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  • Bibliography:
    15 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    May 2009
  • Latest Book:
    November 2020
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Full Series List in Order

A Penny Brannigan Mystery

1 - The Cold Light of Mourning (May-2009)
2 - A Brush With Death (Jul-2010)
3 - A Killer's Christmas in Wales (Oct-2011)
4 - A Small Hill to Die On (Nov-2012)
5 - Never Laugh as a Hearse Goes by (Nov-2013)
6 - Slated for Death (Apr-2015)
7 - Murder on the Hour (Apr-2016)
8 - Murder Is for Keeps (May-2017)
9 - The Marmalade Murders (Apr-2018)
10 - The Black Chair Affair (Sep-2019)
11 - On Deadly Tides (Nov-2020)

A Shakespeare in the Catskills Mystery

1 - Untimely Death (Nov-2015)
2 - Ill Met by Murder (Dec-2016)
3 - Much Ado About Murder (Nov-2017)

Book List in Order: 15 titles



  • The picturesque North Wales market town of Llanelen is shocked when Meg Wynne Thompson, a self-made beauty who has turned out to be something of an unpopular bride, goes missing on her wedding day...and turns up dead. The last person believed to have...



  • When Penny Brannigan inherits a charming, old-fashioned cottage in the North Wales town of Llanelen, she soon realizes she has come into more than what real estate agents like to describe as a desirable period property: She's also acquired memories, ...



  • As the townsfolk of the Welsh valley town of Llanelen settle in for the snowiest winter in twenty-five years, an American stranger arrives. Harry Saunders charms the ladies, one of them in particular: Evelyn Lloyd, the town's former postmistress, who...



  • The North Wales market town of Llanelen is abuzz when a Vietnamese family moves into Ty Brith Hall. It isn’t long before the family’s business dealings have the townsfolk wondering what’s really going on up at the big house on the hill. Thi...



  • Spa owner and habitual amateur sleuth Penny Brannigan finds herself at a clerical conference at Gladstone’s Library in North Wales. Also attending as a guest speaker is her boyfriend, DCI Gareth Davies, there to give a talk on theft prevention. But...



  • When the body of well-liked and respectable Glenda Roberts is discovered at the bottom of a former slate mine, now a busy tourist attraction, pandemonium erupts in the North Wales town of Llanelen. Penny Brannigan finds herself drawn into the investi...



  • A Catskills resort’s production of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet takes a wickedly ironic turn when the leading lady, Lauren Richmond, is first poisoned and then stabbed. Who would extinguish the life of such a beautiful young thespian? Who would...



  • The residents of Llanelen are brimming with excitement. Antiques Cymru, a regional take on the popular national TV show, is coming to the Welsh town and people are flocking from miles around, hoping their attic treasures turn out to be worth a fortun...



  • It's the most important night of the year for costume designer Charlotte Fairfax and the Catskills Shakespeare Theater Company -- the annual fund raising performance at the country estate of the wealthy widow Paula Van Dusen. This year, the company w...






  • Local artist Penny Brannigan has been spending her summer painting Gwrych Castle and its surrounding landscapes. A privately owned, castellated Welsh country house, Gwrych has been sadly neglected for decades and is in a heartbreaking state of disrep...



  • When a directorial debut turns deadly, it falls to costume designer Charlotte Fairfax to unmask the culprit in award-winning author Elizabeth J. Duncan’s third Shakespeare in the Catskills mysteryCharlotte Fairfax has another murder on her hands as...



  • The Marmalade Murders is the ninth book in Elizabeth J. Duncan's award-winning mystery series, celebrated for its small-town charm and picturesque Welsh setting and starring amateur sleuth Penny Brannigan. The competition is friendly and just a li...



  • In award-winning author Elizabeth J. Duncan's tenth Penny Brannigan mystery set in North Wales, Canadian amateur sleuth Penny Brannigan attends a dinner party at a posh country house--where a historic chair disappears and a waiter is murdered.



  • In award-winning author Elizabeth J. Duncan's tenth Penny Brannigan mystery set in North Wales, Canadian amateur sleuth Penny Brannigan attends a dinner party at a posh country house--where a historic chair disappears and a waiter is murdered.Artist ...



  • With a picturesque black and white lighthouse, pebble beaches and stunning views of sea and mountains, the island of Anglesey off the coast of North Wales is the perfect place for an idyllic mid-summer painting holiday.And watercolour artist, busines...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Elizabeth J. Duncan has published 15 books.

Elizabeth J. Duncan does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, On Deadly Tides, was published in November 2020.

The first book by Elizabeth J. Duncan, The Cold Light of Mourning, was published in May 2009.

Yes. Elizabeth J. Duncan has 2 series.