Madoc and Janet Rhys Mysteries Series

The Madoc & Janet Rhys mystery series is a cozy mystery series by Canadian-American novelist Charlotte MacLeod, known for her ability to craft engaging stories with humor and heart. The series features Madoc Rhys, a Royal Canadian Mounted Police inspector, and his wife Janet Rhys, as they solve mysteries in the picturesque wilds of New Brunswick.

Books in this Series (5)

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A Pint of Murder

Book #1 in series

Charlotte MacLeod

New Brunswick

Cozy, Mystery, Small Town

In a quiet small town in New Brunswick, old Agatha Treadway makes one last cranky complaint to her niece before dying on her kitchen floor. The cause seems to be a jar of contaminated string beans, which sat on Agatha's basement shelf for years before becoming her final meal. The town doctor calls it a tragic accident—and a warning to all who can their…

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A Dismal Thing to Do

Book #2 in series

Charlotte MacLeod

New Brunswick

Cozy, Mystery, Small Town

In Charlotte MacLeod’s A Dismal Thing to Do, Janet Rhys is thrust into a fight for survival after witnessing a truck crash in the Canadian wilderness. Targeted by the driver’s dangerous accomplices who torch her shelter, Janet is forced to flee into the frozen landscape. Presumed dead by her pursuers, she must evade capture while meticulously unraveling…

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Murder Goes Mumming

Book #3 in series

Charlotte MacLeod

New Brunswick

Cozy, Mystery, Small Town

Though he may not look the part, Madoc Rhys is a Mountie—and his keen sense of detection tells him it's time to ask Janet Wadman to marry him. They have just gotten engaged when Christmas rolls around, and Janet's boss invites them to his family estate for a last holiday fling before Janet leaves her job. After a long helicopter ride, they are at Graylings,…

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Trouble in the Brasses

Book #4 in series

Charlotte MacLeod

British Columbia, New Brunswick

Cozy, Mystery, Small Town

Although he is a decorated officer of the Mounted Police, Madoc Rhys's tin ear has long been an embarrassment to his musically fixated family. But when his father's orchestra needs a policeman, the Mountie gets a chance to make daddy proud. It began as pranks among the brass instruments, but something is rotten inside the Wagstaffe Symphony, and is…

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The Wrong Rite

Book #5 in series

Charlotte MacLeod

New Brunswick

Cozy, Mystery, Small Town

For mounted policeman Madoc Rhys and his wife, Janet, the pains of traveling with an infant are worth taking young Dorothy to Wales for Great-Uncle Sir Caradoc's ninetieth birthday. Along with every other member of the Rhys clan, they make the pilgrimage to the ancestral pile, to enjoy a few days of drinks, dinner, and—as it turns out—demonic sacrifices.…