Welcome to The Cozy Mystery Book Club's discussion of Murder in an Irish Village by Carlene O'Connor! Celebrate all things Irish with a cozy read and chat.

📖 ABOUT THE BOOK 📖

In the small village of Kilbane, County Cork, Ireland, Naomi’s Bistro has always been a warm and welcoming spot to visit with neighbors, enjoy some brown bread and tea, and get the local gossip. Nowadays twenty-two-year-old Siobhán O’Sullivan runs the family bistro named for her mother, along with her five siblings, after the death of their parents in a car crash almost a year ago. It’s been a rough year for the O’Sullivans, but it’s about to get rougher. One morning, as they’re opening the bistro, they discover a man seated at a table, dressed in a suit as if for his own funeral, a pair of hot pink barber scissors protruding from his chest. With the local garda suspecting the O’Sullivans and their business in danger of being shunned—murder tends to spoil the appetite—it’s up to feisty redheaded Siobhán to solve the crime and save her beloved brood.

Murder in an Irish Village on GoodReads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28953387-murder-in-an-irish-village

YouTube Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4H5G5Spfhc&t=185s

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Carlene O'Connor Interview Part One: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7NtxARON3A&t=8s

Carlene O'Connor Interview Part Two: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XU4Qw0HPlo8&t=15s

Carlene O'Connor Interview Part Three: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cc8OEkPfstQ&t=8s

Celebrate Cozy Mysteries with YouTube's first Cozy Mystery Book Club. Join the sleuthing fun with Angela, Jeannie, and the rest of The Cozy Mystery Book Club for their discussion of Murder in a Scottish Shire (Scottish Shire Mystery 1) by Traci Hall.

📖 ABOUT THE BOOK 📖

Known as the Brighton of the North, Nairn is both a charming Scottish town and a popular seaside resort—but to Paislee Shaw, it's simply home—unfortunately to a murderer . . . For a twenty-eight-year-old single mum, Paislee has knit together a sensible life for herself, her ten-year-old son Brody, and Wallace, their black Scottish terrier. Having inherited a knack for knitting from her dear departed grandmother, Paislee also owns a specialty sweater shop called Cashmere Crush, where devoted local crafters gather weekly for her Knit and Sip. Lately, though, Paislee feels as if her life is unraveling. She’s been served an eviction notice, and her estranged and homeless grandfather has just been brought to her door by a disconcertingly handsome detective named Mack Zeffer. As if all that wasn't enough, Paislee discovers a young woman who she recently rehired to help in the shop dead in her flat, possibly from an overdose of her heart medicine. But as details of the death and the woman’s life begin to raise suspicions for Detective Inspector Zeffer, it’s Paislee who must untangle a murderous yarn . . .

GoodReads: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/52825457

YouTube Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2r0kWqjNMg&t=23s

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This episode breaks down how a cozy mystery can become an official monthly TBR title for The Cozy Mystery Book Club. You can listen to the entire process from submission to voting. Hopefully, by the end of the episode, you learn a little more about the behind-the-scenes work going on as well as which cozies you should recommend for future TBR votes.

🔍 Brief Episode Recap 🔎

The cozy mysteries that are voted on are submitted and chosen by book club members. There are certain requirements for a book to be eligible for our yearly TBR voting; the title must be the first in a (cozy mystery) series, available across platforms (not just via one website/outlet and local libraries won’t have any issues requesting the title), The Cozy Mystery Book Club hasn't already featured the book as a monthly selection, and readers can access the story as an ebook, paperback, and or audiobook.

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