Searching for the long-lost sister of an Irish-American impresario, P.I. Molly Murphy leaves turn-of-the-century New York to head back to her native Ireland, only to be confronted by the murder of her maid and the disappearance of a famed Irish actress.

"Kathleen Connelly, Irish immigrant, widowed on the way to the California gold fields, she fought nature and man to found a far-flung empire built on gold. ... Megan Connelly, a beautiful woman-child every man wanted, and no man could tame. ... Danielle Connelly, orphaned on a savage frontier, she spoke no English, but found a way to survive and become the brains behind two great business empires. Two Moons, the Northern Paiute warrior's rage at the...