In a Gilded Cage continues Rhys Bowen's acclaimed Molly Murphy series with a vivid portrait of 1918 New York, blending historical detail with a tightly woven mystery.
On Easter Sunday, Irish immigrant Molly joins suffragettes marching down Fifth Avenue and lands in jail for her civil protest. Freed by her fiancé, Police Captain Daniel Sullivan, she soon finds herself drawn back into danger when two Vassar alumnae seek her help as a private investigator.
One woman fears a greedy uncle is stealing her inheritance; the other suspects her husband of infidelity. When one of these women dies, apparently from the influenza sweeping the city, Molly begins to question whether illness or something more sinister is to blame.
As she navigates high society parlours, crowded tenements, and the shadowy world of opium gangs, Molly must sort truth from gossip and expose men who will do anything to protect their secrets.
Book features
- Historical mystery set in early twentieth-century New York
- Strong, independent female sleuth and suffrage themes
- Atmospheric setting amid war, influenza, and social change
- Intricate plot involving family wealth, infidelity, and crime
