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 town’s 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. He’s
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
GP’s shop all he wants out of life?
Barry’s mentor, Doctor Fingal Flahertie O’Reilly, is going
through some personal upheavals as well. After mourning his
deceased wife for decades, he’s finally allowed a new woman
into his life. But this budding courtship is not going over
well with Kinky Kincaid, the doctors’ redoubtable
housekeeper, who fears having her position usurped by
O’Reilly’s 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.