A Very Irish Mystery

 A Very Irish Mystery

Reviewed By  Janet Mawdesley       April 10, 2026

 

Author  Verity Bright

Distributor:      Amazon
ISBN:                 978-1805506751
Publisher:         Bookouture
Release Date:   April 10, 2026  

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Once again, the intrepid trio of Lady Eleanor Swift, her handsome husband Huge Seldon and Clifford, her major-domo extraordinaire, along with Gladstone have found a simple trip to Ireland to follow a lead to the disappearance of her parents many years ago, has turned into something vastly different and very troubling.

A Very Irish Murder sees them plunged into a world they had no idea existed, one that is filled with danger and mystery at a time when the Suffragette movement was commencing in Ireland. Ellie finds she inadvertently gets swept up in a march on their way back to their Hotel, after having spent a fruitless time waiting to meet a man who apparently knew her parents and what happened to them; one Samuel O’Sullivan.

 On and innocent tour of the local Brewery, Colcannon’s, the body of the owner is discovered stuffed in a barrel; obviously struck dead by a vicious blow to the back of the head. As the Byron Detective Agency, they, due to Ellie’s sense of outrage, see them become involved in helping solve what appears to be a senseless murder.

But is it, as a second murder occurs and the information they have uncovered  is beginning to seem like someone believes killing will hide shady business dealings in which they are deeply involved. So many suspects with so few clues is not making bringing a killer to justice easy!

As they continue to try and discover the whereabouts of O’Sullivan, they find so many of the incidents occurring lead them to the Mondo, a part of town known for its poverty and kip-houses. It soon becomes apparent that the two events, the missing O’Sullivan and the murders, are somehow related; but how is the real question.

With a killer on the loose, a missing woman who may hold vital information and a massive storm brewing they must make a decision that could end in tragedy.

Book 25 in the Lady Eleanor Swift series, A Very Irish Murder has a slightly different nuance to previous books which is interesting and to be expected. There is also a hint that Ellie’s search for her parents may be drawing to a close in the most unexpected of ways. We will undoubtedly see what does indeed come next in Book 26, whatever that may be…..

Crime, Fiction, Mystery