Beyond Absolution by Cora Harrison

November 11, 2018

Cora Harrison’s Reverend Mother mysteries, set in Cork, Ireland in the 1920s, are certainly realistic. She doesn’t sugarcoat the conditions of life at that time, or the brutality and deaths during the period of rebellion. She doesn’t hesitate to...

Death of a Novice by Cora Harrison

June 30, 2018

I’ll admit I could never get into Cora Harrison’s Burren mysteries set in 16th century Ireland. What a difference 400 years makes!  Death of a Novice is the fifth book to feature Reverend Mother Aquinas in 1920s Cork. Now, that’s my period of...

A Shocking Assassination by Cora Harrison

May 27, 2018

Cora Harrison’s Reverend Mother series is my favorite series discovery this year. I’m addicted to these mysteries set in the 1920s in Cork, Ireland, a city still torn by violence and politics.A Shocking Assassination puts Reverend Mother Aquinas right on...

A Shameful Murder by Cora Harrison

May 14, 2018

Sometimes, you come across a book that makes you go back to the beginning of a series. Cora Harrison’s Burren mysteries, set in 16th century Ireland, just never caught on with me. But, when I stumbled across her Reverend Mother mysteries, I was hooked. A...

What Are You Reading?

April 19, 2018

I just discovered a new mystery series that fits my interests. Cora Harrison’s Reverend Mother mysteries are set in Cork, Ireland in the 1920s, not long after the Easter Rising of 1916. The series contains politics, social and cultural issues. But, at least in...