Murphy's law

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.