Murder at an Irish Castle

Irish Castle Mystery, Book 1

By: Ellie Brannigan

Narrated by: Traci Odom

Rodeo Drive bridalwear designer Rayne McGrath expected her 30th birthday to start with a power lunch and end with champagne, lobster, and a diamond engagement ring from her fiancé. Instead, flat-broke and busted, she’s on a plane to Ireland, where she discovers that she’s inherited a run-down family castle.

Uncle Nevin’s will contains a few caveats—for example, if Rayne doesn’t turn McGrath Castle around within a year, the entire village will be financially destroyed. With the fate of the town in her hands and rumors that Rayne’s uncle’s death wasn’t actually an accident, she can’t possibly go back to her old life in L.A.

As the devastating truth about her uncle dawns on Rayne, it’s not just her reputation that’s on the line—it’s her life. Featuring a sharp and endearing protagonist, a colorful and quirky locale, and twists and turns befitting an old Irish village, the first in Ellie Brannigan’s mystery series transports listeners to a milieu as romantic as it is deadly.

©2023 Ellie Brannigan (P)2023 Dreamscape Media

Slow, with horrible Irish accents

I couldn’t finish it. I wanted to throw my phone out the car window. It took hours for this plot to progress at all.

Interesting plot even more interesting story. 

I always wonder what drives a writer to write certain things. Listening to this particular storyline I find it interesting how they jumped from one scene another. The transition from the initial climax to the next scene was somewhat rushed. But maybe that’s what people do in real life. I have to say that I did enjoy this. There were moments when I felt like I was in the room with the main characters and wanted to give advice. There were times when I wanted to shout out at someone telling them to shut up or go in another room or just wait where you are. Overall, it was really well written. The only thing that threw me off was the transition from one city to another. I felt like it was rushed. It could have been more planned. But I’ve never been in that situation myself so I won’t judge the writer. I don’t have any money so I don’t know what it’s like to just drop everything and run. So hopefully the next book will be a little bit more smoother as far as transition. But overall I do recommend listening to this book. 

Delightful new series!

Such a fun story and great characters! This book had all the elements of a great cozy mystery. I’m looking forward to the next book.

Formula, simple, story. needs more likable characters.

Heroine is not very likable nor clever, the dog was smarter. Missed on capturing Ireland. i don't think Dublin is a city of Chathedrals , I know top shelf Irish wisky is not peaty.

Kieran continuously bad mouthing Rainne

Kiera ruined the story with her abusive mouth towards Rainne and Rainne putting up with this from the minute they met