Oh Danny Boy: A Molly Murphy Mystery (Molly Murphy Mysteries) - Softcover

Bowen, Rhys

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312997019 ISBN 13: 9780312997014

Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2007

Synopsis

From the author of In Farleigh Field...

Irish immigrant Molly Murphy is contemplating giving up PI work for something a little less...exciting. Molly has had quite enough excitement recently, thank you very much. Especially from the handsome but deceptive NYPD captain Daniel Sullivan. She wants him out of her life for good. But when Daniel is accused of accepting bribes and lands himself in the Tombs, the notorious city jail, he begs Molly to help prove he was framed. After everything they've been through together, how can she turn him down? As Molly finds herself drawn further into Daniel's case, Molly begins to fear that his trouble is related to one of his investigations: catching a serial killer who is targeting prostitutes, known to the locals as the East Side Ripper....

Oh Danny Boy marks Edgar Award finalist Rhys Bowen's triumphant fifth installment in the award winning Molly Murphy mystery series.

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From the Inside Flap:

“I have no alternative, Miss. I’m only obeying orders, mark you, but I’m placing you under arrest.” With that he clapped a handcuff onto one wrist before I knew what was happening to me.
     I stared down at the wrist in horror and indignation. “Jesus, Mary, and Joseph! How dare you! Release me this minute or I’ll make the biggest fuss you can imagine.”
     “I’m really sorry, Miss Murphy, but I’ve been told to bring you to Captain Sullivan and bring you I will, even if I have to carry you over my shoulder like a sack of potatoes.”
     “You’re taking me to jail? On what charge? Is this Daniel Sullivan’s idea of a joke?”
     The constable shook his head. “It’s no joke, Miss. It’s deadly serious, I’m afraid, or the captain wouldn’t have had you brought in this way. But he had no alternative. He’s in serious trouble, Miss Murphy. He’s under arrest and being held in the Tombs pending his trial.”
 
In turn-of-the-century New York City, Irish immigrant Molly Murphy is contemplating giving up PI work for something a little less complicated, less exciting. Molly has had quite enough excitement recently, thank you very much. Especially from the handsome but deceptive NYPD captain Daniel Sullivan, whom she’d like to avoid completely. But when Daniel is accused of accepting bribes and lands himself in the Tombs, the notorious city jail, he begs Molly to help prove he was framed, and after everything they’ve been through, she cannot turn him down.
As she finds herself drawn further and further into the case, she begins to fear that Daniel’s trouble is related to one of his investigations---catching the Eastside Ripper, a serial killer who is targeting prostitutes.
Oh Danny Boy marks Edgar Award finalist Rhys Bowen’s triumphant fifth installment in the award winning Molly Murphy mystery series.

From the Back Cover:

Rhys Bowen, author of the Agatha Award winning mystery MURPHY'S LAW, returns to old New York with a triumphant new mystery featuring Molly Murphy

OH DANNY BOY

Irish immigrant Molly Murphy is contemplating giving up PI work for something a little less... exciting. Molly has had quite enough excitement recently, thank you very much. Especially from the handsome but deceptive NYPD captain Daniel Sullivan. She wants him out of her life for good. But when Daniel is accused of accepting bribes and lands himself in the Tombs, the notorious city jail, he begs Molly to help prove he was framed. After everything they've been through together, how can she turn him down? As Molly finds herself drawn further into Daniel's case, Molly begins to fear that his trouble is related to one of his investigations: catching a serial killer who is targeting prostitutes, known to the locals as the East Side Ripper....

"Bowen deserves kudos for her recreation of early 20th-century New York"―Publishers Weekly

"Enjoyable charm and wit."―Baltimore Sun

"Another outstanding mystery."―Library Journal

About this edition

• Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0312997019
• ISBN 13: 9780312997014
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 352