Rhys Bowen adds another episode to the lively Molly Murphy saga in Bless The Bride (#51). Molly is a young Irish woman who has arrived in New York City in the late 1800s under questionable circumstances. She has to fend for herself, and she knows a life in service (if she could even find a job) would not suit either Molly or her potential employers. Instead, she finds herself hooked up with a Private Investigator, and takes over his business when he dies. Along the way, Molly has met up with a unique mix of villains, acquaintances and friends, not to mention the on-again, off-again romance with the dashing police Captain Daniel Sullivan.
As Bless The Bride opens, Molly is only a few weeks away from her wedding to Captain Daniel Sullivan. He thinks that August is a perfect time to move Molly out to Westchester to stay with his mother in the cool country air. The two women can complete plans for their wedding as they get acquainted, and give Daniel a chance to renovate Molly's little house in Greenwich Village. With friction between Molly and her future mother-in-law, it hasn't proved to be a particularly happy time for Molly, and she's longing to return to the city. Her neighbors Gus and Sid give her the perfect excuse when they want to hold an engagement party for all their bohemian friends who won't be invited to Molly and Daniel's wedding. There's also the matter of an urgent commission that has been dropped off with Gus and Sid by an emissary for a wealthy man who won't take no for an answer.
Before you know it, Molly has landed herself in the middle of case in Chinatown in a time of extreme prejudice against the Chinese. Of course the case isn't what it was originally presented to be, and she soon finds herself in pursuit of a runaway bride. Molly tries to back out of a case where she feels she's in over her head, but finds she can't. In fact, her investigation is crossing tracks with a case Daniel is working on, and the last thing she wants is for him to find out she's taken on one last case.
Rest assured that Molly's career won't end with her marriage. The Secret Service already has a discreet job for her after her honeymoon...
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