Molly Murphy is trying to get her career as an investigator off the ground in a world that thinks women should stick to needlepoint.

Molly Murphy is trying to get her career as an investigator off the ground in a world that thinks women should stick to needlepoint.
In Molly Murphy’s world, women don’t become detectives. They marry and stay home, or they take one of a handful of respectable jobs until they find someone to marry.
Molly Murphy is a feisty Irish immigrant living in early-1900s New York City, where she solves mysteries and often deals with misogynistic blowhards.