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Irish scones, shamrock shortbread, a local literary festival… and a rather dead author? Join Mercy McCarthy on her next case!
Mercy and Lizzie McCarthy are settling into the charming seaside village of Shamrock Cove on the west coast of Ireland. Lizzie throws herself into organizing a book festival and mystery writer Mercy even agrees to come out of her bookish hidey-hole to do get involved. But then the star author for the event is found dead. James Brandt was killed by a falling bookshelf in his own cottage…
The local detective is not convinced by Mercy’s suspicion of murder but when someone else turns up dead, the police cannot ignore it. There’s just one problem:
Mercy and Lizzie’s beloved dog Mr. Poe sniffs out the second body in the storeroom of their own bookstore. And now all of the gossips seem determined to pin the murder on Mercy!Convinced the police are focusing on a red herring in this real-life case, Mercy needs to act fast to clear her name. A meddling mayor, a cheerful chef and a bashful botanist make her suspect list, but it’s not until Mercy discovers a tatty old photograph in the local library archive that she is onto the killer’s trail.
With the police keen to shut her out of the murder investigation
, can Mercy play this case by the book, or will she be the next to fall off the shelf…?Review:
This is book 2 in the series -book 1 was An Irish Bookshop Murder, and I have to say I absolutely love this series! Mercy and Lizzie are settling into their new lives in Ireland, Mercy is hard at work finishing her latest novel and Lizzie running their grandfather's bookstore and helping with the annual book festival. Things seem to be going well, until an unlikable author, who hails from the town, fails to show up for his book reading at their store. Dully summoned to find him at his guest house, instead they find him deceased, an apparent victim of an accidental fall over of a bookcase. But was it? As Mercy lets loose her little grey cells with the ok of her new neighbor Garda, it's a rush to find the killer, before more bodies appear. Fun and a quick read, this is a sound little who dun it that will keep you reading!
About the Author;
Lucy loves traveling the world, but her favorite place is at home with her dogs and family. That said, she's always up for adventure and is constantly on the lookout for killer inspiration--as in who will be the next killer in her books?
She has a master's degree in humanities and enjoys learning all the things.
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