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Publication Order of Constable Evans Books

Evans Above (1997)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Evan Help Us (1998)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Evanly Choirs (1999)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Evan and Elle (2000)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Evan Can Wait (2001)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Evans to Betsy (2002)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Evan Only Knows (2003)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Evan's Gate (2004)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Evan Blessed (2005)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Evanly Bodies (2006)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Friends Books

as Janet Quin-Harkin
Starring Tess and Ali (1991)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Boy Trouble for Tess and Ali (1991)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Tess and Ali and the Teeny Bikini (1991)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Tess and Ali, Going on Fifteen (1991)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Full House: Club Stephanie Books

as Janet Quin-Harkin
Flamingo Revenge (1997)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Fun, Sun, and Flamingoes (1997)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Heartbreak Cafe Books

as Janet Quin-Harkin
No Experience Required (1989)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Just Desserts (1989)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Main Attraction (1989)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Catch of the Day (1989)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
At Your Service (1989)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Love to Go (1990)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Her Royal Spyness Books

Her Royal Spyness (2007)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
A Royal Pain (2008)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Royal Flush (2009)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Royal Blood (2010)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Naughty in Nice (2011)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Masked Ball at Broxley Manor (2012)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Twelve Clues of Christmas (2012)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Heirs and Graces (2013)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Queen of Hearts (2014)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Malice at the Palace (2015)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Crowned and Dangerous (2016)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
On Her Majesty's Frightfully Secret Service (2017)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding (2018)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Love and Death Among the Cheetahs (2019)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Last Mrs. Summers (2020)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
God Rest Ye, Royal Gentlemen (2021)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Peril in Paris (2022)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Proof of the Pudding (2023)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Love Stories Books

with Elizabeth Craft, Katherine Applegate, Kieran Scott
Sharing Sam (By: Katherine Applegate) (1995)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Boy Next Door (1995)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Who Do You Love? (1996)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
What We Did Last Summer (By: Elizabeth Craft) (1998)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Trust Me (By: Kieran Scott) (1998)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Kiss and Tell (By: Kieran Scott) (1998)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
While You Were Gone (By: Kieran Scott) (1999)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Torn Apart (1999)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
How Do I Tell? (By: Kieran Scott) (1999)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Justin & Nicole (By: Elizabeth Craft) (2000)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Jake & Christy (By: Elizabeth Craft) (2000)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Molly Murphy Books

with Clare Broyles
Murphy's Law (2001)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Death of Riley (2002)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
For the Love of Mike (2003)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
In Like Flynn (2005)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Oh Danny Boy (2006)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
In Dublin's Fair City (2007)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Tell Me, Pretty Maiden (2008)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
In a Gilded Cage (2009)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Last Illusion (2010)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Bless the Bride (2011)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Amersham Rubies (2011)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Hush Now, Don't You Cry (2012)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Face in the Mirror (2013)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Family Way (2013)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Through the Window (2014)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
City of Darkness and Light (2014)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Edge of Dreams (2015)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Away in a Manger (2015)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Time of Fog and Fire (2016)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Ghost of Christmas Past (2017)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Wild Irish Rose (With: Clare Broyles) (2022)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
All That Is Hidden (With: Clare Broyles) (2023)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
In Sunshine or in Shadow (With: Clare Broyles) (2024)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Amersham Rubies is a prequel novella to the series.

Publication Order of NBC Great Escapes Books

as Janet Quin-Harkin
The Secrets of Lake Success (1993)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Trade Winds (1993)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of On Our Own Books

as Janet Quin-Harkin
The Graduates (1986)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Trouble with Toni (1986)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Out of Love (1986)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Old Friends, New Friends (1986)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Growing Pains (1986)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Best Friends Forever (1986)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Senior Year Books

as Janet Quin-Harkin
Homecoming Dance (1991)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
New Year's Eve (1991)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Night of the Prom (1992)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Graduation Day (1992)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Sister, Sister Books

as Janet Quin-Harkin
Cool in School (1996)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
You Read My Mind (1996)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
One Crazy Christmas (1996)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Homegirl on the Range (1996)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
He's All That (1997)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Summer Daze (1997)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Star Quality (1997)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
All Rapped Up (1997)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Sugar and Spice Books

