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26, 2009). isbn=9780771014680&view=auqa/ (viewed Aug. 26, 2009). com/whats_new/ (viewed Aug. 26, 2009). Killing Spring review, Publishers Weekly, April 7, 1997. Rhys Bowen Police Procedural, Amateur Detective, Historical Mystery Benchmark Series: Molly Murphy Robin Burcell Bath, England 1941 About the Author and the Author’s Writing There aren’t many mystery series set in Northern Wales, so Rhys Bowen knew she had a novel place for her crime series, featuring Constable Evan Evans. She made up the community of Llanfair, based on childhood memories of staying with relatives there.

The “mystery” is whether she will succeed in arranging a marriage for spoiled Emily Freemantle and aristocrat Lord Ranger Harley. Beaton’s characters populate an enclosed world and she herself lives in the country, but she has adapted well enough to the times. “Best gift ever in the eighties was a word processor,” she said on the Agatha Raisin website. “I used to type out my books which was back-breaking work involving sore shoulders and Tipp-Ex [correction fluid]. ” Works by the Author The Skeleton in the Closet (2001) Hamish Macbeth Series Death of a Gossip (1985) Death of a Cad (1987) Death of an Outsider (1988) Death of a Perfect Wife (1989) Death of a Hussy (1990) Death of a Snob (1991) Death of a Prankster (1992) Death of a Glutton (1993) Death of a Travelling Man (1993) M.

She helped a textbook company develop new readers for urban children. She began to write children’s books, then novels for teenagers in popular series including the Sugar and Spice books about bubbly Chrissy, a cheerleader from Iowa who comes to live with her ballet dancer cousin Cara in California. She also wrote a few television tie-in books and historical novels. Then she took the new name and began a new career shaping crime novels. So far, it looks like that was a good move. Evan’s Gate was nominated for an Edgar and Murphy’s Law won an Agatha award, certainly evidence that Bowen knows her stuff.

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