Read Series: Molly Murphy Mysteries
by Author Rhys Bowen
The Family Way (2013)
While Molly's spunk has not lessened her resolve to be independent has. Clearly she is pregnant in this book so maybe that is why she is more cautious and allows herself to be treated like a china doll, but it does not suit. The case was fine in terms of being able to figure it out as written, ...
Hush Now, Don't You Cry (2012)
I love anything by Rhys Bowen. This one rates top of the tops. (Actually, I read #12 before this, thinking it came after #10.) In this volume, Molly is a newly-wed on a delayed honeymoon. There's a nicely convoluted, historically accurate plot, a cast of characters that include many suspects, and...
Bless the Bride (2011)
I hadn't read any Molly Murphy books for years, so perhaps my tastes have changed, because I found Daniel to be annoyingly self righteous. I kept wondering why Molly would want to marry him if he wanted her to quit investigating and she worried so much about angering him. I admit I read the first...
Bless the Bride. Rhys Bowen (2011)
Sometimes I underestimate the tightrope that authors of historical fiction have to tread. So many expressions that are off limits. I was made aware of this when Molly Murphy made use of the word 'shock', meaning 'culture shock'. Yet that expression wasn't part of the vernacular in 1903. The autho...
In a Gilded Cage (2009)
Yet another solid entry to the Molly Murphy series. It is visibly not as good as the previous one. I'm beginning to wonder if any book in this series will get the elusive 5 stars that I reserve for outstanding books. The trouble with this book's story is that there are no real twists but rather w...