Murder on an Irish Farm

Irish Village Mysteries, Book 8

By: Carlene O'Connor

Narrated by: Caroline Lennon

In USA Today bestselling author Carlene O’Connor’s eighth Irish Village Mystery, the long-engaged garda of County Cork, Ireland, Siobhán O’Sullivan and Macdaras Flannery, are about to get married at last. But just as the rowdy O’Sullivan brood and all the regulars of the local bistro have gathered at the church, the nuptials come to an abrupt halt when the discovery of an unidentified skeleton puts the wedding on pause…

If only her mother could be here! The entire O’Sullivan brood—not to mention the regulars from Naomi’s Bistro—have gathered at St. Mary’s Church for the wedding of Siobhán and Macdara. It’s not every day you see two garda marrying each other. Only Siobhán’s brother James is missing. They can’t start without him.

But when James finally comes racing in, he’s covered in dirt and babbling he’s found a human skeleton in the old slurry pit at the farmhouse. What farmhouse? Macdara sheepishly admits he was saving it as a wedding surprise: he purchased an abandoned dairy farm. Duty calls, so the engaged garda decide to put the wedding on hold to investigate.

James leads them to a skeleton clothed in rags that resemble a tattered tuxedo. As an elderly neighbor approaches, she cries out that these must be the remains of her one true love who never showed up on their wedding day, fifty years ago. The garda have a cold case on their hands, which heats up the following day when a fresh corpse appears on top of the bridegroom’s bones. With a killer at large, they need to watch their backs—or the nearly wedded couple may be parted by death before they’ve even taken their vows...

©2022 Carlene O'Connor (P)2022 Recorded Books

Good

Story was entertaining, but not my favorite of the series. I found it a bit predictable at the end and a few loose ends were left. Also, some of the characters were tiresome. The reader does a superb job as always.

Murder on an Irish Farm

Enjoyed the twists & turns of the story Back with the OSullivan gang for the 4th time

everything I want in a cozy Mystery is in this book right here.

this was the first book in the series that I had read and I definitely want to read more now. the mystery was very complex and well thought through. I loved learning so much about Irish culture. the narrator was very pleasant to listen to. and this story had a lot of things that really make it stand out as a 'cozy' mystery. I loved it!

Excellent

Not only can this writer find a good plot, but her dialogue is great too. The narrator is also fantastic

The characters are amazing

Great story and a proper laugh. Love this family always impossible to figure out the plot