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Apr 14, 2018jeffreyochsner rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I really enjoy this series, but it is necessary to suspend some disbelief to enjoy it. Molly Murphy immigrated to the US from Ireland, and she ended up working as a private detective (in the early 1900s). Her subsequent adventures are highly entertaining and enjoyable, though improbable. She has a lot in common with 21st century women, so she is at least 100 years ahead of her time. She has bohemian friends who are also suffragists. She is a strong, fearless woman who is lucky to have survived the situations this series has put her in over the years. I can not tell you much about the plot of this book without spoiling it (and previous books in the series). Highlights of this book include a train trip from NYC to San Francisco in 1906, which was quite an adventure! The west was really wild then! San Francisco is a bustling city with a great deal of corruption in high places. Molly's adventures there are dramatic, and then the 1906 earthquake happens, and we get to see how she and everyone else in SF cope with that. These books are not great literature, but they are fun to read. If it bothers you that some of the events are improbable, you may want to find something else to read. If you are looking for a book to use as an escape for a while, this series is fun.