Molly Murphy
Created by Rhys Bowen

It's the early 1900s in New York City, and Irish immigrant MOLLY MURPHY, fresh off the boat, is just trying to get along. In her debut, the Agatha Award-winning Murphy's Law (2001), she tumbles from one jam to another, all the way from a small village in Ireland through London to New York, stumbling over bodies all the way.

By the second book, The Death of Riley (2002), Molly has landed a job at a detective agency, even though it's only for light cleaning, but soon finds herself (surprise, surprise) investigating the murder of her boss, Paddy Riley, with a little help from the likable (and drop-dead handsome) Daniel Sullivan of New York's finest.

Don't mistake these for gritty, hard-as-nail tales of blood and guts, full of turn-of-the-century nastiness -- they don't dish out Agathas for that kind of book. Instead we get a lot of coincidences, and of course that handsome young police constable to keep hearts a-fluttering. Still, if you like this kind of thing, you might get a kick out of Molly who is often described in the blurbs and reviews as --yes -- "spunky." And to her credit, Bowen doesn't flinch from the nasty side of the era.

The author also writes about contemporary Welsh Constable Evan Evans.

NOVELS

• Murphy's Law (2001)...Buy this book
• Death of Riley (2002) ..Buy this book
• For the Love of Mike (2003)...Buy this book
• In Like Flynn (2005).. Buy this book
• Oh Danny Boy (2006).. Buy this book
• In Dublin's Fair City (2007).. Buy this book
• Tell Me, Pretty Maiden (2008) ...Buy this book
• In a Gilded Cage (2009) ...Buy this book

Report submitted by Kevin Burton Smith. Thanks to Alberta Bond for the lead.