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Type of bind: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
EAN num: 9780312984977
ISBN number: 0312984979
Label: St. Martin's Minotaur
Manufacturer: St. Martin's Minotaur
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 256
Printing Date: December 15, 2002
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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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Murhpy's Law is the very first novel in Rhys Bowen's series of Molly Murphy mysteries. (Bowen was previously known for her popular Constable Evan Evans mysteries.) Set in New York City at the turn of the century (ie. the 19th century), this mystery is rich with historical details about New York and the immigrant experience while also being an entertaining, suspenseful read.
Although Molly Murphy dreams of leaving behind her small life in a small Ireland coast town, she never really thinks she'll get away. Certainly not to bustling New York City. But, when Molly kills a man (in self-defense), fleeing the country seems to be her only option.
Traveling under a false name, Molly gets to Ellis Island only to become a suspect in the murder of a fellow immigrant. With the help of dangerously charming police captain Daniel O'Sullivan, Molly has to try to clear her name in this crime before her past catches up with her.
Having studied New York City history in college, I'm always interested in novels with historical New York as a backdrop. Bowen's prose brings the city as it was to life from her depictions of Hell's Kitchen to discussions of New York's notorious Tammany Hall government. The city is brought to life as carefully as any of the books characters, and I might add, to great effect.
In 2002, Murhphy's Law won the Agatha Award for best novel, and it shows in the writing and storyline. The cover art and titles add to this novel's charm. Named for a popular saying (Murphy's Law: If anything can go wrong, it will.) the title does, unfortunately for Molly, tie into the plot. The same goes for latter books in the series.
If you want to read more about this determined Irish redhead, she was subsequent spotted in Death of Riley.
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The very first novel of the MOlly Murphy Mysteries tells the story of how Molly finds herself fleeing Ireland and arriving New York in 1901. While at Ellis Island, a man is murdered, and Molly is one of the prime suspects. Handsome Captain Daniel Sullivan of the NYPD senses that she's hiding something, which is true, but she's not the murderer. Partly to save herself and her friend Michael, also a prime suspect, and pratly to impress good-looking and sexy Sullivan, she embarks on an investigation to find the murderer...
This novel manages to catch the arrival at Ellis Island and NY of the turn of the Century. I visited Ellis Island and a tenement house on the Lower East Side River this summer. Reading the novel, I felt as if I was back there, in the bustle of activity, with millions of languages and people around me. Also, the sexual tension between Daniel and Molly is quite entertaining, as they are both entangled in a web of lies...
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I really enjoy the Murphy' Law because it is fun to follow Molly along her
trip. She has had some interesting things happen to her, she leaves Ireland and she fnds a way to get to come to the states. Molly starts out in the right place at the right time, but she is going to bring two children with her that are not hers. Molly must travel in the bottom of the ship because she is not rich. While traveling along she has bad experiences, Molly tries hard to keep herself and the two children safe. Molly must keep a secret all through her travels even know she meets a
young boy who be friends her. They encounter a not so friendly man on
the ship who likes to cause problems. Molly tries hard to stay away from
the man. They arrive in Ellis Island and must to through the proper channels to be let into the states. During this time something bad happens and Molly is questioned by the police.
She finally is allowed into the States and she must live with some people she does not like staying with. She is questioned by the police
several times and so she decides she needs to solve the problem herself.
Molly is trying to find a job and at the same time solve the murder.
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This is a great book - I want to read the others in the series. It is set at turn of the century New York and an Irish immigrant named Molly Murphy gets involved in murder.
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This book was much better than I anticipated. I fell in love with Molly, and, although some of the storyline was a bit contrived, I didn't mind. Molly seemed to find her way a little too easily after arriving to America. Most women who weren't married, in that day, would have been a prostitute, servant, or factory worker. She dabbles with these "professions" but ultimately finds her way thanks to some good fortune. Maybe I'm just a sucker for all things Irish :) This book is a good history lesson but also light. Highly recommended to any mystery buff.
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