Death on the Green

by Catie Murphy

Overview

“There is so much to like about the cozy perfection that is Catie Murphy’s Death on the Green, from the lush Irish travelogue to the precise balance between comic relief and crime.”
—Bookpage STARRED 

As an American in Dublin, limo driver Megan Malone will need the luck of the Irish to avoid a head-on collision—with a killer . . .
 
Life has been non-stop excitement for American Army veteran Megan Malone ever since she moved to Ireland and became a driver for Dublin’s Leprechaun Limousine Service. She’s solved a murder and adopted two lovable Jack Russell puppies. Currently, she’s driving world-class champion golfer Martin Walsh, and he’s invited her to join him while he plays in a tournament at a prestigious Irish locale. Unfortunately, there’s a surprise waiting for her on the course—a body floating in a water hazard.
 
Everyone loved golfer Lou MacDonald, yet he clearly teed off someone enough to be murdered. Martin seems to be the only one with a motive. However, he also has an alibi: Megan and hundreds of his fans were watching him play. Now, with a clubhouse at a historical lodge full of secrets and a dashing Irish detective by her side, Megan must hurry to uncover the links to the truth before the real killer takes a swing at someone else . . .

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781496724205
Publisher:	Kensington
Publication date:	09/29/2020
Series:	The Dublin Driver Mysteries , #2
Pages:	288
Sales rank:	92,183
Product dimensions:	4.70(w) x 6.80(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Catie Murphy, who has written numerous award‑winning fantasy and Sci‑fi books under the pseudonym C. E. Murphy, began writing around age six, when she submitted three poems to a school publication. The teacher producing the magazine selected (inevitably) the one she thought was by far the worst, but also told her—a six-year-old kid—to keep writing, which she has. She has also held the usual grab‑bag of jobs often seen in an authorial biography, including public library volunteer (at ages 9 and 10; it’s clear she was doomed to a career involving books), archival assistant, cannery worker, and web designer. Writing books is better.
 
She was born and raised in Alaska, and now lives with her family in her ancestral homeland of Ireland.

Editorial Reviews

2020-07-14
A Texas transplant can’t stop tripping over bodies in Ireland.

Megan Malone’s grandfather was Irish, and she retired from Austin to Dublin after 20 years in the U.S. Army. As a driver for the Leprechaun Limousine Service, she’s on assignment with PGA champion Martin Walsh at the Royal Dublin Golf Club when he invites her to watch him play a casual game of golf. That’s when she and Walsh find his best friend and longtime competitor, Lou MacDonald, floating in the pond at the 15th hole. Trained as a medic, Megan splashes into the water to try to save MacDonald, but she’s too late, and the blood on his head makes her realize he didn’t accidentally drown. She calls Detective Paul Bourke, who worked with her in Dead in Dublin (2019). Walsh thinks the blow on the back of MacDonald’s head could have come from a hard-hit golf ball. But he doesn’t know who’d want to kill Lou, a big, gentle man everyone liked. Walsh’s wife, Heather, another pro golfer, takes Lou’s death hard. Lou’s daughter, Saoirse, feels incapable of arranging a wake and a funeral while she’s trying to stop a developer from building on the same island as the golf club. So Megan steps in to help her. The more Megan learns, the less ideal the Walshes’ marriage seems and the more Megan understands Saoirse’s resentment toward them both. And the more Megan entangles herself—even finding another body at the Royal Dublin—the greater her own hazard.

Cleverly blends rivalries on and off the golf course with colorful characters as a plucky limo driver takes the wheel again.

Kirkus Reviews

Narrator Ruth Urquhart portrays Megan Malone, a retired American army medic who now drives a limousine in Ireland. While chauffeuring golfer Martin Walsh on the local green, she discovers a body in a water hazard. After pulling top golfer Lou Macdonald from the water, Megan becomes involved in trying to identify the murderer. Urquhart’s delivery of Irish accents for the locals and the Texas accent of the protagonist adds color but comes across as uneven. Overall, though, Urquhart ensures that this fun adventure draws listeners in. V.M.G. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine

NOVEMBER 2020 - AudioFile

Narrator Ruth Urquhart portrays Megan Malone, a retired American army medic who now drives a limousine in Ireland. While chauffeuring golfer Martin Walsh on the local green, she discovers a body in a water hazard. After pulling top golfer Lou Macdonald from the water, Megan becomes involved in trying to identify the murderer. Urquhart’s delivery of Irish accents for the locals and the Texas accent of the protagonist adds color but comes across as uneven. Overall, though, Urquhart ensures that this fun adventure draws listeners in. V.M.G. © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine

NOVEMBER 2020 - AudioFile