What a stormy start to a marriage! All the happy newlyweds

had wanted was a nice peaceful honeymoon after their

original planned honeymoon had been delayed and NYPD

Captain Daniel Sullivan thought he had a great solution

all worked out. When the powerful and wealthy New York

City Alderman Brian Hannan offered them a chance to stay

off-season at his estate in Newport, Rhode Island, Daniel

had eagerly accepted.

As they arrive in the dark of night and after battling

their way on foot in the fury of a storm, Molly Sullivan,

(formerly Murphy) is not overly impressed with the

hospitality. Yet, her curiosity is aroused. In a flash of

lightening, Molly is sure she saw the face of a child in an

upper window, but no one answers the door.

The early morning sun didn't diminish all the stormy looks

they encounter and to top it off, their host and the man

they expect to explain away all the problems is found dead

on the bottom of the ocean side cliff in the very same

place his lovely granddaughter Colleen had been found years

ago. Was this an accident or a wilful murder? Why are they

now being included as suspects?

HUSH NOW, DON'T YOU CRY is the eleventh book in Rhys

Bowen's Molly Murphy Mysteries. Even if you haven't read

the series before, (but I know you will likely search them

out now that you have discovered them), HUSH NOW, DON'T YOU

CRY also

reads well as a stand-alone whodoneit. Molly is an easy

character to love. She is a feisty and headstrong heroine

and has even run her own detective agency in New York City

after her harrowing start as a penniless Irish immigrant

fresh off the boat. Now in 1903, Molly is caught between

her desire to please her husband who she loves dearly and

her own need for justice as she chafes at the restrictions

placed on her in her expected role as a wife and a female.

With her accurate eye for historical detail, Rhys instantly

pulls you into the time and place of this interesting

period at the start of the 20th century and her secondary

characters realistically reflect the attitudes and

behaviours of the times. HUSH NOW, DON'T YOU CRY is an

intriguing multi-

layered mystery with lots of possible suspects, so fans of

historical novels and mystery lovers are sure to enjoy this

very unusual honeymoon adventure and be happy in the

knowledge that more Molly Murphy mysteries are on their

way!