Death of Riley
- Published
- 1 January 2002
- Pages
- 284
- ISBN-13
- 9780312282110
- Type
- novel
About this book
Death of Riley (2002), the second book Bowen wrote solo, follows Murphy's Law as Molly establishes herself as one of the city's only female private investigators, working from a converted tenement office and the immigrant New York the series renders in vivid, well-researched detail.
Key facts about Death of Riley
Death of Riley is a novel by Rhys Bowen. Readers have had it since 2002. It runs to 284 pages.
Our list holds 3 editions of Death of Riley. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780312282110 to find the main one.
Death of Riley is book 2 of 22 in the Molly Murphy series. The series has 22 published books. However, the series starts with Murphy's Law (2001).
Vanished in the Crowd is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 10 March 2026. Meanwhile, A Whiff of Scandal comes next, with an announced date of 9 March 2027.
Additionally, Rhys Bowen writes Constable Evans and Her Royal Spyness as separate series. Those series sit on our cozy mystery shelf. Meanwhile, The Castle in the Glen is the latest published Rhys Bowen book on file, from 4 August 2026.
About Rhys Bowen
Rhys Bowen is the pen name of Janet Quin-Harkin, a Welsh-born, now California-based novelist who writes traditional mysteries across three series. See every Rhys Bowen book in order.
Its place in Molly Murphy
Death of Riley is book 2 in the Molly Murphy series. It follows Murphy's Law. It is followed by For the Love of Mike. See the full Molly Murphy reading order.
Molly Murphy flees Ireland in 1901 after killing a man in self-defense, arrives at Ellis Island with a dead woman's identity papers, and lands in New York City with nothing but nerve and an accidental talent for getting mixed up in murders. She becomes one of the city's only female private investigators, working cases the police won't take from a converted tenement office, while immigrant New York — Tammany Hall corruption, sweatshop labor, Broadway theater, the settlement-house movement — unfolds around her in…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780312282110
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780312989682
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781574905298