Rhys Bowen

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  • Bibliography:
    65 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    November 1997
  • Latest Book:
    March 2025
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Full Series List in Order

A Constable Evans Mystery

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

Her Royal Spyness

0.5 - Masked Ball at Broxley Manor (Oct-2012)
1 - Her Royal Spyness (Jul-2007)
2 - A Royal Pain (Jul-2008)
3 - Royal Flush (Jul-2009)
4 - Royal Blood (Sep-2010)
5 - Naughty in Nice (Sep-2011)
6 - The Twelve Clues of Christmas (Nov-2012)
7 - Heirs and Graces (Aug-2013)
8 - Queen of Hearts (Aug-2014)
9 - Malice at the Palace (Aug-2015)
10 - Crowned and Dangerous (Aug-2016)
11 - On Her Majesty's Frightfully Secret Service (Aug-2017)
12 - Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding (Aug-2018)
13 - Love and Death Among the Cheetahs (Aug-2019)
14 - The Last Mrs. Summers (Aug-2020)
15 - God Rest Ye, Royal Gentlemen (Oct-2021)
16 - Peril in Paris (Nov-2022)
17 - The Proof of the Pudding (Nov-2023)
18 - We Three Queens (Nov-2024)

A Molly Murphy Mystery

0.5 - The Amersham Rubies (May-2011)
1 - Murphy's Law (Oct-2001)
2 - Death of Riley (Dec-2002)
3 - For the Love of Mike (Dec-2003)
4 - In Like Flynn (Mar-2005)
5 - Oh Danny Boy (Mar-2006)
6 - In Dublin's Fair City (Mar-2007)
6.5 - The Face in the Mirror (Feb-2013)
7 - Tell Me, Pretty Maiden (Mar-2008)
8 - In a Gilded Cage (Mar-2009)
9 - The Last Illusion (Mar-2010)
10 - Bless the Bride (Mar-2011)
11 - Hush Now, Don't You Cry (Mar-2012)
12 - The Family Way (Mar-2013)
12.5 - Through the Window (Jan-2014)
13 - City of Darkness and Light (Mar-2014)
14 - The Edge of Dreams (Mar-2015)
15 - Away in a Manger (Nov-2015)
16 - Time of Fog and Fire (Mar-2016)
17 - The Ghost of Christmas Past (Nov-2017)
18 - Wild Irish Rose (Mar-2022)
19 - All That Is Hidden (Mar-2023)
20 - In Sunshine or in Shadow (Mar-2024)
21 - Silent as the Grave (Mar-2025)

Book List in Order: 65 titles

  • Evans Above

    A Constable Evans Mystery - 1

    Constable Evan Evans was glad to trade city life for idyllic Llanfair, a Welsh village that time forgot. But this little town has its share of eccentric characters--two ministers vying for the souls of their flock, one lascivious barmaid, and three o...

  • Evan Help Us

    A Constable Evans Mystery - 2

    The residents of the Welsh village of Llanfair are used to peace and quiet. But when two recently arrived Londoners are killed, tranquillity is replaced by turmoil. Local constable Evan Evans tries his best to get the commotion under control--while t...

  • Evanly Choirs

    A Constable Evans Mystery - 3

    World-renowned tenor Ifor Llewelyn came back to his quiet Welsh hometown on doctor's orders. But the visit didn't exactly benefit his health. The hard-drinking ladies' man has just been found dead--and Constable Evan Evans is trying to find out why. ...

  • Evan and Elle

    A Constable Evans Mystery - 4

    Madame Yvette's arrival is causing a lot of excitement in Llanfair. Some are enraged at the fact that her new French restaurant sits on the site of an abandoned chapel. Others are thrilled about her sophisticated culinary skills. And Llanfair's men s...

  • Evan Can Wait

    A Constable Evans Mystery - 5

    A film crew--led by the smug, smarmy Grantley Smith--has descended on the tiny Welsh village of Llanfair, to document the raising of a World War II plane from the lake where it landed long ago. And Constable Evans is keeping order and helping them ou...

