In a message dated 3/18/2005 1:01:36 AM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: recently came upon a new series of mysteries by Rhys Bowen. They books tell the story of Molly Murphy - starting with her trip over the Ocean to her settlement in NYC. Interesting stuff. ______________________________ This series follows a successful one about a policeman in Wales named Evans (what else?).Evans to Betsy and Evan's Gate are two. I wouldn't be surprised if a scottish series were to come next! I enjoyed the Welsh series, the plots are well crafted and I don't know much about Wales. The Molly Murphy tales I did not enjoy, distracted by the superficial seeming research. This series seems to be in the category of "potboilers" and may indeed be very entertaining to many as pure fiction, I wouldn't consider it even historical fiction. GMcC NJ