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Summary: Get of Jail Free Card BUT........
Review: Bowen brings Ellis Island to life with colorful characters and a building bustling with life. He carries over these details in showing the reading what NYC was like in the early 1900's. Molly is on the run from England for killing a man trying to protect her virtue. She meets a woman who is unable to travel to America with her children and rejoin her husband. Molly assumes her identity and all goes well until a man alludes to knowing her secret and making her life miserable. Upon arriving at Ellis she is almost free when the ship is detained due to a murder. After convincing the lead detective to release her to her husband even though he thinks she is hiding the killer she decides to seek out the truth. At this point Bowen loses a little creditability. In this era women didn't have a voice and running around the city like Molly did is a little hard to swallow. Rhys redeems himself by planting many reasons for the murder throughout the plot
and serves up quite an array of suspects. The ending was a splash and left the door wide open to sequels. Rating 9
Rating:
Summary: Get of Jail Free Card BUT........
Review: Bowen brings Ellis Island to life with colorful characters and a building bustling with life. He carries over these details in showing the reading what NYC was like in the early 1900's. Molly is on the run from England for killing a man trying to protect her virtue. She meets a woman who is unable to travel to America with her children and rejoin her husband. Molly assumes her identity and all goes well until a man alludes to knowing her secret and making her life miserable. Upon arriving at Ellis she is almost free when the ship is detained due to a murder. After convincing the lead detective to release her to her husband even though he thinks she is hiding the killer she decides to seek out the truth. At this point Bowen loses a little creditability. In this era women didn't have a voice and running around the city like Molly did is a little hard to swallow. Rhys redeems himself by planting many reasons for the murder throughout the plot
and serves up quite an array of suspects. The ending was a splash and left the door wide open to sequels. Rating 9
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Summary: Not bad for a Brit
Review: British born author Rhys Bowen has written a fun and cozy chronicle of murder and intrigue on Ellis Island at the turn of the last Century. Her new Irish-American heroine, firebrand Molly Murphy, is fun to follow along the East Side, West Side and all around the Town on the Sidewalks of old New York. She's on the trail of a murderer. Does it have to do with "The Troubles" back home in Ireland? `Tis a good choice for a light St. Paddy's Day fare. Reviewed by TundraVision.
Rating:
Summary: Not bad for a Brit
Review: British born author Rhys Bowen has written a fun and cozy chronicle of murder and intrigue on Ellis Island at the turn of the last Century. Her new Irish-American heroine, firebrand Molly Murphy, is fun to follow along the East Side, West Side and all around the Town on the Sidewalks of old New York. She's on the trail of a murderer. Does it have to do with "The Troubles" back home in Ireland? 'Tis a good choice for a light St. Paddy's Day fare. Reviewed by TundraVision.
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Summary: Clever and Witty Mystery
Review: First in a new series, this novel follows Irish immigrant Molly Murphy to New York and gives an excellent depiction of immigrant life there at the turn of the twentieth century. Molly Murphy is forced to flee her small Irish village when she accidentally kills the local landowner's son who attempts to rape her. Fleeing to England, she comes across Kathleen O'Connor, a woman who is sailing with her two children to America to meet her husband. As Mrs. O'Connor has tuberculosis and would be refused admission to the U.S., Molly agrees to take her place and escort the children there herself. But when colorful character O'Malley is murdered after arrival at Ellis Island, and Molly is a prime suspect, she must do her own investigative work to prove her innocence. As the reader shares in Molly's discovery of the sights and smells of early twentieth century New York, Molly travels the wintry city on foot searching for clues to the identity of the murderer. The only advantage she discovers in her new land is her acquaintance with Detective Daniel Sullivan, the handsome Irish-American who first considered her a suspect. In a clever combination of wit and mystery, Molly seems to get in one scrape after another, only to be bailed out by the attractive police captain. As it becomes apparent that Molly's life may be in danger, the reader is left to wonder if Daniel can save her in time. Ms. Bowen can do no wrong with a heroine as likeable as Molly with her combination of clever wit, curiosity, and determination. Lessons of history relating to corruption of Tammany Hall and the poverty of many immigrants are pleasingly inserted in the storyline to lend an air of reality to the read. With true mystery, colorful characters, and a splash of romance, future installments in this series can be eagerly anticipated.
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Summary: Amazing descriptions
Review: First of all let me point out that this book has nothing to do with the well known Murphy's Law :) Although the mystery part of the plot is not extremely elaborated, this book is worth reading. The author describes New York in the times were the Irish were immigrating to the city in a way that keeps you intersted throughout the book. Very good choice for light reading!
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Summary: Murphy's Law -
Review: I enjoyed the first of I hope many adventures of Molly Murphy. The heroine, escaping the hangman's noose in Ireland, escapes to America by pretending to be the mother of two children whose mother is diagnosed with Tuberculosis. The description of steerage class, the organized chaos of Ellis Island and differences of the various parts of New York City are well done. Some of the characters seemed to fit a generic mold, but through Molly's eyes they take on a new life. Her ability to survive and thrive makes her an interesting and terrific heroine. Here's hoping that her dream of being a detective doesn't get thwarted by fate or Daniel Sullivan. I couldn't put the book down and wondered when will the next one come out. May Molly have a long and happy life!!!!
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Summary: A very enjoyable little book
Review: I like Rhys Bowen, she writes a very enjoyable book. This one is no exception. It takes place in New York during the early years of the 20th century. The squaller of the tenements is in direct contrast to the beauty of Whales depicted in her Constable Evans series. Molly Murphy is a vastly different then her soft spoken Constable. The book like all her books is a quiet little mystery, nothing too bloody. An enjoyable little book to read in an afternoon. I'm looking forward to Molly solving more mysteries.
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Summary: A new series from Rhys Bowen!
Review: In her new series, Rhys Bowen introduces us to Molly Murphy, a wonderful and likeable young lady who arrives on Ellis Island under the most unusual circumstances and who then proceeds to make a life for herself in New York at the turn of the century.
Such a change of pace and place for Rhys Bowen shows great versatility and makes for two series that I am now hooked on.
Speaking of place, you are there on Ellis Island and New York. Much research must have gone into this book to make it so vivid and so real life.
I can't wait for more--I'll take another Molly Murphy or Evan Evans any time knowing I'm going to be entertained and even educated.
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Summary: Good, light mystery
Review: Molly Murphy escapes to the United States after killing a man. She witnesses a murder onboard and tries to save one of her shipmates from being charged with it. During the police investigation, she meets a dashing police officer with a nice romance beginning. The story is predictable in many ways. However, it is quick, descriptive and predictable with a lively writing style that holds the reader's attention throughout. Molly is her own woman who will not be beaten down by her circumstances; this was definitely a challenge in the early 1900s in Ireland and the U.S. I'm definitely looking forward to#2.
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