  • Murphy's Law

    A Molly Murphy Mystery - 1

    Rhys Bowen, author of the much-loved Constable Evans mysteries, takes on the vibrant world of turn-of-the-century Ellis Island and New York in her newest series. With delightful humor and meticulous research Bowen transports readers to the gritty und...

  • Evans to Betsy

    A Constable Evans Mystery - 6

    When a jaguar rolls into Llanfair, it turns a few heads. And when its passenger, an attractive young American named Emmy, wanders unescorted into the Red Dragon pub, the patrons' interest is piqued. Especially entranced is Betsy the barmaid-because E...

  • Death of Riley

    A Molly Murphy Mystery - 2

    Molly Murphy can't seem to fit in anywhere. Not with the new immigrants pouring in from the Old World and certainly not with the society folks she envies from afar. After bungling a job as a lady's companion, Molly decides to become an assistant to t...

  • Evan Only Knows

    A Constable Evans Mystery - 7

    Welsh constable Evan Evans knows that village life is not as peaceful as it seems--and in the latest entry of this "charming series" (Library Journal), his job takes a turn toward the tragic... When Constable Evans and his new fiancee decide to tr...



  • For the Love of Mike

    A Molly Murphy Mystery - 3

    FOR THE LOVE OF MIKE A woman ahead of her time, Molly Murphy is determined to be a private detective. Having inherited the cases of her deceased mentor, Paddy Reilly, she's following philandering husbands, tracking down a runaway Dublin debutante,...

  • Evan's Gate

    A Constable Evans Mystery - 8

    Welsh constable Evan Evans plumbs the past and present to search for connections between two troubling crimes. 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.....

  • In Like Flynn

    A Molly Murphy Mystery - 4

    A woman private eye in a man's world, Molly Murphy is having a hard time succeeding as a New York shamus. That's why she agrees to go undercover for the NYPD to expose a pair of spiritualist sisters as con artists even though the offer comes from pol...

  • The Proof of the Pudding (Novella)

    in Death Dines In

    CLAUDIA BISHOP AND DEAN JAMES invite you to dine in. There's murder on the menu... Main Course: Sixteen short stories Side Dishes: Sixteen all -- new recipes and author interviews Sink your teeth into these delicacies from today's masters of ...

  • Evan Blessed

    A Constable Evans Mystery - 9

    Constable Evan Evans scours a Welsh mountainside to find a missing woman--and then copes with the subsequent disappearance of his beloved Bronwen--in the newest novel in this series... Mt. Snowdon--Yr Wyddfa to the locals--is crawling with tourist...

  • Oh Danny Boy

    A Molly Murphy Mystery - 5

    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 ...

  • Evanly Bodies

    A Constable Evans Mystery - 10

    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 nam...

  • In Dublin's Fair City

    A Molly Murphy Mystery - 6

    Plucky early-twentieth-century private investigator Molly Murphy is back in this sixth thrilling installment in Rhys Bowen's award-winning series. When New York theatre impresario Tommy Burke asks Molly to help him take care of some family busine...

  • Her Royal Spyness

    Her Royal Spyness - 1

    And the mischief, mishaps, and musings of minor English royalty--circa 1930... My ridiculously long name is Lady Victoria Georgiana Charlotte Eugenie. Thirty-fourth in line for the throne, I am, as they say, flat broke. When my brother, Binky, cut...

  • Tell Me, Pretty Maiden

    A Molly Murphy Mystery - 7

    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 d...



  • A Royal Pain

    Her Royal Spyness - 2

    It's 1930s London, and Lady Georgiana -- thirty-fourth in line to the throne -- has a lot on her plate, but little in her cupboards, in this national bestseller... Baked beans and boiled eggs. That's what my houseguest, the Bavarian princess, will h...

