All That Is Hidden
A Molly Murphy Mystery
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4.4 • 49 Ratings
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Publisher Description
"Retired" detective and police captain's wife Molly Murphy Sullivan tangles with Tammany Hall in the next in Rhys Bowen and Clare Broyles's New York Times bestselling historical mystery series.
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. Daniel begs Molly to trust him, but why would he run for sheriff on the Tammany ticket? A party known more for kickbacks and quid pro quo than anything else, it used to be everything Daniel despised. So what’s changed? And why didn’t he discuss it with her beforehand? Molly can’t help but wonder what Daniel’s got himself tangled up in… and whether he needs her help to get out.
In this next installment in this beloved series All That Is Hidden, the incomparable Molly is drawn into the dangerous world of politics, forced to navigate through the webs of lies and deceit which are hidden behind a veil of vast wealth and grandeur.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
It's 1907 in Bowen's mildly diverting 19th Molly Murphy mystery, the second coauthored with her daughter (after 2022's Wild Irish Rose), and Molly's police captain husband, Daniel Sullivan, has some shocking news for her. Despite Daniel's previous clashes with Tammany Hall, he's accepted their offer to serve as the city's sheriff. Plus, he's agreed to move his family into a fancy Fifth Avenue home that's a perk of the position. Molly eventually overcomes her anger at not being consulted before her spouse made these decisions, as they lead to multiple mysteries for her to probe. She's a passenger on a tour boat belonging to Daniel's corrupt patron, Big Bill McCormick, when a fire breaks out, the second such conflagration on one of McCormick's vessels, leading her to suspect arson. The authors also toss in a fatal stabbing in a locked room. There are the usual number of contrivances, such as someone rescued from a perilous situation turning out to have an influential parent. This collaboration offers familiar pleasures for series followers. Agents: Christina Hogrebe and Meg Ruley, Jane Rotrosen Agency.
Customer Reviews
All That Is Hidden
Early 1900’s Daniel was the youngest police captain. While his wife gave up her detective agency when they had Liam. He was thinking of a career change, and the ticket he would run on was known for their bribes Then why change career.
The book is a combination of historical fiction and mystery, with lots of twists and turns to keep the reader interested. I enjoyed the story.
Thanks to Net Galley and St Martin Press to read and review this book, and the opinions are my own.
All that is hidden
This is the first of Rhys Bowen that Ive read . Because i enjoyed this book so well i will begin now on the other books and read from first to last
I liked the togetherness of the couple doing the investigations. The ending was a surprise too. But i suspected him at the first as his reason for talking to his father about a particular subject did not fit in at the timing of a birthday party , but even though i could not figure out how he did it .