02511cam a2200373 i 4500 1027330896 TxAuBib 20231030120000.0 200603s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2020945597 9781496730794 hardcover 1496730798 hardcover TxAuBib rda O'Connor, Carlene, author. Murder in an Irish bookshop / Carlene O'Connor. First Kensington hardcover edition. New York : Kensington Publishing Corp, 2021. 294 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Irish Village mystery ; 7 Includes a recipe. "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 . . ."--Amazon. 20231030. Bookstores Fiction. Bookstore owners Fiction. Authors Fiction. Murder Investigation Fiction. Cork (Ireland : County) Fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. lcgft Cozy mysteries. lcgft Irish Village mystery ; 7.