  • In a Gilded Cage

    A Molly Murphy Mystery - 8

    Rhys Bowen's award-winning series combines thrilling historical events with truly beguiling characters -- under the most mysterious circumstances ... It's Easter Sunday 1918, and Irish immigrant Molly Murphy has agreed to march down Fifth Avenue wit...

  • Royal Flush

    Her Royal Spyness - 3

    In her third Royal Spyness mystery, Rhys Bowen returns with Lady Georgiana, thirty-fourth in line to the throne and everyone's favorite penniless heiress... With its posh clientele gone to the country, my fledgling house cleaning business has fizzle...

  • The Last Illusion

    A Molly Murphy Mystery - 9

    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...

  • Royal Blood

    Her Royal Spyness - 4

    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 Transylv...

  • Bless the Bride

    A Molly Murphy Mystery - 10

    With Molly Murphy's wedding to NYPD Captain Daniel Sullivan quickly approaching, the Irish sleuth heads to the Westchester County countryside, where his mother can lend her a hand and advise her on a bride's proper place. And shockingly, Molly seems ...

  • The Amersham Rubies

    A Molly Murphy Mystery - 0.5

    Before Molly Murphy crossed the Atlantic or even had an inkling that she might someday become a much sought after private investigator in New York City, young Molly lived in Ireland in a small cottage with her father, brothers and little else. Wh...

  • Naughty in Nice

    Her Royal Spyness - 5

    Royalty has its privileges, even when you're thirty-fourth in line to the throne, as Lady Georgiana Rannoch discovers on the glamorous -- and dangerous -- French Riviera . . . Why should my clueless brother, Binky, and his decidedly disagreeable w...

  • Hush Now, Don't You Cry

    A Molly Murphy Mystery - 11

    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, now Molly Sullivan, and her husban...

  • Low School

    in An Apple for the Creature

    Includes a never-before-published Sookie Stackhouse story!

    What could be scarier than the first day of school? How about a crash course in the paranormal from Charlaine Harris and Toni L. P. Kelner, editors of Home Improvement: Undead Edition?...



  • Masked Ball at Broxley Manor

    Her Royal Spyness - 0.5

    A delectable prequel to the national bestselling Royal Spyness mysteries featuring Lady Georgiana Rannoch -- thirty forth in line to the throne, and England's poorest heiress. At the end of her first unsuccessful season out in society, Lady G...

  • The Twelve Clues of Christmas

    Her Royal Spyness - 6

    She may be thirty-fifth in line for the throne, but Lady Georgiana Rannoch cannot wait to ring in the New Year -- before a Christmas killer wrings another neck... On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me -- well, actually, my true lo...

  • The Face in the Mirror

    A Molly Murphy Mystery - 6.5

    Molly Murphy -- Molly Sullivan, now that she and Daniel are finally married -- is bored. Having given up her detective agency when she married, she now finds that her life is much less exciting, her days an endless stretch of housekeeping and chores....

  • The Family Way

    A Molly Murphy Mystery - 12

    In New York Times bestselling author Rhys Bowen's latest Molly Murphy mystery, Molly is drawn into a dangerous kidnapping case. Molly Murphy--now Molly Sullivan--is a year into her marriage, expecting her first child, and confined to the life of a...

  • Heirs and Graces

    Her Royal Spyness - 7

    As thirty-fifth in line for the throne, Lady Georgiana Rannoch may not be the most sophisticated young woman, but she knows her table manners. It's forks on the left, knives on the right--not in His Majesty's back... Here I am thinking the educat...

  • Through the Window

    A Molly Murphy Mystery - 12.5

    New York Times bestelling author Rhys Bowen will delight fans with her trademark charm and turn-of-the-century New York atmosphere in this original story featuring beloved private investigator Molly Murphy....

  • City of Darkness and Light

    A Molly Murphy Mystery - 13

    Molly and Daniel Sullivan are settling happily into the new routines of parenthood, but their domestic bliss is shattered the night a gang retaliates against Daniel for making a big arrest. Daniel wants his family safely out of New York City as soon ...

