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Winnie
Frolik

Author of Historical Mysteries

Creator of The Mary Grey Mysteries

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Winnie Frolik, author of historical mysteries

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The Author Behind the Mysteries

Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Winnie Frolik has always found a home among books. Her lifelong love of reading eventually led her back to writing, where she has created stories filled with mystery, history, complex relationships, and unforgettable outsiders.

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A Five-Book Historical Mystery Series

The Mary Grey Mysteries

Follow district nurse Mary Grey through a series of atmospheric historical mysteries spanning England and Europe in the years surrounding the Second World War.

The Illhenny Murders

2021 Buy Now

Death at Bayard Lodge

2022 Buy Now

A Swing of the Axe

2023 Buy Now

Peril in Provence

2024 Buy Now

Gold, Frankincense, and Morphine

2025 Buy Now

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Gold, Frankincense, and Morphine - the latest Mary Grey Mystery by Winnie Frolik

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for 2025

The Latest Novel

The Mary Grey Mysteries, Book 5

Gold, Frankincense, and Morphine

2025

In December 1938, Mary is working at St. Stephen's Hospital in Rosby when a patient dies following what should have been a routine operation. Mary begins to suspect that something darker is happening. As the bodies begin to mount, Franz investigates while Harriet takes in a child refugee arriving through the Kindertransport.

Series Mary Grey Mysteries

Book Number Five of Five

Published 2025

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