Scandal in Skibbereen

Name: Scandal in Skibbereen
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Author: Sheila Connolly
ISBN: 9781452689180

Author: Sheila Connolly

Series: County Cork Mystery #2

Narrator: Amy Rubinate

Unabridged: 8 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 02/04/2014

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Women Sleuths

Synopsis

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 Melville 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 history—before someone else is out of the picture . . .

About Sheila Connolly

Sheila Connolly is the nationally bestselling, award-winning author of the Orchard Mystery series, the Museum series, and the stand-alone titles Relatively Dead and Once She Knew. She wrote her first mystery series for Berkley Prime Crime under the name Sarah Atwell, and the first book, Through a Glass, Deadly, was nominated for an Agatha Award for Best First Novel. Sheila lives in Massachusetts with her husband and three cats.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Amanda on April 03, 2014

I wasn't a big fan of the first book in this series. So I wasn't so sure if I wanted to read the second book. I am so glad I did. This was a great book, the characters really impressed me in this one. They felt more real to me. I had a very hard time putting the book down, I was really interested in......more

Goodreads review by Anne (Booklady) on December 13, 2017

3.5 Stars I'm really liking this series. And it's faced paced which is surprising for a cozy-mystery. and the whodunnit wasn't even on my radar. Maura Donovan is still getting used to owning both a home and a pub in Leap, Ireland. And the day a pushy and rude New Yorker walks into Sullivan's, Maura......more

Goodreads review by Carol on September 30, 2020

Welcome to Leap, Ireland. We are stopping for a pint at Sullivan’s Pub. The new owner is Maura Donavan. Maura came to Ireland after the death of her Grandmother. With no family left in America and no job, Maura followed her Grandmother’s wishes to go to see the country whence she and her father came.......more

Goodreads review by OpenBookSociety.com on February 12, 2014

[URL not allowed] Brought to you by OBS reviewer Kayt Maura and her cast of characters of locals are fun and enjoyable. Old Billy is a hoot. It seems in this installment of County Cork Mysteries, that Maura is settling in a bit more. She is more at home with her neighbors and ba......more

Goodreads review by Susan on August 06, 2016

Brash American Althea Melville storms into Maura's pub in the little village of Leap and demands help finding a long-lost Van Dyck painting. Althea can't get used to the Irish way of doing things, and antagonizes many of the people she meets. Maura, a former Bostonian, has adjusted to the slower pac......more