“There is so much to like about the cozy perfection that is Catie Murphy’s Death on the Green, from the lush Irish travelogue to the precise balance between comic relief and crime.”—Bookpage STARRED As an American in Dublin, limo driver Megan Malone will need the luck of the Irish to avoid a head-on collision—with a killer . . . Life has been non-stop excitement for American Army veteran Megan … .
Life has been non-stop excitement for American Army veteran Megan Malone ever since she moved to Ireland and became a driver for Dublin’s Leprechaun Limousine Service. She’s solved a murder and adopted two lovable Jack Russell puppies. Currently, she’s driving world-class champion golfer Martin Walsh, and he’s invited her to join him while he plays in a tournament at a prestigious Irish locale. Unfortunately, there’s a surprise waiting for her on the course—a body floating in a water hazard.
Everyone loved golfer Lou MacDonald, yet he clearly teed off someone enough to be murdered. Martin seems to be the only one with a motive. However, he also has an alibi: Megan and hundreds of his fans were watching him play. Now, with a clubhouse at a historical lodge full of secrets and a dashing Irish detective by her side, Megan must hurry to uncover the links to the truth before the real killer takes a swing at someone else . . .
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I’m always happy when I discover a new series that intrigues me. Entertaining cozy mystery, fun characters & great narrator!
Very hard to follow
Poor writing. Names were confusing. I was so disappointed in this book
Read 9.29.2020
I liked this one better than the first one and I think that is because I was able to read this one and not listen to it [there were issues with the narrator]; the only issue was that, even with the help at the front, I could not for the LIFE OF ME, remember how to pronounce all those Irish names.
Poor Megan [who really is shaping up to be a great MC. She works hard, sleuths when she can and has excellent friends], she just cannot catch a break. Not 4 months have gone by since the last murder [of one of her clients; something her boss is still salty about], when, at a golf outing, featuring her client Martin Walsh, golf pro extraordinaire, she finds a man dead in a water hazard. And it just goes all downhill from there. And the end/reveal was a little pulse pounding [and very unexpected. I am still a little gobsmacked, though I had guessed one thing, but I think you were supposed to you know?] and very well done.
I still believe these are the very cusp of being a cozy mystery and a regular mystery. There is enough language and murder descriptions to put them right on that line between the two. Regardless, I am still going to read them, but it might be a bit of a shock to someone who was not expecting the full Irish [and if you have read books set in Ireland or by Irish authors, you know exactly what I mean there].
Thank you to NetGalley and Kensington Publishing for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
I enjoyed the first book in this series; set in the exotic country of Ireland and filled with rain, wind, and lots of golf, Death on the Green did not disappoint. The main character of Megan is very likable, and readers will find her to be a great representation of what it would be like to be an American working and living in a foreign country. Other characters, especially Megan’s gruff boss, Orla, are better defined in this book. Orla is beginning to grow on me. Even Detective Paul Bourke is softening up a bit.
The murder of golfer Lou MacDonald while the main suspects are on the green seems like an impossible task to figure out, but Megan goes to work straight away. Suspects aren’t limited to just one or two, there is a golf tournament going on, and golfers have flocked to Ireland to participate. The killer could be anyone, and the motive is anyone’s guess. By all accounts, Lou was a great guy, a loving father, and a loyal friend; a motive doesn’t jump out for the reader or those investigating. It takes a while, relationship drama, and another murder before Megan and the detective figure out who the murderer is and track them down, but they succeed, and justice is handed out.
Ireland’s setting evokes ideas to the reader of chucking everything, moving to an exotic location, taking up a new career, and making new friends. Even if they don’t play golf, twist, and turns in this story help readers come to a conclusion about who the killer is, but some will come to the wrong conclusion. The introduction of Carmen, a new character, was completely unnecessary and, in some ways, distracted from the plot. The story verse on its path from time-to-time but eventually comes back to the main plotline. Overall I feel that readers who enjoyed the first book will also enjoy Death on the Green. I hope we see more from this author and this series.
I’m absolutely loving this series of cozy mysteries featuring Megan Malone, a Texan former army driver who’s retired to a quiet life driving limousines in Dublin and somehow keeps managing to stumble over dead bodies. In this one, it’s a professional golfer found floating face-down in a water hazard that kicks off the action, and since the victim was both the best friend and greatest rival of Megan’s current client and she was the first to get to the body, she can hardly help but be in the thick of things.
