A Molly Malone Mystery #1
Maggie Sefton
Midnight Ink Books
August 8, 2012 / ISBN 978-0738731285
Mystery
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Reviewed
by Cheryl Green
Daughter of a Senator and wife of a Congressman, Molly Malone knows
her way around Washington, DC. The suicide death and related scandal
of her beloved husband sends her back to her Colorado home for more
than 20 years. She returns to the Washington. DC area to accept
a job that will allow her aged mother to continue to live in the
retirement home she is accustomed to with a paid companion to help
her.
The job falls through and her niece Karen (who is more like another
daughter) gets her a job with a Senator as a consultant. This is
a hard decision for Molly, who has vowed to remain out of politics
with its scandal and backstabbing. She would be an accounting consultant
for Senator Russell, who is an Independent from her home state of
Colorado.
Molly's niece Karen is having an affair with her boss Jed, who
is the Chief of Staff for the Senator from Nebraska. Molly advises
Karen to break off the affair. Karen also tells her she is looking
into campaign funds from a group called the Epsilon Group, something
just doesn't add up.
Karen quits her job and breaks it off with Jed, and there is an
altercation at a reception at Senator Russell's home. Karen tells
Molly she will be making calls in her car to line up a new job and
will meet her after the party. Molly is enjoying herself and does
not feel like such an outsider. When she goes to meet Karen, she
finds her dead in her car. The police feel it is a mugging gone
wrong. Molly keeps digging into the murder with the help of an old
high school friend and a co-worker of her niece Karen. Will Molly
get in too deep and will there be a high price to pay to find the
killer?
This was a very fast read for me, a real pager turner. I stayed
up very late to finish this book --- I just needed to know what
happened. Part mystery and part thriller - this is what I hope will
be the first in a new series by Maggie Sefton. She knows Washington,
DC and brought it to life for me. Molly is a very interesting character
and I am sure that Ms. Sefton will be able to find some more murders
for Molly to solve.
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