An Irish Bookshop Murder

A Mercy McCarthy Mystery, Book 1

De: Lucy Connelly

Narrado por: Kimberly M. Wetherell

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?

Listeners 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.

©2024 Lucy Connelly (P)2024 Bookouture, an imprint of Storyfire Ltd.

Enjoyable, a bit sappy

Not a bad setup, characters and story but did skip ahead some and didn’t miss much. The repetitive sisterly protection was too overdone, repeated nor childish even with her history. Also protagonist was a bit too modest while perhaps successful? Otherwise since it was her first in the series and a well enjoyed author, I’ll try more.

Irish mystery

Listened on Audible. Enjoyed following the story and characters. Will be looking for more from this author.

good story

enjoyed this book. liked that while it was set in Ireland that the accents weren't so strong.

The different twist and figuring out who did the killing. But it would be nice who the stalker in NY was

The narrator did a good job and the story was interesting. I like how it was solved

Excellent narration

The mystery is intriguing and the characters are realistic. Good pacing with a couple of twists.

A nice cozy mystery with a good plot

I liked the characters. The narrator's Irish accent was awful to my Irish ears. The narrator is good at changing her voice for different characters.

Makes you wish you were there!

Love this author!! She transports you with her detailed storytelling and makes you wish you were there with the characters! I hope she never stops writing…

Good premise

Another enjoyable mystery with good characters and a delightful setting. The mystery was too easily solved and as in all books by this author, there are too many blows on the head and too much screaming.

I now want to move to Ireland

I LOVE this book! From beginning to end it held my attention. I can't wait until the next one comes out.

Excellent cozy!

This is the first book by Connelly I've listened to, and it was very enjoyable. Just the right number of characters & suspects, and the author uses enough description of the people and location to make it easy to visualize. The killer & motive were a complete surprise. The narration was perfect with each American or Irish voice different & clearly individual. I look forward to the next book. Well done!