Madoc Rhys Reading Order
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| A Pint of Murder | 1980 | Buy |
| Murder Goes Mumming | 1981 | Buy |
| A Dismal Thing to Do | 1986 | Buy |
| Trouble in the Brasses | 1989 | Buy |
| The Wrong Rite | 1992 | Buy |
Charlotte MacLeod published the Madoc and Janet Rhys mysteries under the Alisa Craig pen name, setting them in the rural Canadian province of New Brunswick. Madoc Rhys is an inspector with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and his wife Janet is equally involved in the investigations — a partnership that gives the series its domestic warmth alongside its crime plots.
The five books span from 1980 to 1992, written at a relaxed pace that reflects the period’s cozy mystery tradition. MacLeod was prolific across multiple pen names and settings, but the Rhys books stand apart for their Canadian flavor and the central married-couple dynamic, which was less common in the genre at the time.