Irish immigrant Molly Murphy and her New York City PI 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.
For the first, Emily Boswell is convinced her miserly uncle stole her
inheritance and wants Molly to uncover the truth behind her parents'
lives and deaths. Second, Emily's college roommate Fanny Poindexter
wants Molly to find proof of her husband's philandering so that she can
leave him without one red cent. But when Fanny dies and her husband
claims she's a victim of the epidemic, it's more than Molly's conscience
can take.
Rhys Bowen's Agatha and Anthony Award-winning historical series
continues to breathe life into the past with its wit and charm and its
complete sense of early twentieth century New York, which makes In a
Gilded Cage her most accomplished mystery yet.