The Last Illusion
- Published
- 1 January 2010
- Pages
- 279
- ISBN-13
- 9780312385408
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Last Illusion (2010) is the ninth entry at 279 pages, Molly's cases still rooted in the era's Tammany Hall corruption and immigrant New York even as her own circumstances slowly change.
Key facts about The Last Illusion
Rhys Bowen wrote The Last Illusion, a novel on our list. It has been out since 2010. The book has 279 pages.
We list 3 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780312385408 to find the main one.
The Last Illusion is book 9 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
The Last Illusion is book 9 in the Molly Murphy series. It follows In a Gilded Cage. It is followed by Bless the Bride. 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 9780312385408
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781410426581
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780312535353