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Fledgling private investigator Molly Murphy's latest assignment gives her the opportunity to escape the typhoid epidemic sweeping across New York City in the summer of 1902 for the lush Hudson River Valley. And it comes from an unlikely source-Captain Daniel Sullivan, a New York City police detective and erstwhile beau of Molly's. She has vowed to keep him at arm's length until he can rid himself of his socialite fiancée, but she can't pass up the chance to take advantage of his offer of a real detective job.
Daniel hires Molly to go undercover inside the country household of Senator Barney Flynn, in Peekskill, New York. Flynn's wife, Theresa, has become the latest devotee of a pair of spiritualists known as the Sorensen Sisters. The frail Theresa is desperate to use the sisters' alleged abilities to hold a séance to contact her infant son, who was kidnapped five years ago and never found; the accused kidnapper was killed before he could tell police where the boy was being held. But the police are sure the women are frauds.
When Molly allows herself to be distracted from the Sorensen Sisters and the members of the Flynn household by the unsolved kidnapping, it is a race against time to find out what's really going on before it's too late.
In Like Flynn is the latest captivating installment in a series which has garnered an impressive array of awards and nominations in just three books: Rhys Bowen's Molly Murphy mysteries have won the Agatha Award, the Anthony Award, the Bruce Alexander Historical Award, and the Herodotus Award, and have been shortlisted for the Agatha Award, the Macavity Award, and the Mary Higgins Clark Award.
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I'm awaiting delivery of the most current "Molly" and I'm really in a funk. The good/bad news is, I'm an addict! The thought of having to wait for months or even years for the one after that...well, it's painful.
Rhys Bowen has managed to put the reader right in the midst of turn-of- the 20th Century New York. She has captured the sights, sounds, energy and even smells of the city. She has also created, Molly Murphy, who might be my favorite fictional character of all time. She's feisty, intelligent, fearless and tender. You'll love her, I promise.
Ms. Bowen has also written a series of genuine page-turners. It's impossible to turn out the lights until you've read one more chapter. Please, please keep up the good work, Rhys.
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Don't expect too much from this book. Ms. Bowen does a good job of thinking up interesting, if completely unbelievable, mysteries. With all the experience she's had in writing, one would think she would be able to create lifelike characters who have realistic conversations, but this is not the case. It is not likely that Daniel would be attracted to Molly, and for a supposedly hard-headed, confident Irishwoman, she puts up with a lot of nonsense from him.
If you're not overly picky about the style of your books, and want a quick read that doesn't require deep thinking, this is fine.
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I have thoroughly enjoyed the Molly Murphy series, & "In Like Flynn" is my favorite thus far. This installment combines spiritualists with a good detective story, but I actually enjoyed the characters that we meet along the way more than the mystery. As always, Molly is a very likable heroine, & I enjoy the fact that this mystery series does not focus on a wealthy woman. Many historical mysteries seem to involved a main character who is wealthy, but Molly is plain folk. Her dogged determination to make it in a man's world alone with worth the read.
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This time Molly goes undercover. She runs into her worst nightmare. She also solves numerous crimes. Leave it to Molly to engross your whole attention so much that you forget where you are sitting while you are reading. This is the 4th Molly Murphy mystery and it's the best one yet.
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Like the very first book in this Molly Murphy series, this book is thoroughly delightful. Molly is always putting herself in danger, and just when you think she is out of trouble, trouble just seems to follow her. There were a lot of twists, turns and surprises.
Although this book is the fourth in a series, it is not necessary to read all the previous books. I did read the very first book, and I plan on reading books 2 and 3 in this series.
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