Janet Quin-Harkin


Janet Quin-Harkin is an author best known for her mystery novels for adults written under the name Rhys Bowen.

Career

Before she began writing novels, Quin-Harkin worked in the drama department of the British Broadcasting Corporation in London and, later, for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in Sydney, Australia. She also worked as a drama teacher and a dance teacher.
In 1981, she wrote one of the first six books with which Bantam launched the Sweet Dreams series.
In the 1990s Quin-Harkin began writing mystery novels for adults under the name Rhys Bowen. She has written three series under this name: one featuring British aristocrat Lady Georgiana in 1930s England; one featuring Irish immigrant Molly Murphy living in early 1900s New York City; and one featuring a Welsh police constable named Evan Evans.
She is also author of the Boyfriend Club series for young adults featuring four freshmen girls in Alta Mesa High School : Roni, Ginger, Justine, and Karen.

Personal life

Quin-Harkin graduated from the University of London in 1963. She moved to the United States when she married John Quin-Harkin.
She is the parent of four children. She now divides her time between Marin County, California, and Arizona.

Works as Janet Quin-Harkin

Constable Evan Evans series

  1. Evans Above
  2. Evan Help Us
  3. Evanly Choirs
  4. Evan and Elle
  5. Evan Can Wait
  6. Evans to Betsy
  7. Evan Only Knows
  8. Evan's Gate
  9. Evan Blessed
  10. Evanly Bodies

    Lady Georgiana "Georgie" series

  11. Her Royal Spyness
  12. A Royal Pain
  13. Royal Flush
  14. Royal Blood
  15. Naughty in Nice
  16. The Twelve Clues of Christmas
  17. Heirs and Graces
  18. Queen of Hearts
  19. Malice at the Palace
  20. Crowned and Dangerous
  21. On Her Majesty’s Frightfully Secret Service
  22. Four Funerals and Maybe a Wedding
  23. Love and Death Among the Cheetahs
  24. The Last Mrs. Summers

    Lady Georgiana short stories

  1. Murphy's Law
  2. Death of Riley
  3. For the Love of Mike
  4. In Like Flynn
  5. Oh Danny Boy
  6. In Dublin's Fair City
  7. Tell Me, Pretty Maiden
  8. In a Gilded Cage
  9. The Last Illusion
  10. Bless the Bride
  11. Hush Now, Don't You Cry
  12. The Family Way
  13. City of Darkness and Light
  14. The Edge of Dreams
  15. Away in a Manger
  16. Time of Fog and Fire
  17. The Ghost of Christmas Past

    Molly Murphy short stories

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