Celtic Chains

Annie’s Quilted Mystery #10

by Donna Kelly

Dottie Faye Sinclair is on edge from the minute she arrives in Ireland. She is there to help her niece, Emma Cotton, in the investigation of Liam Gallagher, a textile shop owner in the quaint town of Merrow. But talk of banshees and pookas, mythical creatures of the Emerald Isle, incites Dottie Faye's superstitious nature and compromises her ability to help. Gallagher was a student in a textile design class taught by Rose Peterson, a close friend of Emma's who was killed in what authorities described as a tragic accident. But Emma and her best friend and business partner, Kelly Grace, know it was murder. Joining Emma, Kelly and Dottie Faye is Kelly's mother, Maeve Quigley, who was born in Ireland and whose extended family lives in Merrow. But the family connection could be a liability when Maeve becomes a suspect in the death of a man linked to her father. An old hermit named Mick, befriended by Maeve soon after her arrival, reveals dark secrets connecting her father and the Irish Republican Army. But he is murdered before he can finish his tale of death, betrayal and subterfuge. An Irish Garda detective finds physical evidence pointing to Maeve as the killer and is uninterested when Emma and Dottie Faye find circumstantial evidence to the contrary. So while Emma, Kelly and Donna Faye hope that their hunt for Liam Gallagher will bring closure to Rose's case, Maeve hopes that their investigative prowess will keep her out of Celtic Chains.

Genres: Mystery

Hardcover

First published January 1, 2014

Reviews

[Catherine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love the Irish setting and folk lorn. Also a good mystery

[Cherie Waggie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is the 10th in a series called Annie's Quilted Mysteries. I highly recommend these books, 1 through 12 in the series to anyone who likes cozy mysteries. They're fun and well written.

[Stephen Biller · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is the first book I’ve read in the Annie’s Quilted Mysteries series. (I started in the middle.). I will need to go back and read the first one, now.

This one was rather bland. The characters were forgettable, accept for a snarky aunt named Dottie Faye. The descriptions of Ireland were delightful, but the characters were often more interested in sightseeing than solving the mystery—even when one of them is arrested for murder!

[Jennifer Riddle · Rating 3 out of 5]

This one gets me one more closer to the end of the series and the end of the mystery. I liked that this one has a little more about Kelly and her family than Emma and Dottie Faye. They were all still there but, I feel like they finally fleshed out a little about Maeve and Kelly. Since they have been in every book, I think I should know more about them by now.

[Nancy · Rating 2 out of 5]

not so well researched

[Ann Babcock · Rating 5 out of 5]

LOVED IT!!!!!!!!!

[Linda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Follow Emma, Kelly, Maeve and Aunt Dottie Faye as they travel to Ireland to search for the person that killed their friend Rose. While there they end up in a couple of mysteries of their own. Donna has a way of writing that makes you feel as if you were part of the story. There is always at least one character that you can relate to. The scenery is describer beautifully and you can almost see some of it, as if you were there. This book had much more spirit and livliness to it than her 2nd book and was a much quicker read.

[Pat · Rating 4 out of 5]

Emma, Kelly, Maeve and Aunt Dottie go to Ireland to seek out another of Rose's students in an effort to solve her murder. Maeve ends up being charged with the murder of her father's best friend.