A review by nitabee
Mord auf dem Atlantik by Rhys Bowen

3.0

This is the sixth book featuring the enterprising lady investigator, Molly Murphy, and it resumes pretty much right after our last book ended. Daniel Sullivan is in Molly's hair, annoying her because he's brooding over his legal problems not being situated yet and not being allowed to return to his work as a police .... captain, maybe? I can't quite remember. Molly takes the case given to her by Tommy Burke, a well-known play producer whose family left Ireland when he was a wee boy, during the Famine. He didn't learn until he was old and his mother was dying that she'd left behind a baby sister there, due to her being very ill and not likely to make the journey. Now Tommy wants Molly to return to Ireland and try to locate his sister, Mary Ann, as he wants to leave her his fortune - his only other option is a screw-up nephew. Molly agrees to take the case, as she's anxious for a change of scenery and in dire financial straits. When she boards the ship, a famous actress Oona calls Molly to her room. They had met the same time Molly met Tommy, which is how Oona knew Molly was in residence, and she asks Molly to trade places with her, staying in her room pretending to be ill, saying that she can't have fun on the ship with all the lovestruck men constantly trying to woo her. Molly accepts the charade, for a hefty commission, and comes to regret it when
Spoilershe attends a fancy masquerade ball the last night on the ship and finds Rose, Oona's maid, murdered upon her return. Come to find out, Oona left the ship before they even sailed from New York. The story becomes a bit convoluted, but Rose's murderer was Tommy's nephew, hoping to kill Molly and stop her from locating Mary Ann, thus securing his inheritance. Molly does find Mary Ann, once she becomes intertwined with the Irish Republican Brotherhood, who wants to free Ireland from England's rule, and she gets caught up with a scheme of theirs, after learning that one of her brothers has been jailed
. Molly barely makes it out with her skin intact, of course, and is relieved to return to New York.