Jessie: In New Hampshire, where there are patches of grass miraculously showing in the lawn.
The New York Times bestselling author of An Early Wake returns to Ireland where Sullivan’s Pub owner Maura Donovan gets mixed up with smugglers.
After calling Ireland home for six months, Boston expat Maura Donovan still has a lot to learn about Irish ways—and Sullivan’s Pub is her classroom. Maura didn’t only inherit a business, she inherited a tight-knit community. And when a tragedy strikes, it’s the talk of the pub. A local farmer, out for a stroll on the beach with his young son, has mysteriously disappeared. Did he drown? Kill himself? The child can say only that he saw a boat.
Everyone from the local gardai to the Coast Guard is scouring the Cork coast, but when a body is finally brought ashore, it’s the wrong man. An accidental drowning or something more sinister? Trusting the words of the boy and listening to the suspicions of her employee Mick that the missing farmer might have run afoul of smugglers, Maura decides to investigate the deserted coves and isolated inlets for herself. But this time she may be getting in over her head…
So Wickeds, let’s chime in with our birthday wishes!
Liz: Sheila, yay! I love this series and admittedly I need to catch up, but now I can indulge in reading a couple back to back. So excited to visit Ireland vicariously through you and Maura!
Edith: I can’t wait to read this one, Sheila! And isn’t the tight-knit community the essence of a cozy?!
Sherry: Another trip to Ireland from my own home! Keep them coming, Sheila!
Jessie: A new installment in your County Cork series is always a cause for celebration! Congrats, Sheila!
Readers, are you as smitten as we all are with this series or with all things Irish?