as Janet Quin-Harkin
Flip Side (1987)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Two Girls, One Boy (1987)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Trading Places (1987)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Last Dance (1987)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Dear Cousin (1987)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Nothing in Common (1987)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Tug of War (1987)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Surf's Up (1987)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Double Take (1987)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Make Me a Star (1987)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Big Sister (1988)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Out in the Cold (1988)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Blind Date (1988)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
It's My Turn (1988)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Home Sweet Home (1988)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Dream Come True (1988)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Campus Cousins (1988)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Roadtrip (1989)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
One Step Too Far (1989)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Having a Ball (1989)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of TGIF Books

as Janet Quin-Harkin
Sleepover Madness (1995)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Four's a Crowd (1995)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Forever Friday (1995)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Toe-Shoe Trouble (1996)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Secret Valentine (1996)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Boyfriend Club Books

as Janet Quin-Harkin
Ginger's First Kiss (1994)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Roni's Dream Boy (1994)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Karen's Perfect Match (1994)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Queen Justine (1994)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Ginger's New Crush (1994)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Roni's Two-Boy Trouble (1994)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
No More Boys (1995)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Karen's Lessons in Love (1995)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Roni's Sweet Fifteen (1995)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Justine's Baby-Sitting Nightmare (1995)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Boyfriend Wars (1995)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Dear Karen (1995)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Red Dragon Academy Books

with C.M. Broyles
Dreamwalker (2014)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of True Love Books

as Janet Quin-Harkin
Kiss and Lie (2001)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Secrets (2001)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Tommy Loves Tina (As:Janet Quin-Harkin) (1984)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Winner Take All (As:Janet Quin-Harkin) (1984)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Wanted: Date for Saturday Night (As:Janet Quin-Harkin) (1986)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Write Every Day (As:Janet Quin-Harkin) (1986)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Madam Sarah (As:Janet Quin-Harkin) (1989)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Summer Heat (As: Janet Quin-Harkin) (1990)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Fool's Gold (As:Janet Quin-Harkin) (1991)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
My Phantom Love (As:Janet Quin-Harkin) (1992)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
On My Own (As:Janet Quin-Harkin) (1992)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Amazing Grace (As:Janet Quin-Harkin) (1993)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Apartment (As:Janet Quin-Harkin) (1994)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Sutcliffe Diamonds (As:Janet Quin-Harkin) (1994)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Getting Personal (As:Janet Quin-Harkin) (1994)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The King and I (As:Janet Quin-Harkin) (1999)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Love Potion (As:Janet Quin-Harkin) (1999)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
In Farleigh Field (2017)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Tuscan Child (2018)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
What Child Is This (2018)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Victory Garden (2019)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Above the Bay of Angels (2020)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Venice Sketchbook (2021)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Where the Sky Begins (2022)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Paris Assignment (2023)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

Seal of the Confessional (2000)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Doppelganger (2003)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Voodoo (2004)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Please Watch Your Step (2007)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Picture Books

Peter Penny's Dance (1976)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Benjamin's Balloon (1978)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Septimus Bean and His Amazing Machine (1980)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Magic Growing Powder (1981)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Helpful Hattie (1983)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Billy and Ben (1992)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Tgif! Books

as Janet Quin-Harkin
Friday Night Fright (1995)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Cozy Case Files Mystery Sampler Books

