Death on The Green
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.
Series: The Dublin Driver Mysteries – Book #2
Author: Catie Murphy
Genre: Cozy Mystery/Amateur Sleuth/Exotic Location
Publisher: Kensington Books
Page Count: 288
Rating: 
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 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 in 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, twists, 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 veers 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.
Other exotic location cozies readers will like are Amanda Flower’s garden-inspired series “A Magic Garden Mystery” or perhaps Traci Hall’s family-oriented “A Scottish Shire Mystery”.
About the Author:
CE Murphy began writing around age six when she submitted three poems to a school publication. The teacher producing the magazine selected (inevitably) the one she thought was by far the worst but also told her–a six-year-old kid–to keep writing, which she has. She has also held the usual grab-bag of jobs usually seen in an authorial biography, including public library volunteer (at ages 9 and 10; it’s clear she was doomed to a career involving books), archival assistant, cannery worker, and web designer. Writing books is better. She was born and raised in Alaska and now lives with her family in her ancestral homeland of Ireland.
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