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Evan's gate

When Welsh constable Evan Evans finds the skeleton of a young child buried in the front yard of a shepherd's cottage, the discovery eerily coincides with a present-day missing child case that's suddenly taking up all of the constable's time.

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Main Author: Bowen, Rhys
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Berkley Prime Crime, 2005.
Series:Bowen, Rhys. Constable Evans mystery ; 8.
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Evans, Evan (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Spy fiction.
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Summary:When Welsh constable Evan Evans finds the skeleton of a young child buried in the front yard of a shepherd's cottage, the discovery eerily coincides with a present-day missing child case that's suddenly taking up all of the constable's time.
Physical Description:291 pages
ISBN:9780425201985
0425201988
Author Notes: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 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.

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