullivan. She wants him out of her life for good. But when Daniel is accused of accepting bribes and lands himself in the Tombs, the notorious city jail, he begs Molly to help prove he was framed. After everything they ve been through together, how can she turn him down? As Molly finds herself drawn further into Daniel’s case, Molly begins to fear that his trouble is related to one of his investigations: catching a serial killer who is targeting prostitutes, known to the locals as the East Side Ripper .

In Dublin’s Fair City

Molly Murphy’s beau Captain Daniel Sullivan may be out of jail on bail, but he’s still a ways from clearing his name, and his foul mood has Molly in search of a little breathing room when providence steps in in the form of a proposition from New York City’s renowned theatrical impresario Tommy Burke. America has been very good to Tommy, and now that he’s getting on in years, he’d like to pass some of that good fortune on to his family back in Ireland. That’s, of course, if Molly can find the long lost baby sister his family left in the care of a parish priest when they fled the famine and avoid the warrant out for her arrest that forced Molly to flee herself. Tempted by the prospect of going home for the first time in years and putting her fledging detective agency on firm financial ground, Molly throws caution to the wind and climbs aboard the White Start Liner Majestic with hopes of sneaking on and off the isle without raising a peep. But even before Molly lands on the other side of the Atlantic, Broadway’s leading actress, Oona Sheehan, has gone missing from the ship, and her maid is found dead in her cabin. Full of rich historic detail and enchanting turn of the century personalities, Molly’s return home, In Dublin’s Fair City, is the sixth thrilling installment in Rhys Bowen’s award winning Molly Murphy series.

Tell Me, Pretty Maiden

It’s wintertime in New York, and for the first time since Irish immigrant Molly Murphy started her early twentieth century detective agency, she is completely snowed in with work. While she s proving to be quite the entrepreneur and is very much in demand by some of Broadway s brightest stars and Fifth Avenue s richest families, she has to grudgingly admit that if she s going to work more than one case at a time, then she s going to need some help. Molly s beau, the recently and wrongly suspended police captain Daniel Sullivan, would make an ideal associate, but before they can agree on the terms of his employment, they stumble upon a young woman lying unconscious in the middle of a snow covered Central Park. When the woman wakes up she is disorientated and has and lost her ability to speak, the authorities are about to pack her off to an insane asylum when Molly can t help but step in and take on yet another case. Lively and colorful, full of absorbing historical detail and delightful characters, Tell Me, Pretty Maiden is another gem in Rhys Bowen s multiple award winning series.

In a Gilded Cage

Irish immigrant Molly Murphy and her New York City P.I. business are in the midst of a sweeping influenza epidemic and a fight for women’s suffrage that lands her in jail. Her betrothed, Police Captain Daniel Sullivan, finds her, but he hardly has time to bail her out, what with Chinese gangs battling for control of a thriving opium trade. The only consolation Molly can take from her vexing afternoon in the clink is that it made her some new friends among the Vassar suffragists and brought her a pair of new cases. For the first, Emily Boswell is convinced her miserly uncle stole her inheritance and wants Molly to uncover the truth behind her parents lives and deaths. Second, Emily s college roommate Fanny Poindexter wants Molly to find proof of her husband s philandering so that she can leave him without one red cent. But when Fanny dies and her husband claims she s a victim of the epidemic, it s more than Molly s conscience can take. Rhys Bowen s Agatha and Anthony Award winning historical series continues to breathe life into the past with its wit and charm and its complete sense of early twentieth century New York, which makes In a Gilded Cage her most accomplished mystery yet.

