Rob Osler
Author of
The Case of the Missing Maid (Kensington Books, 2025)
Cirque du Slay (Crooked Lane Books, 2024)
Devil’s Chew Toy (Crooked Lane Books, 2023)
Rob Osler is the USA Today Bestselling Author of THE CASE OF THE MISSING MAID (Publishers Weekly starred review, Historical Novel Society Editor’s Choice, The New York Times standout historical novel, and The Washington Post best winter mystery). Rob’s award wins include Best Humorous Novel for CIRQUE DU SLAY, 2025 Left Coast Crime, and the 2022 MWA Robert L. Fish Award. He’s also been a finalist for the Edgar, Anthony, Macavity, and Agatha Awards.
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Books by ROB
The Case of the Missing Maid (Kensington Books, 2025)
It’s 1898 in Chicago. Harriet Morrow is hired on a trial basis as the first female operative at the Prescott Detective Agency. Wearing men’s shoes and a bowler hat and conducting her investigation by bicycle, Harriet is in many ways an unconventional young woman–not the least of which is being attracted to women. Determined to prove herself and carve a path for women who might follow, Harriet sets out to solve her first case: a maid has disappeared from a south-side mansion.
Cirque du Slay (Crooked Lane Books, 2024)
When Mysterium, an upscale circus arts show, comes to Seattle to begin a sold-out run, the new artistic director is found dead in her hotel suite. Searching for the killer, Hayden and Hollister find themselves surrounded by suspects who have turned trickery into high-flying art. The Russian aerialist? The cowgirl comedian? The Romanian acrobats? The feisty costume manager? The over-cologned ops director? Someone is as evil as they are talented. The big top delivers big-time danger in this hilarious whodunit.
Devil’s Chew Toy (Crooked Lane Books, 2023)
Gay, twenty-something school teacher and part-time blogger Hayden McCall is in trouble. The night’s date is missing, and the police think he has something to do with it. With help from new friends—Hollister, a what-you-see-is-what-you-got-a-problem? Black lesbian, and Burley, a stoner-baker giant—Hayden searches for the truth and the missing guy. But just staying alive is a tricky business when the enemy plays to kill.