Cozy Case Files Volume 1 (By: Cynthia Riggs,Mindy Quigley) (2017)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Cozy Case Files Volume 2 (By: Carolyn Haines,Donna Andrews,Hannah Dennison,Cate Conte,Diane Kelly,E.J. Copperman,Ellie Alexander,Cynthia Riggs,Susan C. Shea,Mindy Quigley) (2017)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Cozy Case Files Volume 3 (By: M.C. Beaton,Donna Andrews,Ellie Alexander,Mindy Quigley) (2017)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Cozy Case Files Volume 4 (By: Parnell Hall,Shari Randall,Ellen Hart,Ellie Alexander,Frances Brody,Tessa Arlen,Vivien Chien,Julia Chapman,Paige Shelton,Jane K. Cleland,Mindy Quigley) (2018)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Cozy Case Files Volume 5 (By: Carolyn Haines,Donna Andrews,Carola Dunn,Sheila Connolly,Ellie Alexander,Susan C. Shea,Judith Flanders,Mindy Quigley,Auralee Wallace) (2018)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Cozy Case Files Volume 6 (By: Carolyn Haines,Donna Andrews,Cate Conte,Kylie Logan,Leonard Goldberg,Allison Montclair,Ellen Hart,Sheila Connolly,Mindy Quigley) (2019)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Cozy Case Files Volume 7 (By: Donna Andrews,Diane Kelly,Ellen Crosby,Ellie Alexander,Vivien Chien,Ashley Weaver,Mindy Quigley) (2019)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Cozy Case Files Volume 8 (By: M.C. Beaton,Diane Kelly,Vivien Chien,Paige Shelton,SusanCox,Elizabeth Penney,Mindy Quigley) (2020)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Cozy Case Files Volume 9 (By: Carolyn Haines,Donna Andrews,Hannah Dennison,Kylie Logan,Leonard Goldberg,Susanna Calkins,Allison Montclair,Ellie Alexander,Eve Calder,Mindy Quigley) (2020)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Cozy Case Files Volume 10 (By: Carolyn Haines,Donna Andrews,Cate Conte,Diane Kelly,Ellen Hart,Ellie Alexander,Vivien Chien,Jane K. Cleland,Ashley Weaver,SusanCox,Elizabeth Penney,Mindy Quigley) (2020)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Cozy Case Files Volume 11 (By: Diane Kelly,Ellie Alexander,Vivien Chien,Paige Shelton,Mariah Fredericks,Elizabeth Penney,Mindy Quigley) (2021)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Cozy Case Files Volume 12 (By: Carolyn Haines,Donna Andrews,Hannah Dennison,Cate Conte,Kylie Logan,Leonard Goldberg,Allison Montclair,Sheila Connolly,Ellie Alexander,Ashley Weaver,S.C. Perkins,Eve Calder,Jess Dylan,Mindy Quigley,Meri Allen) (2021)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Cozy Case Files Volume 13 (By: Mindy Quigley) (2021)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Cozy Case Files Volume 14 (By: Diane Kelly,Gigi Pandian,Ellie Alexander,Paige Shelton,Mindy Quigley,Korina Moss) (2022)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Cozy Case Files Volume 15 (By: Mindy Quigley) (2022)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Cozy Case Files Volume 16 (By: Carolyn Haines,Donna Andrews,Diane Kelly,Elizabeth Penney,Mindy Quigley,Korina Moss,M. C. Beaton) (2022)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Cozy Case Files Volume 17 (With: Diane Kelly,Gigi Pandian,Ellie Alexander,Paige Shelton,Jean-Luc Bannalec,Olivia Matthews,Olivia Blacke,Mindy Quigley,Clare Broyles,Korina Moss,Anastasia Hastings) (2023)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Cozy Case Files, Volume 18 (By: Carolyn Haines,Donna Andrews,Leonard Goldberg,Allison Montclair,Vivien Chien,Olivia Matthews,Olivia Blacke,Mindy Quigley,Meri Allen,Katharine Schellman,Korina Moss) (2023)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Cozy Case Files, Volume 20 (With: Gigi Pandian,Ellie Alexander,Paige Shelton,Olivia Matthews,Jennifer J. Chow,Olivia Blacke,Mindy Quigley,Clare Broyles,Anastasia Hastings) (2024)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Anthology series.If author is listed on a book then this author wrote a story within that book.

Publication Order of Caroline Canfield Mysteries Books

with Various, Nancy Pickard, John Lutz, Joyce Christmas, Rochelle Krich, Ralph McInerny, G. Miki Hayden, Terence Faherty, Kate Charles, Margaret Frazer, Mary Monica Pulver, Dianne Day, Serita Stevens, Jacqueline Fiedler, Tom Kreitzberg
Tiger's Palette (By: Jacqueline Fiedler) (1998)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Sketches with Wolves (By: Jacqueline Fiedler) (2001)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Sweet Dreams Books