The Last Illusion

Irish immigrant and PI Molly Murphy is thrilled to have a ticket to the theater to see a trio of illusionists that are all the rage. Indeed, headlining is Harry Houdini, the most sensational of them all; he has just returned from entertaining European kings and queens for a brief run on Broadway. But before Houdini can even take the stage, the opening act goes horribly wrong and to the crowd’s shock the illusionist saws into his assistant. In the aftermath, the stunned performer accuses Houdini of tampering with the equipment he keeps under lock and key. And he s not the only one critical of The King of Handcuffs. Risking his life every night, Houdini has raised the stakes to such a perilous level that he s putting lesser acts out of business. With everyone on edge, Houdini s wife hires Molly to be part investigator/part bodyguard, but how can she protect a man who literally risks his life every night? And how is she going to uncover whether these masters of illusion are simply up to their tricks or if there truly is something much more treacherous going on. With sparkling wit, charming characters, and historic detail, multiple award winner Rhys Bowen brings early twentieth century New York City and the fantastic performers of the time vividly to life in The Last Illusion.

Bless the Bride

Award winning author Rhys Bowen marries charming storytelling with an edge of your seat mystery set in early twentieth century New York City in Bless the Bride With Molly Murphy’s wedding to NYPD Captain Daniel Sullivan quickly approaching, the Irish P.I. heads to the Westchester County countryside, where Daniel s mother can counsel her on a bride s proper place. Surprisingly, Molly seems to be agreeing with her future mother in law s advice. Molly promises to leave her detective work behind and settle down after becoming Daniel s wife but she isn t married yet. So when she gets word of a possible case, Molly sneaks back into the city to squeeze in a little more sleuthing before the wedding bells can ring.A wealthy Chinese immigrant wants Molly to find his missing bride. Molly has a hunch that his intended has run off. But where could she have gone and where would she be? The only Chinese women of the era are kept under house arrest, and Molly can t help but wonder whether she s saving the bride to be from the streets or helping to lock her away for good.

Hush Now, Don’t You Cry

In the latest Rhys Bowen’s award winning historiacl series, Molly Murphy is supposed to give up sleuthing now that she’s married, but the murder of an alderman puts her on the trail of a killer. Molly Murphy, now Molly Sullivan, and her husband Daniel, a captain in the New York Police department, have been invited to spend their honeymoon on the Newport, RI, estate of Alderman Brian Hanna in the spring of 1904. Molly doesn t entirely trust the offer. Hanna an ambitious man has his eye on a senate seat and intentions of taking Tammany Hall to get it. When Hanna is found dead at the base of the cliffs that overlook the Atlantic, Molly s suspicions are quickly justified, and as much as she wants to keep her promise to Daniel that she won t do any more sleuthing now, there isn t much she can do once the chase is on. Rhys Bowen s brilliant wit and charm are on full display in Hush Now, Don t You Cry, another outstanding addition to her Agatha and Anthony award winning historical series.

One Crazy Christmas

When an unwanted Christmas guest turns out to be a very handsome young man, Tia and Tamera become rivals for his attention, until Tia’s mom, Lisa, sets her sights on another guest.

Homegirl on the Range

Disliking Tia’s mom’s new boyfriend, the twins fear that he will separate them again when he announces his plans to take Tia and her mother to Texas, and the girls, with the help of Tamera’s father, plan a divide and conquer attack.

Kiss and Lie

Jamie is done with guys. Her last boyfriend not only dumped her he cheated on her first. So she has no reservations when her two best friends suggest a ‘No More Boyfriends’ pact. The plan works fine, until Jamie gets an au pair job the following summer. Blair may be spoiled, but inside she’s really just a lonely kid. It’s her brother, Griffin, that’s the problem. From the minute Griffin returns from boarding school, Jamie can’t get him out of her mind. Jamie really doesn’t want to break the promise she made to her friends, but even if she did, Griffin’s got a rich, beautiful girlfriend back east. Jamie couldn’t ever hope to compete with a gorgeous model like Sandra could she?

Secrets

Aimee is having a hard time making friends at her new school. But she does capture the attention of a secret admirer who keeps leaving her mysterious notes. When Aimee finally meets Greg face to face, she finds herself in a bizarre situation; Greg has been expelled from school, and the two have to keep their romance and his presence a secret. Aimee decides there’s only one way their love can survive: She has to clear Greg’s name. But will she find the truth in time to bring their romance out of the shadows?

