About Eilir L. Rhys

I am a bisexual Welsh author from Llanfairpwll, Ynys Môn, with a background in web design and development and graphic design. My Welsh and Jewish heritage are both important parts of who I am, and I now live on the North Wales coast with my husband and our cat.

I write atmospheric mystery fiction rooted in North Wales, combining locked-room puzzles, gothic elements and queer relationships. Having lived with OCD for twenty years, I also draw on my own experiences when writing about mental health, particularly through my character, David.

My Tŷ Newydd Mysteries series begins with The Disappearing Trick, a locked-room mystery set around Penmaenmawr and the wider North Wales area. The second novel, The Plas Tân Phantom, continues the series with a new mystery on Ynys Môn.

When I’m not writing, I’m usually walking in the mountains or exploring old quarries and haunted places.

Tŷ Newydd Mysteries: The Disappearing Trick

David Stevenson and Siôn Watkins find themselves at the centre of an impossible mystery when a man vanishes from a locked room during a ghost tour at the eerie Tŷ Newydd mansion in Penmaenmawr, North Wales...

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