Irish Country #5
Forge Books
October 2010
On Sale: September 28, 2010
Featuring: Barry Laverty, M.B
496 pages ISBN: 0765321742 EAN: 9780765321749 Hardcover Add to Wish List
Welcome to the colourful Ulster village of Ballybucklebo, where two doctors work hand in hand to mend the bodies and spirits of the townโs diverse and engaging inhabitants. But who is looking after the wounded hearts of the doctors?
After less than a year, young Barry Laverty, M.B., is settling in to the village, with only a few months to go before he becomes a full partner in the practice. Heโs looking forward to becoming a fixture in the community, until an unexpected romantic reversal gives him second thoughts. Will he truly be happy tending to routine coughs and colds for the rest of his career? After all, even when a more challenging case comes along, like a rare tropical disease, all he can do is pass it on to a qualified specialist or big-city hospital. As much as Barry enjoys the rough and tumble of life in County Down, is running a humble GPโs shop all he wants out of life?
Barryโs mentor, Doctor Fingal Flahertie OโReilly, is going through some personal upheavals as well. After mourning his deceased wife for decades, heโs finally allowed a new woman into his life. But this budding courtship is not going over well with Kinky Kincaid, the doctorsโ redoubtable housekeeper, who fears having her position usurped by OโReillyโs new flame. Tact, diplomacy, and a fair amount of blarney may be required to restore peace to the household.
Meanwhile, life goes on in Ballybucklebo, presenting both doctors with plenty of distractions from their own troubles. From a mysterious outbreak at the local school to a complicated swindle involving an unlucky racehorse, the two partners will need all of their combined wit and compassion to put things right again--just in time for their lives to change forever.
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