In Dublin's fair city
Record details
- ISBN: 0312328192
- ISBN: 9780312328191
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Physical Description:
265 p. ; 25 cm.
print - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Minotaur, 2007.
Content descriptions
Target Audience Note: | Adult Follett Library Resources |
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Subject: | Murphy, Molly (Fictitious character) Fiction Women private investigators New York (State) New York Fiction Irish American women Fiction Missing persons Fiction |
Genre: | Mystery fiction. Historical fiction. Mystery fiction. |
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Available copies
- 24 of 24 copies available at Bibliomation.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Bridgeport Public Library. (Show)
Holds
- 0 current holds with 24 total copies.
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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North Branch - Bridgeport | MYS BOWEN (Text) | 34000074235524 | Adult Mystery | Available | - |
Beacon Falls Public Library | FIC Bow (Text) | 3312000024825A | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Beekley Community Library - New Hartford | F BOWEN R (Text) | 32544073112145 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Bethel Public Library | MYS BOWEN (Text) | 34030108436194 | Adult Mystery | Available | - |
C.H. Booth Library - Newtown | MYS BOWEN (Text) | 34014103898376 | Adult Mystery | Available | - |
Chester Public Library | MYS BOW (Text) | 33210000184755 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Douglas Library - North Canaan | M BOW (Text) | 33490000076707 | Adult Mystery | Available | - |
Easton Public Library | MYS BOWE, RHYS (Text) | 37777120017405 | Adult Mystery | Available | - |
Edith Wheeler Memorial Library - Monroe | FIC BOWEN,R (Text) | 34026106578441 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Hall Memorial Library - Ellington | M BOWEN, RHYS (Text) | 34037105219051 | Adult Mystery | Available | - |
Electronic resources
Publishers Weekly Review
In Dublin's Fair City
Publishers Weekly
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Set in 1903, Bowen's sixth brisk Molly Murphy historical (after 2006's Oh Danny Boy) takes the Irish immigrant to New York City back to the Emerald Isle for an assignment to find a theater impresario's long-lost sister, left behind when his family fled the potato famine 50 years earlier. Even though Molly had left Ireland under a cloud of suspicion herself, she bids a temporary farewell to her beau, New York police captain Daniel Sullivan. The voyage begins auspiciously when a famous actress offers Molly her first class stateroom, but Molly's discovery of a corpse in her sumptuous bed is only the beginning of a complicated, dangerous journey. In Dublin, she becomes embroiled in the Irish struggle for freedom and finds herself a target for murder. With a riveting plot capped off by a dramatic conclusion, Bowen captures the passion and struggles of the Irish people at the turn of the 20th century. (Mar.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Kirkus Review
In Dublin's Fair City
Kirkus Reviews
Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
"May you die in Ireland" may be more than just a toast. Detective Molly Murphy (Oh Danny Boy, 2006, etc.) jumps at a chance to go to Ireland despite the fact she may still be wanted for assault. Theatrical impresario Tommy Burke has recently learned that he had a sister who was left behind when his family fled the Old Sod. Since he's already rescued his ne'er-do-well nephew several times, he plans to leave his sister his fortune if she's still alive. So Molly sails for Queenstown on the Majestic, where famous actress Oona Sheehan persuades her to change cabins so that she can escape her admirers. Molly enjoys the luxury of first class until Oona's maid is murdered. The police put Molly on the suspect list when they learn that Oona never embarked. In her Dublin hotel, Molly discovers that Oona's trunks are packed with rifles. As she travels the Irish countryside searching for the missing Mary Ann Burke, she becomes involved with groups working to free Ireland from the British yoke. Learning that two of her brothers are committed to the Republican cause, she becomes the linchpin of a handsome Irishman's scheme to free her brother and others from prison, a plan that is nearly the death of her. The feisty Molly rarely disappoints in this rousing yarn seasoned with a dash of Irish history. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
BookList Review
In Dublin's Fair City
Booklist
From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.
Molly Murphy, Bowen's plucky early-twentieth-century private investigator, sails back home to Ireland to find a woman who is in line for a large inheritance. But the investigatory work starts earlier than she expects when, onboard ship, a young woman is murdered and another woman, an actress, disappears. The plot thickens upon docking in Ireland, when Molly discovers her own brother trying to collect the missing actress' luggage, which contains a substantial supply of firearms. Further thickening ensues as Molly learns that someone else is trying to find the missing woman and will do whatever it takes to make sure Molly is out of the picture. A plot that feels more convoluted than it needs to be detracts slightly from the series' main strength: hanging out with the irrepressibly charming Molly. But this remains one of the most accessible and comfortably entertaining of all historical mystery series. --David Pitt Copyright 2007 Booklist