Carlene O’Connor. Kensington, $25 (304p) ISBN 978-1-61773-844-9
Siobhán O’Sullivan, the feisty 22-year-old heroine of O’Connor’s lively debut set in Kilbane, County Cork, Ireland, has been running the family bistro while taking care of her five siblings, who range in age from 10 to 24, since their parents died...
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Carlene O’Connor. Kensington, $25 (304p) ISBN 978-1-61773-852-4
At the start of O’Connor’s captivating third Irish Village mystery (after 2017’s Murder at an Irish Wedding), Father Kearney summons Siobhán O’Sullivan, who’s about to start her first day at Kilbane Gardai Station, to St. Mary’s Churchyard, where...
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Carlene O’Connor. Kensington, $26 (304p) ISBN 978-1-4967-1904-1
O’Connor’s pleasing fourth Irish Village mystery (after 2018’s Murder in an Irish Churchyard) finds officer Siobhán O’Sullivan and her significant other, Det. Sgt. Macdara Flannery, coping with crowds, gambling, and excessive drinking during a high-s
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Carlene O’Connor. Kensington, $26 (304p) ISBN 978-1-4967-1905-8
O’Connor’s exceptional fifth Irish Village mystery (after 2019’s Murder in an Irish Pub) takes Kildane, County Cork, garda Siobhán O’Sullivan and her fiancé, Det. Sgt. Macdara Flannery, to the remote village of Ballysiogdun. At the cottage of Ellen...
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Carlene O’Connor. Kensington, $26 (304p) ISBN 978-1-4967-1906-5
O’Connor’s solid sixth Irish Village mystery (after Murder in an Irish Cottage) finds levelheaded garda Siobhán O’Sullivan off duty for the holidays, or so she thinks. The six O’Sullivan siblings are spending a snowy Christmas with their oldest...
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Carlene O’Connor. Kensington, $26 (304p) ISBN 978-1-4967-3079-4
The opening of a bookshop in Kilbane, Ireland, is cause for celebration in O’Connor’s outstanding seventh Irish Village mystery (after 2020’s Murder at an Irish Christmas), until Kilbane’s residents learn the shop is stocking only good literature...
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Carlene O’Connor. Kensington, $26 (304p) ISBN 978-1-4967-3080-0
O’Connor’s solid eighth Irish Village mystery (after 2020’s Murder at an Irish Christmas) finds garda Siobhán O’Sullivan and her fiancé, Det. Sgt. Macdara Flannery, about to say their “I Do’s” when Siobhán’s eldest brother bursts into the church in...
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Carlene O’Connor. Kensington, $26 (320p) ISBN 978-1-4967-3752-6
This solid series launch from O’Connor takes a more somber approach to crime solving than her Irish Village mysteries, most recently Murder on an Irish Farm. When the body of wealthy 69-year-old racehorse owner Johnny O’Reilly is found on the shores
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Carlene O’Connor. Kensington, $27 (304p) ISBN 978-1-4967-3081-7
At the start of O’Connor’s excellent ninth Irish Village mystery (after 2022’s Murder on an Irish Farm), a protester shouts, “Join the health revolution. Sugar is not your friend,” outside Pie Pie Love, “Kilbane’s best bakery housed in a historic...
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Carlene O’Connor, read by Caroline Lennon. Dreamscape Media, , unabridged, 8 CDs, 10 hrs., $59.99 ISBN 978-1-5200-0059-6
Film and theater actress Lennon has a thick, musical brogue that she uses to great advantage reading this whodunit set in the village of Kilbane in County Cork. The Irish cozy’s heroine, Siobhan O’Sullivan, and her five siblings were orphaned a year
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Carlene O’Connor, Maddie Day, Alex Erickson. Kensington, $21.95 (346p) ISBN 978-1-4967-2360-4
Hot cocoa, that favorite holiday beverage, links the three long stories in this welcome Christmas-themed anthology
. In the title tale, an Irish Santa is found floating in a carnival dunk tank of hot chocolate in Kilbane, County Cork. O’Connor’s...
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Carlene O’Connor. Kensington, $27 (368p) ISBN 978-1-4967-3758-8
A rural Irish community faces the return of a violent cult leader in O’Connor’s chilling third outing for veterinarian Dimpna Wilde (after Some of Us Are Looking). Decades ago, the town of Dingle was terrorized by Cahal Mackey, who called himself...
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