  • Queen of Hearts

    Her Royal Spyness - 8

    Lady Georgiana Rannoch, thirty-fifth in line for the British throne, knows how to play the part of an almost royal--but now she's off to Hollywood, where she must reprise her role as sleuth or risk starring in an all-too-convincing death scene. My...

  • The Edge of Dreams

    A Molly Murphy Mystery - 14

    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 ...

  • Malice at the Palace

    Her Royal Spyness - 9

    Lady Georgiana Rannoch won’t deny that being thirty-fifth in line for the British throne has its advantages. Unfortunately, money isn’t one of them. And sometimes making ends meet requires her to investigate a little royal wrongdoing. While m...



  • Away in a Manger

    A Molly Murphy Mystery - 15

    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...

  • Time of Fog and Fire

    A Molly Murphy Mystery - 16

    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, hea...

  • Two Birds with One Stone

    in Malice Domestic 11: Murder Most Conventional

  • Crowned and Dangerous

    Her Royal Spyness - 10

    Nothing is simple when you’re thirty-fifth in line for the British crown, least of all marriage. But with love on their side, and plans to elope, Lady Georgiana Rannoch and her beau Darcy O’Mara hope to bypass a few royal rules... With Darcy d...

  • In Farleigh Field

    World War II comes to Farleigh Place, the ancestral home of Lord Westerham and his five daughters, when a soldier with a failed parachute falls to his death on the estate. After his uniform and possessions raise suspicions, MI5 operative and family f...

  • On Her Majesty's Frightfully Secret Service

    Her Royal Spyness - 11

    In the new Royal Spyness Mystery from the New York Times bestselling author of Crowned and Dangerous, Lady Georgiana Rannoch juggles secret missions from the Queen, Darcy, and her mother. But it’s all in a day’s work when you’re thirty-fifth in...

  • The Ghost of Christmas Past

    A Molly Murphy Mystery - 17

    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 H...

  • The Tuscan Child

    A haunting novel about a woman who braves her father’s hidden past to discover his secrets… In 1944, British bomber pilot Hugo Langley parachuted from his stricken plane into the verdant fields of German-occupied Tuscany. Badly wounded, he fo...

  • Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding

    Her Royal Spyness - 12

    In the days leading up to her wedding to Darcy O'Mara, Lady Georgiana Rannoch takes on the responsibilities of a grand estate, but proving she can run a household just may be the death of her in the new Royal Spyness Mystery from the New York Times b...

  • What Child Is This

    Christmas during World War II is a time for small miracles in this bittersweet short story by the New York Times best-selling author of The Tuscan Child and In Farleigh Field. Jack and Maggie Harris are adrift on ravaged streets during the Londo...



  • The Victory Garden

    From the bestselling author of The Tuscan Child comes a beautiful and heart-rending novel of a woman’s love and sacrifice during the First World War. As the Great War continues to take its toll, headstrong twenty-one-year-old Emily Bryce is dete...

  • Love and Death Among the Cheetahs

    Her Royal Spyness - 13

    Georgie and Darcy are finally on their honeymoon in Kenya's Happy Valley, but murder crashes the party in this all-new installment in the New York Times bestselling series. I was so excited when Darcy announced out of the blue that we were fly...

  • Above the Bay of Angels

    A single twist of fate puts a servant girl to work in Queen Victoria’s royal kitchen, setting off a suspenseful, historical mystery by the New York Times bestselling author of The Tuscan Child and The Victory Garden. Isabella Waverly only means ...

  • The Last Mrs. Summers

    Her Royal Spyness - 14

    Georgie is just back from her honeymoon with Darcy when a friend in need pulls her into a du Maurier-like murder in this all-new installment in the New York Times bestselling Royal Spyness series from Rhys Bowen! Georgie's best friend, Belinda...

