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Description: Single-mom and police chief’s daughter Kate Buckley is all about family. After she receives an urgent text from her younger sister Colleen, she puts her life on hold and rushes to her Irish-themed hometown of Shamrock, Massachusetts. With her two daughters in tow, she’s ready to fight if it means she can help her charming but hapless sibling. When they arrive, Colleen claims it was all a misunderstanding. But everything changes in an Irish minute when Colleen’s best friend Deirdre, a dance show star, is found dead in the parish hall. With the discovery of a possible witness, a chilling motive, and a wee bit of incriminating evidence Colleen quickly becomes a person of interest in Deirdre’s murder. Convinced her sister isn't a killer, Kate is determined to clear Colleen’s name. As Kate investigates, Colleen takes charge of Shamrock’s popular Irish dance show in honor of her late friend–with disastrous results. With the St. Patrick’s Week festivities in full swing, Kate must catch the killer before the celebrations are ruined and her sister’s Irish luck runs out.
Genre: Mystery - Cozy
Why I Picked This Book: It's the first book in a new cozy series so of course I had to give it a try!
My Impression: This was an entertaining start to a new series. I love the setting and the fact that Kate is visiting her hometown after years away. It gives her a good mix of outsider but still belonging. Her family situation is a bit complicated. Her father is a retired police chief and her brother is an active police officer. As well, the family runs a B&B that is not the most financially healthy. And Kate's sister, Colleen, is a challenging character to say the least.
The murder happens fairly early in the book and Kate is involved from the beginning much to her brother's annoyance. Kate's sister is also involved from the beginning - as a suspect. Colleen wouldn't know a good decision if it bit her and if I were Kate I might have left her to save herself. Luckily for the story Kate is a better person than me and is working hard to save her sister and figure out what is going on and the family B&B. I also really liked Kate's two daughters. They're very age appropriate without taking up too much page time. I liked Maeve especially as she has all the teenage eye rolling but is also smart and empathetic.
I enjoyed this intro the a cozy series with a lot of potential. The adult charaters weren't my favorite and I didn't always feel the most connected to them but I feel like this will get better as the series goes on. I'm very excited to see what happens next for Kate and the world of Shamrock!
Would I Read More of this Series/Author? Yes! I enjoyed this one and would definitely read more by the author.
Would I Recommend this Book? If you enjoy cozy mysteries this is a solid and entertaining start to a series.
* I received this book in exchange for an honest review. As always my opinions and impressions are completely my own. *
Would I Recommend this Book? If you enjoy cozy mysteries this is a solid and entertaining start to a series.
* I received this book in exchange for an honest review. As always my opinions and impressions are completely my own. *
This does sound like a cozy series with a lot of potential. I'd probably really like Kate and her daughter, Maeve.
ReplyDeleteI love the setting and will be curious how the next book takes shape for you.
ReplyDeleteSounds like it was a good start and as you say the adult characters hopefully will improve as the series goes on.
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