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A review by tough_cookie
For the Love of Mike by Rhys Bowen
4.0
Private investigator Molly Murphy is tired of handling divorce cases in her fledging business. It simply isn't her cup of tea, and after her latest assignment ends in embarrassment, she reaffirms her belief and decides to pursue the cases she originally intended to: helping people find lost relatives. In the mean time, she is given an assignment by a sweatshop owner who wants her to go undercover and discover a spy amongst his workers. Not long after she begins the case, she receives a letter from a retired major in Ireland searching for his daughter who he believes ran off to America with one of his stable boys. As Molly does her best to juggle the two cases, she soon finds that the two might not be completely separate.
Over the course of her investigations, she makes the acquaintance of a socialist writer named Nell, who somewhat grudgingly agrees to help her with her missing-persons case, and Jacob Singer, a member of the Hebrew Trades Union which helps workers to form their own unions. With her mind determined to forget Daniel, who still has not broken off his engagement, Molly finds new prospects in Jacob. Of course, she doesn't have a great deal of time to spend considering her options when she is trying to infiltrate a rival sweatshop, getting involved in workers' protests, and doing her best to take care of Seamus and his two children. With so much going on, it's a wonder poor Molly doesn't break under the pressure! But that's not the kind of girl she is, which is good because she goes up against many negative forces in this third installment. Given how quickly I read it (in about a day), I think it's safe to assume that I loved it and will continue on in the series.
Over the course of her investigations, she makes the acquaintance of a socialist writer named Nell, who somewhat grudgingly agrees to help her with her missing-persons case, and Jacob Singer, a member of the Hebrew Trades Union which helps workers to form their own unions. With her mind determined to forget Daniel, who still has not broken off his engagement, Molly finds new prospects in Jacob. Of course, she doesn't have a great deal of time to spend considering her options when she is trying to infiltrate a rival sweatshop, getting involved in workers' protests, and doing her best to take care of Seamus and his two children. With so much going on, it's a wonder poor Molly doesn't break under the pressure! But that's not the kind of girl she is, which is good because she goes up against many negative forces in this third installment. Given how quickly I read it (in about a day), I think it's safe to assume that I loved it and will continue on in the series.