Best Selling Books by Rhys Bowen

Inheriting her beloved great-aunt''s sketchbook, a recently divorced woman uncovers mysteries about her great-aunt''s star-crossed romance with a nobleman in World War II Venice.

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. 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.

Evanly Bodies is a triumph for fans of Rhys Bowen''s acclaimed Evans series, and a wonderful discovery for new readers. In the surprising climax of Edgar Award finalist Bowen''s tenth Constable Evans mystery, Evans risks everything to solve the murders and discover what happened to Jamila. 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....

From Rhys Bowen, the author of In Farleigh Field, comes the next Molly Murphy mystery: The Ghost of Christmas Past. Semi-retired private detective Molly Murphy Sullivan is suffering from depression after a miscarriage following her adventure in San Francisco during the earthquake of 1906. She and her husband, Daniel, are invited for Christmas at a mansion on the Hudson, and they gratefully accept, expecting a peaceful and relaxing holiday season. Not long after they arrive, however, they start to feel the tension in the house’s atmosphere. Then they learn that the host couple''s young daughter wandered out into the snow ten years ago and was never seen again. Molly can identify with the mother''s pain at never knowing what happened to her child and wants to help, but there is so little to go on. No ransom note. No body ever found. But Molly slowly begins to suspect that the occupants of the house know more than they are letting on. Then, on Christmas Eve, there is a knock at the door and a young girl stands there. "I''m Charlotte," she says. "I''ve come home."

A royal wedding brings Lady Georgiana Rannoch to Transylvania and lands her in a truly draining state of affairs in the fourth mystery in the New York Times bestselling Royal Spyness series. London, 1932. With her hateful brother Binky in town, Georgie has been desperately seeking an escape. So when an invitation from the Queen of England arrives asking her to represent the royals at a wedding in Transylvania—legendary home of vampires—she''s delighted to accept. But when the bride starts acting a little batty and a prominent wedding guest is poisoned, something must be done lest the couple''s vows become "till undeath do they part..."

Lady Georgiana finds herself in a heap of royal trouble in the second novel in the New York Times bestselling Royal Spyness Mystery series. London, 1932. Poor Lady Georgiana—thirty-fourth in line to the throne—has nothing to serve her Bavarian princess houseguest, even though the Queen of England has requested that she entertain her. Then there''s the matter of the body in the bookshop and the princess''s unwitting involvement with the Communist party. It''s enough to drive a girl mad...

A woman''s future is determined by fate and choice in a gripping WWII novel about danger, triumph, and second chances by the New York Times bestselling author of The Venice Sketchbook and The Tuscan Child. London, 1940. Bombs fall and Josie Banks''s world crumbles around her. Her overbearing husband, Stan, is unreachable, called to service. Her home, a ruin of rubble and ash. Josie''s beloved tearoom boss has been killed, and Josie herself is injured, with nothing left and nowhere to go. Evacuated to the English countryside, Josie ends up at the estate of the aristocratic Miss Harcourt, a reluctant host to the survivors of the Blitz. Awed as she is by the magnificent landscape, Josie sees opportunity. Josie convinces Miss Harcourt to let her open a humble tea shop, seeing it as a chance for everyone to begin again. When Josie meets Mike Johnson, a handsome Canadian pilot stationed at a neighboring bomber base, a growing intimacy brings her an inner peace she''s never felt before. Then Stan returns from the war. Now a threat looms larger than anyone imagined. And a dangerous secret is about to upend Josie''s life again. Her newfound courage will be put to the test if she is to emerge, like a survivor, triumphant.

With her third book in this acclaimed series, Rhys Bowen offers another page-turning tale of small-town mayhem and murder, in 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.

As the Great War continues to take its toll, headstrong twenty-one-year-old Emily Bryce is determined to contribute to the war effort. Emily''s lover an Australian pilot has left her with child. As Emily learns more about the volatile power of healing with herbs, the found journals will bring her to the brink of disaster, but may open a path to her destiny

New York Times bestselling author Rhys Bowen will delight fans with her trademark charm and turn-of-the-century New York atmosphere in her short story Through the Window This original story spanning the time between The Family Way and City of Darkness and Light, Bowen''s thirteenth novel featuring the beloved private investigator. Molly Murphy--now Molly Sullivan--is absolutely thrilled to give birth to her first child, a beautiful little boy named Liam. But while confined to bed rest for the weeks following his birth, she finds herself watching the activity across the street through her window, and she soon begins to notice some odd goings-on that set her detective''s sixth sense to tingling.

