The Secret Staircase by Sheila Connolly

August 24, 2021

Although Sheila Connolly was able to wrap up some of the mysteries behind the lives of Henry and Mary Barton in her third Victorian Village Mystery, The Secret Staircase, she left us with the village of Asheboro, Maryland unfinished, and the house unfinished. In the...

Sheila Connolly, RIP

April 24, 2020

Sheila Connolly died on April 20 in her beloved Ireland, where she moved last year. I’ve reviewed all kinds of her books here on the blog, beginning with One Bad Apple back in 2008. She wrote the Orchard mysteries, the Museum mysteries. the County Cork ones, the...

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....

Killer in the Carriage House by Sheila Connolly

July 07, 2019

Although Kate Hamilton, the amateur sleuth in Killer in the Carriage House, comes across as distracted, I was wondering if the author, Sheila Connolly, was distracted when she wrote this latest mystery. I know I had an ARC, so I won’t mention errors I found in...

Murder at the Mansion by Sheila Connolly

June 25, 2018

Murder at the Mansion, the first Victorian Village Mystery, is evidence of Sheila Connolly’s expertise. It’s obvious she knows her way around a Victorian house, and knows the way to research history. It’s also obvious this isn’t...