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Death of Riley
Death of Riley | Rhys Bowen
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Molly Murphy has finally begun to forget the unpleasant murder of a would-be rapist back in Ireland, not to mention her investigation into the murder of a fellow recent Irish immigrant, and is finally free to begin her life in New York City. Given her experiences so far in the New World, Molly has decided that her first order of business is to become a private investigator, a people finder of sorts, working for families in Europe who've lost touch with relatives in America. Not only might this put some food on her table, but her second order of business is to hook the handsome NYPD police captain Daniel Sullivan, and she envisions lots of opportunities to "seek his counsel" in her new profession. Paddy Riley is a tough old Cockney p.i. who specializes in divorce work, and with a little persuasion he's ready to take on Molly as an apprentice. It's not exactly what she imagined, but she plans to make the most of it. That is, until she comes in to work one day to find her new world turned upside down and all expectations for her professional life suddenly up in the air. Before long, Molly has set off on a journey that will take her through the back alleys of Manhattan and into the bars and lounges of the literary scene, where she spends time with writers, actors, poets, and musicians. It's quite an eye-opening turn for innocent young Molly, but she's resolute in her decision to find out exactly what happened that day in the office of Paddy Riley. Armed with nothing more than her fiery will and matching wild red hair, Molly has no idea of the danger her pursuit may bring in Death of Riley, this fascinating, well-researched, and suspenseful second novel in Rhys Bowen's Agatha Award-winning series.
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Pageturner1
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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2y
TheSpineView Excellent!📚📚📚 2y
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Andrew65 I enjoy the Molly Murphy series and have read the first 5. 2y
Pageturner1 @Andrew65 i think i will like the series. i enjoy Rhys Bowen books 2y
Andrew65 @Pageturner1 Yet to read any of her other series. 2y
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LibraryCin
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This was really good. It started off good – I do like the feisty Molly – but it picked up in the last 1/3 of the book, as things became dangerous for her. I wasn‘t sure initially about Sid and Gus – two women that took Molly in with a room to live in – but I sure did like them by the end! The book seems to do a good job of portraying early 20th century NYC, as well.

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Danay
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2020 #82 This is turning out to be a great “I can‘t decide what to read” series. I love having a good series to fall back on because sometimes I am incapable of making a decision on the next book.

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kspenmoll
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#AuldLangReads #JanuaryFinale #NewYearNewYou #JanusryStats

9 books read.
7 mysteries; 3 of them audio.
2 fiction
Fav read: Copper Country Women
Fav audio: A Bitter Feast

Finding it hard to believe I will wake up to February tomorrow!

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🙌🏻🎉🎊📚 5y
Eggs 👏🏻📚👏🏻📚 5y
OriginalCyn620 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 5y
Suet624 Hello! What a great reading month you had! 5y
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kspenmoll
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#BookReport
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 for The Women of Copper Country
#CopperContryRead

Maigret and the Headless Corpse #ReadingEurope2020 #France

Death of Riley #audio

Emily of New Moon #childrensclassicread2020 Slow going but only due to time constraints!

Cinfhen Yay!!! Looks like you had a good week ☺️ 5y
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Andrew65
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Starting book 2 in the Molly Murphy Series by Rhys Bowen. Looking forward to this one as enjoyed the first one. Doing this as an audiobook.

This will cover #NewYork for the #SeparatedByAPondTour

EadieB @Andrew65 I have 19 of her books. 10 Mollie Malone books. 5y
Andrew65 @EadieB She‘s not the easiest to get hold of locally but found the first few in library audiobooks. They are good books. 19 is a lot! 5y
EadieB @Andrew65 She has 3 series. The other 2 are #HerRoyalSpyness and #ConstableEvans. 5y
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Andrew65 @EadieB I‘m interested in both the other series too but not got hold of any yet. 5y
EadieB @Andrew65 Yes they do look interesting! 5y
Andrew65 @EadieB I like her writing style, and characterisation. 5y
EadieB @Andrew65 I‘ll have to check out one of her series. Still working hard on slimming down my books. Mailed out about 100 books in the last 2 weeks. (edited) 5y
Andrew65 @EadieB That‘s a lot! Plenty of positive karma for you! 5y
EadieB @Andrew65 Best part is that I have 900 credits to get books as I need them as long as I can find them from other people who are giving them away. 5y
Andrew65 @EadieB Wow! Is it 1 credit per book or multiple credits per book. Sounds good! 5y
EadieB @Andrew65 I credit per book. I try to mail 2 or 3 books to each person by checking out their wishlist and seeing if I have the books on their list. That saves postage too. (edited) 5y
Crazeedi @EadieB @Andrew65 I've read several of her royal spyness, then kinda got tired of the writing for some reason 5y
Crazeedi @EadieB I still haven't gone on that site yet, talked to my daughter about joining together since we have a varied reading selection 5y
Andrew65 @Crazeedi That can happen with some Series. 5y
Crazeedi @Andrew65 yes it can. I've not read the other ones mentioned here, may have to check them out sometime 5y
TheAromaofBooks @EadieB - are you mailing books via PaperbackSwap, or are you using another site? 5y
EadieB @TheAromaofBooks I use PaperbackSwap. 5y
Tove_Reads Read them all! 5y
Andrew65 @Crazeedi Sometimes you need breaks from some series. 5y
Crazeedi @Andrew65 I'll have to look for this series and ccx see if I like, now that you recommend 5y
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rjsthumbelina
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Oh how I love Molly, the main character of this book! She is spunky and strong, and she sticks to her own ideas about how she wants to live her life, rather than letting anyone dictate to her what is appropriate for her life. A turn of the century female detective in New York City. And she meets such great new characters in this one, too!
Book 2 of #sixby6/6

Tove_Reads I just finished book 9, I think. 7y
rjsthumbelina @Tove_Reads cool! Are they still as good that far into the series? I think the characters are great and plots have been well done so far 7y
Tove_Reads Bit annoyed with her policeman. Keeps on wanting to make her a simple housewife. 7y
rjsthumbelina @Tove_Reads I already have that problem with him! But, I suppose any turn of the century man would expect that from a woman...and Molly wont stand for that anyway! This second book was nice in that it was a reprieve from that relationship and Molly finds lots of new friends! I enjoyed that aspect a lot. I know they get back together soon, which is fine, as long as Molly keeps her own friendships going bc I loved the new characters! 7y
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rjsthumbelina
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Oh, I like him...please dont let him be the killer!

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rjsthumbelina
Death of Riley | Rhys Bowen
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Umm...I didnt think NY was exactly known for its heat...