Another compelling and richly drawn mystery from New York Times bestseller Rhys Bowen, Away in a Manger. It''s Christmastime in 1905 New York City, and for once, Molly Murphy Sullivan is looking forward to the approaching holidays. She has a family of her own now: she and Daniel have a baby son and twelve-year-old Bridie is living with them as their ward. As Molly and the children listen to carolers in the street, they hear a lovely voice, the voice of an angel, and see a beggar girl huddled in a doorway, singing "Away in a Manger." Bridie is touched by the girl''s ragged clothes and wants to help her out if they can. They give her a quarter, only to watch a bigger boy take it from her. But Molly discovers the boy is the girl''s older brother. They''ve come from England and their mother has disappeared, and they''re living with an aunt who mistreats them terribly. Molly quickly realizes that these children are not the usual city waifs. They are well-spoken and clearly used to better things. So who are they? And what''s happened to their mother? As Molly looks for a way to help the children and for the answers to these questions, she gets drawn into an investigation that will take her up to the highest levels of New York society.

"Retired" detective and police captain''s wife Molly Murphy Sullivan tangles with Tammany Hall in the next in Rhys Bowen and Clare Broyles''s New York Times bestselling historical mystery series. New York, Autumn, 1907: Former private detective Molly Murphy Sullivan is happy with her place in the world. She and her policeman husband, Daniel, have built quite a life for themselves in Greenwich Village, in their modest-yet-beautiful-home in Patchin Place, filled with family, friends, and laughter. Molly and Daniel have a good marriage, a true partnership where they value each other’s opinions in all things. So when he tells her they’re moving to a fancy home on Fifth Avenue—and that he’s running for the sheriff of New York—Molly is left reeling. Daniel begs Molly to trust him, but why would he run for sheriff on the Tammany ticket? A party known more for kickbacks and quid pro quo than anything else, it used to be everything Daniel despised. So what’s changed? And why didn’t he discuss it with her beforehand? Molly can’t help but wonder what Daniel’s got himself tangled up in... and whether he needs her help to get out. In this next installment in this beloved series All That Is Hidden, the incomparable Molly is drawn into the dangerous world of politics, forced to navigate through the webs of lies and deceit which are hidden behind a veil of vast wealth and grandeur.

Agreeing to flee New York City when her husband is targeted by a gang for his part in a high-profile arrest, Molly travels to Paris to stay with art-student friends whose disappearances are tied to the murder of a renowned Impressionist artist.

Constable Evans joins Sergeant Watkins to follow a trail of clues that leads them to the South of England and then to France, and finally to the conclusion that a dangerous killer is loose in Llanfair, in Rhys Bowen''s fourth Evan Evans mystery, Evan and Elle. There is both excitement and dismay in Llanfair when a new French restaurant opens. The glamorous owner, Madame Yvette, tries to win over the locals, and everything seems to be going well until a string of fires plagues the town. One night the restaurant burns down, and a body is found in the rubble.

Retired Detective Molly Murphy Sullivan goes undercover in the next book in the New York Times bestselling series from Rhys Bowen and Clare Broyles. With a newborn and two children, Molly Murphy Sullivan is tackling motherhood. Her husband, Daniel, is off to work in Washington as Easter break begins in New York. Her dear friend and writer, Ryan O’Hara, is shooting a movie, one of the first to involve a real plot and actors. He invites Molly and the children to visit the set and watch the excitement. When one of the actresses is fired, Molly’s adopted daughter, Bridie, is called to replace her in the scene. Turns out she’s a natural and is asked to star in the rest of the film. Molly is skeptical about leaving Bridie alone on set, but her great friends, Sid and Gus, offer to chaperone her. The movie industry is still experimenting with ways to get the best shot, like pretending to tie Bridie to real train tracks. But soon, their special effects start to malfunction. After a few mishaps where no one is hurt, the special effects turn deadly. With rumors of a feud between studios, Molly believes these malfunctions are sabotage. She is invited to go undercover on set to investigate the burgeoning film war. Once again, Rhys Bowen and Clare Broyles deliver an engaging mystery full of vibrant historical details and thrilling escapades featuring one of mystery''s most beloved sleuths.

