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Rob Osler

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Rob Osler is the USA Today Bestselling author of THE CASE OF THE MISSING MAID, book one in the new historical Harriet Morrow Investigates series. Praise for the novel: a Publisher's Weekly STARRED REVIEW, a New York Times "Standout Historical Release," The Washington Post's "Best Novels to Cozy Up With," a Historical Novel Society Editor's Choice, and an Amazon Editor's Pick.

CIRQUE DU SLAY, the follow-up to acclaimed DEVIL'S CHEW TOY is the 2025 Winner of the Anthony and Left Coast Crime Awards for Best Humorous Novel.

Rob's short story, MISS DIRECTION (Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Sept/Oct 2023), was a finalist for the 2024 Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award, and his short story, ANALOGUE (also EQMM), won the Mystery Writers of Ameri ...more

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	The Case of the Missing Maid 3.76 avg rating — 1,862 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Devil's Chew Toy (Hayden & Friends #1) 3.68 avg rating — 1,283 ratings — published 2022 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cirque du Slay (Hayden and Friends Mystery, #2) 3.48 avg rating — 336 ratings — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brutal & Strange by Jim Fusilli (Editor), Meg Gardiner (Goodreads Author), George P. Pelecanos 4.27 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2023 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Case of the Murdered Muckraker 3.92 avg rating — 12 ratings — expected publication 2026 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine January/February 2021 Vol. 157 Nos. I & 2 Whole Nos. 952 & 953 by Janet Hutchings (Editor ), Mike Adamson (Contributor ), Marcel Aymé (Contributor) 4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, September/October 2023 by Janet Hutchings (Editor), Joyce Carol Oates (Contributor), Curtis Ippolito (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2023	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Case of the Murdered Muckraker: Harriet Morrow Investigates, Book 2 by Rob Osler (Goodreads Author), Nicol Zanzarella (Narrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Dora Myrl: The Lady Detective

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“looking on might mistake her knees jittering beneath her handbag as shivers, when in truth she was anxious. In a quarter hour, she would meet her coworkers for the first time and didn’t doubt that most, if not all, of them would think her entirely unsuitable for”
― Rob Osler, The Case of the Missing Maid

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“Harriet didn't fit well into the world that whisked past. She didn't want a life common to most women or to live as a man. She desired something in between: to do the same as men could--free of question or scrutiny--but unabashedly as a woman. And when returning home each night, she wanted to share her excitement and successes and her disappointments and challenges with a woman like Barbara Wozniak.”
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