For the Love of Mike (Molly Murphy Mysteries, #3)

Molly Murphy is starting to think the cards are stacked against her. She's determined to be a private detective, but hampering her investigations is the fact that she's finding many places in turn-of-the-century New York City where women are not welcome, something that's as frustrating to her fiery Irish pride as it is to her rapidly emptying pocketbook.Then two business opportunities pop up simultaneously. An aristocratic family in Dublin fears their daughter has fled to the New World with her unsavory boyfriend, and they hire Molly to track the two down and send the young woman back home. Before she has time to consider her good luck, she's asked to go undercover as a piece worker in the garment business and investigate a potential case of industrial espionage. Now if she can only solve both cases without the help of Daniel Sullivan, the police captain who claims he loves her but who is engaged to someone else...Full of the rich detail of New York's teeming immigrant community and the colorful historical personalities of the age, For the Love of Mike is the triumphant third installment in Rhys Bowen's Agatha Award-winning series.

rhys Bowen, Author Of The Agatha Award Winning Mystery murphy's Law, Returns To Old New York With A New Mystery Featuring Feisty Molly Murphy...

for The Love Of Mike

a Woman Ahead Of Her Time, Molly Murphy Is Determined To Be A Private Detective. Having Inherited The Cases Of Her Deceased Mentor, Paddy Reilly, She's Following Philandering Husbands, Tracking Down A Runaway Dublin Debutante, And Working In A Sweatshop To Discover Who's Purloining Dress Designs. None Of Her Jobs Seem Dangerous...at First. When A Woman's Body Is Fished Out Of The East River, Molly Fears It's The Missing Society Girl. Then Molly's Sometime Beau, Police Captain Daniel Sullivan, Reveals That Another Corpse May Be The Girl's Scalawag Lover, Mike Kelly. But Molly Has To Know Their Identities For Certain. Now As Threads Of Passion And Greed Weave A Tapestry Of Violence, Molly Descends Into The Underworld Of The Gangs Of New York. It's No Place For A Lady, And Even A Scrappy Irish Lass May Need More Than Her Street Smarts To Get The Truth...and Get Out Alive.

engaging. -publishers Weekly

publishers Weekly

in Bowen's Engaging Third Molly Murphy Historical (after 2002's Death Of Riley), Molly Finds It's Not Easy To Be A Female Detective With A Brogue As Thick As Ham In 1901 New York. Late One Night, Two Brutish Cops Haul Her Off To The Slammer Because They Think She's A Prostitute; They Don't Believe Her Claim That She Was Staking Out The House Across The Street. She Makes Things Worse On Herself By Refusing To Mention Her Friendship With Police Captain Daniel Sullivan, Who Could Have Her Released In A Jiffy. Instead, She Spends A Different Sort Of Night In A Cell Full Of Whores. Having Taken Over The Detective Agency Of Her Recently Deceased Mentor, Paddy Riley, Molly Pursues A Couple Of Cases That Form The Guts Of The Story. In One Instance, She Goes Undercover In A Sweatshop To Ferret Out Possible Industrial Espionage; In The Other, She Looks For An English Gentleman's Runaway Daughter, Who Is, In Turn, Searching For Her Husband. All The Threads Come Neatly Together In A Fire At A Dress-making Shop. The Question Left Dangling Is A Romantic One: Will Molly Settle For A Good Friendship With Labor Leader Jacob Singer, Or Will She Fall Back Into The Arms Of Her Police Captain? Only Bowen's Next Molly Murphy Mystery Will Tell. (dec. 8) Fyi: The First In The Series, Murphy's Law (2001), Won An Agatha For Best Novel. Bowen Is Also The Author Of The Constable Evans Series. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

Eine geerbte Detektei, eine namenlose Leiche und ein betrgerischer Liebhaber Molly Murphys dritter Fall Der neue historische Cosy Krimi fr mrderisch gute Stunden Nachdem Molly Murphy die Flle ihres verstorbenen Mentors Paddy Reilly geerbt hat, sieht ihr Alltag pltzlich ganz anders aus. Als Privatdetektivin folgt sie betrgerischen Ehemnnern, sprt entlaufene Debtantinnen auf und arbeitet sogar verdeckt in einem Geschft, um herauszufinden, wer die Kleider entwendet. Keiner dieser Jobs scheint gefhrlich zu sein Als jedoch der Krper einer Frau aus dem East River gefischt wird, frchtet Molly, dass das die vermisste Debtantin ist, von der alle sprechen. Eine weitere Leiche macht Mollys Chaos perfekt und pltzlich befindet sich die Privatdetektivin in einem Geflecht aus Leidenschaft und Gier, das sie sogar in die Unterwelt der New Yorker Banden fhrt. Schnell begreift Molly, dass sie dieses Mal mehr als ihren Charme braucht, um den Fall zu lsen und lebend aus der Sache herauszukommen. Erste Leserstimmen Ich habe Molly Murphy gerne durch das historische New York begleitet, das die Autorin sehr atmosphrisch beschreibt. es gibt einige total spannende Szenen und berraschende Wendungen die sympathische und mutige Heldin macht den Charme der Reihe aus Die Geschichte punktet mit spannenden Figuren, mit der Atmosphre in den USA der damaligen Zeit und vor allem mit dem leichten, lockeren Schreibstil. ich habe beim Lesen auch eigene Theorien aufgestellt, sah diese kurz besttigt, um dann wieder vollkommen berrascht zu werden Weitere Titel dieser Reihe Mord auf Ellis Island (ISBN: 9783960878018) Mord in feiner Gesellschaft (ISBN: 9783960878025) ber die Autorin Rhys Bowen wurde in Bath, England, geboren, studierte an der London University, heiratete in eine Familie mit historischen kniglichen Verbindungen und verbringt nun ihre Zeit im Norden von Californien und Arizona. Zunchst schrieb sie Kinderbcher, doch auf einer Reise in ihre malerische walisische Heimat fand sie die Inspiration fr ihre Constable-Evans-Krimis. Diese Kriminalgeschichten sind mittlerweile Kult und wurden mehrfach mit Preisen ausgezeichnet. A woman ahead of her time, Molly Murphy is determined to be a private detective. Having inherited the cases of her deceased mentor Paddy Riley, she's following philandering husbands, tracking down a runaway Dublin debutante, and working in a sweatshop to discover who is purloining dress designs. None of her jobs seem dangerous . . . at first. When a woman's body is fished out of the East River, Molly fears it is her missing society girl. Then Molly's sometime beau, police captain Daniel Sullivan, reveals that another corpse may be the girl's scalawag lover, Mike Kelly. But Molly has to know their identities for certain. Now as threads of passion and greed weave a tapestry of violence, Molly descends into the underworld of the gangs of New York. It's no place for a lady, and even a scrappy Irish lass may need more than her street smarts to get the truth and get out alive 1901, New York City. Molly Murphy is determined to be a private detective, she's finding many places where women are not welcome, something that's as frustrating to her fiery Irish pride as it is to her rapidly emptying pocketbook. Two opportunities pop up: An aristocratic family in Dublin fears their daughter has fled to the New World with her unsavory boyfriend, and they hire Molly to track them down and send the young woman back home. And she's asked to go undercover as a piece worker in the garment business and investigate a potential case of industrial espionage. -- adapted from back cover Meeting resistance in her efforts to become a private detective in 1901 New York City, Molly Murphy works to track down the wayward daughter of an aristocratic family and goes undercover in the garment business to expose industrial espionage.