Madam Sarah (As:Janet Quin-Harkin)

Sarah Hartley travels to the rugged outback with a heart full of hope, only to be greeted with the news of her fiance’s death. Banished from England by her father, who forbade her marriage, Sarah knows that Australia is now her home. Her desperation leads to life in a Sydney bordello.

Love Potion (As:Janet Quin-Harkin)

When T.J. and her dad move to L.A., her fantasies spin out of control. She dreams of meeting the perfect California boyfriend, and strolling along the beach with him, arm in arm…
Sure enough, she meets the guy of her dreams a TV star and with a little help from the Book of Spells she unearths in her eccentric great aunt’s attic, T.J’s sure she can make him fall for her. But she hasn’t figured on the boy next door…
and where love’s concerned, the best laid plans and most powerful potions have a funny way of backfiring.

Benjamin’s Balloon

Benjamin’s Balloon carries him up and away to adventure.

Septimus Bean and His Amazing Machine

Septimus Bean has built an amazing machine but its use has yet to be discovered.

The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 1

More than 200,000 words of great crime and suspense fictionEach year, Ed Gorman and Martin H. Greenberg, editors of The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, have reached farther past the boundaries of the United States to find the very best suspense from the world over. In this third volume of their series they have included stories from Germany, Belgium, and the United Kingdom as well as, of course, a number of fine stories from the U.S.A. Among these tales are winners of the Edgar Award, the Silver Dagger Award of the British Crime Writers, and other major awards in the field. In addition, here are reports on the field of mystery and crime writing from correspondents in the U.S. Jon L. Breen, England Maxim Jakubowski, Canada Edo Van Belkom, Australia David Honeybone, and Germany Thomas Woertche. Altogether, with nearly 250,000 words of the best short suspense published in 2001, this bounteous volume is, as the Wall Street Journal said of the previous year s compilation, the best value for money of any such anthology. The A to Z of the authors should excite the interest of any mystery reader:Robert Barnard Lawrence Block Jon L. Breen Wolfgang Burger Lillian Stewart Carl Margaret Coel Max Allan Collins Bill Crider Jeffery Deaver Brendan DuBois Susanna Gregory Joseph Hansen Carolyn G. Hart Lauren Henderson Edward D. Hoch Clark Howard Tatjana Kruse Paul Lascaux Dick Lochte Peter Lovesey Mary Jane Maffini Ed McBain Val McDermid Marcia Muller Joyce Carol Oates Anne Perry Nancy Pickard Bill Pronzini Ruth Rendell S. J. Rozan Billie Rubin Kristine Kathryn Rusch Stephan Rykena David B. Silva Nancy Springer Jac. Toes John Vermeulen Donald E. Westlake Carolyn Wheat.

The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 2

More than 200,000 words of great crime and suspense fictionEach year, Ed Gorman and Martin H. Greenberg, editors of The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, have reached farther past the boundaries of the United States to find the very best suspense from the world over. In this third volume of their series they have included stories from Germany, Belgium, and the United Kingdom as well as, of course, a number of fine stories from the U.S.A. Among these tales are winners of the Edgar Award, the Silver Dagger Award of the British Crime Writers, and other major awards in the field. In addition, here are reports on the field of mystery and crime writing from correspondents in the U.S. Jon L. Breen, England Maxim Jakubowski, Canada Edo Van Belkom, Australia David Honeybone, and Germany Thomas Woertche. Altogether, with nearly 250,000 words of the best short suspense published in 2001, this bounteous volume is, as the Wall Street Journal said of the previous year s compilation, the best value for money of any such anthology. The A to Z of the authors should excite the interest of any mystery reader:Robert Barnard Lawrence Block Jon L. Breen Wolfgang Burger Lillian Stewart Carl Margaret Coel Max Allan Collins Bill Crider Jeffery Deaver Brendan DuBois Susanna Gregory Joseph Hansen Carolyn G. Hart Lauren Henderson Edward D. Hoch Clark Howard Tatjana Kruse Paul Lascaux Dick Lochte Peter Lovesey Mary Jane Maffini Ed McBain Val McDermid Marcia Muller Joyce Carol Oates Anne Perry Nancy Pickard Bill Pronzini Ruth Rendell S. J. Rozan Billie Rubin Kristine Kathryn Rusch Stephan Rykena David B. Silva Nancy Springer Jac. Toes John Vermeulen Donald E. Westlake Carolyn Wheat.

