num_pages: 226
description: Murphy's Law is the captivating first entry of Rhys Bowen's New York Times bestselling Molly Murphy series.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, under cover of a false identity, for the anonymous shores of late nineteenth-century 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.If she can't clear her name, Molly will be sent back to Ireland where the gallows await, so using her Irish charm and sharp wit, she 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 undertakes a desperate mission to clear her name before her deadly past comes back to haunt her new future.
language: English
title: Murphy's Law
titlecomplete: Murphy's Law (Molly Murphy Mysteries, #1)
genres: Historical, Audiobook, Crime, Historical Mystery, Mystery Thriller, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Cozy Mystery, Ireland, Mystery
ratings_count: 17116
places: New York City, New York, Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, New York, Lower East Side, New York City, New York
series: Molly Murphy
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Mary Higgins Clark Award, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Agatha Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: St Martin's Minotaur