Dead in Dublin - A Review & Giveaway

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DEAD IN DUBLIN by Catie Murphy

The First Dublin Driver Mystery

Originally from Texas. Megan Malone now calls Ireland  home. Enjoying life abroad, Megan works as a driver for Leprechaun Limo Service. For months she'd been the regular driver for Liz Darr, noted American restaurant critic and blogger, and her husband when they visit Dublin. Leaving dinner one night Liz dropped to the ground and died at the foot of the famous statue of Molly Malone. Surely food poisoning couldn't have killed that quickly-and the fish was fresh! Trying to support the grieving husband as well as her friend who owns the restaurant where Liz had her last meal, Megan has some questions. Will her curiosity help her or will it be her downfall?

DEAD IN DUBLIN is a more grown up mystery. Harsher edges show a more realistic city, not a bucolic setting. Our protagonist is mature and has worked as an army medic before becoming a driver in Dublin. This experience helps to make her an intelligent, confident woman with lots of ingenuity. Megan is also likeable. I love her dealings with Mama and the puppies, as well as the detective.

Having never been to Dublin, I can't say for certain, but the author brings an air of authenticity to the work with not only detailed descriptions of the area, but an attitude, as well as the cadence of the language. The effect was that I could hear the sounds and felt I was there, in an amazing place filled with the problems major cities face, as well as the historic charm with which it's also endowed.

DEAD IN DUBLIN is an intriguing mystery filled with Irish charm and a capable protagonist. I look forward to seeing what's in store for Megan Malone...and those puppies she's not adopting.

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Dead in Dublin (The Dublin Driver Mysteries) by Catie Murphy

About Dead in Dublin

Dead in Dublin (The Dublin Driver Mysteries) 

Cozy Mystery 1st in Series  

Publisher: Kensington (December 31, 2019)  

Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages 

In Dublin’s fair city, where the girls are so pretty, murder occurs at the feet of sweet Molly Malone . . .

Ferrying tourists around Dublin for the Leprechaun Limo Service makes quite a change after years in the military. Still, Megan Malone is enjoying her life in Ireland. She likes the scenery, the easy pace, the quirky, quick-witted locals. Everything—except having one of her clients drop dead at the statue of fabled fishmonger, Molly Malone.

Most restaurant critics notch up their share of enemies. Elizabeth Darr, however, was a well-loved international star. She and her husband, Simon, had just had dinner when Elizabeth collapsed, and spoiled seafood is the first suspect. The restaurant’s owner, worried her business is doomed, begs Megan to look into it. Between her irate boss and a handsome Garda who’s both amused and annoyed by her persistence, Megan has her hands full even before she’s cajoled into taking care of two adorable Jack Russell puppies (which she is almost definitely not keeping). But if cockles and mussels aren’t to blame, can Megan find the real culprit . . .before another fishy death occurs?

About Catie Murphy

Catie Murphy, who has written numerous award-winning fantasy and Sci-fi books under the pseudonym C. E. Murphy, began writing around age six, when she submitted three poems to a school publication. The teacher producing the magazine selected (inevitably) the one she thought was by far the worst, but also told her—a six-year-old kid—to keep writing, which she has. She has also held the usual grab-bag of jobs often seen in an authorial biography, including public library volunteer (at ages 9 and 10; it’s clear she was doomed to a career involving books), archival assistant, cannery worker, and web designer. Writing books is better. She was born and raised in Alaska, and now lives with her family in her ancestral homeland of Ireland.

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