The Popularity Plan (By: Rosemary Vernon) (1981)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Problem with Love (By: Rosemary Vernon) (1982)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
It Must Be Magic (By: Marian Woodruff) (1982)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Popularity Summer (By: Rosemary Vernon) (1982)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Popularity Summer (By: Rosemary Vernon) (1982)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Forbidden Love (By: Marian Woodruff) (1983)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Dear Amanda (By: Rosemary Vernon) (1983)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
California Girl (As:Janet Quin-Harkin) (1983)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Love Match (As:Janet Quin-Harkin) (1983)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Ten-Boy Summer (As:Janet Quin-Harkin) (1983)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Daydreamer (As:Janet Quin-Harkin) (1983)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Dial L for Love (By: Marian Woodruff) (1983)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Love in the Fast Lane (By: Rosemary Vernon) (1984)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Language of Love (By: Rosemary Vernon) (1984)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Kiss Me, Creep (By: Marian Woodruff) (1984)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Ghost of a Chance (As:Janet Quin-Harkin) (1984)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Exchange of Hearts (As:Janet Quin-Harkin) (1984)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Lovebirds (As:Janet Quin-Harkin) (1984)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Two of Us (As:Janet Quin-Harkin) (1984)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Ten-Speed Summer (By: Deborah Kent) (1984)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Follow That Boy (As:Janet Quin-Harkin) (1985)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Questions of Love (By: Rosemary Vernon) (1985)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
101 Ways to Meet Mr. Right (As:Janet Quin-Harkin) (1985)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Great Boy Chase (As:Janet Quin-Harkin) (1985)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
If You Love Me (By: Barbara Steiner) (1986)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
My Secret Love (As:Janet Quin-Harkin) (1986)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Heartbreak Hill (By: ) (1986)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Taking the Lead (By: Deborah Kent) (1987)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Never Say Goodbye (As:Janet Quin-Harkin) (1987)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Stand By for Love (By: ) (1987)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
My Dream Guy (By: Carla Bracale) (1989)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Dream Date (By: Carla Bracale) (1989)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Puppy Love (By: Carla Bracale) (1990)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Down with Love! (By: Carla Bracale) (1991)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Wrong-Way Romance (By: Sheri Cobb South) (1991)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Opposites Attract (By: Linda Joy Singleton) (1991)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Too Good to Be True (By: Susan Kirby) (1991)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
That Certain Feeling (By: Sheri Cobb South) (1991)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Cinderella Game (By: Sheri Cobb South) (1992)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Partners in Love (By: Susan Kirby) (1992)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Love to Spare (By: Linda Joy Singleton) (1993)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
My Secret Heart (By: Susan Kirby) (1993)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Don't Bet On Love (By: Sheri Cobb South) (1994)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Deep in My Heart (By: Linda Joy Singleton) (1994)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Blame It on Love (By: Sheri Cobb South) (1995)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Dreamboat (By: Linda Joy Singleton) (1995)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Anthologies

Unholy Orders(2000)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Blood on Their Hands(2003)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Sherlock Holmes: The Hidden Years(2004)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories 5(2004)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
A Merry Band of Murderers(2006)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Sherlock Holmes: The American Years(2010)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Mysterious Writers: The Many Facets of Mystery Writing(2010)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Malice Domestic 11(2016)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Silent Night, Deadly Night(2016)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Private Investigations: Mystery Writers on the Secrets, Riddles, and Wonders in Their Lives(2020)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Shattering Glass(2020)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Nothing Good Happens After Midnight(2020)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Promophobia: Taking the Mystery Out of Promoting Crime Fiction(2022)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Cozy Case Files Volume 17(2023)Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Rhys Bowen is a New York Times Bestselling Author who has written many top selling series including Constable Evans, the Molly Murphy Mysteries, and the Royal Spyness series. She has been nominated for an Edgar Best Novel Award, the highest mystery book award, for her Constable Evans series book “Evan’s Gate” and won for the Agatha Best Novel Award. Her second book in the series, “Evan Help Us”, was subsequently nominated for a Barry Award. She has also written several short stories and won an Anthony. Rhys Bowen is listed in the “Who’s Who In America” under Janet Quin-Harkin, her married name. She is also an ex-chapter president of the group the Mystery Writers Of America. Her books have received favorable reviews world wide.

Rhys Bowen was born in the town of Bath, England. Her family was half English and half Welsh. She studied at London University and eventually started a career at the BBC as a drama studio manager. She was working on a dull play and decided to write one herself, marching into the office of the head of BBC drama at 22 and giving him the script. Two days later, he called her in and said that BBC was going to produce the play. Rhys went on to move to Australia and work for Australian Broadcasting. She then met her future husband, also a Brit. Rhys moved again and settled in San Francisco, California, and has lived their ever since. Rhys raised four children there with her husband.

