The O'Sullivan clan of County Cork, Ireland, are back to investigate
another case of murder--this time at Christmas!
Garda Siobhán O'Sullivan's holiday plans hit a sour note when murder
rearranges the Yuletide carols into unexpected eulogies...
This December in Kilbane, if you're planning to warm up with a cuppa tea
at Naomi's Bistro, you may have a bit of a wait--the entire O'Sullivan
brood has gone off to West Cork to spend the holidays with brother
James' fiancée Elise's family, including her grandfather, the famous
orchestral conductor Enda Elliot. Siobhán is so happy for James and
Elise but also quietly disappointed that she must put her own wedding to
fellow garda Macdara Flannery on hold. Mac will have to join them later,
so he can spend part of the holidays with his mam.
When the O'Sullivans learn everyone will choose a name from a hat to buy
a music-related Christmas gift for someone else at the gathering, it
seems like their greatest concern--until the cantankerous conductor is
discovered crushed under a ninety-pound harp in a local concert hall.
With the extended family--including Enda's much-younger new wife Leah, a
virtuoso violinist--suspected in his murder, it's up to Siobhán to
ensure the guilty party faces the music. But as a snowstorm strands both
families in a lavish farmhouse on a cliff, Siobhán had better pick up
the tempo--before the killer orchestrates another untimely demise...