Catie Murphy does include a fairly hefty cast in her books, but every character is distinctly drawn enough that I didn’t find anything confusing, and I also think I could have read this one quite comfortably as a standalone even if I hadn’t read the first in the series. I love Megan, a steady, calm presence in the midst of the whirlwind, a woman who is completely comfortable with her bisexuality incidentally, and even finds it hilarious when a (female) client is willing to pay her to dress up in a very objectifying outfit. There are some seriously funny, laugh-out-loud moments here, several caused by the ‘language’ barrier between American and colloquial Irish slang and the double entendres it’s far too easy to make. Megan doesn’t take herself too seriously, but she is serious about her job and about doing her best for people, and it makes her an intensely likeable character.
As a golf widow myself I was fairly entertained by all the golfing references, and there were enough twists and turns in the mystery to keep me guessing right up until the end. This is easily my favourite cozy mystery series at the moment and I’m eagerly looking forward to the next installment. Five stars.
Disclaimer: I received a review copy of this title via NetGalley.
Megan Malone is an American ex-pat living in Dublin and driving a limo to make ends meet. She’s been involved in a murder before and views to not get entangled again. Unfortunately, someone forgot to share that fact with the body she just found.
Excellent second book in the series. I really like Megan and all the other characters she works and interacts with.
Definitely recommend.
I received a copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley. My thoughts and opinions are my own and without bias or favor.
I enjoyed this, the second book in the series, just as much as I enjoyed the debut mystery. Megan Malone had no intention of ever getting involved in another Garda investigation but here she is, one month later and she’s in the thick of it. This time out she is driving for a pro golfer and that puts her in the group of people following him across the golf course, at his request. All goes well at the outset and one of the other golfers, who is also a childhood friend of her client, has decided to bow out of golf, saying he would meet them at the halfway point. Imagine their shock when they discover the man face down in a water hazard. Megan literally wades right into the case when she pulls him out in an effort to revive him. When she sees he is dead she pulls out her phone and calls her contact at the Garda. From then on she is a part of the investigation and things become complicated.
The characters are people I would like to spend time with, the setting of Dublin is perfect and the mystery is wonderfully complex. Megan is a very confident woman, ex-military and enjoying this new chapter of her life. I like the relationship she has with her landlady who also just happens to be her employer. Add two Jack Russell puppies with names that crack me up (no spoilers from me) and I was thoroughly engaged from start to finish.
My thanks to the publisher Kensington and to NetGalley for giving me an advance copy in exchange for my honest review.
Death on the Green by Catie Murphy is the second book in the Dublin Driver Mystery series. This was the first for me and I was able to get current quickly.
When Megan is assigned to drive a top golfer to a tournament she didn’t expect to get caught up in a murder investigation.
There are plenty of suspects and twists and turns in this easy to read Cozy. There is an assortment of characters and puppies. I loved the setting. You also get humor and a hint of a romance.
I was given an ARC by Kensington and NetGalley for an honest review.
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Excellent mystery! Fun with scary parts and a detective who knows how to wear his clothes.
Megan is an expat American happy to be working for a limo service in Ireland since retiring as a medic in the US army for twenty years. Thing is, she seems to find bodies of murder victims and her employer is that put out about it. Very complicated plot full of twists, red herrings, puppies, giggles about word usage of the same language in two different countries, and bereaved women uncovering secrets. Like I said, excellent!
I requested and received a free ebook copy from Kensington Books via NetGalley. Thank you!
Death on the Green by Catie Murphy was another enticing cozy mystery set in Ireland which got my attention from the first chapter.
I like Megan Malone and her independent attitude and caring nature of her clients. A well crafted plot, multiple suspects, so many twists and turns and descriptive writing that allowed me to feel as I was with Megan every step of the way. This was a complex mystery that kept me guessing not only about who was behind the murders but why they had occurred. I was completely shocked at the reveal which I loved. I enjoyed learning the differences in American language and that used in Ireland throughout the story which often added humor to the story.
I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader Copy of this book from Kensington via NetGalley. All of the above opinions are my own.