When you are a poor Irish girl, even if already on the
shelf at age 23, and you get in trouble, you know no one
will believe you. With her flaming red hair and a spunky
attitude, Molly Murphy quickly realizes that she wouldn't
stand a chance in court, especially in Ireland. Even if it
was an by accident that she had killed the son of the
English landowner. What would it matter that he was
trying to rape her and she was defending her honour?
Stifling her fear, Molly knew she had to get away as fast
as possible, so with hardly a penny to her name, she runs
away from her village and makes her way to Belfast. As she
wanders around this port city trying to come up with a
plan, a woman with two lovely children takes pity on her
and helps her out of a fix. The Irish woman is due to sail
the next morning to New York in America to join her husband
there. But, Kathleen, Molly's new found acquaintance, knows
they won't let her land as she is ill, so she arranges for
Molly to take her place to get her two children safely to
their father. Molly doesn't know how she will manage and
what she will do - especially when Mr. O'Connor sees her
instead of his wife, but what can she do? Can she escape
by this ship? Will she be able to make a fresh start in
America? What will happen to her?
Rhys Bowen is a best-selling author who is well known for
her humourous mystery stories and MURPHY'S LAW sets out
Molly Murphy as a spunky and headstrong heroine on the path
to becoming an amateur sleuth in the busy and bustling New
York City in 1901. This first book in an exciting series
first published in 2001 and now re-printed, is riveting
with fast paced action and intrigue as "the just off the
boat" Molly lands herself in numerous troubles all the
while trying to help a new found friend. With her
excellent background research work, Bowen makes this
teeming turn of the 2oth century city come alive with its
poverty, political ambitions and corruptions. Molly is a
witty and highly likable character and is full of common
sense. Her headstrong ways seem advanced for a woman's
place in 1901; however, her actions fit well with the
storyline and all its intrigue. I just love the way Molly
spars with Daniel Sullivan, the handsome Irish police
captain she encounters while trying to save a friend from a
murder charge. Fans, new and existing, are sure to relish
the humour and suspense of MURPHY'S LAW!
Molly Murphy always knew she'd end up in trouble, just as
her mother predicted. So, when she commits murder in self-
defense, she flees her cherished Ireland, and her identity,
for the anonymous shores of America. When she arrives in
new York and sees the welcoming promise of freedom in the
Statue of Liberty, Molly begins to breathe easier. But when
a man is murdered on Ellis Island, a man Molly was seen
arguing with, she becomes a prime suspect in the crime.
Using her Irish charm and sharp wit, Molly escapes Ellis
Island and sets out to find the wily killer on her own.
Pounding the notorious streets of Hell's Kitchen and the
Lower East Side, Molly make sit her desperate mission to
clear her name before her deadly past comes back to haunt
her new future.
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