Welsh Constable Evan Evans plumbs the past and present to search for connections between two troubling crimes in the eighth novel in this “consistently satisfying mystery series.”* Evans has found the most delightful shepherd’s cottage. At the moment it’s just four stone walls with gaping holes for doors and windows...but what a view! But as Evans attempts to seal the deal, duty calls. A five-year-old has vanished from a seaside caravan park—and Detective Constable Evans must consider all the suspects. There’s the child’s estranged father, who may want to spirit her back to his native Russia—and the German tourists in a hurry to flee the scene. Evans wonders if the abduction is related to the disappearance of another girl, twenty-five years ago—especially since that girl’s relatives have just returned to Wales for a family reunion. Now, as he and his fiancée try to rebuild their dream house, he must also build a difficult case against a possible double murderer...

Londoner Madeleine Grant is studying at the Sorbonne in Paris when she marries charismatic French journalist Giles Martin. As they raise their son, Olivier, they hold on to a tenuous promise for the future. Until the thunder of war sets off alarms in France.

In Evan Blessed, award-winner Rhys Bowen has again delivered a charming and suspenseful cozy mystery set in Wales. Constable Evan Evans is almost done planning his wedding. Just as he is ready to relax, he meets a hiker whose girlfriend 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? A series of clues make Evan and the police realize that they are dealing with a clever but twisted mind. Then a second person vanishes and this time Evans knows the victim: his fiancé. Her disappearance makes Evans realize that the culprit''s vendetta might be quite personal-and directed at Evans himself.

Christmas at Patchin Place wraps two Molly Murphy Christmas mysteries in one. From New York Times bestselling author Rhys Bowen, spend Christmas with the incomparable Molly Murphy Sullivan in Away in a Manger and The Ghost of Christmas Past. In Away in a Manger, it’s Christmastime in 1905 New York City, and Molly Murphy Sullivan is looking forward to the approaching holidays. As she and her children listen to carolers in the street, they hear a lovely voice, and see a beggar girl huddled in a doorway, singing “Away in a Manger.” Molly’s ward, Bridie, is touched by the girl’s ragged clothes and wants to help her if they can. They give her a quarter, only to watch a bigger boy take it from her. But Molly discovers the boy is the girl’s older brother. They’ve come from England and their mother has disappeared, and they’re living with an aunt who mistreats them terribly. Molly is soon drawn into an investigation that will take her up to the highest levels of New York society. In The Ghost of Christmas Past, it’s 1906 and Molly and her family gratefully accept an invitation to spend Christmas at a mansion on the Hudson, expecting a peaceful and relaxing holiday season. Not long after they arrive, however, they start to feel the tension in the house’s atmosphere. Then they learn that the host couple’s young daughter wandered out into the snow ten years ago and was never seen again. Molly can identify with the mother’s pain at never knowing what happened to her child and wants to help, but there is so little to go on. No ransom note. No body ever found. But Molly slowly begins to suspect that the occupants of the house know more than they are letting on. Then, on Christmas Eve, there is a knock at the door and a young girl stands there. “I’m Charlotte,” she says. “I’ve come home.”

Looking for a new cozy series? In the latest edition of Cozy Case Files, Minotaur Books compiles the beginnings of nine charming cozy mysteries publishing in Winter 2024 for free for easy sampling. The twentieth edition of Cozy Case Files features cozies from the following authors: Ellie Alexander, Rhys Bowen and Clare Broyles, Olivia Blacke, Jennifer Chow, Anastasia Hastings, Olivia Matthews, Gigi Pandian, Mindy Quigley, and Paige Shelton. Cook up some delicious treats with a variety of culinary cozies! On the menu, you''ll find killer West Indian pastries in Coconut Drop Dead, deadly deep dish pizzas in Public Anchovy #1, fatal fortune cookies in Ill-Fated Fortune, and suspicious spiced curry buns in A Smoking Bun. Get with the groove and catch a killer while you''re at it with Rhythm and Clues. Solve your way out of a deadly booby trap while racing against time in A Midnight Puzzle. Discover the mystery behind an antique Crusader Sword in The Poison Pen. Getaway to the Catskills with In Sunshine or in Shadow. And infiltrate a scandalous cult in historical Britain as you read Of Hoaxes and Homicide.

