Pranks, Poitín, and Púcas

A Skye O'Shea Cozy Mystery, Book 3

Everyone's getting excited for Samhain. Can this savvy ex-pat spot a harbinger of doom before destruction descends?

County Cork, Ireland. Skye Brigid O'Shea remains haunted by trouble. But though her B&B renovation keeps sprouting expensive new issues, the refugee American finds the preparations for her first Hallowe'en on the Emerald Isle enchanting. And the naturally nosy former nurse assumes the worst after a mansplaining stranger seemingly fulfills a dark prophecy by turning up dead.

Digging into forgotten local history, Skye fears malicious fae plan to use All Hallows' Eve to disrupt the delicate balance between worlds. But with nothing but drunken rambling and old wives' tales to work from, she's terrified that they're all about to be neck-deep in the supernatural soup.

Can she manipulate the moonlight and make a mousetrap for a monster?

Pranks, Poitín, and Púcas is the lighthearted third book in the Skye O'Shea paranormal cozy mystery series. If you like fae felines, amateur sleuthing, and Irish folklore, then you'll love Rowan Dillon's Celtic conundrum.

©2025 Christy Nicholas writing as Rowan Dillon (P)2025 Tantor Media

FANTASTIC!

I love this book! The best one in the series! It's best to read them in order to understand what's going on. This one involves the pucca (Pooka) and the main character, Sky, does spiritual warfare with him. The pucca is a shape shifter, mischievous and onery. A Pooka can be good (like Jimmy Stewart's giant rabbit in the movie Harvey) or evil. The one in the book is evil. I love the comment the old man Conrad made; "Ireland wouldn't be so bad if it weren't for all the damn puccas"! The Cat-sìth (catshe) or fairy cat is in all of the books Excellent book!