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Shamrocks, Shenanigans, and a Side of Murder: Jessica Fletcher’s Irish Whodunit

Murder, She Wrote: Death on the Emerald Isle

By Jessica Fletcher & Terrie Farley Moran (Thorndike Press, 2023)

Genre: Fiction – Murder Mystery

Via: library

Pages (Print) 382

Kimber here. Telling you we weren’t going to do a “St. Patrick’s Day post.” Were not. Were not. WERE NOT!! But then…

This here “murder mystery” thingy sorta jumped off the shelf at The Book Place and landed in Mom’s book bag. Funny how that happens sometimes. But a cozy mystery by Jessica “J.B.” Fletcher set in Ireland? Well. Who can resist that? Especially on St. Patrick’s Day.  So here we are.

Anyway, here are the basics:

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Our Favorite Books Set in Ireland

According to family lore, one of us has roots in Ireland. So on this Saint Patrick’s Day we’re highlighting some of our favorite books set in and around the fabled Emerald Isle. Of course, we had to dig some up. And keep digging. And dig some more.

It took some effort. But one of us – the sweet four-legged one with a heart of gold – happens to be very good at digging. (Let’s just keep that our little secret, okay? – Kimber.)

So here are some of our favorite books set in Ireland. That we’ve actually read. Any of these ring any rainbows? In no particular order:

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