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The charming village of Llanfair, the setting for Rhys Bowen's beloved Constable Evans mysteries, sits amid lush, rolling Welsh meadows populated with quaint cottages and is considered by many of its colorful locals to be a kind of paradise. Unfortunately, there aren't many opportunities for young people in Llanfair, so when an exciting and glamorous American woman breezes into town talking of dormant psychic powers and important social research, barmaid Betsy Edwards is quick to take her up on an offer of employment at the recently opened Sacred Grove New Age center not far away.

When Constable Evan Evans is persuaded to join the local male choir for the upcoming eisteddfod (cultural festival), he doesn't think the addition of his mediocre voice will do them much good. In spite of all the effort that choirmaster Mostyn Phillips puts in to the choir, it is not exactly first class. Hope arrives in the form of world-renowned tenor Ifor Llewelyn, come home to Llanfair to rest, on doctor's orders.

It's Christmastime in 1905 New York City, and for once Molly Murphy Sullivan is looking forward to the approaching holidays. She has a family of her own now: She and Daniel have a baby son, and 12-year-old Bridie is living with them as their ward. As Molly and the children listen to carolers in the street, they hear a lovely voice, the voice of an angel, and see a beggar girl huddled in a doorway, singing "Away in a Manger". Bridie is touched by the girl's ragged clothes and wants to help her out if they can.

Molly Murphy Sullivan's husband, Daniel, a captain in the New York City police force, is stumped. He's chasing a murderer whose victims have nothing in common - nothing except for the taunting notes that are delivered to Daniel after each murder. And when Daniel receives a note immediately after Molly and her young son, Liam, are in a terrible train crash, Daniel and Molly both begin to fear that maybe Molly herself was the target.

Molly and Daniel Sullivan are settling happily into the new routines of parenthood, but their domestic bliss is shattered the night a gang retaliates against Daniel for making a big arrest. Daniel wants his family safely out of New York City as soon as possible. In shock and grieving, but knowing she needs to protect their infant son, Liam, Molly agrees to take him on the long journey to Paris to stay with her friends Sid and Gus, who are studying art in the City of Light.

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 work. While she’s proving to be quite the entrepreneur and is very much in demand by some of Broadway’s brightest stars and Fifth Avenue’s richest families, she has to grudgingly admit that if she’s going to work more than one case at a time, then she’s going to need some help.

With Molly Murphy’s wedding to NYPD Captain Daniel Sullivan quickly approaching, the Irish P.I. heads to the Westchester County countryside,where Daniel’s mother can counsel her on a bride’s proper place. Surprisingly, Molly seems to be agreeing with her future mother-in-law’s advice. Molly promises to leave her detective work behind and settle down after becoming Daniel’s wife…but she isn’t married yet. So when she gets word of a possible case, Molly sneaks back into the city to squeeze in a little more sleuthing before the wedding bells can ring.

Irish immigrant and private detective Molly Murphy is thrilled to have a ticket to see world-famous illusionist Harry Houdini. But before he can even take the stage, the opening act goes horribly wrong—and the sensational Signor Scarpelli’s lovely assistant is sawed in half. In the aftermath, Scarpelli accuses Houdini of tampering with his equipment. Who else but the so-called Handcuff King could have got a hold of his trunk of tricks, which he keeps under lock and key?

Molly Murphy - now Molly Sullivan - is a year into her marriage, expecting her first child, and confined to the life of a housewife. She’s restless and irritable in the enforced idleness of pregnancy and the heat of a New York summer in 1905. So when a trip to the post office brings a letter addressed to her old detective agency asking her to locate a missing Irish serving maid, Molly figures it couldn’t hurt to at least ask around, despite her promise to Daniel to give up her old career as a detective. On the same day, Molly learns that five babies have been kidnapped in the past month.

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 betrothed, Police Captain Daniel Sullivan, finds her, but he hardly has time to bail her out, what with Chinese gangs battling for control of a thriving opium trade. The only consolation Molly can take from her vexing afternoon in the clink is that it made her some new friends among the Vassar suffragists - and brought her a pair of new cases.

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 immigrant, and is finally free to begin her life in New York City. Given her experiences so far in the New World, Molly has decided that her first order of business is to become a private investigator, a people finder of sorts, working for families in Europe who've lost touch with relatives in America.

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 themselves in Greenwich Village, in their modest-yet-beautiful home in Patchin Place, filled with family, friends, and laughter. Molly and Daniel have a good marriage, a true partnership where they value each other’s opinions in all things. So when he tells her they’re moving to a fancy home on Fifth Avenue—and that he’s running for the sheriff of New York—Molly is left reeling.