The sixth book in the charming and critically acclaimed series set in a tiny Welsh village, Rhys Bowen''s 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.

Looking for a new cozy series? In the new edition of Cozy Case Files, Minotaur Books compiles the beginnings of nine charming cozy mysteries publishing in Winter 2023 for free for easy sampling. The seventeenth edition of Cozy Case Files features the latest cozies by the following authors: Ellie Alexander, Jean-Luc Bannalec, Olivia Blacke, Rhys Bowen and Clare Broyles, Anastasia Hastings, Diane Kelly, Olivia Matthews, Gigi Pandian, and Paige Shelton. This editions has THREE cozy series starters for you to enjoy. Set in 1885 London, Of Manners and Murder follows Violet as she discovers that when you represent best-loved Agony Aunt in Britain, both marauding husbands and murder are par for the course. In Vinyl Resting Place, three sisters knew there could be some scratches on the track when opening Sip & Spin Records in Texas, but no one was expecting to find a body deader than disco in the supply closet. And in Little Caribbean, Brooklyn, New York, investigating a murder was never supposed to be on Spice Isle Bakery’s menu in Against the Currant. Catch up at what’s happening at your favorite eatery in Muffin But the Truth. Check in to see the latest renovation projects in The Raven Thief and Primer and Punishment. Travel abroad to Edinburgh and Brittany in Fateful Words and The Body by the Sea. Or visit New York at the turn of the century with the incomparable Molly Murphy Sullivan in All That is Hidden.

With Evan Can Wait, the 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. 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?

Looking for a new cozy series? In the new edition of Cozy Case Files, Minotaur Books compiles the beginnings of six charming cozy mysteries publishing in Winter 2022 for free for easy sampling. The fourteenth edition of Cozy Case Files features the latest cozies by the following authors: Korina Moss, Gigi Pandian, Diane Kelly, Ellie Alexander, and Paige Shelton. Feeling hungry? Check out these two series debuts. In Cheddar Off Dead, a cheesemonger discovers that her new home in a small Sonoma Valley town is ripe for murder... something here stinks to high heaven, and it''s not the cheese. An impossible crime. A family legacy. The intrigue of hidden rooms and secret staircases. Under Lock & Skeleton Key layers stunning architecture with mouthwatering food in an ode to classic locked-room mysteries. Continuing with the architecture theme: Nashville’s killer real estate market returns in Batten Down the Belfry: Here is the church, here is the steeple... Open the doors, and see all the trouble. Celebrate the greats in these next two offerings. Bake, Borrow, and Steal finds Oregon’s favorite bakery, Torte, catering an authentic feast to celebrate a museum’s unveiling of Shakespeare’s lost manuscript. After being invited to a traditional Scottish celebration to honor poet Robert Burns, bookseller Delaney Nichols faces off against an elusive arsonist in The Burning Pages. Travel to 1907, New York: Beloved heroine Molly Murphy returns in Wild Irish Rose, from New York Times bestselling author Rhys Bowen, now writing in partnership with her daughter, Clare Broyles.

Evans Above is the first novel in Rhys Bowen''s popular Constable Evans Mystery Series, featuring "appealing characters and intriguing plots" (Booklist). Evan Evans is a young police constable who has traded in the violence of city life for idyllic Llanfair, a Welsh village tucked far away from trouble. Nestled among the Snowdonia mountain range, Llanfair looks to Constable Evans like a town forgotten by time, but he quickly learns that even the bucolic countryside has its share of eccentric--and deadly--characters. Evans'' new neighbors include two competitive ministers vying for the souls of their flock, one lascivious barmaid, and three other Evanses: Evan-the-Meat, Evans-the-Milk, and Evans-the-Post (whose favorite hobby is to read the mail before he delivers it). Before Evans has time to sort through the complicated relationships and rivalries of his new home, he''s called to the scene of a crime as brutal and fearsome as any he encountered in the big city. Two hikers have been murdered on the trails of the local mountain, and Evans must hunt down a vicious killer--who may or may not be linked to the mysterious destruction of Mrs. Powell-Jones'' prize-winning tomatoes.

