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!
Molly Murphy, now Molly Sullivan, and her husband Daniel, a
captain in the New York Police department, have been invited
to spend their honeymoon on the Newport, RI, estate of
Alderman Brian Hannan in the spring of 1904. Molly doesn’t
entirely trust the offer. Hannan—an ambitious man—has
his eye on a senate seat and intentions of taking Tammany
Hall to get it.
When Hannan is found dead at the base of the cliffs that
overlook the Atlantic, Molly’s suspicions are quickly
justified, and as much as she wants to keep her promise to
Daniel that she won’t do any more sleuthing now, there
isn’t much she can do once the chase is on. Rhys Bowen’s
brilliant wit and charm are on full display in Hush Now,
Don’t You Cry, another outstanding addition to her Agatha
and Anthony award-winning historical series.
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