From Publishers Weekly Set in 1903, Bowen"s sixth brisk Molly Murphy historical (after 2006"s
Oh Danny Boy) takes the Irish immigrant to New York City back to the Emerald Isle for an assignment to find a theater impresario"s long-lost sister, left behind when his family fled the potato famine 50 years earlier. Even though Molly had left Ireland under a cloud of suspicion herself, she bids a temporary farewell to her beau, New York police captain Daniel Sullivan. The voyage begins auspiciously when a famous actress offers Molly her first class stateroom, but Molly"s discovery of a corpse in her sumptuous bed is only the beginning of a complicated, dangerous journey. In Dublin, she becomes embroiled in the Irish struggle for freedom and finds herself a target for murder. With a riveting plot capped off by a dramatic conclusion, Bowen captures the passion and struggles of the Irish people at the turn of the 20th century.
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From the Back Cover Praise for Rhys Bowen
“A lot of fun and some terrific historical writing. Fans of the British cozy will love it, and so will readers of historical fiction.”
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Toronto Globe and Mailon
Oh Danny Boy “Its enjoyable charm and wit will appeal to a cross-section of mystery fans.”
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Baltimore Sunon
Oh Danny Boy “It’s hard not to be charmed by this young immigrant woman who fled murder charges in Ireland to become a detective in turn-of-the-century New York.”
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazetteon
In Like Flynn “Molly grows ever more engaging against a vibrant background of New York’s dark side at the turn of the century.”
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Kirkus Reviews(starred review) on
For the Love of Mike “It’s always a delight to discover a new book from the pen of Rhys Bowen.”
--- Tampa Tribune & Timeson Murphy’s Law
From Booklist Molly Murphy, Bowen"s plucky early-twentieth-century private investigator, sails back home to Ireland to find a woman who is in line for a large inheritance. But the investigatory work starts earlier than she expects when, onboard ship, a young woman is murdered and another woman, an actress, disappears. The plot thickens upon docking in Ireland, when Molly discovers her own brother trying to collect the missing actress" luggage, which contains a substantial supply of firearms. Further thickening ensues as Molly learns that someone else is trying to find the missing woman and will do whatever it takes to make sure Molly is out of the picture. A plot that feels more convoluted than it needs to be detracts slightly from the series" main strength: hanging out with the irrepressibly charming Molly. But this remains one of the most accessible and comfortably entertaining of all historical mystery series.
David Pitt Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved Praise for Rhys Bowen
“A lot of fun and some terrific historical writing. Fans of the British cozy will love it, and so will readers of historical fiction.”
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Toronto Globe and Mailon
Oh Danny Boy “Bowen parcels out bits of her plot with an impeccable sense of timing and...has written another outstanding mystery.”
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Library Journalon
Oh Danny Boy “Its enjoyable charm and wit will appeal to a cross-section of mystery fans.”
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Baltimore Sunon
Oh Danny Boy “It’s hard not to be charmed by this young immigrant woman who fled murder charges in Ireland to become a detective in turn-of-the-century New York.”
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazetteon
In Like Flynn “Molly grows ever more engaging against a vibrant background of New York’s dark side at the turn of the century.”
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Kirkus Reviews(starred review) on
For the Love of Mike “It’s always a delight to discover a new book from the pen of Rhys Bowen.”
--- Tampa Tribune & Timeson Murphy’s Law
Book Description内容简介
When New York theatre impresario Tommy Burke asks Molly to help him take care of some family business back in Ireland, Molly is happy to oblige. Tempted by the prospect of going home for the first time in years (and putting her fledging detective agency on firm financial ground), Molly throws caution to the wind and climbs aboard the White Start Liner "Majestic" with hopes of sneaking on and off the isle without raising a peep. Until one passenger, who happens to be a famous Broadway actress goes missing--and another turns up dead. So much for smooth sailing....
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