Murder at an Irish Wedding, published in 2017, is the second book in the Irish Village Mystery series. Siobhan O’Sullivan, who still runs Naomi’s Bistro with her five siblings in the Irish town of Kilbane, returns as our amateur sleuth.
This time around, Siobhan and Macdara are officially a couple. Macdara’s friend Paul is about to marry Alice, a beautiful model from a rich family, at Kilbane Castle. Yet, Macdara does not invite Siobhan as his plus-one, instead opting to invite his mother. Not to worry, though, Siobhan befriends the bride and gets an invite of her own. But before the nuptials can take place, Paul’s best man is murdered. With even Macdara as a suspect, Siobhan takes it upon herself to investigate.
As far as clue-dropping goes, this book was strange. To begin with, the first chapter was written from the murder victim’s point of view just before he sets out into the woods where he’s eventually found dead. Secondly, toward the end of the book, Siobhan thinks she knows who the killer is and goes around asking questions of various people to verify her theory. However, we the readers are not privy to some of the answers she receives. Although this second aspect was atypical of a cozy mystery novel, I think it worked here. It showed that Siobhan is a dedicated investigator and is becoming quite good at it. Furthermore, I was excited when, at the end of novel, Siobhan applied to become a police officer instead of applying to university as everyone believed she should. Not surprisingly, I’m interested to read more about Siobhan and her journey to become a police officer in small town Ireland. Good thing there are several more books in the series for me to enjoy.
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