It’s March and I’ll be participating in the Reading Ireland Month for 2019, this cozy mystery being the first.
Title: Murder in an Irish Pub (An Irish Village Mystery Book 4) by Carlene O’Connor
Genre: Cozy Mystery, Crafts and Hobbies
Publisher: Kensington
Print Length: 304 pages
Publication Date: February 26, 2019
- ISBN-10:1496719042
- ISBN-13:978-1496719041
- ASIN: B07DBQB82Z
Source: Publisher and NetGalley
Title and Cover: Murder in an Irish Pub – Compelling cover depiction
Book Blurb:
When competing card sharps stir up Siobhán O’Sullivan’s quiet Irish village, a poker tournament turns into a game of Hangman . . .
In the small village of Kilbane in County Cork, for a cuppa tea or a slice of brown bread, you go to Naomi’s Bistro, managed by the many siblings of the lively O’Sullivan brood. For a pint or a game of darts—or for the poker tournament that’s just come to town—it’s the pub you want.
One player’s reputation precedes him: Eamon Foley, a tinker out of Dublin, called the Octopus for playing like he has eight hands under the table. But when Foley is found at the end of a rope, swinging from the rafters of Rory Mack’s pub, it’s time for the garda to take matters into their own hands. Macdara Flannery would lay odds it’s a simple suicide—after all, there’s a note and the room was locked. But Siobhán suspects foul play, as does Foley’s very pregnant widow. Perhaps one of Foley’s fellow finalists just raised the stakes to life and death.
With conflicting theories on the crime—not to mention the possibility of a proposal—tensions are running high between Siobhán and Macdara. Soon it’s up to Siobhán to call a killer’s bluff, but if she doesn’t play her cards right, she may be the next one taken out of the game . . . Continue reading “Murder in an Irish Pub by Carlene O’Connor – a #BookReview”
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