An Irish Bookshop Murder

A Mercy McCarthy Mystery, Book 1

By: Lucy Connelly

Narrated by: 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.

Sisters

Loved the sisters are back together again and they were very happy and they are very happy

Great storyline

Great mystery. The characters are enjoyable and I the storyline was great. I have listened to many audiobooks and the narrator is key to bringing the story to life and holding your attention. She was awesome.

Good cozy mystery

Great cozy mystery. Both the author and the narrator kept me invested from the first chapter. With a number of twists and turns and a result I didn’t see coming, I was hooked. Cannot wait to read and or listen to more from this author.
 

Excellent narration

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