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Murder in Galway (A Home to Ireland Mystery Book 1) by [Carlene O'Connor]

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In the first installment of bestselling author Carlene O'Connor's new Home to Ireland Mystery series, New York Tara Meehan's first trip to Galway, Ireland may be her last.

Jump right into the beauty and splendor—and murder—of Tara’s Irish adventure! With a gorgeous setting, suspicious characters, and a deadly mystery—Murder in Galway will have you packing your bags…

Tara never imagined her introduction to Ireland like this—carrying her mam's ashes to honor her final request: "Tell Johnny I'm sorry...Take me home." She's never met her mam's estranged brother, Johnny Meehan, who owns an architectural salvage business in Galway. Although Tara is immediately charmed by the medieval city, the locals seem wary of strangers and a gypsy warns her that death is all around.

When Tara arrives at her uncle's stone cottage, the prophesy seems true. A dead man lies sprawled over the threshold in a pool of blood. The victim turns out to be Johnny's wealthiest client, and her missing uncle is the garda's number-one suspect. In trying to find Johnny and solve the crime, Tara uncovers her mam and uncle's troubled past. But with a desperate killer about, she had better mind herself, or they'll be tossing her ashes in Galway Bay...

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A Home to Ireland Mystery
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Carlene O'Connor is the USA Today bestselling author of the acclaimed Irish Village Mysteries and the Home to Ireland Mysteries. She comes from a long line of Irish storytellers. Her great-grandmother emigrated from Ireland filled with tales in 1897 and the stories have been flowing ever since. Of all the places across the pond she's wandered, she fell most in love with a walled town in County Limerick and was inspired to create the town of Kilbane, County Cork. Carlene currently divides her time between Chicago and the Emerald Isle. Please visit her online at CarleneOConnor.net. --This text refers to the mass_market edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07TT34D26
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Kensington Cozies (April 28, 2020)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 28, 2020
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 3438 KB
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Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 297 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #95,983 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #588 in Cozy Culinary Mysteries
- #671 in International Mystery & Crime (Kindle Store)
- #700 in Cozy Culinary Mystery

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USA Today bestselling author Carlene O’Connor comes from a long line of Irish storytellers. Her great-grandmother emigrated from Ireland to America and the stories have been flowing ever since. Of all the places across the pond she’s wandered, she fell most in love with a walled town in County Limerick and was inspired to create the town of Kilbane, County Cork. She writes the bestselling IRISH VILLAGE MYSTERIES, the HOME TO IRELAND series, and the new COUNTY KERRY MYSTERIES. Her books have been translated into numerous languages, and optioned for television. Readers can find her at Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100086525205106 or through her website: http://www.carleneoconnor.net

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tucsongal

Love Ireland.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 21, 2023

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Great easy, to read, interesting plots. Basically nonviolent and PG rated.

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First Book In New Series

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** 3.5 Stars **
I am an avid reader of this author’s Irish Village Mystery series and was very excited to see she has started this new series – also based in Ireland. I believe the author splits her year between living in Ireland and living in the United States.

Tara Meehan has come to Galway, Ireland to spread her mother’s ashes and to carry a message from her mother to Johnny Meehan, her mother’s estranged brother. Tara doesn’t even know if her uncle Johnny is alive. She’s never met him, never corresponded with him – no contact, ever. She has no idea what caused the rift between her mother and her uncle, so she has no idea what kind of reception she’ll get from him. Almost as soon as she arrived, the box containing her mother’s ashes was ripped from her hand by a street juggler and ended up opened and covering a stranger who had tried to retrieve it for her – then, directly on the heels of that, she discovered a dead body in the doorway of her uncle’s cottage. What a way to begin her stay in Galway!

Believing the body belonged to her uncle Johnny, she called the Garda (Irish police) and told them she’d found the body of Johnny Meehan. She also told others that she’d found Johnny’s body and nobody seemed surprised. Evidently, her uncle wasn’t an esteemed member of the community. When the body is officially identified, it isn’t Johnny Meehan but his best customer, Emmett Walsh, and her uncle Johnny is the suspect in the murder. With Uncle Johnny missing and the police not looking for other suspects, Tara believes it is her family duty to show that her uncle isn’t guilty – or – if he is, to help find him and turn him in.

The mystery is a good one with lots of potential suspects and victims. I was pretty sure who the culprit was almost as soon as they graced the page, but I certainly had no clue why that would be the case. There are many red herrings, many possible scenarios for the murder to have happened, and some really strange happenings going on in Johnny’s life. Tara finds yet another body, and this one had her uncle’s business card lying right there in the blood. Goodness wasn’t that convenient. The Garda doubles down on Johnny as the prime suspect and tells Tara to leave Ireland immediately – for her own safety of course. Can Tara and her uncle’s employee, Danny O’Donnell, solve the mystery before Detective Sergeant Gable finds and arrests her uncle? Danny is not a willing participant in the investigation, but he does what he can to help Tara.

