Order of Elizabeth J. Duncan Books
Elizabeth J. Duncan is a Canadian author primarily known for her work in the cozy genre, specifically her Penny Brannigan Mystery series. The lead character in that series is a spa owner, manicurist and amateur sleuth who finds herself in the center of some big cases.
Duncan attended Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario where she received a degree in English. She worked in journalism for many years as both an editor and writer, working for Canadian publications such as the Hamilton Spectator and the Ottawa Citizen. After working in this area for a number of years, she later decided to try her hand at fiction writing and published her first book in 2009.
Publication Order of Penny Brannigan Books
| The Cold Light of Mourning | (2009) |    |
| A Brush with Death | (2010) | |
| A Killer's Christmas in Wales | (2011) | |
| A Small Hill to Die On | (2012) | |
| Never Laugh As a Hearse Goes By | (2013) | |
| Slated for Death | (2015) | |
| Murder on the Hour | (2016) | |
| Murder Is for Keeps | (2017) | |
| The Marmalade Murders | (2018) | |
| Remembering the Dead | (2019) | |
| On Deadly Tides | (2020) | |
Publication Order of Shakespeare in the Catskills Mystery Books
| Untimely Death | (2015) | |
| Ill Met by Murder | (2016) | |
| Much Ado About Murder | (2017) | |
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Her first book that introduces us to Penny Brannigan is called The Cold Light of Mourning. Set in the North Wales market town of Llanelen, we meet Penny as a manicurist who was the last person to see a soon-to-bride/bridezilla alive before her murder. She decides to investigate the case herself and finds that this bride wasn’t so popular among the wedding guests. Her hunt for the killer could end up in a shocking place.
She followed this book up with A Brush With Death as Penny ends up working her way through a cold case. Years ago her benefactor was sent a series of a love letters by an artist named A. Jones. She looks more into him and finds that he died under mysterious circumstances in 1970. Then, when attending an art show she sees a painting that she swears was A. Jones, but it is accredited to another painter. Putting the pieces together, she realizes that there may be more to his death than meets the eye and begins her another investigation.