Evan Only Knows by Rhys Bowen

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  • Pub. Date: March 2003
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    • Pub. Date: March 2003
    • Publisher: St. Martin's Press
    • Format: Hardcover, 256pp

    Synopsis

    Welsh constable Evan Evans knows that village life is not as peaceful as it seems--and now his job takes a turn toward the tragic when the man accused of killing his father is accused of murder once again.

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    Agatha Award-winner Rhys Bowen (Death of Riley) presents her good-natured Welsh policeman with a painful personal challenge in Evan Only Knows: A Constable Evans Mystery, the seventh entry in this winning series. A visit to his mother in Swansea leads the constable to a meeting with the young man convicted of murdering Evan's father, now released and charged with a second murder. The fellow claims he's innocent-and Evan is inclined to believe him.

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    Rhys Bowen won the Agatha Award for best novel of the year and the Herodotus Award for best historical mystery of the year for Murphy’s Law, her first installment in a new series featuring Molly Murphy and set in turn-of-the-century New York City. The author of six previous Constable Evans mysteries and the second Molly Murphy mystery, Death of Riley, she was born in Bath, England, and now lives in Northern California.

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    January 01, 2003: Evan Evans grew up in South Wales, but fits in fine in the North Wales town of Llanfair as the townsfolk look upon him as one of their own. That situation changes dramatically when he?s ordered to assist the Ministry of Agriculture workers about to destroy the farmers? sheep in an effort to stop the spread of foot-and-mouth disease. The villagers feel that Evan should push the government to test for the disease before any animal is destroyed.

    The constable decides to escape the mess by traveling with his fianc?e Bronwen to meet her parents and his mom. When they reach Swansea they learn that Tony Mancino is believed to have raped and killed the daughter of a powerful big shot in the community. If he is convicted he will get life. Tony killed Evan?s father. Evan talks with Tony in an effort to find closure about his father?s death but he comes away from the encounter convinced the thug is innocent of this crime. After wrestling with his conscience, he decides to search for the real killer, knowing that he will incur the wrath of his mother, the police and the townsfolk, all of who want to see Tony locked away for life.

    Readers who like a bloodless cerebral who-done-it that captures the essence of Wales will want to read Evan Only Knows. The protagonist believes in immediate cause and effect justice even if it means helping his father?s killer gain his freedom. Rhys Bowen is a master at characterizations, so much so that readers will feel as if they really know the people of Swansea. British police procedurals don?t get better than this.

    Harriet Klausner