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.

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“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, thenotorious 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 Awardfinalist Rhys Bowen’s triumphant fifth installment in the award winning Molly Murphy mystery series.