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Murder in an Irish churchyard

O'Connor, Carlene (author.).

Summary: It's official! Siobhán is now Garda OSullivan, and her five siblings couldnt be prouder. While brother James runs Naomis Bistro, Siobhán is doing her part to keep the village safe. Of course, Kilbane is pretty quiet compared to a place like Dublin, where Macdara Flannery has gone to be a detective sergeant. Then one night the local priest summons Siobhán to the church cemetery. Theres a dead man in the graveyardaboveground. He lies shot on a blanket of freshly fallen snow, hand stretched out toward a nearby headstone. Hes a stranger, but the priest has heard talk of an American tourist in town, searching for his Irish ancestor. A detective sergeant is dispatched from Dublin to assist with the case, and as fate would have it, its Macdara. After his parting, things are awkward between them, but they have to work together. They learn the victim was from DublinDublin, Ohio, that is. And when his family members are located and told of his murder, the plot thickens. Siobhán begins to dig for a motive among the gnarled roots of the family tree. But as long-buried secrets are unearthed, she and Macdara will need to stay two steps ahead of the killer or end up with more than one foot in the grave.

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  • ISBN: 1617738522
  • ISBN: 9781617738524
  • ISBN: 1617738530
  • ISBN: 9781617738531
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (325 pages)
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  • Publisher: New York, NY : Kensington Books, 2018.

Content descriptions

Source of Description Note:
Print version record.
Subject: Ireland -- Cork (County)
Ireland
Police
Murder -- Investigation
FICTION -- Mystery & Detective -- Women Sleuths
Cork (Irlande : Comté) -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
Meurtre -- Enquêtes -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
Cork (Ireland : County) -- Fiction
Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction
Police -- Ireland -- Fiction
Genre: Crime & Thriller
Detective and mystery fiction.
Fiction.
Mystery fiction.
Detective and mystery stories.

  • Kirkus Reviews : Kirkus Reviews 2017 December #2
    A newly minted member of the Garda finds her first case is murder in more ways than one.Siobhán O'Sullivan's decision to become a police officer may have cost her a special relationship with Macdara Flannery, a garda who seemed upset by her decision to join without consulting him. Even before her first day on the job, she receives a call from the Kilbane parish priest, who heard a shot and discovered a dead man aboveground in the church graveyard. She gets in trouble for looking at the scene before calling the station and worries even more when Macdara, who is now a detective sergeant, is called in to run the case. Before she can give a report, she's sent out to investigate the theft of cranky old George Dunne's woolly socks—as soon as she can stuff herself into the uniform that was purposely ordered too small for her. Surprisingly, it's Macdara who makes sure she has a new uniform and a decent spot to work and chooses to work with her himself after warning her the y can have no personal discussions. The dead man, wealthy American Peter Mallon, had come to Ireland in search of some family history and, according to a witness who overheard him, to right a great wrong. He's been accompanied by his third wife, his brother, the daughter who's trying to get him declared incompetent, his gambling-addicted son, a nurse, and a filmmaker documenting the trip. Siobhán's quick peek with the priest reveals that Mallon had been shot and lay with his hand pointing at the grave of one John Mallon, 1828-1903. Since Mallon had recently changed his will, both his relatives and his hangers-on may have a motive for murder. But Siobhán thinks the answer may lie in the past and Mallon's search for a lost ancestor. The third in O'Connor's series (Murder at an Irish Wedding, 2017, etc.) freely dispenses quirky Irish charm as you scramble to find the truth. Copyright Kirkus 2017 Kirkus/BPI Communications. All rights reserved.
  • Publishers Weekly Reviews : PW Reviews 2018 January #2

    At the start of O'Connor's captivating third Irish Village mystery (after 2017's Murder at an Irish Wedding), Father Kearney summons Siobhán O'Sullivan, who's about to start her first day at Kilbane Gardai Station, to St. Mary's Churchyard, where the body of a man lies in the snow. Someone fatally shot the victim, later identified as American Peter Mallon, the patriarch of the wealthy Mallon family. Fingers point to everyone involved with filming a documentary in Kilbane about the Mallons' Irish heritage. Siobhán is dismayed to discover that she must report directly to her ex-boyfriend Det. Sgt. Macdara Flannery, who's been temporarily called up from Dublin to help close the case. They forge an uneasy partnership as they question suspects and uncover a tangled web of brotherly betrayal and unresolved heartbreak. Fans of light mysteries with an Irish flavor will look forward to Siobhan and Macdara's further adventures. Agent: Evan Marshall, Evan Marshall Agency. (Mar.)

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