In a Gilded Cage (Molly Murphy Mysteries) (U)

Rhys Bowen s award-winning series combines thrilling historical events with truly beguiling characters under the most mysterious circumstances IN A GILDED CAGEIt s Easter Sunday 1918, and Irish immigrant Molly Murphy has agreed to march down Fifth Avenue with the sign-wielding suffragettes from Vassar a civil act of protest that lands her in jail. Molly s betrothed, Police Captain Daniel Sullivan, manages to spring her from the clink, though his hands are full dealing with Chinese opium gangs. But as soon as she s free, Molly marches straight into trouble again. Two of the Vassar alumni need Molly s help as a private investigator. One believes her uncle is cheating her out of an inheritance; the other suspects her husband is cheating with other women. And when one of the clients dies presumably from influenza, which is sweeping the city Molly takes to the streets once more. Not to win the right for women to vote, but to reveal the wrongs of some very evil men Delightful Bowen does a splendid job of capturing the flavor of early 20th-century New York and bringing to life its warm and human inhabitants. Publishers WeeklyPublishers WeeklyNear the start of Anthony-winner Bowen's delightful eighth Molly Murphy mystery (after 2008's Tell Me, Pretty Maiden), two Vasser alum friends persuade the Irish-born detective to march for women's rights with the VWVW (Vassar Wants Votes for Women) in New York City's annual Easter parade. On Fifth Avenue that Sunday morning, Molly meets Emily Boswell and other West Side socialites, all of whom wind up getting arrested for disturbing the peace. Molly's intended, police captain Daniel Sullivan, rescues the women from jail, but is wholly unsympathetic to their mission. The down-on-her-luck Emily, who works in a drugstore, hires Molly to find out the truth about her missionary parents' deaths and her loss of inheritance. Another Vasser grad has a philandering husband to track. As ever, Bowen does a splendid job of capturing the flavor of early 20th-century New York and bringing to life its warm and human inhabitants. (Mar.)Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.