Rhys Bowen

Georgie, thirty-fourth in line to the British throne and broke, works as a part-time maid and unofficial spy for Queen Mary. Assigned to chaperone a Bavarian princess, Georgie stumbles into a plot involving four murders and international intrigue in 1930s London.

In the latest in the New York Times bestselling series from Rhys Bowen and Clare Broyles, retired detective Molly Murphy Sullivan investigates the disappearance of a female scientist New York is busier than ever as two million visitors come to the city to witness the Hudson-Fulton celebration in 1909, marking the 300th anniversary of Henry Hudson's discovery of the Hudson River. Parades, exhibitions, carnivals, and a marvelous display of the wonders of the latest invention--electricity--across the city make for two straight weeks of celebrations, which Molly and her family, along with their friends Sid and Gus, are excited to enjoy. But Molly is secretly dealing with financial troubles. She is too proud to ask her friends for a loan, but when they want to hire her as a detective she jumps at the chance. Sid and Gus are hosting fellow Vassar graduates to take part in one of the parades but one of the women, a brilliant scientist, never shows up. It seems nobody knows where she is, including her husband. Is she trying to run away from her life or is it something more sinister? Why have the Vassar women really come to New York City? When Daniel asks Molly to spy on her friends and find out just what they are planning she finds her loyalties horribly divided. Then the parade turns deadly and only Molly has the tools to find out the truth.

Karolina Grant namagajetsja zmiritisja iz zakinchennjam shljubu, koli otrimuje nespodivanij spadok. Jiji uljublena dvojuridna babusja Letti zalishaje jij albom dlja zamalovok, tri kljuchi ta ostannij shepit... Venetsija. Zavdannja Karolini - rozvijati prakh Dzhuljetti Brauning (Letti) u misti, jake vona kokhala, ta rozgadati tajemnitsi, scho zberigalisja ponad shistdesjat rokiv. 1938 rik.Vchitelka maljuvannja Dzhuljetta Brauning prijizhdzhaje do romantichnoji Venetsiji. Dlja jiji studentiv tse skarbnitsja istoriji, mistetstva ta krasi. Dlja neji zh tse schemlivi spogadi ta shans vidnoviti zv'jazok z Leonardo da Rossi, cholovikom, jakogo vona kokhaje, i majbutnje jakogo davno viznachene jogo znatnoju rodinoju. Odnak, khoch dolja j ne na jikhnomu botsi, nischo ne mozhe stati mizh nimi. Azh poki zagroza vijni ne navisaje nad Venetsijeju, i voni zmusheni borotisja, vizhivati ta oberigati tajemnitsju, jaka nazavzhdi jikh pojednaje.Kljuch za kljuchem rozkrivajetsja zhittja Letti, spovnene nemozhlivogo kokhannja, vtrat i muzhnosti. Tse zhittja, jake Karolina teper mozhe vipraviti, rozpochinajuchi vlasnu podorozh samopiznannja.

Lady Georgiana "Georgie" Rannoch is just like any other new mother, balancing responsibilities such as being 34th in line for the British throne and solving the mysterious deaths of several young men, in the newest case from the queen of historical mystery, Rhys Bowen. Georgie may not have much in common with your average new mother, but she does have one thing: a new nanny she despises. Knowing she must find a nanny more suited to her young son, Georgie travels to London to see her old friend ZouZou, only to find her about to depart for a funeral, after the unexpected death of a young man. It quickly becomes clear there's more than one mysterious death around town, when another friend, Georgie Gormsley, reveals he's just returned from the funeral of a school friend, who seemingly drowned while swimming. And then Georgie's best friend, Belinda, receives a telegram informing her that the son of family friends has died tragically. It begins to seem like too much of a coincidence to Georgie. Yet the victims didn't seem to have any connection to one another. Georgie returns to ZouZou, who puts the final nail in the coffin--she's sure that the deaths were not an accident and begs Georgie to solve the case. As Georgie begins investigating, she can't help worrying that her own husband, Darcy, may be next. She begins to suspect there might be a serial killer at work and as she delves deeper into the case, realizes that the young men may all share a link to a crime many years ago. Will Georgie solve the murders before it's too late for Darcy, and manage to find the perfect nanny all at the same time?

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.

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.

