Death by the Book

A Mercy McCarthy Mystery, Book 2

By: Lucy Connelly

Narrated by: Kimberly M. Wetherell

Irish scones, shamrock shortbread, a local literary festival… and a rather dead author? Join Mercy McCarthy on her next case!

Mercy and Lizzie McCarthy are settling in to the charming seaside village of Shamrock Cove on the west coast of Ireland. Lizzie throws herself into organizing a book festival and mystery writer Mercy even agrees to come out of her bookish hidey-hole to do get involved. But then the star author for the event is found dead. James Brandt was killed by a falling bookshelf in his own cottage…

The local detective is not convinced by Mercy’s suspicion of murder but when someone else turns up dead, the police cannot ignore it. There’s just one problem: Mercy and Lizzie’s beloved dog Mr. Poe sniffs out the second body in the storeroom of their own bookstore. And now all of the gossips seem determined to pin the murder on Mercy!

Convinced the police are focusing on a red herring in this real-life case, Mercy needs to act fast to clear her name. A meddling mayor, a cheerful chef and a bashful botanist make her suspect list, but it’s not until Mercy discovers a tatty old photograph in the local library archive that she is onto the killer’s trail.

With the police keen to shut her out of the murder investigation, can Mercy play this case by the book, or will she be the next to fall off the shelf…?

A totally gripping and twisty cozy crime novel, perfect for listeners who love Agatha Christie, Carlene O’Connor or Faith Martin! This incredibly fast-paced and fun murder mystery will whisk you off to Ireland and won’t let you go!

©2024 Lucy Connelly (P)2024 Bookouture, an imprint of Storyfire Ltd.

Awesome! Great read!

Love how the story is always engaging, never wanted to put it down. Excellent read, looking forward to more books in this series!

5 stars

Death BY the Book is a well written and entertaining cozy mystery. I look forward to the next book.

Kept me Guessing

Another great story. Kept me guessing until the very end. So much fun to listen to.

Another great story

Love this author. Hope she keeps them coming. Love the characters and the descriptive writing about life in Ireland

Good listen

Liked the characters and storyline. Narrator does a good job. I hope the next book of the series will be on Audible soon.

Interesting story line

Too much repetition of past history of the twin sisters in many chapters. Distracting and unnecessary.

Engaging story.

I love stories about Ireland and mysteries are a plus. I love series books too and Can’t wait to hear the next one.

Favorite new audiobook series!

Absolutely loved Death by the Book! Lucy Connelly had become a favorite of mine. The Mercy mystery series has become an auto listen for me.

They don’t eat corned beef in Ireland

Frustrating, dumb as hell protagonist. She is also very full of herself and thinks she’s “cute”. My ocd made me listen to all 3. I was hoping that it grow on me but the inane story line and ridiculous “ author”.

same stort as the first book.

little imagination. predictable. once is enough. all other reviews done by people gifted the book. beware.