Inheriting a Galway cottage may change a troubled womanโs lifeโbut not the way she hopesโin this thriller from an โoriginal, grimly hilariousโ author (The Washington Post).
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Kate Mitchellโs in the process of kicking her heroin addictionโwith the help of alcoholโwhen 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 didnโt die peacefullyโquite 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 Maryโs killers, however, finds his focus shifting when he spots a photo of the dead womanโs 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, theyโre going to find something other than a piece of paradiseย .ย .ย .
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โNobody 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.โ โThe New York Times
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โBruen has a rich and mordant writing style, full of offbeat humor.โ โPublishers Weekly