HÜLJATUD INGLISMAA KÜLA TÕMBAB NOORE AJAKIRJANIKU AASTAKÜMNEID VANASSE MÕISTATUSSE. London, 1968. Liz Houghton vireleb järelehüüete kirjutajana ühes Londoni ajalehes, kui linnas köidab tähelepanu väikese tüdruku kadumine. Kui Liz suudab sellest juhtumist esimesena artikli kirjutada, on see tema tagasitee uudistetoimetusse. Teatud eelis on tal juba olemas: tema parim sõbranna Marisa on selle juhtumi juurde määratud politseinik. Liz järgneb Marisale Dorsetisse, kus nad teevad veel ühe häiriva avastuse. Üle kahekümne aasta tagasi kadus kolm Londonist evakueeritud tüdrukut. Üks neist leiti mõrvatuna raudtee lähedalt metsast. Kahte teist tüdrukut ei nähtud enam kunagi. Kui Liz asja põhjalikumalt uurima hakkab, leiab ta end Tydehami külast, mille armee sõja ajal enda valdusse võttis ja varemetesse jättis. Mis võib pärast kõiki neid aastaid siduda kadunud tüdrukuid selle hüljatud külaga? Ja miks tundub koht, mida Liz kunagi varem näinud ei ole, nii veidralt tuttav?

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.

So she heads north with the children to summer with her mother-in-law in Westchester County. Molly tells herself it won’t be so bad, after all the countryside is pretty, and she’s determined to make the best of it. Even if she’s leaving her husband, Daniel, behind. And at least she’s not the only one heading north. Her great friends, Sid and Gus, are headed to the Catskills to visit Sid’s family. Though her mother-in-law is a surprisingly excellent host, Molly quickly grows bored. And when Sid and Gus invite her to visit, Molly jumps at the chance to stay with them at an artist’s community. What a pleasant time they’ll have, so far from the city, although Sid isn’t so enthusiastic about having to visit her family in the nearby Jewish bungalow community. But deep in the Catskills, tensions are running high, and it’s not long before a body delays Molly’s return to Westchester.

1932. Victoria Georgiana Charlotte Eugenie de Glen Garry y Rannoch -- Georgie para los amigos-- es la trig simo cuarta en la l nea de sucesi n al trono de Inglaterra, una verdadera dama educada en selectos internados suizos, de familia noble y... en la ruina. A sus veinti n a os, huyendo de un posible arreglo con un pr ncipe casadero, decide abandonar el castillo familiar en Escocia y trasladarse a Londres para forjar su destino. Pero no va a ser tan f cil. Como le dice siempre su cu ada: «un miembro de la familia real, por secundario que sea, tiene el deber de no decepcionar a los suyos . Georgie no dudar en honrar su linaje, aunque eso implique ocultar su identidad para procurarse el sustento, espiar al pr ncipe de Gales por orden de la reina o aclarar c mo ha acabado un muerto en su ba era. 1932. Victoria Georgiana Charlotte Eugenie of Glen Garry and Rannoch -- Georgie to friends -- is the thirty-fourth in the line of succession to the throne of England, a true lady educated in select Swiss boarding schools, from a noble family and... in ruin. At the age of twenty-one, fleeing from a possible arrangement with a marriageable prince, she decides to leave the family castle in Scotland and move to London to forge her destiny. But it's not going to be that easy. As her sister-in-law always tells him: "a member of the royal family, no matter how secondary, has the duty not to disappoint his own". Georgie will not hesitate to honor her lineage, even if it means hiding her identity to provide for her sustenance, spy on the Prince of Wales on the orders of the Queen or clarify how a dead man ended up in her bathtub.

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 late 1936, and King Edward is in turmoil, having fallen in love with the scandalously divorced and even more scandalously American Wallis Simpson. He wants to marry her but knows that doing so will jeopardize his crown. Edward confides in his dear friend Darcy, Georgie's husband, and the couple agree to hide Wallis in their home while Edward figures out what to do. But unbeknownst to Georgie and Darcy, Sir Hubert, the owner of the estate, has given a film crew permission to shoot a motion picture about Henry the Eighth and Anne Boleyn on the grounds. Trying to keep Mrs. Simpson hidden while raising a newborn baby seems like it couldn't be any more stressful for the Rannochs, until one of the stars of the film is found murdered on set. Georgie must solve the murder for king and country before scandal threatens to envelop them all.

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 languishing as an obituary writer at a London newspaper when a young girl’s disappearance captivates the city. If Liz can break the story, it’s her way into the newsroom. She already has a scoop: her best friend, Marisa, is a police officer assigned to the case.Liz follows Marisa to Dorset, where they make another disturbing discovery. Over two decades earlier, three girls disappeared while evacuating from London. One was found murdered in the woods near a train line. The other two were never seen again.As Liz digs deeper, she finds herself drawn to the village of Tydeham, which was requisitioned by the military during the war and left in ruins. After all these years, what could possibly link the missing girls to this abandoned village? And why does a place Liz has never seen before seem so strangely familiar?