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It's a tour date! Thanks for my gifted copy to @bibliolifestyle and @kensingtonbooks. QOTD: What female character from a book do you really love? I am excited to read this one because it features a badass female detective who wears many hats. She loves to read, helps to run her parents cafe after they passed, as well as helps to raise her five siblings who work there. She is also in the middle of planning her wedding. I love stories where women get to have it all. 📚SYNOPSIS📚 Between training the new town garda and trying to set a wedding date with her fiancé, Macdara Flannery, Siobhán O’Sullivan is feeling a bit overwhelmed. She’s looking forward to visiting the new bookshop and curling up with an exciting novel—only to discover the shelves contain nothing but Literature with a capital L. The owner not only refuses to stock romances, mysteries, and science fiction, but won’t even let customers enter his store unless they can quote James Joyce or Sean Hennessey. Despite the owner deliberately limiting his clientele, he’s hosting a reading and autographing event featuring up and coming Irish writers who will be taking up residency in Kilbane for a month. Among them is indie author Deirdre Walsh, who spends more time complaining about the unfairness of the publishing industry and megastar bestsellers instead of her own creative works, causing a heated debate among the writers. She seems to have a particular distaste for the novels of Nessa Lamb. Then Deirdre’s body is found the next day in the back of the store—with pages torn from Nessa’s books stuffed in her mouth. Now, Siobhán must uncover which of Kilbane’s literary guests took Deirdre’s criticisms so personally they’d engage in foul play . . . #bibliolifestyle #kensingtonbooks #MurderInAnIrishBookshop #book #CarleneOConnor #cozymystery #IrishVillageMystery #bookstagram #bookdragon #bookphotos #bookish #booksoutside #reading #booktour #bookfeature #bookstorebooks #bibliophile #bookseries #gifted #booksaboutbooks #neighborhood #WomensHistoryMonth #fiction #murdermystery #Femaleauthors #Hardcovers #booksbooksbooks #booksinBrooklyn #bookishactivity (at Bushwick) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMA-lX2AT-u/?igshid=wdhdlqrmruwv

#qotd: suggestion time! Leave me some good mysteries for my collection! What are your favs? . The O’Sullivan clan of County Cork, Ireland, are back to investigate another case of murder–this time at Christmas! Garda Siobhán O’Sullivan’s holiday plans hit a sour note when murder rearranges the Yuletide carols into unexpected eulogies… This December in Kilbane, if you’re planning to warm up with a cuppa tea at Naomi’s Bistro, you may have a bit of a wait–the entire O’Sullivan brood has gone off to West Cork to spend the holidays with brother James’ fiancée Elise’s family, including her grandfather, the famous orchestral conductor Enda Elliot. Siobhán is so happy for James and Elise but also quietly disappointed that she must put her own wedding to fellow garda Macdara Flannery on hold. Mac will have to join them later, so he can spend part of the holidays with his mam. When the O’Sullivans learn everyone will choose a name from a hat to buy a music-related Christmas gift for someone else at the gathering, it seems like their greatest concern–until the cantankerous conductor is discovered crushed under a ninety-pound harp in a local concert hall. With the extended family–including Enda’s much-younger new wife Leah, a virtuoso violinist–suspected in his murder, it’s up to Siobhán to ensure the guilty party faces the music. But as a snowstorm strands both families in a lavish farmhouse on a cliff, Siobhán had better pick up the tempo–before the killer orchestrates another untimely demise… . @kensingtonbooks @writergirlchi #CarleneOConnor #MurderAtAnIrishChristmas #AnIrishVillageMystery #cozymystery #holidayreads @tlcbooktours #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #booklove #murdermystery #mystery #irish #christmas #pictureoftheday #picoftheday #holidays (at Columbus, Ohio) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIeyjQygKBJ/?igshid=7s9na9o041ys

Another day, another new cozy mystery! MURDER IN CONNEMARA by Carlene O’Connor is the newest book in the Home to Ireland series. I love cozies! Especially ones set in Ireland or Scotland ❤️ . 🍀 . Thank you to @kensingtonbooks and @tlcbooktours for sending me a free copy! . 🍀 . In Galway County, a chance at redemption is denied by an unforgiving killer . . . Former New Yorker and interior designer Tara Meehan is eagerly anticipating the grand opening of her architectural salvage shop Renewals in her newly adopted home of Galway. She's in the midst of preparations when heiress Veronica O'Farrell bursts in to announce she’s ready for some renewal of her own. To celebrate one year of sobriety, she’s invited seven people she wronged in her drinking days to historic Ballynahinch Castle Hotel in neighboring Connemara to make amends in style. But perhaps one among them is not so eager to pardon her past misdeeds. Veronica is found lying in the ruins of manor house Clifden Castle with an antique Tara Brooch buried in her heart—the same brooch Tara Meehan admired in her shop the day before, posting a photo with the caption: #Killerbrooch. Now she’s a prime suspect, along with Veronica’s guests, all of whom had motives to stab the heiress. It’s up to Tara to pin down the guilty party . . . . 🍀 . #murderinconnemara #carleneoconnor #kensingtonbooks #tlcbooktours #AHometoirelandseries #cozymystery #cozies #BNexclusive #coverlove #jennblogsbooks #bookstagram #Bibliophile #unitedbookstagram #bookobsessed #booksbooksbooks #lovetoread #allthebooks #bookphoto #booktography #bookflatlay https://www.instagram.com/p/CDcmpGzl2-n/?igshid=1qn5i65m12i5i

