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Book Review of Tell Me, Pretty Maiden (Molly Murphy, Bk 7)

Tell Me, Pretty Maiden (Molly Murphy, Bk 7)
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An absolutely great read. According to the jacket blurb, it's wintertime in New York and or the first time since Irish immeigrant Molly Murphy started her early twentieth century detective agency, she is completely snowed in with work. While she's very much in demand by some of Broadway's brightest stars and Fifth Avenue's richest families, Molly must admit that it's time for her to get some help. Her beau, the recently and wrongly suspended police captain, Daniel Sullivan, would make an ideal associate, but before Molly and he can agree on the terms of his employment, they stumble across a young woman lying unconscious in the middle of a snow covered Central Park. When the woman wake sup, she is disoriented and has lost her ability to speak. The authorities are about to pack her off to an insane asylum, but Molly can't help but step in and take on yet another stormy case ....