Book Review: Murder in an Irish Bookshop by Carlene O'Connor

  Disclosure / Disclaimer: I received this ebook free of charge, from kensington Books, via #netgalley, for review purposes on this blog. No compensation, monetary or in kind, has been received or implied for this post. Nor was I told how to post about it, all opinions are my own

                            

We're having a mini-Irish week, so fitting we're starting off with this book today!

In Carlene O'Connor's seventh installment of her USA Today bestselling Irish Village Mystery series, the grand opening of a new bookstore in Kilbane becomes the closing chapter of an author's life--and a whodunit that tests even Garda Siobhán O'Sullivan's deductive reasoning...

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Synopsis:

 Between training the new town garda and trying to set a wedding date with her fiancé, Macdara Flannery, Siobhán O'Sullivan is feeling a bit overwhelmed. She's looking forward to visiting the new bookshop and curling up with an exciting novel--only to discover the shelves contain nothing but Literature with a capital L. The owner not only refuses to stock romances, mysteries, and science fiction, but won't even let customers enter his store unless they can quote James Joyce or Sean Hennessey. 

Despite the owner deliberately limiting his clientele, he's hosting a reading and autographing event featuring up and coming Irish writers who will be taking up residency in Kilbane for a month. Among them is indie author Deirdre Walsh, who spends more time complaining about the unfairness of the publishing industry and megastar bestsellers instead of her own creative works, causing a heated debate among the writers. She seems to have a particular distaste for the novels of Nessa Lamb. Then Deirdre's body is found the next day in the back of the store--with pages torn from Nessa's books stuffed in her mouth. Now, Siobhán must uncover which of Kilbane's literary guests took Deirdre's criticisms so personally they'd engage in foul play . . .


Review:

I love Siobhán! She's so 'normal', that you really feel like you get tpo know her as a PERSON, not a character, along with her family and town. This series truly makes you want to go to Irelans and find this lovely town and just move there! LOL. This is a good little mystery, full of a few red herrings, that will kepp you guessing re motives up to the end! Along the way you'll enjoy the fun characters of the town, including the newcomers and authors (or are they?? hmmmm....). Plenty to chew on in this page turner, so make sure you add it to your Spring reading list!



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