Happy FriYAY! I am enjoying a rare kid free weekend 🤗 I will be enjoying a fancy belated birthday dinner and hopefully lots of time reading in bed 😍 . ☘️ . MURDER IN AN IRISH COTTAGE by Carlene O’Connor just released this past Tuesday. It is the 5th book in the Irish Village Mystery series. I am a huge fun of mysteries set anywhere in the British Isles. This series has been on my to-read shelf for far too long! I need to fix that ASAP 🕵🏻‍♀️ . ☘️ . Thank you to @kensingtonbooks and @tlcbooktours for sending me a free copy! . ☘️ . In a remote—and superstitious—village in County Cork, Ireland, Garda Siobhán O'Sullivan must solve a murder where the prime suspects are fairies . . . Family is everything to Siobhán: her five siblings; her dear departed mother for whom the family business, Naomi's Bistro, is named; and now her fiancé, Macdara Flannery. So precious is her engagement that Siobhán wants to keep it just between the two of them for a little longer. But Macdara is her family, which is why when his cousin Susan frantically calls for his help, Siobhán is at his side as the two garda rush from Kilbane to the rural village where Susan and her mother have recently moved. Unfortunately, tragedy awaits them. They find Susan, who is blind, outside the cottage, in a state. Inside, Aunt Ellen lies on her bed in a fancy red dress, no longer breathing. A pillow on the floor and a nearby teacup suggest the mode of death to their trained eyes: the woman has been poisoned and smothered. Someone wanted to make sure she was dead. But who? Devout believers in Irish folklore, the villagers insist the cottage is cursed—built on a fairy path. It turns out Ellen Delaney was not the first to die mysteriously in this cottage. Although the townsfolk blame malevolent fairies, Siobhán and Macdara must follow the path of a murderer all too human—but just as evil . . . . ☘️ . #jennblogsbooks #unitedbookstagram #bibliophile #murderinanirishcottage #carleneoconnor #kensingtonbooks #bookobsessed #irishvillagemysteries #cozymystery #readersofinsta #readmorebooks #bookmailisthebestmail #booksbooksbooks #tlcbooktours https://www.instagram.com/p/B9Im51qlXJY/?igshid=1c9eox42gfzgk

Book mail! A bunch of cozies from @kensingtonbooks Thanks so much! @amandaflowerauthor @karenrosesmith #barbaraross #carleneoconnor #murderingalway #cuttothechaise #janedarrowfieldprofessionalbusybody #toxictoffee #bookmail #booknerd #bookstagram #readersofinstagram #read2019 #cozymysteryseries https://www.instagram.com/p/B2ScpoAg9B0/?igshid=aq12rgupcvjs

TGIF! This weekend I have my monthly book club meeting. It happens to fall on Cinco de Mayo so we are having a TACO BAR 🌮 I am so excited! . 💛 . Happy belated book birthday to MURDER IN GALWAY by Carlene O’Connor! I absolutely love cozy mysteries that are set in Ireland. It’s so easy to completely immerse yourself in the setting and forget your surrounds. My favorite kind of book! . 💛 . Thank you to @kensingtonbooks and @tlcbooktours for sending me an early copy! Book blurb is in the comments 🔻 . 💛 . #kensingtonbooks #carleneoconnor #tlcbooktours #murderingalway #anirishvillagemystery #cozymystery #jennblogsbooks #bookstagramming #bookgram #mybookfeatures #libraryofinstagram #bookfeaturepage #bookphotography #bookpage #booksofinstagram #bookaesthetic #booktography #bookcommunity #goodreads #bookriot #booksbooksbooks #readinglife #bookseverywhere #instareads #prayforthegirl #kensingtonbooks #tlcbooktours #bookclub https://www.instagram.com/jennblogsbooks/p/BxBWZTWlJIb/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1l5q99xt7048m

☘️ Happy St. Patrick’s Day and Sock Sunday ☘️ I hope you wore something green today so you weren’t pinched! We woke up to a huge mess left by a cheeky leprechaun overnight 😉 The kids loved the surprise. . ☘️ . Thank you to @tlcbooktours and @kensingtonbooks for sending me an early copy of MURDER IN AN IRISH PUB by Carlene O’Connor. This book is the perfect read for today. It the 4th book in the Irish Village Mystery series. I’m so intrigued by it that I ended up buying the first book in the series, Murder In An Irish Village. I always have to start a series from the beginning. . ☘️ . Book blurb in the comments 🔻 . ☘️ . #murderinanirishpub #carleneoconnor #kensingtonbooks #tlcbooktours #anirishvillagemystery #kissmeimirish #stpatricksday2019 #jennblogsbooks #bookstagramming #bookgram #mybookfeatures #libraryofinstagram #bookfeaturepage #bookphotography #bookpage #booksofinstagram #bookaesthetic #booktography #bookcommunity #goodreads #bookriot #bookcollector #readinglife #bookseverywhere #bookhoarder @goodreads @bookriot https://www.instagram.com/jennblogsbooks/p/BvIS6RbFMo3/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ezutexv4de7m

My favorite time of day. Bed time, aka, reading time. Love this series! #anIrishVillageMystery #carleneoconnor #kensingtonmystery @kensingtonbooks