For the Love of Mike

No job for a lady...

Fashion can be murder for Molly Murphy!

Having inherited the cases of her deceased mentor Paddy Reilly, private investigator Molly Murphy is following philandering husbands, tracking down runaway debutantes and working in a sweatshop to discover who is purloining dress designs. None of these jobs seem very dangerous at first.

But when a woman s body is fished out of the East River, Molly fears it is the missing society girl everyone is talking about. Then Molly s sometime beau, police captain Daniel Sullivan, reveals that another corpse may be the girl s cheating lover, Mike Kelly. And now, as the threads of passion and greed weave a vivid tapestry of violence, Molly must descend into the underworld of the gangs of New York - only to realise that she may need more than her street smart to get to the truth and get out alive.

“Delightful. as ever, Bowen does a splendid job of capturing the flavour of early twentieth-century New York and bringing to life its warm and human inhabitants.”

Delightful as ever, Bowen does a splendid job of capturing the flavour of early twentieth-century New York and bringing to life its warm and human inhabitants. - Publishers Weekly

Molly grows ever more engaging against a vibrant background of New York s dark side at the turn of the century. - Kirkus Reviews

Born in Bath, Somerset, Rhys Bowen now lives with her husband in San Rafael, California. She is the author of many award-winning series including the Royal Spyness and Constable Evans mysteries. Constable & Robinson are publishing her award-winning series of atmospheric historical dramas featuring feisty Irish immigrant Molly Murphy in old New York City.

Can Molly go it alone? Or is it two cases of two heads being better than one? Molly Murphy is determined to make it alone as a female private investigator, but work for an independent, feisty woman in turn-of-the-century New York is thin on the ground. And then two opportunities come along at the same time . . . An aristocratic family in Dublin fears their daughter has fled to the New World with her unsavoury boyfriend, so they hire Molly to track her down and send her home. At the same time Molly is asked to go undercover as a piece-worker in the garment business to investigate a potential case of industrial espionage. Now, if only she can solve both cases without the help of Daniel Sullivan, the police captain who claims he loves her but who is engaged to someone else! 'Bowen nicely blends history and fiction . . . a nice romantic mystery.' Publishers Weekly 'Irish humour and gritty determination transplanted to New York, but with charm and optimism.' Anne Perry 'A fresh and irrepressible new heroine.' Romantic Times

No job for a lady...Fashion can be murder for Molly Murphy!Having inherited the cases of her deceased mentor Paddy Reilly, private investigator Molly Murphy is following philandering husbands, tracking down runaway debutantes and working in a sweatshop to discover who is purloining dress designs. None of these jobs seem very dangerous at first. But when a woman s body is fished out of the East River, Molly fears it is the missing society girl everyone is talking about. Then Molly s sometime beau, police captain Daniel Sullivan, reveals that another corpse may be the girl s cheating lover, Mike Kelly. And now, as the threads of passion and greed weave a vivid tapestry of violence, Molly must descend into the underworld of the gangs of New York - only to realise that she may need more than her street smart to get to the truth and get out alive.

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