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Latest Reads - An Irish Bookshop Murder (Lucy Connelly)
- Sherry Ickes
- Jan 16
- 2 min read
Any cozy mystery story with a setting in Ireland will catch my attention. So after I read over the book blurb on the back...plus a few pages between the covers...I was sold to give this series a try.
The story has an easy flow and great characters; but before I get a little ahead of myself, let me first talk a little bit about the book itself...
Mercy and her twin sister, Lizzie, get an unexpected inheritance from a grandfather they never knew. Mercy finds a new neighbor, the Judge, dying on his doorstep and tries to help. Before he passes, he accuses Mercy of killing him. The sisters decide if their new life in a new town with new neighbors is going to work, they’ll need to clear Mercy’s name. Another murder, a suspicious note, and various break-ins add to a fun mystery for readers to enjoy as they ride along with Mercy and Lizzie as they work to find the culprit or decide to return to America.
I really enjoyed how the author gave a credible explanation for their unknown inheritance of an antique bookshop and house in the Irish village of Shamrock Cove. This explanation can easily translate into the ladies learning more about their grandfather as the series continues, and I hope they do so.
Without giving any spoilers away, Lucy Connelly does a great job putting the reader into Mercy and Lizzie’s world. The characters are not only believable, but one feels they’re in the village with them as they are reading the story. As I thoroughly enjoyed this cozy mystery, I was delighted to see that a relative gifted me with the next one in the series at Christmas, Death by the Book; which will be next on my list!
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