from Jiraiya

Rhys Bowen is a one trick pony, she puts all of her eggs in one basket. She puts her heroine through all sorts of trial and blackmails her readers to bond fiercely with her. When that ploy works the books are a delicacy. Here, however, I wasn't buying into her 'blarney'. Molly is a serial investi...

from LizSun

So bad, so very, very bad. I may not read another in this series. For me, the author's writing was choppy and plot lines weren't followed through. I tend to read an author's work from start to finish, but I feel a break up in the works.

from NewsieQ

Molly Murphy is nearing the due date for the birth of her first child with new husband Daniel Sullivan of the New York City Police Department. It's July 1904 and Molly is getting pressure from hubby to get out of the sweltering city for a stay with his mother. That doesn't look like a great optio...

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Molly is visiting her mother-in-law to try to escape the heat when she starts on the trail of a missing Irish immigrant. Can Molly find her, or will her pregnancy keep her home and safe? The plot was uneven, although it got better as the book progressed. And I am really tired of the usual conflic...

from Scrabblenut

Unfortunately, I'm finding this series a bit tedious and repetitious, with Molly Murphy always trying to justify her independence and rail against the mores of the times, which don't allow women to fully participate in society. And of course she goes against her husband's wishes and continues wit...