More about Molly!

While waiting for the rest of Molly Murphy’s series, I leafed through three other books and was kinda disappointed. Why these rubbishes get published? Ohh sorry, that was so un-PC! Well, “The Bearskin Rug” by Jennifer Stevenson was not even romance, a jumble of ugly scenes and lots of porn-ish situations; the book has no story and no plot! Real rubbish indeed!
“Don’t make me choose between you and my shoes” by Dixie Cash was … ah, should I say cheesy? All this Texas this and Texas that, it reads like a commercial! Also it has been written for 80plus olds with a heart condition!
“Phyllida and the Brotherhood of Philander” by Ann Herendeen was different. Telling of a love triangle from a different perspective I have no authority to judge the subject but the story telling, the plot and the cast of characters were enchanting.
Then of course I got the rest of Molly’s books and spend four days finishing them. “In like Flynn” starts when Molly finds out her Jewish suitor has issues. She accepts to go undercover on an assignment from Daniel. She goes to a senator’s house to expose a team of fake mediums but four murders later she lets the fake spiritualists walk free and arrests a killer. In “Oh Danny Boy” Daniel is in trouble and Molly is trying to help him, finds a serial killer and track a missing girl. She finds a new ally in a policewoman detective and her friends are helping her anyway they can. Then “In Dublin’s Fair City” Molly goes back to Ireland to track a missing child but on her first day on the ship she gets a new assignment, lots of excitement and a murder. Then in Dublin she gets mixed up with freedom fighters, finds out about her family and leaves the Ireland again under suspicion. Back in New York and with Daniel out of work, she gets more cases in “Tell Me, Pretty Maiden”. One is an opera ghost, the other a traumatized girl and an old lady also asks Molly to find her nephew. With Daniel’s help Molly is working really hard and finally making some money too.
Ms. Bowen has created a wonderful series and each book is thrilling and better than the last one. Her characters are thriving and growing with each book and her narrative is still fresh after seven books.
Then I’ve started “Midnight Brunch” (Casa Dracula Series, Book 2) by Marta Acosta. After reading a great mystery this book seems lukewarm. I better wait until the book ends!