The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 3

More than 200,000 words of great crime and suspense fictionEach year, Ed Gorman and Martin H. Greenberg, editors of The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, have reached farther past the boundaries of the United States to find the very best suspense from the world over. In this third volume of their series they have included stories from Germany, Belgium, and the United Kingdom as well as, of course, a number of fine stories from the U.S.A. Among these tales are winners of the Edgar Award, the Silver Dagger Award of the British Crime Writers, and other major awards in the field. In addition, here are reports on the field of mystery and crime writing from correspondents in the U.S. Jon L. Breen, England Maxim Jakubowski, Canada Edo Van Belkom, Australia David Honeybone, and Germany Thomas Woertche. Altogether, with nearly 250,000 words of the best short suspense published in 2001, this bounteous volume is, as the Wall Street Journal said of the previous year s compilation, the best value for money of any such anthology. The A to Z of the authors should excite the interest of any mystery reader:Robert Barnard Lawrence Block Jon L. Breen Wolfgang Burger Lillian Stewart Carl Margaret Coel Max Allan Collins Bill Crider Jeffery Deaver Brendan DuBois Susanna Gregory Joseph Hansen Carolyn G. Hart Lauren Henderson Edward D. Hoch Clark Howard Tatjana Kruse Paul Lascaux Dick Lochte Peter Lovesey Mary Jane Maffini Ed McBain Val McDermid Marcia Muller Joyce Carol Oates Anne Perry Nancy Pickard Bill Pronzini Ruth Rendell S. J. Rozan Billie Rubin Kristine Kathryn Rusch Stephan Rykena David B. Silva Nancy Springer Jac. Toes John Vermeulen Donald E. Westlake Carolyn Wheat.

The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 4

More than 200,000 words of great crime and suspense fictionEach year, Ed Gorman and Martin H. Greenberg, editors of The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, have reached farther past the boundaries of the United States to find the very best suspense from the world over. In this third volume of their series they have included stories from Germany, Belgium, and the United Kingdom as well as, of course, a number of fine stories from the U.S.A. Among these tales are winners of the Edgar Award, the Silver Dagger Award of the British Crime Writers, and other major awards in the field. In addition, here are reports on the field of mystery and crime writing from correspondents in the U.S. Jon L. Breen, England Maxim Jakubowski, Canada Edo Van Belkom, Australia David Honeybone, and Germany Thomas Woertche. Altogether, with nearly 250,000 words of the best short suspense published in 2001, this bounteous volume is, as the Wall Street Journal said of the previous year s compilation, the best value for money of any such anthology. The A to Z of the authors should excite the interest of any mystery reader:Robert Barnard Lawrence Block Jon L. Breen Wolfgang Burger Lillian Stewart Carl Margaret Coel Max Allan Collins Bill Crider Jeffery Deaver Brendan DuBois Susanna Gregory Joseph Hansen Carolyn G. Hart Lauren Henderson Edward D. Hoch Clark Howard Tatjana Kruse Paul Lascaux Dick Lochte Peter Lovesey Mary Jane Maffini Ed McBain Val McDermid Marcia Muller Joyce Carol Oates Anne Perry Nancy Pickard Bill Pronzini Ruth Rendell S. J. Rozan Billie Rubin Kristine Kathryn Rusch Stephan Rykena David B. Silva Nancy Springer Jac. Toes John Vermeulen Donald E. Westlake Carolyn Wheat.

