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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 16-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.

When Constable Evan Evans and his new fiancée 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.

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.

When Constable Evan Evans discovers a beautiful shepard's cottage in the mountains of Llanfair, Wales, he and his fiancée are thrilled. It's only months before their wedding, and they are eager to begin their new life together. The cottage is in need of renovation, so Evan wastes no time before he begins making much-needed repairs.

Evans' search for a hiker gone missing in the Welsh hills places his fiancé in the path of a killer in this tantalizing installment in this award-winning author's cozy series.

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.

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.

London, 1932: Lady Victoria Georgiana Charlotte Eugenie, kurz Lady Georgie, wird von Scotland Yard in ihre Heimat Schottland geschickt. Auf dem Weg zu ihrem Familiensitz Castle Rannoch erhält sie einen streng geheimen Auftrag: Jemand aus den höchsten Adelskreisen hat es auf den Kronprinzen abgesehen und als Tochter des Dukes liegt es nun an Georgie, unbemerkt Nachforschungen anzustellen.

London, 1932: Lady Victoria Georgiana Charlotte Eugenias, kurz Lady Georgies, Bruder Binky ist in der Stadt und bringt die junge Lady zur Verzweiflung. Da kommt ihr der Auftrag der Queen gerade recht. Georgie soll die königliche Familie bei einer Hochzeit in Transsylvanien vertreten - der legendären Heimat der Vampire. Freudig reist sie ab, aber kaum ist sie angekommen, beginnt die Braut, sich ein wenig verrückt zu benehmen. Dann wird auch noch ein prominenter Hochzeitsgast vergiftet und Georgie bleibt nichts Anderes übrig, als mal wieder selbst zu ermitteln.

London, 1932: Lady Victoria Georgiana Charlotte Eugenie, oder kurz Lady Georgie, ist immer noch pleite. Und als ob das nicht schon genug wäre, drückt ihr die Queen auch noch eine Prinzessin aus Deutschland aufs Auge. Natürlich kann sie dieser kaum etwas bieten und zu allem Übel soll sie auch noch Prinzessin Hanni mit dem Sohn der Queen verkuppeln. Doch bevor Lady Georgie sich erneut in die Intrigen und Spielchen der Queen verwickeln lassen kann, geschehen zwei Morde und eine Hauptverdächtige ist schnell gefunden: Hanni, die deutsche Prinzessin.

London, 1932: Lady Victoria Georgiana Charlotte Eugenie, Nummer 34 in der britischen Thronfolge, ist mehr als pleite. Sie hat Schottland, ihren habgierigen Bruder und ihren fischgesichtigen Verlobten zwar hinter sich gelassen, doch ohne Geld lebt es sich auch in London nicht so einfach. Deswegen überlegt sie nicht lange, als sie ein unglaubliches Angebot bekommt: Im Auftrag Ihrer königlichen Majestät soll sie die royale Gesellschaft am britischen Königshof ausspionieren.

Londres, 1932. Lady Victoria Georgiana Charlotte Eugenie, fille du duc de Glen Garry et Rannoch, trente-quatrième héritière du trône britannique, est complètement fauchée depuis que son demi-frère lui a coupé les vivres. Et voilà qu'en plus ce dernier veut la marier à un prince roumain ! Georgie, qui refuse qu'on lui dicte sa vie, s'enfuit à Londres pour échapper à cette funeste promesse de mariage : elle va devoir apprendre à se débrouiller par elle-même.

Jack and Maggie Harris are adrift on ravaged streets during the London Blitz. Their home is gone. They have nowhere to go and nothing left to lose. With only the memories of their greatest loss - the death of their child during a Christmas years before - Jack and Maggie settle in a seemingly deserted mansion for the night.

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.

Molly Murphy Sullivan's husband, Daniel, a police captain in turn-of-the-century New York City, is in a precarious position. The new police commissioner wants him off the force altogether. So when Daniel's offered an assignment from John Wilkie, head of the Secret Service, he's eager to accept. Molly can't draw any details of the assignment out of him, even where he'll be working.

Irish immigrant and private detective Molly Murphy is thrilled to have a ticket to see world-famous illusionist Harry Houdini. But before he can even take the stage, the opening act goes horribly wrong—and the sensational Signor Scarpelli’s lovely assistant is sawed in half. In the aftermath, Scarpelli accuses Houdini of tampering with his equipment. Who else but the so-called Handcuff King could have got a hold of his trunk of tricks, which he keeps under lock and key?

In the latest in Rhys Bowen's award-winning historical 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 Sullivan's husband, Daniel, a captain in the New York City police force, is stumped. He's chasing a murderer whose victims have nothing in common - nothing except for the taunting notes that are delivered to Daniel after each murder. And when Daniel receives a note immediately after Molly and her young son, Liam, are in a terrible train crash, Daniel and Molly both begin to fear that maybe Molly herself was the target.

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 12-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.

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.