“Electromechanical Properties in Composites Based on Ferroelectrics” investigates the problem of prediction and non-monotonicity of the effective electromechanical (piezoelectric, dielectric and elastic) properties in two- and three-component composites based on ferroelectric ceramics and relaxor-ferroelectric single crystals. The book analyzes the interrelations between the electromechanical constants of the components, and describes the different analytical schemes for averaging the properties of these materials with different connectivity and microgeometrical characteristics. The book highlights the advantages of different methods for predicting the electromechanical properties and choosing the optimum components, and demonstrates the non-trivial behavior of specific composite architectures and the parameters of value for engineering applications. The book is of benefit to all specialists looking to understand the detailed behavior and electromechanical response of advanced composite materials.

Molly Murphy kann nicht mal in ihren Flitterwochen die Finger von einem Mordfall lassen … Die spannende Cosy-Crime-Reihe von Rhys Bowen geht weiter Molly Murphy, jetzt Molly Sullivan, und ihr Mann Daniel, Captain bei der New Yorker Polizei, sind eingeladen, ihre Flitterwochen auf dem Anwesen von Stadtrat Brian Hannan in Newport zu verbringen. Molly traut dem Angebot allerdings nicht ganz. In ihrem Gästehaus scheint es zu spuken und Hannan, der in Politik und Bauwesen seine Finger im Spiel hat, möchte Daniel um einen Gefallen bitten. Noch bevor das junge Paar erfährt, worum es dabei geht, wird Hannans Leiche am Fuß einer Klippe gefunden und Molly ist sich sicher, dass hier jemand mit falschen Karten spielt … Weitere Titel dieser Reihe Heiße Spur im Central Park (ISBN: 9783960876250) Mord auf Ellis Island (ISBN: 9783960878018) Verbrechen am Columbus Circle (ISBN: 9783960879060) Mord in feiner Gesellschaft (ISBN: 9783960878025) Mord am Broadway (ISBN: 9783960879084) Mord am East River (ISBN: 9783960878032) Mord in der Pell Street (ISBN: 9783960879091) Mord an der Upper East Side (ISBN: 9783960878049) Mord auf Coney Island (ISBN: 9783960878056) Mord auf dem Atlantik (ISBN: 9783960873501) Erste Leserstimmen „Rhys Bowens beste Reihe – humorvoll, sympathisch und zum Mitfiebern.“ „Neben Nell Sweeney meine absolute Lieblingsermittlerin!“ „Die Cosy Krimi Reihe geht unterhaltsam, charmant und gewohnt rätselhaft weiter.“ „Molly Murphy Mysteries sind durch den tollen Schreibstil, das historische Setting und die liebenswürdige Detektivin durchweg empfehlenswert.“

Auf dem Weg zurück nach Irland stolpert Molly Murphy über einen Mord ... Ein spannender Fall der Cosy Crime-Reihe von New York Times Bestsellerautorin Rhys Bowen Molly Murphys Freund Captain Daniel Sullivan ist zwar auf Kaution aus dem Gefängnis entlassen worden, aber immer noch weit davon entfernt, seinen Namen reinzuwaschen. Seine miese Laune sorgt dafür, dass Molly eine Auszeit braucht und nicht widerstehen kann, als das Schicksal ihr eine Chance gibt, nach Hause nach Irland zurückzukehren. Tommy Burke hat sich in vielen Jahren am New Yorker Theater eine goldene Nase verdient, jetzt will er seiner in Irland zurückgebliebenen Schwester etwas davon zukommen lassen. Zumindest, wenn Molly es schafft, die verschollene Frau in Irland aufzuspüren und dabei dem Haftbefehl zu entgehen, der sie damals zur Flucht nach New York zwang. Das kann doch nicht so schwer sein, oder? Doch als schon auf der Überfahrt eine berühmte Schauspielerin spurlos verschwindet und ihr Dienstmädchen ermordet wird, weiß Molly, dass sie bereits mittendrin in einem neuen Fall ist ... Erste Leserstimmen „Molly Murphy ist und bleibt meine Lieblingsermittlerin!“ „Sehr unterhaltsamer Cosy Krimi, den ich nur ans Herz legen kann.“ „Ein sehr spannendes Ende der ersten Staffel. Ich kann die zweite nicht abwarten!“ „Genau das richtige E-Book für einen gemütlichen Nachmittag auf dem Sofa.“ „Molly kehrt in diesem Teil der Cosy Crime Reihe nach Irland zurück – darf man sich nicht entgehen lassen!“ Weitere Titel dieser Reihe Mord auf Ellis Island (ISBN: 9783960878018) Mord in feiner Gesellschaft (ISBN: 9783960878025) Mord am East River (ISBN: 9783960878032) Mord an der Upper East Side (ISBN: 9783960878049) Mord auf Coney Island (ISBN: 9783960878056)

