Murder on an Irish farm / Carlene O'Connor.

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Title:

Murder on an Irish farm / Carlene O'Connor.

Author:

O'Connor, Carlene, author.

ISBN:

9781496730800

Edition:

First Kensington hardcover edition.

Physical Description:

327 pages ; 22 cm.

Series:

An Irish village mystery ; 8

Irish village mystery ; 8.

General Note:

Sequel to: Murder in an Irish bookshop.

Includes a recipe.

Abstract:

Putting their wedding on hold due to the discovery of a human skeleton at a farmhouse near the church, garda Siobhán and Macdara must solve a fifty-year-old cold case of a missing groom, which heats up when a fresh corpse appears.

The entire O'Sullivan brood--and the regulars from Naomi's Bistro--have gathered at St. Mary's Church for the wedding of Siobhán and Macdara. Only Siobhán's brother James is missing. He arrives covered in dirt and babbling he found a human skeleton in the old slurry pit at the farmhouse--an abandoned dairy farm Macdara had purchased as a wedding surprise. Putting the wedding on hold, they find a skeleton clothed in rags that resemble a tattered tuxedo. An elderly neighbor approaches and claims these must be the remains of her one true love who never showed up on their wedding day, fifty years ago. When a fresh corpse appears the next day, will the nearly wedded couple be able to take their vows? -- adapted from jacket.

Personal Subject:

O'Sullivan, Siobhán (Fictitious character)-Fiction.

Subject Term:

Police -- Ireland -- Fiction.

Cold cases (Criminal investigation) -- Fiction.

Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.

Weddings -- Fiction.

Crimes non résolus -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.

Meurtre -- Enquêtes -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.

FICTION / Mystery & Detective / International Crime & Mystery.

FICTION / World Literature / Ireland / 21st Century.

FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths.

Cold cases (Criminal investigation) (OCoLC)fst01736451

Detective and mystery stories. (OCoLC)fst00891461

Murder -- Investigation. (OCoLC)fst01029788

Police. (OCoLC)fst01068398

Geographic Term:

Cork (Ireland : County) -- Fiction.

Cork (Irlande : Comté) -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.

Ireland. (OCoLC)fst01205427

Ireland -- Cork (County) (OCoLC)fst01330537

Genre:

Cozy mystery stories.

Detective and mystery fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726581

Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787

Novels. (OCoLC)fst01921742

Mystery fiction.

Detective and mystery fiction.

Cozy mysteries.

Novels.

Romans.

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Summary

In this enchanting new read in the fan-favorite series from a USA Today bestselling author, garda of County Cork, Ireland, Siobhan O'Sullivan and Macdaras Flannery, are about to get married at last. But just as the rowdy O'Sullivan brood and all the regulars of the local bistro have gathered at the church, the nuptials come to an abrupt halt when the discovery of an unidentified skeleton puts the wedding on pause...

If only her mother could be here! The entire O'Sullivan brood-not to mention the regulars from Naomi's Bistro-have gathered at St. Mary's Church for the wedding of Siobhan and Macdara. It's not every day you see two garda marrying each other. Only Siobhan's brother James is missing. They can't start without him.

But when James finally comes racing in, he's covered in dirt and babbling he's found a human skeleton in the old slurry pit at the farmhouse. What farmhouse? Macdara sheepishly admits he was saving it as a wedding surprise- he purchased an abandoned dairy farm. Duty calls, so the engaged garda decide to put the wedding on hold to investigate.

James leads them to a skeleton clothed in rags that resemble a tattered tuxedo. As an elderly neighbor approaches, she cries out that these must be the remains of her one true love who never showed up on their wedding day, fifty years ago. The garda have a cold case on their hands, which heats up the following day when a fresh corpse appears on top of the bridegroom's bones. With a killer at large, they need to watch their backs-or the nearly wedded couple may be parted by death before they've even taken their vows. . .

"Fans of charming Irish mysteries will delight in the ways this convoluted case ensnares the heroine and her supporting cast."- Kirkus Reviews

Reviews (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

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 Kilbane, County Cork, to announce he's discovered a skeleton in a slurry pit. The couple postpone their wedding as investigating the case soon takes priority after Siobhán's new neighbor, Gladys Burns, realizes the body is that of Tommy Caffrey, her fiancé, who stood her up at the altar 50 years earlier. Siobhán and Macdara discover that Gladys as well as her family members had many bones to pick with the deceased ne'er-do-well. Each clue leads to more revelations from the past, and the family's complex relationships seem to hold the key to the crime. When a second body appears, and suspects begin pointing fingers at each other, Siobhán and Macdara realize no one's telling the truth. The quaint Irish setting and facts about falconry boost the well-paced plot, though the ending requires some willing suspension of disbelief. Cozy fans will be well satisfied. Agent: Evan Marshall, Evan Marshall Agency. (Mar.)

Kirkus Review

The much-anticipated nuptials of DS Macdara Flannery and Garda Siobhán O'Sullivan are rudely interrupted when the best man shows up late and reports a dead body. In preparation for the blessed event, Dara's purchased an abandoned dairy farm for their new home. Not to be outdone, Siobhán's brother, James, has discovered a skeleton in its long-disused slurry pit. The couple's new neighbors, Gladys and Benji Burns, tentatively identify the body as that of Tommy Caffrey, who vanished the morning of his planned wedding to Gladys, leaving disaster in his wake, 50 years ago to the day. Also missing at the time was 30,000 pounds that Gladys' brother Alan O'Leary and his friend Howard Dunn had planned to use to start a business. The whole family remains oddly intertwined with Benji's first wife, Rose, who works with birds of prey, and their adopted son, Joseph, now a potter, who lives nearby. All of them are less than truthful in their descriptions of past events, and Siobhán's convinced that someone deliberately manipulated her wedding day to commemorate the anniversary of Tommy's death. When the family sneaks into the crime scene to pay their respects, they find Alan dead in the pit. The fresh corpse and the threats it betokens to the living make solving the mystery even more urgent and even more uncomfortable, since the likely suspects are all family members. Fans of charming Irish mysteries will delight in the ways this convoluted case ensnares the heroine and her supporting cast. Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.