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Meet Ireland’s newest daring detective: she’s a bookstore owner, a coffee lover, and a crime writer. Now Mercy McCarthy needs a little Irish luck as she takes on her first case!
After receiving unexpected inheritance from her grandfather, Mercy and her twin sister Lizzie are now the proud owners of a charming antique bookshop in the tiny Irish village of Shamrock Cove. But before they can take in the beautiful view of the sea, one of their neighbors drops dead!
Mercy finds the Judge, a well-respected man who lives next door, dying on his own doorstep. She rushes to help, but with his final words, he accuses Mercy of murder! Most of their new neighbors hear his words and, with suspicion pointing at Mercy, she decides to investigate the case to clear her name.
Searching amongst the Judge’s old books, Mercy uncovers letters proving several of the townsfolk had reason to dislike the judge—but was it the local pub landlord, the kindly cook or neighborly knitter who killed him?
Then Mercy’s chief suspect turns up dead and she receives a threatening note, typed on paper from her own bookstore… Ireland was supposed to be a fresh start for Mercy and Lizzie, but dead bodies keep turning up.
Does Mercy have what it takes to nail the culprit or will the killer close the book on her time in this charming Irish village?
Readers who love Agatha Christie, Carlene O’Connor or Faith Martin, you’ve found your newest cozy crime addiction! An incredibly fast-paced and funny whodunnit that will sweep you away to Ireland and keep you zipping through until you reach the very last page.
My Review
A brand new cosy mystery series!! With a cover that screams read me, I was smitten as soon as I saw said cover.
Introducing twins Mercy and Lizzie. Americans who have discovered they had a grandfather. He has left them his home in Ireland along with his bookshop! They decide to make a fresh start and go to Ireland. Lizzie running the book store and Mercy writing her book.
Everything is just what they want, until Mercy find their next-door neighbour dying in the garden and, horror of horror’s, becomes the main suspect! Mercy writes mysteries, so she decides she has the skill set to crack on with her own investigation in order to clear her own name!
A cosy mystery novel that incorporates characters who you feel you want to be friends with and a well written plot. Mercy and Lizzie are a set of twins I found so interesting. Then there are the towns’ residents, who are all under suspicion at one point or another. I was so engrossed in who it could be and got so carried away with the investigation myself!
The setting is so vivid and described with such depth that I felt welcome myself. I couldn’t help but keep turning those pages instead of going to bed. Lucy Connolly has woven an amazing first book of the series, and I am curious to see what Mercy ends up facing next time.
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Author Bio
Bestselling author Candace Havens has published more than 25 books. Her novels have received nominations for the RITA’s, Holt Medallion, Write Touch Reader Awards and National Reader’s Choice Awards. She is a Barbara Wilson Award winner. She is the author of the biography Joss Whedon: The Genius Behind Buffy and a contributor to several anthologies. She is also one of the nation’s leading entertainment journalists and has interviewed countless celebrities from George Clooney to Chris Pratt. Candace runs a free online writing workshop for more than 2000 writers and teaches comprehensive writing classes. She does film reviews with Hawkeye in the Morning on 96.3 KSCS, and is a former President of the Television Critics Association.
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