Murphy's Law (Molly Murphy)

Irish humor and gritty determination...with more charm and optimism than the usual law attributed to Murphy. Anne Perry

Conveys a nice sense of place and period in this debut of a new historical series with its spunky, 19th century heroine, Molly Murphy. Publisher's Weekly

Perceptive and poignant writing...makes us look forward to Molly's return. Chicago Tribune

Irish humor and gritty determination...with more charm and optimism than the usual law attributed to Murphy. Anne Perry

Conveys a nice sense of place and period in this debut of a new historical series with its spunky, 19th century heroine, Molly Murphy. Publisher's Weekly

Perceptive and poignant writing...makes us look forward to Molly's return. Chicago Tribune

Irish humor and gritty determination...with more charm and optimism than the usual law attributed to Murphy. --Anne Perry

Conveys a nice sense of place and period in this debut of a new historical series with its spunky, 19th century heroine, Molly Murphy. --Publisher's Weekly

Perceptive and poignant writing...makes us look forward to Molly's return. --Chicago Tribune

-Irish humor and gritty determination...with more charm and optimism than the usual law attributed to Murphy.- --Anne Perry

-Conveys a nice sense of place and period in this debut of a new historical series with its spunky, 19th century heroine, Molly Murphy.- --Publisher's Weekly

-Perceptive and poignant writing...makes us look forward to Molly's return.- --Chicago Tribune

Rhys Bowen is the author of the award-winning Molly Murphy and Constable Evans mysteries. Her novels have garnered an impressive array of awards and nominations, including the Anthony award for her novel For the Love of Mike and the Agatha Award for Murphy's Law. Her books have also won the Bruce Alexander Historical Award and the Herodotus Award, and have been shortlisted for the Edgar, the Agatha, the Macavity, the Barry, and the Mary Higgins Clark Award.

She has also written Her Royal Spyness, a series about a minor royal in 1930s England, and she is the author of several short stories, including the Anthony Award-winning Doppelganger. Her story Voodoo was chosen to be part of the anthology of the best of 50 years of Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine.

Ms. Bowen was born in Bath, England, and worked as an announcer and studio manager for the BBC in London, before moving to Australia and then California. It was here she started writing children's and young adult novels, and then moved on to mysteries with the Constable Evans novels. When not writing she loves to travel, sing, hike, play her Celtic harp, and entertain her grandchildren. She lives in San Rafael, California.