"Semi-retired private detective Molly Murphy Sullivan is suffering from depression after a miscarriage following her adventure in San Francisco during the earthquake of 1906. She and her husband, Daniel, are invited for Christmas at a mansion on the Hudson, and they gratefully accept, expecting a peaceful and relaxing holiday season. Not long after they arrive, however, they start to feel the tension in the house's atmosphere. Then they learn that the host couple's young daughter wandered out into the snow ten years ago and ...
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"Semi-retired private detective Molly Murphy Sullivan is suffering from depression after a miscarriage following her adventure in San Francisco during the earthquake of 1906. She and her husband, Daniel, are invited for Christmas at a mansion on the Hudson, and they gratefully accept, expecting a peaceful and relaxing holiday season. Not long after they arrive, however, they start to feel the tension in the house's atmosphere. Then they learn that the host couple's young daughter wandered out into the snow ten years ago and was never seen again. Molly can identify with the mother's pain at never knowing what happened to her child and wants to help, but there is so little to go on. No ransom note. No body ever found. But Molly slowly begins to suspect that the occupants of the house know more than they are letting on. Then, on Christmas Eve, there is a knock at the door and a young girl stands there. 'I'm Charlotte,' she says. 'I've come home'"--Provided by publishe
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Add this copy of The Ghost of Christmas Past: a Molly Murphy Mystery to cart. $1.99, very good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Brownstown, MI, UNITED STATES, published 2017 by Minotaur Books.
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I had the pleasure of reading The Ghost of Christmas Past, by Rhys Bowen (Anthony and Agatha Award recipient; Edgar Award nominee). Although seventeenth in the Molly Murphy mystery series, it is the first I've had the pleasure of reading. Bowen provides well-developed characters, an interesting story line, accurate historical details and enough detail of her characters' prior experiences to be informative, but not repetitive.
The main character, Molly Murphy, is a woman living in 1906 New York. Her temperament and behavior fit well into this suffrage period of American history - knowing society rules yet daring to speak her mind and push boundaries, much to her husband's frustration at times.
Molly is a wife and mother, Irish immigrant and former detective married to a Captain in the New York City police department. While visiting a family outside the City for the Christmas holiday, Molly learns of a tragedy that struck the family ten years before - the disappearance of their three-year-old daughter Charlotte. Seeing how troubled Winnie, Charlotte's mother, remains after all these years, Molly determines to try to learn what has happened to the child.
As the story unfolds, the clues unfold in an interesting and natural feeling manner, allowing the reader to play along with Molly and her reluctant husband as they pursue the truth. Twists and turns in the story keep it interesting to the end.
I really enjoyed reading this installation in the Molly Murphy series and look forward to reading earlier books. Ms. Bowen is an excellent author to be enjoyed with a glass of wine and a cozy fire.
