Evans Above
- Published
- 1 January 1997
- Pages
- 224
- ISBN-13
- 9780425166420
- Type
- novel
About this book
Evans Above (1997) opens the series with young constable Evan Evans leaving Swansea for the quiet village of Llanfair at the foot of Mount Snowdon -- quiet that doesn't last once rival chapel ministers, a flirtatious barmaid, and three other men named Evans all turn out to share the village with him.
Key facts about Evans Above
Rhys Bowen wrote Evans Above, a novel on our list. It has been out since 1997. The book has 224 pages.
We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780425166420 to find the main one.
Evans Above is book 1 of 10 in the Constable Evans series. The series has 10 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with.
Additionally, Rhys Bowen writes Molly Murphy and Her Royal Spyness as separate series. Those series sit on our cozy mystery shelf. Meanwhile, The Castle in the Glen is the latest published Rhys Bowen book on file, from 4 August 2026.
About Rhys Bowen
Rhys Bowen is the pen name of Janet Quin-Harkin, a Welsh-born, now California-based novelist who writes traditional mysteries across three series. See every Rhys Bowen book in order.
Its place in Constable Evans
Evans Above is book 1 in the Constable Evans series. It is followed by Evan Help Us. See the full Constable Evans reading order.
Evan Evans is a young police constable who leaves the bustle of Swansea for the quiet of Llanfair, a village at the foot of Mount Snowdon in North Wales, after his policeman father is killed in the line of duty. Quiet does not last: Llanfair turns out to be stuffed with rival chapel ministers competing for souls, a flirtatious barmaid, and no fewer than three other men named Evans — Evans-the-Meat, Evans-the-Milk, and Evans-the-Post — all before the first body turns up among the hikers on the mountain above the…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780425166420