Inheriting a Galway cottage may change a troubled womanâs lifeâbut not the way she hopesâin this thriller from an âoriginal, grimly hilariousâ author (The Washington Post).
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Kate Mitchellâs in the process of kicking her heroin addictionâwith the help of alcoholâwhen a letter arrives informing her that her aunt in Ireland has passed away and bequeathed her a home near the ocean. This could be the start of a new and better life for Kate, far away from Brooklyn, where she and her surviving brothers are each struggling with their own dark pasts.
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But Aunt Mary didnât die peacefullyâquite the opposite. The pair of thugs responsible for her murder had plans for her house: namely, turning it into a lovely seaside meth lab. One of Maryâs killers, however, finds his focus shifting when he spots a photo of the dead womanâs American niece, who bears a striking resemblance to the late opera singer Maria Callas, the beloved object of his obsession. When Kate and her brothers arrive to claim her inheritance, theyâre going to find something other than a piece of paradise . . .
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âNobody writes like Ken Bruen, with his ear for lilting Irish prose and his taste for the kind of gallows humor heard only at the foot of the gallows.â âThe New York Times
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âBruen has a rich and mordant writing style, full of offbeat humor.â âPublishers Weekly