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  • An Irish Village Mystery Bundle, Books 1-3

  • By: Carlene O'Connor
  • Narrated by: Caroline Lennon
  • Length: 29 hrs and 55 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (52 ratings)

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An Irish Village Mystery Bundle, Books 1-3

By: Carlene O'Connor
Narrated by: Caroline Lennon
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Summary

The first three books in the Irish Village Mystery series are included in this edition.

In Murder in an Irish Village (book 1), 22-year-old Siobhán O’Sullivan runs her family’s bistro in the small village of Kilbane, County Cork, Ireland. One morning, they find a man at a table with a pair of scissors protruding from his chest - and now it’s up to feisty redheaded Siobhán to solve the crime and save her beloved brood.

In Murder at an Irish Wedding (book 2), Siobhán and her five siblings have their plates full catering a celebrity wedding. But the celebratory mood suddenly turns sober when the best man is found murdered in the woods.

In Murder in an Irish Churchyard (book 3), Siobhán has accepted her calling and has decided to join the Garda Síochána. But her first case brings Macdara Flannery back into her life....

©2016, 2017, 2018 Carlene O'Connor (P)2022 Dreamscape Media, LLC
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Very enjoyable

Made me giggle at the Irishisms and the curry chips, though the accents are off I still really enjoyed the books

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Good crime stories

Enjoyed following the exploits of Siobhan made even more enjoyable by the excellent narrator

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Not As Described

As other reviews have mentioned the books aren't in order, they aren't even the first three books in the series! Chapter 1-33 murder in an Irish cottage; 34 - 68 murder at an Irish wedding;
69 - end murder in an Irish church yard.

I felt that you could hear the writers ability at storytelling improve as the series progressed.....it was unfortunate that the first book here was book 5, which I really enjoyed, and you then stepped back to book 2 and 3, which definitely sounded like they were written by a less accomplished writer.

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Fantastic Book Series

I have been listening to Audible solidly over the last few years during COVID. I have listened to over 160 books. This book series came up as a recommendation, and I'm glad it did. I is now one of my top favourites, Caroline Lennon is absolutely brilliant as the narrator her wonderful reading is very enjoyable, I binged the first three books and about to start book four. I bought the first three books in a bundle which is money very well spent. Carlene O'Connor is my new favourite author. My family on my mum's side are from Limerick. So the Irish setting is near and dear to my heart. The characters are great and well written with Caroline's narration it's a perfect match. I look forward to hearing the rest of the books. I love the family dynamics of all the siblings they are hilarious.

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Not in order!

The stories and performance are great - no complaints with the books themselves. However, I bought this bundle and the order of the stories is out of sync and that really threw me off. In the first story the main character is engaged and the next story, they haven’t been together very long. It’s a small thing but annoying none the less.

The other thing is that there are no markers to show you where one book ends and the other begins. I would have liked to have read these in order really.

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not as advertised but still a good craic

this collection actually has books 5, 2 and 3 for some reason. still worth listening too, but if i had realised from the start, I'd have skipped through the chapters and started with the second book and read the first book (or the 5th) 3rd. confused? you will be.

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Really enjoyed these stories

Great story telling and brilliant plots absolutely loved the Irishishness of it all . Looking forward to the next one 👍

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Narration great, story overall annoying.

The narrator is great. The story is annoying. Written by someone who doesn’t live in Ireland.

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Really hard read.

Persevered with the first book. Second book was going the same way not bothering with the third book. Found it boring trying to follow the thread.

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Not Bad, But Beware - it's all in the wrong order

At 29 hours for 1 credit, this 3-in-1 bundle is good value. It's really well read and the stories are engaging if at times, very convoluted.

My complaint is that the 3 volumes are not presented in order, nor are they distinguishable from each other. The 3 books are presented in your library as a continuous list of chapters. However, you will start with volume 3, then volume 1 will follow and finally you will hear volume 2. This does not matter in terms of each murder mystery, as they are stand-alone tales. But it does mess up the constant thread of the relationship between the 2 main characters. There is no way, looking at the list of chapters from 1 - 102, that you can tell where one book ends and another begins.

Very irritating.

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