Molly Murphy series

About this book series

This is a book series by Rhys Bowen. It has 24 books. The first book was published in 2001.

Author: Rhys Bowen
Category: Mystery, Cozy Mystery

All books of Molly Murphy series in order

  • 1Poster Murphy's Law
    Murphy's Law

    Rhys Bowen, author of the much-loved Constable Evans mysteries, takes on the vibrant world of turn-of-the-century Ellis Island and New York in her newest series. With delightful ...

    October 12, 2001
  • 2Poster Death Of Riley
    Death Of Riley

    Molly Murphy has finally begun to forget the unpleasant murder of a would-be rapist back in Ireland, not to mention her investigation into the murder of a fellow recent Irish ...

    December 1, 2002
  • 3Poster For the Love of Mike
    For the Love of Mike

    Molly Murphy is starting to think the cards are stacked against her. She's determined to be a private detective, but hampering her investigations is the fact that she's finding ...

    December 9, 2003
  • 4Poster In Like Flynn
    In Like Flynn

    Fledgling private investigator Molly Murphy's latest assignment gives her the opportunity to escape the typhoid epidemic sweeping across New York City in the summer of 1902 for ...

    March 1, 2005
  • 5Poster Oh Danny Boy
    Oh Danny Boy

    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. ...

    March 7, 2006
  • 6Poster In Dublin's Fair City
    In Dublin's Fair City

    Molly Murphy, Rhys Bowens plucky P.I. in 1903 New York, sails back to her native Ireland on a case searching for the sister of an Irish-American impresario. She was too sick to ...

    March 6, 2007
  • 7Poster Tell Me, Pretty Maiden
    Tell Me, Pretty Maiden

    It's wintertime in New York, and for the first time since Irish immigrant Molly Murphy started her early-twentieth-century detective agency, she is completely snowed in with ...

    March 4, 2008
  • 8Poster In a Gilded Cage
    In a Gilded Cage

    Irish immigrant Molly Murphy and her New York City P.I. business are in the midst of a sweeping influenza epidemic and a fight for women's suffrage that lands her in jail. Her ...

    March 17, 2009
  • 9Poster The Last Illusion
    The Last Illusion

    Irish immigrant and PI Molly Murphy is thrilled to have a ticket to the theater to see a trio of illusionists that are all the rage. Indeed, headlining is Harry Houdini, the ...

    March 2, 2010
  • 10Poster Bless the Bride
    Bless the Bride

    With Molly Murphy's wedding to NYPD Captain Daniel Sullivan approaching, the Irish sleuth heads to the countryside where his mother advises her on a bride's proper place. And ...

    March 1, 2011
  • 11Poster Hush Now, Don't You Cry
    Hush Now, Don't You Cry

    In the latest Rhys Bowen's award-winning historical series, Molly Murphy is supposed to give up sleuthing now that she's married, but the murder of an alderman puts her on the ...

    March 13, 2012
  • 11.5Poster The Face in the Mirror
    The Face in the Mirror

    Molly Murphy'''Molly Sullivan, now that she and Daniel are finally married - is bored. Having given up her detective agency when she married, she now finds that her life is much ...

    February 5, 2013
  • 12Poster The Family Way
    The Family Way

    In New York Times bestselling author Rhys Bowen's latest Molly Murphy mystery, Molly is drawn into a dangerous kidnapping case. Molly Murphy - now Molly Sullivan - is a year ...

    March 5, 2013
  • 12.5Poster Through the Window
    Through the Window

    Molly Murphy - now Molly Sullivan - is absolutely thrilled to give birth to her first child, a beautiful little boy named Liam. But while confined to bed rest for the weeks ...

    January 7, 2014
  • 13Poster City of Darkness and Light
    City of Darkness and Light

    As Impressionism gives way to Fauvism and Cubism, and the Dreyfus affair rocks France, Molly races through Paris to outsmart a killer in City of Darkness and Light, Rhys Bowen's ...

    March 4, 2014
  • 14Poster The Edge of Dreams
    The Edge of Dreams

    Rhys Bowen's characteristic blend of atmospheric turn-of-the-century history, clever plotting, and sparkling characters will delight readers in The Edge of Dreams, the latest in ...

    March 3, 2015
  • 15Poster Away in a Manger
    Away in a Manger

    In this Christmas installment of Rhys Bowen's New York Times bestselling historical mystery series, Molly Murphy Sullivan's generosity to a beggar draws her into a dangerous ...

    November 17, 2015
  • 16Poster Time of Fog and Fire
    Time of Fog and Fire

    Molly Murphy Sullivan's husband Daniel, a police captain in turn-of-the-century New York City, is in a precarious position. The new police commissioner wants him off the force ...

    March 1, 2016
  • 17Poster The Ghost of Christmas Past
    The Ghost of Christmas Past

    From Rhys Bowen, the author of In Farleigh Field, comes the next Molly Murphy mystery: The Ghost of Christmas Past. Semi-retired private detective Molly Murphy Sullivan is ...

    November 14, 2017
  • 18Poster Wild Irish Rose
    Wild Irish Rose(with Clare Broyles)

    New York Times bestselling author Rhys Bowen, now writing in partnership with her daughter, Clare Broyles, transports and enthralls readers through the incomparable Molly Murphy ...

    March 1, 2022
  • 19Poster All That Is Hidden
    All That Is Hidden(with Clare Broyles)

    New York, Autumn, 1907: Former private detective Molly Murphy Sullivan is happy with her place in the world. She and her policeman husband, Daniel, have built quite a life for ...

    March 14, 2023
  • 20Poster In Sunshine or in Shadow
    In Sunshine or in Shadow(with Clare Broyles)

    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 ...

    March 12, 2024
  • 21Poster Silent as the Grave
    Silent as the Grave(with Clare Broyles)

    Retired Detective Molly Murphy Sullivan goes undercover in the next book in the New York Times bestselling series from Rhys Bowen and Clare Broyles. With a newborn and two ...

    March 11, 2025
  • 22Poster Vanished in the Crowd
    Vanished in the Crowd(with Clare Broyles)

    In the latest in the New York Times bestselling series from Rhys Bowen and Clare Broyles, retired detective Molly Murphy Sullivan investigates the disappearance of a female ...

    March 10, 2026

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