Rhys also began writing children’s book as Janet Quin-Harkin and her first picture book won several awards. More picture books came after, and her agent asked her to write a book for young adults. Her first book was a big hit. Rhys was selling half a million copies by the time she was writing her third book. More young adult novels came until Rhys felt she was done with the genre, and turned to writing mysteries. Rhys loves to read books with a strong sense of time and place and set the Constable Evans series in North Wales near the mountains, where she had spent many vacations in her childhood. It was visiting Ellis Island that made Rhys start thinking and inspired her to come up with the spunky Irish lass Molly Murphy. Her first book, “Murphy’s Law”, won an Agatha Best Novel award as well as three others. Other books in the series have won great reviews and “Hush Now, Don’t You Cry” immediately made the New York Times bestseller list.

Rhys created a second heroine named Lady Georgiana as part of the Her Royal Spyness series. Georgiana is distantly an heir to the British throne but broke and trying to make her way through The Great Depression. The series was a bestseller that was nominated for multiple awards. “Naught In Nice” was nominated for a Bruce Alexander, Agatha, and RT Reviews award. In 2012 it won for Best Historical Mystery in the Agatha Awards. Rhys drew from her life in England to write the series. When not writing, Rhys likes to hike, paint, sing, play the Celtic Harp, travel, and spoil her grandchildren.

Murphy’s Law

The first book in the Molly Murphy series features mart and curious Irish lass named Molly Murphy. Her mother constantly said that Molly would end up in trouble. So when Molly commits a murder defending herself from the low down son of a landowner’s advances, she has to leave Ireland in order to avoid going to the gallows and take off for the new, exciting and scary world of America. She meets people on the ship such as a mother with two children and a loud brute named O’Malley, whom she gets into an argument with. Molly at last makes it to America and begins to relax when she sees the Statue of Liberty. When a murder goes down on Ellis Island with the man Molly was seen by witnesses arguing with, she becomes a prime suspect in committing the crime.

Molly Murphy arrives in New York and sees the promise of freedom and the Statue of Liberty and begins to rest easier. But when a murder is committed on Ellis Island with the man she was seen arguing with, Molly becomes one of the top suspects for the crime. Molly is determined to find the true culprit for the crime by hitting the streets of New York, scouring through the Lower East Side and roads of Hell’s Kitchen and clear her name. She also has a potential ally in the handsome policeman who is assigned to the case who thinks that Molly may be innocent. But Molly has to clear her name and investigate herself and free herself from blame before the past comes back to haunt her. Armed with her wits, her smarts and tenacity are the only tools that Molly with which to clear her name. Will she find who the killer is before she’s accused and tried for the crime? Driven, likable, curious and driven, Molly is a fun character who is set in a very real time and place, constantly running into danger, but feisty and smart enough to get herself out of it.

Death Of Riley

The second book in the Molly Murphy series begins with Molly trying to forget the bad memories of her past. There’s the murder of the unwelcome son back in Ireland and now there’s been the brutal homicide of O’Malley back on Ellis Island. It seems like trouble and death are following Molly wherever she goes. Now she’s free to start her new life in the New World and thinks that this might be the right time for her to strike out on her own and start doing detective work helping families in Europe who wish to find family members in America. Molly just might be able to use her talents to make some money and put food on the table. She thinks she just might find handsome detective Daniel Sullivan and get some advice.

Molly ends up finding a mentor in Paddy Riley, a tough P.I. but she comes to work one day and finds everything has changed. Before she knows it, Molly is taking to the streets of New York to find out what happened. Working through the bars and lounges of the literary scene, Molly’s world is getting bigger than ever. With her passionate determination, Molly is locked on cracking the case and dispensing justice to the killer.

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2 Responses to “Rhys Bowen”

  1. Carol Dickinson: 3 years ago

    Is Masked Ball at Broxley Hall available as a printed book? And are the short stories “the Amersham Rubies, The Face in the Mirror and through the Window” in print? I can’t find a way to order them through anyone.

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    • Graeme: 3 years ago

      Looks like ebook versions only.

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