Murder in an Irish Village (Irish Village, Bk 1)
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Book Type: Hardcover
Author:
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Book Type: Hardcover
Murder in an Irish Village centers around Siobhan O'Sullivan and her five siblings. The family resides in Kilbane, a small village in Ireland and operates their family business, Natalie's Bistro. The O'Sullivan Six as the children are fondly known, lost their parents in a car accident involving a drunk driver.
Siobhan as the oldest girl has taken over the responsibility for keeping the business open, and has been awarded guardianship of her four younger siblings. Older brother James should be shouldering these jobs but a bout of alcoholism after their parents death left him untrustworthy. Siobhan had been planning to leave for college in Dublin and she does harbor some regret that she was unable to enroll with her two best friends.
Billy Murphy is the young villager accused of driving drunk and killing the very popular O'Sullivan's. Billy's mother Mary still resides in town however she has become mostly a recluse as the local townspeople have ostracized her, and Billy's bad boy brother Niall has recently resurfaced. Niall approaches Siobhan and says that he has information and proof that his brother did not cause the accident that took the O'Sullivan lives, but he needs ten thousand euros before he tells her what really happened that fateful night.
Angry that Niall is blackmailing her, Siobhan tells James and her other siblings about the conversation. James who had been ten months sober goes off on a bender, terrified for him Siobhan becomes even more fearful when she discovers Niall dead in the Bistro and her brother beat up and passed out drunk in the alley. It's no surprise that local gardia consider James the prime suspect.
Determined to clear her brother's name and find the real killer Siobhan sets out to investigate. She is shocked to learn that her sister has been corresponding with Billy and is suspicious when her questions seem to rile some of the villagers that were also her parent's close friends.
A quick moving plot set in a picturesque village. A spunky heroine with a warm, devoted family and just the right touch of romance between Siobhan and Macdara Flannery, the local policeman.
Siobhan as the oldest girl has taken over the responsibility for keeping the business open, and has been awarded guardianship of her four younger siblings. Older brother James should be shouldering these jobs but a bout of alcoholism after their parents death left him untrustworthy. Siobhan had been planning to leave for college in Dublin and she does harbor some regret that she was unable to enroll with her two best friends.
Billy Murphy is the young villager accused of driving drunk and killing the very popular O'Sullivan's. Billy's mother Mary still resides in town however she has become mostly a recluse as the local townspeople have ostracized her, and Billy's bad boy brother Niall has recently resurfaced. Niall approaches Siobhan and says that he has information and proof that his brother did not cause the accident that took the O'Sullivan lives, but he needs ten thousand euros before he tells her what really happened that fateful night.
Angry that Niall is blackmailing her, Siobhan tells James and her other siblings about the conversation. James who had been ten months sober goes off on a bender, terrified for him Siobhan becomes even more fearful when she discovers Niall dead in the Bistro and her brother beat up and passed out drunk in the alley. It's no surprise that local gardia consider James the prime suspect.
Determined to clear her brother's name and find the real killer Siobhan sets out to investigate. She is shocked to learn that her sister has been corresponding with Billy and is suspicious when her questions seem to rile some of the villagers that were also her parent's close friends.
A quick moving plot set in a picturesque village. A spunky heroine with a warm, devoted family and just the right touch of romance between Siobhan and Macdara Flannery, the local policeman.
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