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A review by literary__escapism
Buried in a Bog by Sheila Connolly
5.0
In the first book in the County Cork Mysteries, Maura Donovan heads to Ireland to discover her roots, after the death of her Irish grandmother. With nothing in Boston to hold her down, she heads to the small village of Leap. Within days Maura strikes up a friendship with her Gran's close friend, Bridget Nolan, and agrees to hang around and work at the Sullivan's Pub. When a body is discovered in the bog, Maura believes she may know who the body is and becomes involved.
I LOVE Irish/English mysteries. The bookstores are flooded with American mysteries (which I love as well) but new series set in a Irish or English village are such a novelty and I can't get enough of them.
Right from the acknowledgements I loved Buried in a Bog. Sheila Connolly details her research for this book, including taking lessons in the Irish language and her interest in genealogy. Her research has paid off because she has included irish words and phrases within the story, and this provided a real credibility to the story.
I loved Maura. She is a little lost in life, with her father dying when she was young and her mother abandoning her, and I enjoyed reading about how she discovers family in Leap.
With a great mystery surrounding the body in the bog that has been there for a very long time and colourful locals, Buried in a Bog is my very favorite debut of 2013 (so far!). It's got everything and I hope its the start of a great new, long series.
I LOVE Irish/English mysteries. The bookstores are flooded with American mysteries (which I love as well) but new series set in a Irish or English village are such a novelty and I can't get enough of them.
Right from the acknowledgements I loved Buried in a Bog. Sheila Connolly details her research for this book, including taking lessons in the Irish language and her interest in genealogy. Her research has paid off because she has included irish words and phrases within the story, and this provided a real credibility to the story.
I loved Maura. She is a little lost in life, with her father dying when she was young and her mother abandoning her, and I enjoyed reading about how she discovers family in Leap.
With a great mystery surrounding the body in the bog that has been there for a very long time and colourful locals, Buried in a Bog is my very favorite debut of 2013 (so far!). It's got everything and I hope its the start of a great new, long series.