IRENE HAGAN writes twisty, stylish cozy mysteries set in beautiful places built for secrets.

She is the author of No One Sleeps on the Orient Express, the first book in the Murder, She Booked series, featuring midlife librarian-turned-sleuth Iris Quinn. Armed with a lifelong habit of cataloging details and noticing what others overlook, Iris finds herself solving murders in the world’s most elegant and unexpected settings.

Irene has lived nearly as many lives as her cat—nine, give or take—including stints as a prison psychologist, a screenwriter, a librarian, and, during a particularly ambitious midlife crisis, a student at Harvard. Eventually, she landed where she belongs: crafting cozy mysteries.

Her background in psychology shapes layered characters with hidden depths; her time as a librarian feeds her love of meticulously structured puzzles. And her screenwriting days taught her how to orchestrate reveals—skills that translate surprisingly well to murder.

A film trip to France sparked her love of travel, and now many of her mysteries begin where her passport has been.

She lives in Boston with her husband, George, and their Ragdoll cat, Fable, who serves as both muse and occasional accomplice.

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