  • The Venice Sketchbook

    “Rhys Bowen crafts a propulsive, unexpected plot with characters who come vibrantly alive on the page.” —Mark Sullivan, author of Beneath a Scarlet SkyLove and secrets collide in Venice during WWII in an enthralling novel of brief e...

  • God Rest Ye, Royal Gentlemen

    Her Royal Spyness - 15

    Georgie is back and hanging the stockings with care when a murder interrupts her Christmas cheer in this all-new installment in the New York Times bestselling Royal Spyness series from Rhys Bowen. Georgie is excited for her first Christmas ...

  • Wild Irish Rose

    A Molly Murphy Mystery - 18

    New York Times bestselling author Rhys Bowen, now writing in partnership with her daughter, Clare Broyles, transports and enthralls readers through the incomparable Molly Murphy Sullivan. Wild Irish Rose is the next novel in this beloved mystery seri...

  • Where the Sky Begins

    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...

  • Peril in Paris

    Her Royal Spyness - 16

    Lady Georgiana Rannoch and her dashing husband, Darcy, are awaiting a bundle of joy, but an unexpected trip to Paris will thrust them straight into a tangled web of international intrigue in this all-new mystery in the New York Times bestselling Roya...

  • All That Is Hidden

    A Molly Murphy Mystery - 19

    "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 Mu...

  • The Paris Assignment

    A courageous wife, mother, and resister confronts the devastation of World War II in a heartbreaking and hopeful novel by the bestselling author of The Venice Sketchbook and The Tuscan Child.Londoner Madeleine Grant is studying at the Sorbonne in Par...

  • The Proof of the Pudding

    Her Royal Spyness - 17

    Lady Georgiana Rannoch is looking forward to her first ever turn as hostess for her very own house party when the festivities lead to murder…Georgie, back home at her estate in Eynsleigh, impatiently awaits the birth of her baby. But she has p...

  • In Sunshine or in Shadow

    A Molly Murphy Mystery - 20

    Retired Detective Molly Murphy Sullivan is back with In Sunshine or in Shadow, the next book in this beloved series by New York Times bestselling author Rhys Bowen and Clare Broyles.New York, 1908: The days are getting longer -- and warmer -- in Manh...

  • The Rose Arbor

    An investigation into a girl’s disappearance uncovers a mystery dating back to World War II in a haunting novel of suspense by the bestselling author of The Venice Sketchbook and The Paris Assignment.London: 1968. Liz Houghton is languishin...

  • We Three Queens

    Her Royal Spyness - 18

    New mother Lady Georgiana "Georgie" Rannoch finds herself trying to separate fact from fiction when a murder occurs while a film is being made on the grounds of her estate in a new Royal Spyness Mystery from beloved bestselling author Rhys Bowen.It's...

  • Silent as the Grave

    A Molly Murphy Mystery - 21

Award-Winning Books by Rhys Bowen

For the Love of Mike
2004 Anthony Award -- Historical
In Farleigh Field
2017 Agatha Award -- Historical
2018 Macavity Award -- Sue Feder Memorial Historical Mystery
The Last Mrs. Summers
2020 Agatha Award -- Historical
Murphy's Law
2001 Agatha Award -- Novel
2001 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Historical Mystery
Naughty in Nice
2011 Agatha Award -- Historical
Oh Danny Boy
2007 Macavity Award -- Sue Feder Memorial Historical Mystery
Queen of Hearts
2014 Agatha Award -- Historical
A Royal Pain
2009 Macavity Award -- Sue Feder Memorial Historical Mystery
Royal Blood
2010 RT Reviewers Choice Award -- Historical Mystery
The Twelve Clues of Christmas
2014 Audies -- Solo Narration-Female


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Rhys Bowen has published 65 books.

The next book by Rhys Bowen, Silent as the Grave, will be published in March 2025.

The first book by Rhys Bowen, Evans Above, was published in November 1997.

Yes. Rhys Bowen has 3 series.
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