Molly Murphy is inquisitive, eager to learn, smart, and doesn't take no for an answer. She also challenges the status quo. And she is a bit independent and stubborn. Sounds like a with-it kind of gal for today's society? She might fit right in. But she is a character in Rhys Bowen's historical mysteries set in 1900's New York City.
She was supposed to back on the farm in Ireland taking care of her brothers. But through a series of dramatic events, she finds herself trying to leave the country and does it with the help of a dying woman who wants to send her children to their father in America. But before she makes it into the country, a murder occurs that may revel her past. And that is where the series starts.
The books are: Murphy's Law, Death of Riley, For the Love of Mike, In Like Flynn, Oh Danny Boy, In Dublin’s Fair City, Tell Me Pretty Maiden.
Rhys Bowen has a winner in her hand with these tales. Bowen has them tightly plotted - each book follows directly after the next and she leaves you wondering just how Molly is going to solve her crime, pay her rent, and who she will run into next in the wilds of New York City's neighborhoods. Along the way she makes friends, enemies and glimpses some important historical figures of her day. Bowen gives a great look into the immigrant experience and the growth of the Irish in New York. I can't wait until the next one comes out. A very good read.
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