Award-winning mystery author Rhys Bowen welcomes you to her website, where you can take a trip to old New York with her feisty Irish immigrant sleuth, Molly Murphy, get to hobnob with royalty (and enjoy a good chuckle) with Lady Georgie in the Royal Spyness series, sample a royal recipe or two, and check what Rhys has been up to recently.

royalblood UPDATES ON LADY GEORGIE:
Royal Flush was nominated for an Agatha Award.
The next episode in Georgie's madcap adventures comes out on September 7th. It is called Royal Blood and takes Georgie to a royal wedding in Transylvania. And yes, there is something crawling up the walls and bending over Georgie's bed. If you enjoy the vampire genre you're going to love this funny but scary spoof.
Rhys will be going on a national tour for Royal Blood in September. Check this website for details soon.
The movie version of Her Royal Spyness is still progressing nicely, with an English company now onboard. Keep your fingers crossed.

UPDATES ON MOLLY:
The Last Illusion, 9th in the Molly Murphy series, is now in stores and has been called "winning" by Publishers Weekly. The Last Illusion takes Molly into Houdini's world of illusion and espionage for a fast paced thriller ride. Check out the first chapter and the video trailer on the Molly Murphy page.

Newsflash on In A Gilded Cage:
It was nominated for a Bruce Alexander Historical Award at this year's Left Coast Crime.
The paperback is now in stores, but please pay no attention to the back cover. It lists the date as 1918. This is quite wrong. The story takes place in 1903, as does the preceding book.

And what's next for Molly? Rhys has been asked whether we've seen the end of Molly. Absolutely not. Molly will go on sleuthing and getting into danger. In fact next year's book, tentatively called Bless the Bride at the moment, is finished. The story will take Molly into New York's Chinatown.

UPDATES ON CONSTABLE EVANS:
So many of you want to know if and when a new Evan novel will be coming out. Unfortunately Evan is on hold for the moment. So many of the books have been taken out of print that it didn't make sense for Rhys to write another one. However there is a glimmer of good news on the horizon. A Welsh-American production company has optioned the series for TV. The first script has been written and things are moving ahead nicely. Again keep your fingers crossed. Wouldn't the series be perfect for TV? All that lovely Snowdonia scenery.

UPDATES ON RHYS:
Rhys was toastmaster at this year's Malice Domestic convention. Click here to see her pix from the event.
Rhys has just returned from Orange County where she was a main speaker at the Festival of Women Authors, with over 500 attending.
This summer Rhys is off to England and then the south of France to research the next Royal Spyness book. What a tough assignment.
Over Labor Day weekend Rhys will be appearing at the Festival of Wales, being held at the convention center in Portland, OR. On Friday, Sept. 3, she will be the featured guest at a cocktail party and next morning will give a talk. If you have Welsh heritage, love good singing and Welsh cakes hot off the griddle, try to make this one.

UPDATES ON BLOGS:
Rhys has started her own solo blog: Rhys's Pieces. Check out her news and musings, some funny, some thought-provoking, and sign up to follow.
Rhys is still loving being part of Jungle Red Writers.

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