4.5 stars..Love Reverend Mother mysteries and this was not an exception. The ending felt a little bit out of focus to me, however. I think the ending was to segway into the next book, where possibly Patrick the Detective and Eileen McSweeney could solve a mystery together?
The Reverend Mother is shocked to walk into an outbuilding and find that her most promising young novice, Sister Gertrude lying dead. She is even more shocked to learn that her death was of alcohol poisoning although the young nun never had touched liquor. She calls on the two men she relies on most, Dr. Scher and young Inspector Patrick Cashman.
Could there be a link between the I.R.A.'s sabotage of a gunpowder explosion on Spike Island which may connect to Eileen? Was their also a tie to Mary MacSwiney, the educator and Sinn Fein revolutionary, who was giving the young novices Gaelic lessons and involving them in activities?
A wonderful and exciting glimpse into a violent time not so long ago. A favorite series of mine. Thanks NetGalley and Cora Harrison for this ARC.
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