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1900s

Away in a Manger: New Excerpt

By Rhys Bowen

November 12, 2015

Away in a Manger by Rhys Bowen is the 15th installment in the Molly Murphy series set during Christmastime in 1905 New York City (available November 17, 2015). 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…

Fresh Meat: The Edge of Dreams by Rhys Bowen

By Rachel Kramer Bussel

March 3, 2015

The Edge of Dreams by Rhys Bowen is the 14th historical mystery in the Molly Murphy series, and this time a near-fatal train accident leaves the former detective sleuthing from the sidelines (available March 3, 2015). It’s 1905, and Molly Sullivan (née Murphy) is no sooner back in her beloved New York City, preparing to…

Mark Twain’s Sherlock Holmes Satire: A Double Barrelled Detective Story

By David Cranmer

December 30, 2014

As the Baker Street Irregulars prepare for Sherlock Holmes’ birthday,  celebrated this year beginning January 7th, here’s a less-known version of a Sherlock Holmes short story, which begins in marital horror and ends with The Great Detective nose-tweaked by one of Conan Doyle’s contemporaries, Mark Twain. The setting is the Virginia countryside, circa 1880. An…

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