u200bLa nouvelle mission de Georgie : profiter de sa lune de miel. Georgie est sur un petit nuage lorsque Darcy lui annonce la destination de leur lune de miel : le Kenya. À eux le dépaysement dans des contrées lointaines ! Mais dès leur arrivée, elle soupçonne son époux d''être en mission secrète : des vols ont été commis à Londres et à Paris. Tout laisse à penser que le voleur est un membre de l''aristocratie réfugié au Kenya. Comme le couple séjourne dans la Happy Valley, épicentre déluré de la colonie anglaise, le voilà bien placé pour chercher des indices et débusquer d''éventuels suspects. Cette nouvelle mission pourrait bien faire regretter à Georgie ce voyage de noces hors des sentiers battus... Entre Downton Abbey et Miss Marple, une série d''enquêtes royales so British !

Molly findet ein lang vermisstes Mädchen, doch ist sie wirklich die Tochter der reichen Familie? Ein weihnachtlicher Cosy Crime in der Erfolgs-Reihe von NYT Bestseller-Autorin Rhys Bowen Molly Murphy ist nach den jüngsten Ereignissen froh, einem idyllischen Weihnachtsfest entgegenzublicken. Eine Einladung zu einer wohlhabenden Familie am Hudson River soll die Feiertage perfekt machen. Doch in dem ehrwürdigen Herrenhaus ist die Stimmung wenig feierlich, denn eine Tragödie lastet seit Langem auf der Familie: Charlotte, die kleine Tochter der Gastgeber, verschwand vor zehn Jahren und wird seither vermisst. Molly kann den Schmerz der Mutter gut nachvollziehen und versucht, mehr über Charlottes Verschwinden zu erfahren. Doch mit ihren Fragen reißt sie alte Wunden auf und macht jemanden auf sich aufmerksam, der schon damals über Leichen ging … Dies ist eine überarbeitete Neuauflage des bereits erschienenen Titels Entführung am Hudson River. Alle Bände der Molly Murphy ermittelt-Reihe können unabhängig voneinander gelesen werden. Erste Leser:innenstimmen „Diesmal wartet ein besonders mysteriöser Fall auf Molly – mein bisher liebster Teil!“ „ein Cosy Crime zum Versinken und Mitermitteln“ „Die Krimi-Reihe fühlt sich vertraut und gemütlich und dennoch spannend und fesselnd an!“ „Rhys Bowen erzählt humorvoll, charmant und mitreißend.“

Blindsided by betrayal in pre-WWII England, a woman charts a daring new course in this captivating tale of resilience, friendship, and new love by the bestselling author of The Rose Arbor and The Venice Sketchbook. Surrey, England, 1938. After thirty devoted years of marriage, Ellie Endicott is blindsided by her husband''s appeal for divorce. It''s Ellie''s opportunity for change too. The unfaithful cad can have the house. She''s taking the Bentley. Ellie, her housekeeper Mavis, and her elderly friend Dora--each needing escape--impulsively head for parts unknown in the South of France. With the Rhône surging beside them, they have nowhere to be and everywhere to go. Until the Bentley breaks down in the inviting fishing hamlet of Saint Benet. Here, Ellie rents an abandoned villa in the hills, makes wonderful friends among the villagers, and finds herself drawn to Nico, a handsome and enigmatic fisherman. As for unexpected destinations, the simple paradis of Saint Benet is perfect. But fates soon change when the threat of war encroaches. Ellie''s second act in life is just beginning--and becoming an adventure she never expected.

An archaeological find in the town of Llanfair sparks an age-old rivalry with the neighbouring town of Beddgelert. When Llanfair''s prodigal son, Ted Morgan, announces his plans for an amusement park, the rivalry turns deadly.

With Molly Murphy''s wedding to NYPD Captain Daniel Sullivan approaching, the Irish sleuth promises to settle down after marrying. But she has time to squeeze in one last case before then.