The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 5

More than 200,000 words of great crime and suspense fictionEach year, Ed Gorman and Martin H. Greenberg, editors of The World’s Finest Mystery and Crime Stories, have reached farther past the boundaries of the United States to find the very best suspense from the world over. In this third volume of their series they have included stories from Germany, Belgium, and the United Kingdom as well as, of course, a number of fine stories from the U.S.A. Among these tales are winners of the Edgar Award, the Silver Dagger Award of the British Crime Writers, and other major awards in the field. In addition, here are reports on the field of mystery and crime writing from correspondents in the U.S. Jon L. Breen, England Maxim Jakubowski, Canada Edo Van Belkom, Australia David Honeybone, and Germany Thomas Woertche. Altogether, with nearly 250,000 words of the best short suspense published in 2001, this bounteous volume is, as the Wall Street Journal said of the previous year s compilation, the best value for money of any such anthology. The A to Z of the authors should excite the interest of any mystery reader:Robert Barnard Lawrence Block Jon L. Breen Wolfgang Burger Lillian Stewart Carl Margaret Coel Max Allan Collins Bill Crider Jeffery Deaver Brendan DuBois Susanna Gregory Joseph Hansen Carolyn G. Hart Lauren Henderson Edward D. Hoch Clark Howard Tatjana Kruse Paul Lascaux Dick Lochte Peter Lovesey Mary Jane Maffini Ed McBain Val McDermid Marcia Muller Joyce Carol Oates Anne Perry Nancy Pickard Bill Pronzini Ruth Rendell S. J. Rozan Billie Rubin Kristine Kathryn Rusch Stephan Rykena David B. Silva Nancy Springer Jac. Toes John Vermeulen Donald E. Westlake Carolyn Wheat.

Blood on Their Hands

What could drive you over the edge? Maybe if you or someone you love had been victimized? Or if your spouse was having an affair? Or your life just wasn’t turning out the way you always dreamed it would? You want justice. You want to make things right. But you’re out of luck. You have to live with it. There just aren’t any options. Or are there? In this Mystery Writers of America anthology, New York Times bestselling author Lawrence Block has collected nineteen suspense stories exploring such scenarios, by some of mystery’s most popular authors…
Brendan DuBois Noreen Ayres Shelly Costa Tom Savage Tracy Knight Aileen Schumacher Elaine Viets G. Miki Hayden Elaine Togneri Henry Sleasar William E. Chambers Stefanie Matteson Charlotte Hinger Dan Crawford Rhys Bowen Mat Coward Marcia Talley Elizabeth Foxwell Jeremiah Healy

Sherlock Holmes: The American Years

A compelling volume of original tales concerning Sherlock Holmes legendary time in America With an introduction by Leslie S. Klinger, editor and compiler of all three volumes of the Annotated Sherlock Holmes, this collection of ten original stories brings light to one of the least examined periods in the life of the great detective his time in the former colonies, the United States. This Holmes is a youthful one a young man not yet set upon his course in life and in his famous lodgings at 221B Baker Street. In Richard Lupoff’s Inga Sigerson Weds, he s come to America to represent the family at his sister s wedding. In My Silk Umbrella, Mark Twain narrates his fateful encounter with Holmes at a baseball game in Hartford, Connecticut; Steve Hockensmith narrates the meeting of the young William Gillette and the object of his later, most famous turn upon the stage; and Peter Tremayne reveals the intersection of Holmes and the Irish in the 19th century American midwestern landscape. With further stories by Marta Randall, Rhys Bowen, Peter Beagle, and others, the legend, the mythology and even the history of the world s greatest detective is further enhanced by these charming, clever and mystifying tales.

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