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    Shocking Assassination, A: A Reverend Mother mystery set in 1920s' Ireland

    By Cora Harrison

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    “Well-drawn characters, including a lead capable of sustaining a long series, complement the clever plot”
    Publishers Weekly Starred Review

    Reverend Mother Aquinas is asked to prove a young man’s innocence in the second of this atmospheric new Irish historical mystery series.

    Ireland. 1924. Reverend Mother Aquinas is buying buttered eggs in the Cork city market at the very moment when the city engineer, James Doyle, is assassinated. Although no one saw the actual killing, a young reporter named Sam O’Mahoney is found standing close to the body, a pistol in his hand, and is arrested and charged.

    Following a desperate appeal from Sam’s mother, convinced of her son’s innocence, the Reverend Mother investigates – and, in this turbulent, war-torn city, uncovers several other key suspects. Could there be a Republican connection? Was James Doyle’s death linked to his corrupt practices in the rebuilding of the city, burned down more than a year ago by the Black and Tans? Cork is a city divided by wealth and by politics: this murder seems to have links to both.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSevern House Publishers
    Release dateSep 1, 2016
    ISBN9781780107882
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    Shocking Assassination, A: A Reverend Mother mystery set in 1920s' Ireland
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    Cora Harrison

    Cora Harrison worked as a headteacher before she decided to write her first novel. She has since published twenty-six children’s novels. My Lady Judge was her first book in a Celtic historical crime series for adults that introduces Mara, Brehon of the Burren. Cora lives on a farm near the Burren in the west of Ireland.

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