In Sunshine or in Shadow

Molly Murphy Mysteries, Book 20

De: Rhys Bowen, Clare Broyles

Narrado por: Nicola Barber

Duración: 8 h y 56 m

Resumen del Editor

Retired Detective Molly Murphy Sullivan is back with In Sunshine or in Shadow, the next book in this beloved series by New York Times best-selling author Rhys Bowen and Clare Broyles.

New York, 1908: The days are getting longer—and warmer—in Manhattan. Molly Murphy Sullivan doesn’t want to leave her home in the city, but typhoid is back, and she’s expecting. So she heads north with the children to summer with her mother-in-law in Westchester County. Molly tells herself it won’t be so bad, after all the countryside is pretty, and she’s determined to make the best of it. Even if she’s leaving her husband, Daniel, behind. And at least she’s not the only one heading north. Her great friends, Sid and Gus, are headed to the Catskills to visit Sid’s family.

Though her mother-in-law is a surprisingly excellent host, Molly quickly grows bored. And when Sid and Gus invite her to visit, Molly jumps at the chance to stay with them at an artist’s community. What a pleasant time they’ll have, so far from the city, although Sid isn’t so enthusiastic about having to visit her family in the nearby Jewish bungalow community. But deep in the Catskills, tensions are running high, and it’s not long before a body delays Molly’s return to Westchester.

©2024 Janet Quin-Harkin (writing as Rhys Bowen) and Clare Broyles (P)2024 Audible, Inc.

I love Molly!

Themes of Jewish life and antisemitism, feminism and adolescent angst add to Molly’s solving a mystery while people treat her like a delicate flower because of her pregnancy. So glad that doesn’t happen anymore!

I wish there were more.

Molly stories are always great this was no exception. I love Molly book. Can’t wait for the next.

wonderful return

Rhys Bowen does it again, with a wonderfully enjoyable, entrancing, fast paced mystery. So lovely to spend time with Molly and crew.

Slow start but ends up great

I listened to this because I have loved all the others in this series. The first one third of the book has a slow start in my opinion-I kept thinking: come on let’s get to it. I wonder whether the co-author had anything to do with it. Anyway, eventually the plot thickened and moved along. And I didn’t want to stop listening! In fact I returned to the last two chapters to be sure I got the details right as to how it ends - so pay attention to every word! That’s why I gave the storyline 5 stars after all.

Another great one!

I love Bowen’s books, all of them. This one did not disappoint yet again. She is a very talented writer and storyteller. If you listen to this one, definitely go back and get the other ones as well. You’ll be glad you did.

Lovely

I love this series. I have all of them. Always happy to see new books added to the collection.

Always A Delightful Read!

Rhys and Claire (congratulations) always provide an enjoyable story. They infuse each mystery with plenty of history and humor. Molly continues to be a favorite character for me. I wish there were 100 of these entertaining novels.

Very good story

I thought the setting was brilliant and imaginative departure from NYC. The mystery was good though no surprises much. I had an idea of the mystery solution after a certain clue. The characters were engaging also.

Wanted more!

I LOVE the Molly Murphy series but this recent book left me wanting more. The plot was tiresome and predictable. Characters were dull and boring. Almost seemed like the poor narrator had to dig deep to make it through the book. Wish I could recommend it.

Storyline was weak, and toward the end, it didn’t really even matter if she solved the crime.

This book was not as good as the previous books in the series. It was a bit disappointing, had too much discussion with herself, and the book tended to fall onto stereotypes.