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  • Bibliography:
    33 Books (4 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 2014
  • Latest Book:
    October 2023
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Peggy Kopman-Owens writes suspenseful, gentle mysteries with touches of romance that entice and inspire readers to search for their passports. Her literary properties include more than 26 books, 3 series, screenplays, and stage plays, and reflect her work in 35 countries. (The author's work is available in print editions, eBooks, and audio books.)

Full Series List in Order

Mrs Duchesney Mysteries

1 - The Education of Francine Robinsworth Duchesney a Summer Abroad (Jan-2016)
2 - Mrs Duchesney Mysteries Francesca's Story - The Interview (Dec-2015)
3 - Mrs Duchesney Mysteries Louie's Story - The Interview (Jan-2016)
4 - A Key to Paris (Apr-2015)
5 - A Letter from Paris, Mrs Duchesney's Mystery in the Stamp Market (Sep-2015)
6 - A Bank in Paris (Oct-2016)
7 - Under a Paris Sky (Aug-2019)
8 - An Odd Bouquet from Paris (Apr-2019)
9 - A Jazz Club in Paris (Sep-2019)

Seven Paris Mysteries

1 - The Promise - Yposchesi (Jan-2014)
2 - The Seasons in the Garden (Mar-2015)
3 - Gaman: The Japanese Art of Patience (Mar-2015)
4 - The Clue L' Indice (Mar-2015)
5 - Too Rich for Rain (Mar-2015)
6 - Underground, L' Autre Metro (Mar-2015)
7 - Never Change Montmartre (Mar-2015)

Simon Pennington Mysteries

1 - Waiting in Paris (Apr-2020)
2 - Found and Lost in Paris (Jan-2020)
3 - Out of Time in Paris (Oct-2020)

Z-Earlier Editions No Longer Available

1 - A Summer Abroad (Jan-2014)
2 - The Promise - Yposchesi (Jan-2014)

Book List in Order: 33 titles



  • Who knew? Spies read! Best friends from university days, Jamie Litton and Ben Foulof face very different destinies. While Jamie struggles to become a bestselling mystery writer in New York, Ben travels the world as an investigative journalist for a p...




  • Who Knew? Spies Read! A murder has been committed in Paris in an antique store named "L' Indice." The antique store's strange history of unsolved murders and robberies began long before the WWII rumors of masterpieces stolen from cast...



  • Who Knew? Spies Read! Danger awaits best friends on the island of Malta, where one will be accused of murder and the other of being a spy on the run. A missing journalist cannot tell the world he is still alive by becoming a mystery writer's alib...



  • Psychological Suspense, Noir Romance. A tragic tale of a young woman who blindly takes the enviable leap from the right bank to the left bank in Paris, leaving poverty, her friends, and her artist's garret in Montmartre to share the penthouse of ...



  • Who Knew? Spies Read! Jamie Litton discovers that the worst thing anyone can say to his best friend is "Never Change." Sometimes, a man must... to stay alive! What first drew Jamie to Paris and to Montmartre, to the true power of Café Societ...



  • Mysterious Romantic Comedy. Paris was a property owner's paradise, a place where renters far exceeded the inventory of apartments. So... Why had the beautiful young French woman been so willing to offer a perfect stranger, an American, her apartm...



  • Who Knew? Spies Read! In a loft in the 18th Arrondissement near Montmartre, Jamie Litton has become intoxicated with his life as a member of Parisian Café Society. A group of artists, musicians, and poets unconditionally embrace their newest member,...



  • Who Knew? Spies Read! The rich are not like us. When it rains, they simply fly away, taking their secrets with them. On the Côte d' Azur, a missing journalist becomes an insider, offering his best friend a very special invitation...To leave Pari...






  • Who Knew? Spies Read! Ignoring his best friend warning to stay out of Paris, mystery writer Jamie Litton leaves the Côte d' Azur and returns to Paris to investigate yet another unexpected death, and the mystery evolving at Maxmillian's apart...



  • In Paris, there were simply too many beautiful women hiding too many secrets, and this case was becoming too personal and too intriguing for Mrs. Duchesney to solve on her own. There was only one name on the engraved invitation - "Louie Arnaud Be...



  • In desperation, she wrote, “Meet me in Paris.” He would have said, “Yes.” But, he never received her letter. Who did? Les grandes vacances, the six-week summer exodus, is about to begin, taking Paris sleuth Louie Bertrand to sunny beaches, wh...



  • People often ask me, "How did Mrs. Duchesney become a famous Paris sleuth?" I tell them it should have been easy to predict that Francine Robinsworth Duchesney would find success doing something unexpected of a young woman from a small town i...



