A Gruesome Discovery: A Mystery Set in 1920s Ireland

The Reverend Mother receives a decidedly gruesome gift in this compelling Irish historical mystery.

Ireland. 1925.

Like all who seek charitable contributions, Reverend Mother Aquinas is used to being gifted some fairly dubious items. But nothing like this. On opening the evil-smelling trunk, labelled 'old books', the Reverend Mother is horrified to discover it contains the dead body of one of Cork's richest merchants, wrapped in decomposing animal hides.

Many had reason to loathe the hides and skins merchant: his rebellious, republican son; his frustrated, clever daughter; his neighbours; his business rivals; and those whose unbaptised babies were buried on the site of his new tanning yard. But when suspicion falls on a former lay sister from her convent, the Reverend Mother decides she must help find the real killer.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Severn House Publishers
Published: 03/01/2018
ISBN: 9780727887580
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.80w x 0.90d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2018
Publishers Weekly 01/08/2018
Booklist 02/01/2018 pg. 32