基本信息出版社：Minotaur Books
页码：336 页
出版日期：2006年03月
ISBN：0312328176
International Standard Book Number：0312328176
条形码：9780312328177
EAN：9780312328177
版本：1
装帧：精装
正文语种：英语
丛书名：Molly Murphy Mysteries
内容简介 While Irish immigrant Molly Murphy contemplates giving up PI work in New York to move West, she+s determined to avoid the handsome but deceiving NYPD captain Daniel Sullivan. That is, until Daniel is accused of accepting bribes and lands himself in the Tombs, the notorious city jail. When Daniel asks Molly to help prove he was framed, she finds herself drawn into the case-and to the case of a serial killer who+s already murdered five prostitutes. Beloved cozy writer and Edgar finalist Rhys Bowen is back with a triumphant fifth installment in the Molly Murphy series.
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.
作者简介 Rhys Bowen’s novels have garnered an impressive array of awards and nominations, including the Anthony Award for For the Love of Mike, and the Agatha Award for Murphy’s Law, the first Molly Murphy mystery. Her books have also won 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. Rhys Bowen is also the author of the acclaimed Evan Evans mystery series, which was a finalist for the Edgar Award, and several short stories, including the Anthony Award--winning “Doppelganger.” Rhys Bowen was born and raised in England and now lives in San Rafael, California. Visit her Web site at jqh.home.netcom.com.
媒体推荐 “Absorbing, well-plotted . . . This complex tale comes to a bittersweet and heartfelt conclusion.”--Publishers Weekly on In Like Flynn
“It’s hard not to be charmed by this young immigrant woman who fled murder charges in Ireland to become a detective in turn-of-the-century New York.”--Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on In Like Flynn
“Rhys Bowen continues her evocative look at the immigrant experience . . . a compelling, detailed look at life in 1901 New York.”--Hartford Courant on For the Love of Mike
“Molly grows ever more engaging against a vibrant background of New York’s dark side at the turn of the century.”--Kirkus Reviews (starred review) on For the Love of Mike
“There is nail-biting suspense as the book nears its end and...the setting of those scenes is frighteningly well-done.”--Mystery News on For the Love of Mike
“An evocative trip through old New York---including the poets, painters, playwrights, and private investigators of Greenwich Village, 1901--in the company of Irish immigrant Molly Murphy, a spirited and appealing guide.”--S. J. Rozan, author of Winter and Night, on Death of Riley
“It’s always a delight to discover a new book from the pen of Rhys Bowen.”--Tampa Tribune & Times on Murphy’s Law
“[We] look forward to Molly’s return.”--Chicago Tribune on Murphy’s Law
专业书评 From Publishers Weekly
In Agatha-winner Bowen's entertaining if imperfect fifth Molly Murphy mystery (after 2005's In Like Flynn), the feisty Irish lass, who has immigrated to New York City and become a PI, comes to the rescue of someone very near and dear to her, NYPD cop Daniel Sullivan. Daniel's been accused of taking a bribe, but Molly is sure he's innocent. Before his arrest, Daniel was trying to track down the East Side Ripper, a prostitute-murdering brute. Molly suspects someone wanted Daniel off the case and set him up. While trying to prove Daniel's innocence, Molly realizes that their one night of passion has left her pregnant. She contemplates an abortion, but can't go through with it. If the solution to Molly's predicament is a predictable cop-out, Bowen deserves kudos for her recreation of early 20th-century New York. She avoids the temptation to give cameos to every famous figure of the day, but those she does work in—like New York's first "lady policeman"—are wonderfully chosen. (Mar.)
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From the Back Cover
“Absorbing, well-plotted . . . This complex tale comes to a bittersweet and heartfelt conclusion.”--Publishers Weekly on In Like Flynn
“It’s hard not to be charmed by this young immigrant woman who fled murder charges in Ireland to become a detective in turn-of-the-century New York.”--Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on In Like Flynn
“Rhys Bowen continues her evocative look at the immigrant experience . . . a compelling, detailed look at life in 1901 New York.”--Hartford Courant on For the Love of Mike
“Molly grows ever more engaging against a vibrant background of New York’s dark side at the turn of the century.”--Kirkus Reviews (starred review) on For the Love of Mike
“There is nail-biting suspense as the book nears its end and...the setting of those scenes is frighteningly well-done.”--Mystery News on For the Love of Mike
“An evocative trip through old New York---including the poets, painters, playwrights, and private investigators of Greenwich Village, 1901--in the company of Irish immigrant Molly Murphy, a spirited and appealing guide.”--S. J. Rozan, author of Winter and Night, on Death of Riley
“It’s always a delight to discover a new book from the pen of Rhys Bowen.”--Tampa Tribune & Times on Murphy’s Law
“[We] look forward to Molly’s return.”--Chicago Tribune on Murphy’s Law
From Booklist
New York City in the summer of 1902: Molly Murphy is seriously considering giving up her dream of being a private investigator to move west, away from the alluring-but-deceptive police captain, Daniel Sullivan. But when Daniel suddenly winds up in jail, the target of a bribery probe, Molly has no choice but to help him clear his name--a challenge that becomes far more complicated when Molly has to track down a serial killer as well. This is the fifth Murphy mystery, and it's a beautifully constructed historical one that catapults readers back in time and immerses them in turn-of-the-twentieth-century New York. David Pitt
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文摘 Chapter One New York, August 1902 There was that maniacal laughter again. I looked around, but I couldn’t detect where it was coming from. It seemed to be part of the very darkness itself. Black water lapped up at me as I stepped onto the iron lacework of a walkway. I thought I could hear a child’s voice calling, “Save me, save me,” and I started toward it. But beneath me were other faceless forms, and they held up white arms to me, calling out, “Help us first.” The laughter grew louder until it was overwhelming. I started to run. Water splashed up at my feet and when I looked down at my shoes they were black. That’s when I noticed it wasn’t water at all. It was blood. I woke with my heart pounding and sat up, my hands grasping the cool reality of the sheet before I realized I was in my own room. I sat still for a while, conscious of the empty quiet of the house around me, wondering what the dream might mean. It was the third time I had dreamed it this week. The first time I’d put it down to an exotic Mongolian meal at my friends’ house across Patchin Place (they were into a nomad phase at the moment), but dreaming the same thing three times must mean more than just plain indigestion. Back in Ireland dreams were always taken seriously. My mother would have been able to interpret mine for me in a wink, although I rather think her interpretation would be influenced by the fact that I was rude, didn’t mind my elders, and was heading for a bad end. But I recall the women sitting around in our cottage over a cup of tea, debating whether dreaming of a black cow meant future wealth or a death in the family. What would they say about an ocean of blood? I shuddered and wrapped my arms around myself. My life had certainly been in
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