  • An Early History of Paris Sleuths Extraordinaire. On an old borrowed map hidden under her bed, Francine had scribbled in bright blue crayon "the other side of the world." Born with an exceptional curiosity in a small town jam-packed with well...



  • People often ask me, "How did Louie Bertrand become a famous Paris sleuth?" For our first interview, Louie Bertrand agreed to meet me at a café at one o'clock in the afternoon for "le petit dejeuner." This should have been my fir...



  • In Paris, two bodies have been found floating in the river. Side-by-side, the two friends are photographed smiling up into the Heavens as if this had been nothing more than another Saturday spent happily fishing. Later, a third unclaimed body will tu...



  • A NonStop Mystery. An airplane departs Los Angeles with 406 souls onboard, but arrives in Sydney, Australia with 384 passengers, 18 cabin crew, 4 pilots and… one dead man! Where did passenger No. 407 come from? With the Prime Minister of one of the...



  • A search for immortality? Did this bring people to Paris in the summer or was their search for something more lasting?" perhaps, love, romance, the perfect martini? When bouquets show up at Mrs. Duchesney’s door four Sundays in a row with no ca...



  • WINDWARD HOME (Large Print Edition) “Does the past change the future or does the future change the past?” Paranormal Romance. Suspense. Mystery. Set in the Ireland, early 1970’s. Strangely, for more than a year, photo-journalist Natalie McKenna...






  • Paranormal Romantic Comedy. Inspirational. Mitchell Irwin isn’t the sort of a man who believes in second chances. Once-upon-a-time, this respected Shakespearean actor sold his soul to Hollywood in exchange for fame and fortune. Ignoring a warning ...



  • In the pre-dawn rain, a shivering little bird of a woman appears at the door of a famous Paris sleuth to ask for help in selling an unknown masterpiece by the artist-magician Kizermeirhoff. Mrs. Duchesney asks her visitor, "Did you steal it?"...



  • A person could not boast of being in Paris without spending one night at Caveau des Trésors, the century-old underground jazz club and quintessential address for the best jazz musicians in the world. Caveau des Trésors, where the famous and the inf...



  • A modern-day Casanova is targeting American tourists in Paris, stealing their hearts, and leaving odd clues as to his identity. A few victims have hired a private detective to find the rogue. However, Paris sleuth Simon Pennington would never interru...



  • Among the rich of Paris, there are opportunities for thieves and forgers such as Vadim Bergeron, a predator who delights in destroying the reputations of true artists and the naïve women who love them. However, one private detective has spent years...



  • The Paris Opera has presented sleuths Simon Pennington and André Caron with another intriguing case to solve. One prime suspect has fallen victim to the pandemic, those still alive are afraid to show their faces, and some witnesses have been dead fo...



  • A Collection of Quotes from 24 Paris Mysteries (All Rights Reserved) 8 February 2021© Peggy Kopman-Owens. (Cover Art © Roger Kopman) Available only in paperback. ...



  • Cover Art (c) Roger Kopman. An early history of Paris Sleuths Extraordinaire, Mrs. Duchesney and Louis Bertrand. Whatever the unknown in Europe, young Francine Robinsworth Duchesney told her parents at supper, it has to be better than the known in a...



  • Cover Art © Roger Kopman. People often ask me, How did Mrs. Duchesney become a famous Paris sleuth? I tell them it should have been easy to predict that Francine Robinsworth Duchesney would find success doing something unexpected of a young woma...



  • GAMANBook Three of Seven Paris Mysteries(c) 2011 Peggy Kopman-OwensCover Art (c) Roger KopmanMYSTERY. SUSPENSE. INTERNATIONAL INTRIGUE.Who knew? Spies read!Danger awaits best friends Jamie Litton and Ben Foulof on the island of Malta, where one will ...






  • Cover Art (c) Roger Kopman. An airplane departs Los Angeles with 406 souls onboard, but arrives in Sydney, Australia with 384 passengers, 18 cabin crew, 4 pilots and... one dead man! Where did passenger No. 407 come from? With the Prime Minister of o...



  • Cover Art (c) Roger Kopman. In desperation, she wrote, Meet me in Paris. He would have said, Yes. But, he never received her letter.Who did? Bon Voyage! Les grandes vacances, the six-week summer exodus, is about to begin, taking Paris sleuth Louie Be...



  • Cover Art (c) Roger Kopman. People often ask me, How did Louie Bertrand become a famous Paris sleuth? For our first interview, Louie Bertrand agreed to meet me at a café at one o'clock in the afternoon for le petit dejeuner. This should have bee...




Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Peggy Kopman-Owens has published 33 books.

Peggy Kopman-Owens does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, A la carte, was published in October 2023.

The first book by Peggy Kopman-Owens, A Summer Abroad, was published in January 2014.

Yes. Peggy Kopman-Owens has 4 series.