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21) Away in a manger
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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"It's Christmastime in 1905 New York City, and for once, Molly Murphy Sullivan is looking forward to the approaching holidays. She has a family of her own now: she and Daniel have a baby son and twelve-year-old Bridie is living with them as their ward. As Molly and the children listen to carolers in the street, they hear a lovely voice, the voice of an angel, and see a beggar girl huddled in a doorway, singing "Away in a Manger." Bridie is touched...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"New York City, 1950. Viviana Valentine and Tommy Fortuna have a lot of resolutions for the new year, whether it's continuing to build up their detective agency or planning their wedding, the two are looking forward to the future. On their way to Times Square to celebrate, the two witness a brutal stabbing. When Tommy tries to chase down the culprit, Viviana tries her best to save the man. She's unsuccessful, but Viviana hears his final words: a whispered...
Author
Series
Molly Murphy mysteries volume 20
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Description
"Retired Detective Molly Murphy Sullivan is back with In Sunshine or in Shadow, the next book in this beloved series by New York Times bestselling author Rhys Bowen and Clare Broyles. New York, 1908: The days are getting longer-and warmer-in Manhattan. Molly Murphy Sullivan doesn't want to leave her home in the city, but typhoid is back, and she's expecting. So she heads north with the children to summer with her mother-in-law in Westchester County....
24) Tell-tale bones
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Private Investigator Sarah Booth Delaney and her partner Tinkie are in Sheriff Coleman Peters's office, consulting Coleman about cold cases, when Elisa Redd storms in with a case of her own. She wants Coleman to reopen the investigation of her missing daughter, Lydia Redd Maxell, the heiress to a large fortune who disappeared along with her friend Bethany nearly seven years ago. Lydia and Bethany were rumored to be working as human rights organizers...
Author
Series
Carolina tale volume 1
Publisher
Stella Maris Books, LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Charleston, SC. Hadley Cooper has a big heart. So when the easygoing private investigator gets a request from a new friend to stake out her husband's extramarital activities, she immediately begins surveillance. And when her client is discovered dead on her kitchen floor, the Southern spitfire is certain the cheater is the culprit--even though he has the perfect alibi: Hadley herself. Flustered since she observed the cad four hours away in Greenville...
Author
Series
Publisher
Harlequin Enterprises ULC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Newly promoted within the Conard County Sheriff's Department, Guy Redwing wants Valerie Brighton to stay away from his first case. But the missing child he's searching for is Valerie's niece, and Valerie is an experienced investigator. As they race against the clock to find the two-year-old girl, their mutual distrust turns to respect--and grows into an attraction that takes them both by surprise..."--
Author
Series
Molly Murphy mysteries volume 6
Language
English
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Description
Searching for the long-lost sister of an Irish-American impresario, P.I. Molly Murphy leaves turn-of-the-century New York to head back to her native Ireland, only to be confronted by the murder of her maid and the disappearance of a famed Irish actress.
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Series
Language
English
Description
"Pressed into a union of convenience, Lady Abigail Worthing knew better than to expect love. Her marriage to an absent lord does at least provide some comforts, including a box at the Drury Lane theater, owned by the playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Abigail has always found respite at the theater, away from the town's judgmental stares and the risks of her own secret work to help the cause of abolition--and her fears that someone from her past...
Author
Series
Publisher
Gallic Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"1876, Victorian London. Minnie Ward, a feisty scriptwriter for the Variety Palace Music Hall, is devastated when her best friend is found brutally murdered. She enlists the help of private detective Albert Easterbrook to help her find justice. Together they navigate London, from its high-class clubs to its murky underbelly. But as the bodies pile up, they must rely on one another if they're going to track down the killer - and make it out alive ....
30) The family way
Author
Series
Molly Murphy mysteries volume 12
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
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Description
"Molly Murphy--now Molly Sullivan--is a year into her marriage, expecting her first child, and confined to the life of a housewife. The most important decision Molly faces these days is whether the lace curtains need cleaning, and she's restless and irritable in the heat of a New York summer and the enforced idleness of pregnancy. So when a trip to the post office brings a letter addressed to her old detective agency asking her to locate a missing...
31) Death of Riley
Author
Series
Molly Murphy mysteries volume 2
Language
English
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Description
When her new employer is unexpectedly murdered, apprentice private investigator Molly Murphy is determined to catch the killer despite the skepticism of handsome NYPD detective Daniel Sullivan.
Author
Series
Publisher
Harlequin Enterprises ULC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"When a young woman is found in a Louisiana swamp, police detective King Randolph finds his investigation hindered by private investigator Lenore Martin. He's loath to share this murder investigation with such a problematic person. But despite mutual distrust, they forge a combative alliance. Soon, as more bodies drop, heat rises between the partners. And grave danger threatens from every corner of New Orleans."--
Author
Series
Molly Murphy mysteries volume 9
Language
English
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Description
After an illusionist on stage saws into his assistant, Harry Houdini's wife hires Molly Murphy to be part investigator/part bodyguard and uncover whether NYC's masters of illusion are simply up to their tricks or if there truly is something much more treacherous going on.
Author
Series
Marion Lane novels volume 3
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"London, 1960. Marion Lane, a twenty-five-year-old apprentice detective at the elusive Miss Brickett's Investigations & Inquiries, is busier than ever and determined to prove herself worthy of an official Inquirer badge. But when her close friend's girlfriend, Darcy, is targeted by a dangerous gang leader and seeks out the Inquirers' assistance, Marion cannot help but get involved. Just when Marion thinks she has the situation under control, Darcy...
35) Oh Danny boy
Author
Series
Molly Murphy mysteries volume 5
Language
English
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Description
Irish immigrant-turned-private detective Molly Murphy comes to the aid of handsome NYPD captain Daniel Sullivan, who has been arrested for accepting bribes, in a mystery set in early twentieth-century New York.
Series
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
In Miss Scarlet and The Duke Season 4, Eliza has taken over the business of Nash & Sons (not that he has any sons) and things are not going entirely smoothly, although help comes from some familiar sources. Outside of work, her relationship with William 'The Duke' Wellington builds towards a looming decision that will shape both their lives.
37) Simply lies
Author
Publisher
Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Former detective Mickey Gibson thinks nothing of her colleague's unusual request for her to inventory a vacant home, until she discovers a body. In the blink of an eye, Gibson has become a prime suspect.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"When a community center opens in town, many embrace it as a space where locals of all ages can gather and create. Others view it as a waste of taxpayer dollars. The director, Darleen Busby-Platt, is no less controversial. Intense and showy, Darleen has huge plans for her new role. But Lucy believes the woman isn't exactly as warm hearted--or qualified--as she seems. That hunch deepens when Darleen and a young employee vanish... and dismembered remains...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
If you are the founder and managing director of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, you may expect complete strangers to approach you with their problems when they see you having dinner with your husband in a peri-peri restaurant. And if you are Precious Ramotswe, you are a kind and helpful person who will be willing to take on a quest to find the relatives of a man who, many years ago, left the country for the uncertainties and dangers of a distant...
40) Pay dirt
Author
Series
V.I. Warshawski novel volume 22
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
After a failed job, V.I. Warshawski is second-guessing herself. For vacation, she visits a friend. But when her friend's roommate disappears, V.I. agrees to stay behind to try to find her.
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