Tuesday, December 5, 2017

Review: Bel, Book, and Scandal: A Belfast McGrath Mystery (Belfast McGrath Mystery #3) by Maggie McConnon



  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 2253.0 KB
  • Print Length: 315 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1250077303
  • Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks (Dec 5 2017)
  • Sold by: Macmillan CA
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B0719HBMG8

  • Book Description

    Maggie McConnon rings in Christmas in Bel, Boiok, and Scandal, the third adventure for everybody's favorite Irish-American culinary artist turned amateur sleuth.

    Bel McGrath tries her best to keep herself on the straight and narrow but she just has a taste for trouble. This time danger arrives in the form of a newspaper left behind by visitors to Shamrock Manor--and a photograph that jolts Bel out of the present and back into a dark chapter from her past. The person in the photo is Bel's best friend Amy Mitchell, long gone from Foster's Landing, at a commune in upstate New York shortly after her disappearance. The picture, and Bel's burning desire to find out what happened to Amy--and whether she may still be alive--is the catalyst for a story in which old secrets are revealed, little by little...and certain characters are shown to not be as genuine as Bel once thought.

    Bel McGrath is:

    "Authentic...will leave you smiling."--Nancy Martin

    "Hilarious and surprising."--RT Book Reviews

    "A saucy, funny, flawed protagonist that readers are guaranteed to fall in love with." --Susan McBride

    About the Author

    MAGGIE MCCONNON grew up in New York immersed in Irish culture and tradition. A former Irish stepdancer, she was surrounded by a family of Irish musicians who still play at family gatherings. She credits her Irish grandparents with providing the stories of their homeland and their extended families as the basis for the stories she tells in her Belfast McGrath novels, beginning with Wedding Bel Blues.


    My Review


     Bel, Book, and Scandal: A Belfast McGrath Mystery is the third Belfast McGrath Mystery by author Maggie McConnon. I read the second book in the series previously so I was familiar with the location and Bel's large family. And Bel's obsession with finding an old friend Amy.

    Bel who is an incredible chef is still living and working at her family's Irish themed resort Shamrock Manor. Her past in New York City comes back to haunt her in this book. As does a photo she sees that she is convinced is her old friend Amy who has been missing for years. 

    There are lots of twists and turns in this enjoyable cozy mystery. Good read!


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