Scandal in Skibbereen (A County Cork Mystery, #2)
As the new owner of Sullivan’s Pub in County Cork, Ireland, Maura Donovan gets an earful of all the village gossip. But uncovering the truth about some local rumors may close her down for good
Bostonian Maura is beginning to feel settled in her new Irish home, just in time for summer tourist...
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As the new owner of Sullivan’s Pub in County Cork, Ireland, Maura Donovan gets an earful of all the village gossip. But uncovering the truth about some local rumors may close her down for good
Bostonian Maura is beginning to feel settled in her new Irish home, just in time for summer tourist season to bring fresh business to her pub. But the first traveler to arrive is thirsty for more than just a pint of Guinness. Althea Hathaway is hot on the trail of a long-lost Van Dyck painting. Maura agrees to help Althea meet with the residents at the local manor house, the most likely location of the missing art. But when the manor’s gardener is found murdered, Maura wonders what Althea’s real motives are. Now, to solve the secret of the lost portrait and catch a killer, Maura will have to practice her Irish gift of gab and hunt down some local historybefore someone else is out of the picture
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780425252505 (0425252507)
ASIN: 425252507
Publish date: February 4th 2014
Publisher: Berkley
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
This is the second book in the series, and this book was even better than the first. I identify in a lot of ways with Maura and her thought processes, so I find her to be a believable and likeable character. I loved the date with Sean, I could put myself in the same situation easily. The plot with...
This is the second book in the County Cork cozy series. These books focus on an Irish-American girl from Boston named Maura Donovan who moves to Ireland and inherits an Irish pub. Something that I've noticed with Sheila Connolly that is true in this series, is that the mystery is almost a subpl...
In this second installment of the County Cork Mysteries Bostonian Maura is beginning to feel settled in her new Irish home and as owner of an Irish Pub. She is anxious to see what kind of business she will have a the summer tourist season begins.Althea Melville arrives from the U.S. but she is not o...