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Molly Murphy mysteries volume 3
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Having inherited the cases of her deceased mentor Paddy Reilly, private investigator Molly Murphy is following philandering husbands, tracking down runaway debutantes and working in a sweatshop to discover who is purloining dress designs. Then a woman's body is fished out of the East River and Molly fears it is the missing society girl everyone is talking about. Then Molly's sometimes beau, police captain Daniel Sullivan, reveals that another corpse...
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"Hereafter tells the story of Ellen O'Hara, a young woman emigrant from Ireland at the end of the nineteenth century who, with courage and resilience, made a life for herself in New York, firstly as a domestic servant and later in her own boarding house-all the while financially supporting those at home"--
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Many of the socially marginalized Irish immigrant women of this era made their living in domestic service. In contrast to immigrant men, who might have lived in a community with their fellow Irish, these women lived and worked in close contact with American families. Lynch-Brennan reveals the essential role this unique relationship played in shaping the place of the Irish in America today. Such women were instrumental in making the Irish presence...
25) Death of Riley
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Molly Murphy mysteries volume 2
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When her new employer is unexpectedly murdered, apprentice private investigator Molly Murphy is determined to catch the killer despite the skepticism of handsome NYPD detective Daniel Sullivan.
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Molly Murphy mysteries volume 7
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Molly Murphy has more cases than she can handle. But before Molly can hire help, she finds a young woman disorientated and unable to speak in Central Park and takes on yet another case.
27) Bless the bride
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Molly Murphy mysteries volume 10
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Before the wedding bells can ring for PI Molly Murphy, a wealthy Chinese immigrant wants her to find his missing bride, and Molly---sure she isn't getting the whole story---suspects that his bride ran off. Set in early-twentieth-century New York.
28) In a gilded cage
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Irish-born detective and Vasser graduate Molly Murphy is hired to find out the truth about her friend's missionary parents' deaths and her loss of inheritance. Another Vasser grad has a philandering husband to track. Set in early 20th-century New York City.
29) Irish hearts
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Both Adelia and her cousin Erin are thrilled to find work they love in their new country-- Adelia caring for the Derby winning Majesty, and Erin untangling wealthy businessman Burke Logan's books--and surprised to find their hearts troubled by unexpected feelings for their bosses.
30) Irish rebel
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She's practically royalty - the daughter of a rich, renowned horse-breeding dynasty. He's just a hardworking horse training. But the moment Brian Donnelly lays his eyes on Keeley Grant he's thunderstruck - no matter how far out of his league she is ... He's the first person to dare ignore everything that says a poor Irish rogue shouldn't touch her. He won't be deterred by her cold. pampered princess reputation and batters down every wall she throws...
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The place is Albany, New York. The year is 1936. Six-year-old Jean-Luc LaPointe, his little sister, and their spirited but vulnerable young mother have been abandoned--again--by his father, a charmer and a con artist. With no money and no family willing to take them in, the LaPointes manage to create a fragile nest at 238 North Pearl Street. For the next eight years, through the Great Depression and Second World War, they live in the heart of the...
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Search for Love : After the loss of her parents, Serenity Smith receives an unexpected letter from a relative she's never met. When she travels all the way from Washington, D.C. to the family's estate in the Brittany region of France, she's greeted with cold politeness by the Comtesse de Kergallen--her grandmother--and the charming, insufferable Christophe. As she learns of the wild grievances they hold against her parents, Serenity is determined...
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