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An Irish Bookshop Murder by Lucy Connelly

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A Body at the Irish Book Club, April 2026
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The Curious Case of the Poisoned Professor, February 2026
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Murder on the Clock, November 2025
Paperback / e-Book / audiobook
Death on a Scottish Train, October 2025
Hardcover / e-Book / audiobook
Death at a Scottish Christmas, October 2024
Hardcover / e-Book
An Irish Bookshop Murder, September 2024
e-Book
Death at a Scottish Wedding, January 2024
Hardcover / e-Book
An American in Scotland, November 2023
Trade Paperback / e-Book
An American in Scotland, April 2023
Hardcover / e-Book

AN IRISH BOOKSHOP MURDER
By: Lucy Connelly

Mercy McCarthy
Bookouture
September 2024
On Sale: August 22, 2024
Featuring: Mercy; Lizzie
282 pages
ISBN: 1835257178
EAN: 9781835257173
Kindle: B0D7HYVN4G
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Mystery Amateur Sleuth

Meet Ireland's newest daring detective: she's a bookstore owner, a coffee lover, and a crime writer. Now Mercy McCarthy needs a little Irish luck as she takes on her first case!

After receiving unexpected inheritance from her grandfather, Mercy and her twin sister Lizzie are now the proud owners of a charming antique bookshop in the tiny Irish village of Shamrock Cove. But before they can take in the beautiful view of the sea, one of their neighbors drops dead!

Mercy finds the Judge, a well-respected man who lives next door, dying on his own doorstep. She rushes to help, but with his final words, he accuses Mercy of murder! Most of their new neighbors hear his words and, with suspicion pointing at Mercy, she decides to investigate the case to clear her name.

Searching amongst the Judge's old books, Mercy uncovers letters proving several of the townsfolk had reason to dislike the judge-but was it the local pub landlord, the kindly cook or neighborly knitter who killed him?

Then Mercy's chief suspect turns up dead and she receives a threatening note, typed on paper from her own bookstore... Ireland was supposed to be a fresh start for Mercy and Lizzie, but dead bodies keep turning up.

Does Mercy have what it takes to nail the culprit or will the killer close the book on her time in this charming Irish village?

Readers who love Agatha Christie, Carlene O'Connor or Faith Martin, you've found your newest cozy crime addiction! An incredibly fast-paced and funny whodunnit that will sweep you away to Ireland and keep you zipping through until you reach the very last page.