This book just didn’t reach right out and pull me into the story. I didn’t care for any of the characters other than perhaps Danny. I also didn’t care for the anti-American sentiments which seemed to be espoused by the residents of Galway. I’m sure there are probably those with the anti-American sentiments in the real Galway, but I’d wager it isn’t as prevalent as the author intimated it was. With so many suspects, red-herrings, and things going on I would have thought the book would be fast-paced and suspenseful, but I actually found parts of it a bit dull.

While I wasn’t in love with this first offering, I’ll definitely try the next book in the series to see where things go. The first book in a series often isn’t the best the series has to offer because it has to fill so many functions – such as introducing us to the characters, setting up the series's premise, etc., and providing a compelling story. If the second book is like this one, I’ll probably not follow the series, but I’m sure I’ll become a series fan if it picks up the pace.

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Nancy K Favata Lambert

Murder in Galway

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 12, 2023

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Tara, going to Ireland to spread her mothers ashes, then things go nuts.
You will like book 1 can’t wait for book 2 of this series.
The last paragraph you will need a tissue.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 25, 2022

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I am really getting into cozy mysteries and by chance won Carlene O'Conner second book that came after this through Goodreads. So I decided before I read that one, which will definitely be next, I decided to buy this book.

I have to say the twists and turns had me stumped on who the murderer was. I kept thinking I knee and then Carlene tossed in another clue that made me say "nope nevermind." I loved reading every minute of it. Can't wait to read the second one now.

Her main character, Tara, is such a great character. Hurting and lost in her past but trudging forward to save her and her uncle's future, an uncle she never met or knew very little of. And throw Danny in, the flirt of Galway, or so Tara was told. Great characters! If you enjoy cozy mysteries, try this one out.

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TantalizingTomes

An other great series by Carlene O’Connor

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 7, 2022

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Ireland is the home that Tara Meehan had never set foot on until a death in the family brings her to Galway. Things go south quickly when she stumbles across a dead body, and in this little town she now under suspension. Carlene O'Connor's writing is still on par with her other series set in Ireland. I maybe a little biased because this book's main character's first name is mine and pronounced the way mine is, the Celtic way. This book throws in a nice amount of comedy as well as the murder mystery and character building that is required for a first book in the series. I give this a pepper rating of Bell Pepper, because there is nothing other than a kiss or two maybe. I give this book a 4 out of 5 stars, I enjoyed it thoroughly, but it was not as good as the other series in my opinion.
I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a good Cozy Mystery, or a book set in Ireland. I tend to pick books that are set in Ireland, this book is one that I can relate too. I may not have a family that immigrated to America in this past century, but my family roots are in Ireland and the beautiful country calls to me. For those that feel the same way this is a small way to have a piece of Ireland brought to life in your imagination.

I hope this has helped you find your next Tantalizing Tome.

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phrynne

First in a new series set in Ireland

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 20, 2022

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The first part of this book was very standard cosy. The characters all did what you would expect and events were easy to guess. However the main character, Tara Meehan, started to grow on me and then things began to really look up.

Tara is feisty, stubborn and sensible and she will not be deterred by anything. She has a very sad history behind her which includes the loss of her child. The mystery is very involved and there are many characters. I did guess the main culprit quite early despite the author's attempts to direct suspicion to others.

The ending was exciting and set things up for another book with the same main characters. I look forward to reading it!

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DC

Good read until the end

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 6, 2023

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The end of the story is missing. Chapter 31 only has one page.

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Amazon Customer Ellen Luby

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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 16, 2022

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Awesome twists and turns keeping you constantly trying to complete the puzzle. Loved the descriptions of Galway. Making me want to arrange a trip.

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Intense, you won’t want to put this one down!

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on May 4, 2021

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Tara arrives in Galway, Ireland to meet her estranged uncle and release her mother’s ashes to the Bay. She discovers a murdered man in her Uncle ‘s doorway . Initially Tara thinks it’s her Uncle who is dead but soon she finds it is a business client and her Uncle has become the prime suspect for the murder.
Tara begins a twisted, intense search for her uncle and for the truth behind the brutal murder. This is a must read for any mystery lover ! Curl up and enjoy!

MaryA

New series captures Galway and her people.

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on December 21, 2020

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Story flowed throughout. Enjoyed character development and depictions of different places, people, and Galway area.

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