Molly Murphy Mysteries: Death of Riley: A Molly Murphy Mystery (Paperback)

from Auntie-Nanuuq

Molly Murphy is back....she's in her own place, but sharing it with the O'Connors (as she moved from the hovel rented by Kathleen's sister).Looking for a job that suits her, she badgers Paddy Riley (a well known woman hating P.I.) into hiring her....when he is murdered she takes up his unfinished...

from kaulsu

This is #2 in a series. Great YA mystery, but little to bring me back for a third read (I read the first in the series first). Nice historic addition of the assasination of President McKinley, though not historically accurate (since fictional characters weren't present!

from CSDaley

I enjoyed this book. Ste around the early 1900's New York it is a quick and easy read. A lot of times people who write historical mysteries get to caught up in the history of the time.Bowen does a great job of letting the history seamlessly sit in the background. Looking forward to the next one.

from Lauren2013

Death of Riley3.5 StarsIrish immigrant Molly Murphy is acclimating to life in New City at the turn of the century, but is finding it difficult to hold on to a position due to her fiercely independent nature. After witnessing a private investigator at work, Molly is determined to apprentice hersel...

from AnnieMod

Molly is now in New York and it is July 1901. Still in love with Daniel Sullivan (even though he seems to behave weirdly) and now looking for a job. Except that she does not seem to be able to find anything that suits her. Sullivan's idea that she becomes a companion is first dismissed (and anyon...