World War II comes to Farleigh Place, the ancestral home of Lord Westerham and his five daughters, when a soldier with a failed parachute falls to his death on the estate. After his uniform and possessions raise suspicions, MI5 operative and family friend Ben Cresswell is covertly tasked with determining if the man is a German spy. The assignment also offers Ben the chance to be near Lord Westerham's middle daughter, Pamela, whom he furtively loves. But Pamela has her own secret.

With a newborn and two children, Molly Murphy Sullivan is tackling motherhood. Her husband is off to work in Washington as Easter break begins in New York. Her dear friend and writer, Ryan O’Hara, is shooting a movie, one of the first to involve a real plot and actors. He invites Molly and the children to visit the set and watch the excitement. The movie industry is still experimenting with ways to get the best shot, but soon, their special effects start to malfunction. After a few mishaps where no one is hurt, the special effects turn deadly.

Auf der Suche nach ihrem Ehemann gerät Molly Murphy in tödliche Gefahr ... Ein spannender Fall der Cosy Crime-Reihe von NYT Bestseller-Autorin Rhys Bowen. Molly Murphy ist besorgt: Ihr Mann Daniel, ein Captain beim New York Police Departement, wird vom Geheimdienst für einen Undercover-Auftrag angefordert. Er reist ab, ohne ihr zu sagen, wohin er geht und in was für einem Fall er ermittelt. Mollys schlechtes Gefühl bestätigt sich, als sie einen kryptischen Brief von Daniel erhält, der sie bittet, ihn in San Francisco zu treffen.

Geheimnisse, Intrigen und Gefahren im Cosy-Krimi von New York Times Bestseller-Autorin Rhys Bowen! Lady Georgie und ihr Ehemann Darcy erwarten ein neues Familienmitglied. Doch als sie eine Einladung von Georgies bester Freundin Belinda nach Paris erhalten, beschließen sie, vorher nochmal eine kleine Auszeit zu nehmen. Schnell stellt sich heraus, dass dieser Ausflug weniger entspannt ist als erwartet. Darcy arbeitet schon wieder an einem neuen Auftrag und Georgie soll für ihn unerkannt etwas bei der Modenschau von Coco Chanel abholen.

Lady Georgie und Belinda sitzen in einem Spukhaus fest... zusammen mit einem Mörder. Die historischen Cosy-Krimi-Reihe von Rhys Bowen geht spannend weiter! Allein als Herrin auf Eynsleigh beginnt Lady Georgie sich schnell zu langweilen. Als ihre beste Freundin Belinda ein altes Cottage in Cornwall erbt, ist Georgie daher sofort bereit, sie dorthin zu begleiten. Schnell stellt sich jedoch heraus, dass das knarrende Herrenhaus namens White Sails unbewohnbar ist. Die Nachbarin Rose Summer lädt die beiden ein, solange in Trewoma Hall zu wohnen.

Molly Murphy begibt sich in die Welt der Träume – und in höchste Gefahr. Die Cosy Crime-Reihe geht spannend weiter! Molly Murphy und ihr Sohn Liam werden in einen schrecklichen U-Bahn-Unfall verwickelt, der zum Glück glimpflich für sie ausgeht. Doch kurz darauf bekommt ihr Ehemann, der NYPD Captain Daniel Sullivan eine Nachricht von dem phantomhaften Serienmörder, dem er schon seit längerem auf der Spur ist. Hat er es nun auch auf seine Familie abgesehen? Obwohl Daniel Molly verbietet, sich in Gefahr zu bringen und in den Fall einzumischen, ist ihr detektivischer Ehrgeiz geweckt.

Molly Murphy freut sich auf ihr erstes Weihnachtsfest mit ihrem Mann Daniel und ihrem Sohn Liam als Familie. In weihnachtlicher Nächstenliebe möchte sie aber auch den Straßenkindern helfen: Beim Lauschen der Sternensinger bemerkt sie ein kleines Mädchen mit vornehmen englischen Akzent, das so gar nicht hierher zu passen scheint. Sie und ihr Bruder sind mit ihrer Mutter nach New York gekommen, doch diese ist seither verschwunden. Molly will den beiden bei ihrer Suche helfen, doch schon bald wird sie in eine Verschwörung hineingezogen.

Der gemütliche Constable Evan Evans – einziger Polizist des walisischen Dörfchens Llanfair – soll eine Expedition unterstützen, die einen deutschen Bomber aus dem Zweiten Weltkrieg bergen will. Dieses Vorhaben wird für eine Dokumentation aufgezeichnet. Doch nicht nur die Dorfbewohner regen sich über die Filmemacher auf, sondern auch Constable Evans, als er von der früheren Beziehung seiner Freundin Bronwen mit einem Mitglied der Filmcrew erfährt. Die Spannungen verstärken sich mehr und mehr... bis einer der Filmemacher verschwindet und schließlich tot aufgefunden wird.