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Death of Riley
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Start date
January 20, 2020
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January 22, 2020

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I collected Rhys Bowen hardcovers and softcovers for awhile and was glad to find that I love this Molly Brown series. I am impressed by how realistically and tangibly 1902 in New York is conveyed. Oddly, I dislike her Evan Evans series. I will try her royal ones soon.

I read “Murphy’s Law” in April 2018. I am pleased to continue this series, again which I would have given five stars, if nonsense did not weaken the end of the mysteries. Released a year later in 2002, “The Death Of Riley” is a titl
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Mar 22, 2022 rated it liked it
Having read all the author's Royal Spyness books, I'm used to the heroine getting into scrapes that could be avoided & being rescued by the handsome man. So I take it as it comes & find it all great fun. That being said, this series is a tiny bit grittier than the British upper class series, so that makes it more intriguing. I don't read cozy mysteries for their great literary value, I read them because they're fun. This is fun while having some things to say about immigrant life in early 20th c ...more