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A review by sjholmes
Murder in an Irish Pub by Carlene O'Connor
5.0
I was enchanted from the start with the description of Kilblane, the home of Siobhan O’Sullivan. A small village in County Cork, Ireland, that still has its medieval walls, the annual festival is being set up as Siobhan steps out of her home/family-run cafe. Dressed in her Garda uniform, Siobhan heads off to her job assignment at a nearby pub where a poker tournament is being held. The excitement of having an important tournament is palpable, but too soon it becomes the site of accusations of cheating with threats of fighting. And then the next morning Garda O’Sullivan finds the body of the champion poker player in a locked room. But is it suicide or murder? Both professional poker players, accustomed to dodging telling truths, and locals are potential suspects. Siobhan, the smart Garda, not “smart girl,” seeks to find the answers.
The setting of Kilblane is charmingly presented, along with Siobhan’s family of siblings whom she now mothers in place of her late parents. This is the fourth in the series, and makes a great stand-alone book as it is part police procedural with a complicated locked room scenario. First time readers can readily embrace the characters, although their is clearly much more to their stories that leave new reader with questions as to what happened to Siobhan’s parents, and most particularly how did Siobhan come to be a Garda and start a relationship with the Detective Sergeant she reports to. I certainly want to know more about the O’Sullivans and about Kilblane village itself.
The setting of Kilblane is charmingly presented, along with Siobhan’s family of siblings whom she now mothers in place of her late parents. This is the fourth in the series, and makes a great stand-alone book as it is part police procedural with a complicated locked room scenario. First time readers can readily embrace the characters, although their is clearly much more to their stories that leave new reader with questions as to what happened to Siobhan’s parents, and most particularly how did Siobhan come to be a Garda and start a relationship with the Detective Sergeant she reports to. I certainly want to know more about the O’Sullivans and about Kilblane village itself.