title: Evan and Elle (Constable Evan Evans Mysteries)
author:  Rhys Bowen 
description: When Madame Yvette, a seductive widow, opens a French restaurant in Llanfair, in northern Wales, her blend of haute cuisine and traditional Welsh fare soon wins over the locals, including Constable Evan Evans, the village's lone policeman and the hero of three previous outings in this appealing series (Evanly Choir, etc.). Ever true to his girlfriend, schoolteacher Bronwen Price, Evans resists Madame Yvette's attempt to make him more than just a culinary conquest, but he's ready to be of service when she really needs him--after her restaurant burns down, the latest target in a string of recent arson attacks in the area. Or is it? While at first the fire seems the work of Welsh extremists, the discovery of a corpse in the restaurant's ruins puts this crime into a different category altogether. In the ensuing investigation, Evans retains his modesty and good humor as he deals with a condescending English arson expert, a flirtatious female constable and a host of lively locals. The trail leads to the South Coast of England, where Madame Yvette and her late husband previously lost a restaurant to fire, and to France, where Evans and his colleague Sergeant Watkins uncover a startling secret about her past. Bowen keeps the reader guessing as to the actual menace that awaits Constable Evans in the hills above Llanfair on his return. This is a light confection of a mystery, sweetened with the author's obvious affection for her characters, as well as for all things Welsh. (Feb.) <BR>Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
zlib_text: #  BERKLEY PRIME CRIME TITLES BY RHYS BOWEN
  
  
  _Royal Spyness Mysteries_
  
  
  HER ROYAL SPYNESS
  
  
  A ROYAL PAIN
  
  
  ROYAL FLUSH
  
  
  ROYAL BLOOD
  
  
  NAUGHTY IN NICE
  
  
  THE TWELVE CLUES OF CHRISTMAS
  
  
  HEIRS AND GRACES
  
  
  QUEEN OF HEARTS
  
  
  MALICE AT THE PALACE
  
  
  CROWNED AND DANGEROUS
  
  
  _Constable Evans Mysteries_
  
  
  EVANS ABOVE
  
  
  EVAN HELP US
  
  
  EVANLY CHOIRS
  
  
  EVAN AND ELLE
  
  
  EVAN CAN WAIT
  
  
  EVANS TO BETSY
  
  
  EVAN ONLY KNOWS
  
  
  EVAN’S GATE
  
  
  EVAN BLESSED
  
  
  _Anthologies_
  
  
  A ROYAL THREESOME
  
  
  _Specials_
  
  
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