Murphy's law
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Murphy's Law is the captivating first entry of Rhys Bowen's New York Times bestselling Molly Murphy series 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. Murphy's Law won the 2001 Agatha Award and was nominated for the 2002 Mary Higgins Clark Award.
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18 primary books21 released books#1 in Molly Murphy
Molly Murphy is a 21-book series with 18 primary works first released in 2001 with contributions by Rhys Bowen and Clare Broyles.
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Charming! I was in the mood for a cozy mystery and this didn't disappoint. Looking forward to reading the rest of the series.
3.75. Very interesting character in Molly Murphy, and great chemistry between her and “her” detective.
The little romance with him was sweet, with just the right amount of balance between that and the mystery itself. However, there was one part in content that I would take exception to: when he rescues her and takes her to his house to warm her from her near-drowning, he's very ready to have his way with her, but stops when he realizes she's not the married woman she was masquerading as...and she, a good Catholic girl, is seemingly quite ready to go along with his intentions at that moment. They don't do anything, but there's no reason given morally that they didn't, which struck me as being odd for a Catholic girl of the day, and also got a whit on my nerves. Other than that, I really don't have any gripes with the book, which overall was a very good, historically accurate mystery.
