I've been following Molly Murphy since she stepped off the boat from Ireland. I usually throughly enjoy the antics of this strong independent character, but found it an uphill battle this time, due to a couple of "oops" from the publisher. Call me anal, but if it's spring of 1904 in the blurb and the victims' name is Hanna, it should probably be 1904, not fall of 1903 and the victim should be Hanna, not Hannan. Not to mention Molly sporting 1910's fashions on the cover!!

Having said that, once I got past this, it was an enjoyable read. Newly wed Molly and her husband, police detective Daniel Sullivan have been invited to stay in the Newport cottage of New York Alderman Brian Hannan, who wants Daniel to check into something for him. Unfortunately, the extended Hannan family has also been "invited" by the family patriarch to appear at the summer cottage in October, something unheard of in polite Newport Society. Matters quickly become extremely complicated when Hannah is discovered dead at the foot of the cliffs and his death is determined to be murder. With Daniel laid up in bed due to a chill caught in a storm the night of their arrival, it is up to Molly to make sure that justice is served.

With it's setting in Newport instead of New York, this installment didn't quite ring as true as most of the others in the series. It was missing some of the cultural and social issues that author Rhys Bowen usually adds into her Molly Murphy mysteries and I hope that the next will bring the Molly and Daniel back to New York.