Molly Murphy
Minotaur Books
March 2009
On Sale: March 17, 2009
Featuring: Molly Murphy
288 pages ISBN: 031238534X EAN: 9780312385347 Hardcover Add to Wish List
Irish immigrant Molly Murphy and her New York City
P.I. business are in the midst of a sweeping influenza
epidemic and a fight for womenβs suffrage that lands her in
jail. Her betrothed, Police Captain Daniel Sullivan,Β finds
her, but he hardly has time toΒ bail her out, whatΒ with
Chinese gangsΒ battling for control of a thriving opium
trade. The only consolation Molly can take from her vexing
afternoon in the clink is that it made her some new friends
among the Vassar suffragists---and brought her a pair of new
cases.
For the first, Emily Boswell is convinced her
miserly uncle stole her inheritance and wants Molly to
uncover the truth behind her parentsβ lives and deaths.
Second, EmilyβsΒ college roommate Fanny Poindexter wants
Molly to find proof of her husbandβs philandering so that
she can leave him without one red cent. But when Fanny dies
and her husband claims sheβs a victim of the epidemic,Β itβs
more than MollyβsΒ conscience can take.
Rhys Bowenβs
Agatha and Anthony Award--winning historical series
continues to breathe life into the past with its wit and
charm and its complete sense of early-twentieth-century New
York, which makes In a Gilded CageΒ her most
accomplished mystery yet.