Murder in an Irish Cottage by Carlene O’Connor

February 23, 2020

If I hadn’t read Carlene O’Connor’s short story, “Christmas Cocoa Murder”, I might have felt a little overwhelmed diving into the fifth book in her Irish Village Mystery series. That’s really because Siobhan O’Sullivan is one...

Dead in Dublin by Catie Murphy

January 13, 2020

Well, I found a new cozy mystery series to love. Dead in Dublin may be a debut mystery, but Catie Murphy has written science fiction/fantasy as C.E. Murphy, so it’s quite polished. It doesn’t hurt that it’s set in Dublin with actual buildings and...

Fatal Roots by Sheila Connolly

January 07, 2020

Sheila Connolly’s County Cork mysteries always take me to Ireland, a country I love. And, I thought her book, An Early Wake, brought the music and area to life. That’s probably why I was so disappointed with the latest book in the series, Fatal Roots....

The Favorite Daughter by Patti Callahan Henry

June 10, 2019

If you start Patti Callahan Henry’s latest novel, The Favorite Daughter, and it feels as if it’s just another runaway bride story, hang in there. While the first sixty pages may seem familiar, the rest of the book will break your heart. It’s a story...

A Gruesome Discovery by Cora Harrison

December 11, 2018

Here’s a series I’ve read from the very beginning, Cora Harrison’s Reverend Mother series set in Cork, Ireland in the 1920s. I find the history of Ireland fascinating, and everything I’ve learned about history in recent years comes from...