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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.

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, and working in a sweatshop to discover who's purloining dress designs. None of her jobs seem dangerous...at first.

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.

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.

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 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 Hannan in the spring of 1904. Molly doesn’t entirely trust the offer.

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.

Weiß wie Schnee und blau wie Blut – ein neuer Fall für Lady Georgie. Die neue Fortsetzung der Cosy-Krimi-Reihe von New York Times-Bestsellerautorin Rhys Bowen. Schottland, 1933: Während ihre große Liebe Darcy sein feliz navidad in Südamerika verbringt und ihre Mutter sich in einem kleinen Nest namens Tiddleton-under-Lovey verkriecht, steckt Lady Georgie dank einem Schneesturm in Schloss Rannoch fest – zusammen mit ihrem verstockten Bruder Binky und seiner miesepetrigen Frau Fig.

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.

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.

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.

In turn-of-the-century New York City, Irish immigrant Molly Murphy is contemplating giving up PI work for something a little less complicated, less exciting. Molly has had quite enough excitement recently, thank you very much. Especially from the handsome but deceptive NYPD captain Daniel Sullivan, whom she'd like to avoid completely. 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, and after everything they've been through, she cannot turn him down.

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 police captain Daniel Sullivan. Sullivan had once won Molly's heart - until she discovered he already had a socialite fiancée and an upcoming wedding. Now Molly's masquerading as a cousin from Ireland at the Hudson River mansion of Senator Barney Flynn. Flynn's invalid wife hopes the psychic sisters can contact her dead son, kidnapped and lost in a sensational crime.

Molly’s policeman husband, Daniel, is late returning home. He comes with a tale to tell: There was a murder on Ellis Island that day, and the main suspect is the spitting image of Molly. The circumstances are eerily similar to when Molly herself arrived on Ellis Island, and she can’t help but feel a sense of fate. Molly was meant to be there that day so that she can clear this woman’s name.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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, 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.

Bei Tisch heißt es: Gabel links, Messer rechts und niemals im Rücken des Herzogs. Der neue Fall der Cosy-Krimi-Reihe von New-York-Times-Bestsellerautorin Rhys Bowen beginnt. London, 1934. Die Queen hat eine neue Aufgabe für Lady Georgie: Jack, der neu entdeckte Erbe des Herzogs von Eynsford, kommt direkt aus dem australischen Outback und muss für die Londoner High Society in Form gebracht werden.