At Liam’s baptism my old friend Miss Van Woekem came up to congratulate us. “This seems to be the year for babies,” she said. “I’ve just had a visit from a young cousin who lives out in Westchester County. Harriet Mainwaring. She also has a beautiful baby. Looks a little like you, my dear, come to think of it. Such an Irish face.”
Also by Rhys Bowen
The Molly Murphy Mysteries
Hush Now, Don’t You Cry
Bless the Bride
The Last Illusion
In a Gilded Cage
Tell Me, Pretty Maiden
In Dublin’s Fair City
Oh Danny Boy
In Like Flynn
For the Love of Mike
Death of Riley
Murphy’s Law
Royal Spyness Mysteries
The Twelve Clues of Christmas
Naughty in Nice
Royal Blood
Royal Flush
A Royal Pain
Her Royal Spyness
The Constable Evans Mysteries
Evanly Bodies
Evan Blessed
Evan’s Gate
Evan Only Knows
Evans to Betsy
Evan and Elle
Evanly Choirs
Evan Help Us
Evans Above
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
RHYS BOWEN is the author of the Anthony Award–and Agatha Award–winning Molly Murphy mysteries, the Edgar Award–nominated Evan Evans series, and the Royal Spyness series. Born in England, she lives in San Rafael, California.
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
THE FAMILY WAY. Copyright © 2013 by Rhys Bowen. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
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Cover design by Danielle Fiorella. Cover photograph of woman by Shirley Green. Cover photograph of buildings © Jason Todd.
The Library of Congress has cataloged the print edition as follows:
Bowen, Rhys.
The family way / Rhys Bowen.—1st ed.
p. cm.—(Molly Murphy mysteries)
ISBN 978-1-250-01163-3 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-1-250-01164-0 (e-book)
1. Murphy, Molly (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 2. Women private investigators—Fiction. 3. Irish American women—Fiction. 4. Kidnapping—Investigation—Fiction. 5. New York (N.Y.)—History—1898–1951—Fiction. I. Title.
PR6052.O848F36 2013
823'.914—dc23
2012040102
e-ISBN 9781250011640
First Edition: March 2013