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The O'Sullivan clan of County Cork, Ireland,
are back to investigate another case of murder--this time at Christmas!
Synopsis:
Garda Siobhán O'Sullivan's holiday plans hit a sour note when murder rearranges the Yuletide carols into unexpected eulogies...
This December in Kilbane, if you're planning to warm up with a cuppa tea at Naomi's Bistro, you may have a bit of a wait--the entire O'Sullivan brood has gone off to West Cork to spend the holidays with brother James' fiancée Elise's family, including her grandfather, the famous orchestral conductor Enda Elliot. Siobhán is so happy for James and Elise but also quietly disappointed that she must put her own wedding to fellow garda Macdara Flannery on hold. Mac will have to join them later, so he can spend part of the holidays with his mam.
When the O'Sullivans learn everyone will choose a name from a hat to buy a music-related Christmas gift for someone else at the gathering, it seems like their greatest concern--until the cantankerous conductor is discovered crushed under a ninety-pound harp in a local concert hall.
With the extended family--including Enda's much-younger new wife Leah, a virtuoso violinist--suspected in his murder, it's up to Siobhán to ensure the guilty party faces the music. But as a snowstorm strands both families in a lavish farmhouse on a cliff, Siobhán had better pick up the tempo--before the killer orchestrates another untimely demise...
Review
The holidays are never easy when you have new in-laws to be added into the mix- suddenly you have to add in your traditions and theirs, and they may not mix at all. With James engaged to Elise, it makes sense for the family to travel and take in Elise's grandfather's special Christmas concert, and get to know the in-laws to be. But great plans never go as planned. Siobhán quickly finds herself immersed in what appears to be a murder made to look like a cruel accident. As she finds more clues, the local constable has to admit she might be right. Luckily help comes from an unexpected source, and soon she is trying to figure out who among Elise's family could be a killer. Not the Christmas anyone expected. This is a great book to get you in the holiday book, and it offers great insight to Irish family traditions as well!
About the Author:
Carlene O'Connor is the USA Today bestselling author of the acclaimed Irish Village Mysteries and the Galway Ireland Mysteries. She comes from a long line of Irish storytellers. Her great-grandmother emigrated from Ireland filled with tales in 1897 and the stories have been flowing ever since. Of all the places across the pond she's wandered, she fell most in love with a walled town in County Limerick and was inspired to create the town of Kilbane, County Cork. Carlene currently divides her time between Chicago and the Emerald Isle. Please visit her online at CarleneOConnor.net
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