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Evan Evans is up to the challenge in Evan Only Knows, with characteristic good humor and the Welsh charm that sets Rhys Bowen's successful cozy series apart.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. Tried as a juvenile show more for Evan's father's death, Tony Mancini only served four years in prison. Now he's been accused of killing Alison Turnbull, a local teen and the daughter of Mancini's boss. But when Evan goes to meet the boy face to face he's surprised to find not the stone-cold killer he expected but a scared young man who swears his innocence.
Against his own wishes, and ignoring his superiors, Evan believes the boy's claim of innocence and decides to investigate, at potential peril to his career. But is his instinct correct, or is Mancini just trying to save himself? And how will he reconcile his actions with his memory of his father's murder, which has haunted him for so long?
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This was an easy relaxing read. Great for rainy day entertainment. I love the small town experiences, country-side descriptions and quirky characters.
Read February 2026.Rated 3 stars. Read on Libby Kindle. #7 Constable Evans. Enjoyable contemporary mystery series set in Wales.
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Rhys Bowen was born Janet Quin-Harkin in 1941 in Bath, England. She earned her bachelors degree from the University of London. Soon after graduation she worked for the British Broadcasting Corporation as a studio manager and writer. She then took a job working for a textbook company developing reading texts before writing her own books. Her first show more picture book - Peter Penny's Dance - was published in 1976 and changed her career to children's book author. The book earned praise and won numerous awards. In 1981 she wrote a teen novel entitled California Girl which became the first installment in Bantam's Sweet Dreams series. This series grew to include novels such as Love Match, Daydreamer, and Ten-Boy Summer. These Sweet Dreams books started a major trend in young adult publishing. they were praised as an encouragement to reading. Janet Quin-Harkin also authored non-series fiction for adolescents such as award winning novel Wanted: Date for Saturday Night and Summer Heat. She also wrote the young adult historical novels Madam Sarah and Fool's Gold. She then moved on to writng mystery novels whcih included her Constable Evans series. Her book Royal Blood made the New York Times Bestseller list. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Evan Only Knows
- Original publication date
- 2003-03-11
- People/Characters
- Evan Evans; Bronwen Price; Tony Mancini; Reverend Powell-Jones; Mrs. Powell-Jones; Reverend Parry Davies (show all 7); Charlie Hopkins
- Important places
- Llanfair, Gwynedd, Wales, UK (fictional)
- First words
- The Land Rover pulled up abruptly at the side of the narrow road.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Evan put his arm around Bronwen's shoulders and they stood together, watching the twilight fade behind the black silhouette of the mountains.
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- English
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- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 14
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