Descriptions, Reviews, etc.
Description:
"The roads around Dingle are whisper-quiet in the small hours of a rainy night, empty of the tourists who throng the town by day. As she and her assistant Patrick drive home after an already traumatic day, Dimpna Wilde isn't expecting to see anyone, let alone her employee Niamh, standing in the road, dressed in a nightgown and soaked to the skin. Dazed and distraught, Niamh passes out after muttering incoherently, and at her apartment, Dimpna and Patrick make a grisly discovery. There's a dead woman in Niamh's bed, shot in the head, a hunting rifle beside her. When Niamh comes to, she has no memory of the day's events, and no idea of the woman's identity. All she can tell Detective Inspector Cormac O'Brien with certainty is that for weeks, she's felt like she was being watched"--
Review Quotes: Praise for Carlene O'Connor's County Kerry Mysteries:
"Chilling...O'Connor's gift for atmosphere elevates the well-oiled plot, resulting in the series' best entry yet." --Publishers Weekly on You Have Gone Too Far
"There's a surprising conclusion in this sequel to
No Strangers Here. Sarah Stewart Taylor's fans will appreciate O'Connor's dark, atmospheric Irish mystery."
--Library Journal STARRED REVIEW for
Some of Us Are Looking "Ireland's County Kerry provides the backdrop for O'Connor's compelling series kickoff...Exciting, convoluted, and rich with compelling characters, this is the best of O'Connor's Irish mysteries to date."
--Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW for
No Strangers Here "A knockout steeped in setting and character...There is beautiful writing here and the characters are rich and complicated, as is the well-told story -a mystery that is well set up and beautifully resolved."
--Mystery Scene on
No Strangers Here "This solid series launch from O'Connor takes a more somber approach to crime solving than her Irish Village mysteries...O'Connor adds plot twists that many won't anticipate. Judicious use of Irishisms ("I swear to ye") adds color. Readers will eagerly await what happens next in County Kerry."
--Publishers Weekly on
No Strangers Here "Known for her cozies, O'Connor moves into darker territory here. For fans of Louise Penny."
--Library Journal on
No Strangers Here "Rural Ireland is made sparklingly real on the pages of Carlene O'Connor's absorbing series debut, which stars Dr. Dimpna Wilde a Vet who will stop at nothing to find out the truth, while also stepping into her father's practice to take care of local animals. The body that's found on the beach is just the start of this puzzle that will draw in readers of O'Connor's Home to Ireland and Irish Village Mysteries as well as fans of Tana French and
All Creatures Great and Small."
--Henrietta Verma, First Clue Review on
No Strangers Here "Carlene O'Connor crafts a thrilling and atmospheric mystery."
--BookRiot on
No Strangers Here "An excellent police procedural whose complex characters act out a twisty tale of hate."
--Kirkus Reviews on
Some of Us Are Looking
