Static Cling

Derry Women #5

by Gerald Hansen

"If you have stumbled across this page and haven't read the whole series from the start, then you don't know what you are missing, drop everything, download all five books in the series and settle in for some serious laughter to help keep you warm this winter! Looking forward to the next book and still wondering why this series hasn't been scooped up for the movie rights!!!"--MarlaB, Amazon reviewer

When an armed robbery at Final Spinz, the dry cleaners where hardened matriarch Fionnuala Flood works, leads to the death of beloved pensioner Mrs. Ming, the ensuing investigation unleashes dark secrets that promise to bring Fionnuala closer to her husband Paddy, her mother Maureen, and the four children of her brood still in town. Or tear them apart forever.
Throw into the mix the return of a contestant from Safari Millionaire, some shocking DNA results, and Fionnuala's plan to save the world from evil, and bestselling author Gerald Hansen's fifth book about this shocking family is another hilarious ride—part roller coaster, carousel and ghost train—that will leave you gasping, wincing and, most of all, laughing.

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Although this novel is part of the DERRY WOMEN SERIES, it's a complete story, and can be enjoyed without having read the previous books. For those who prefer a gentler reading experience, a PG version of this book is also available here on Amazon.

Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Cozy Mystery, Contemporary

Audible Audio

First published December 4, 2015

About the author

Member of the Mystery Writers of America and the Crime Writers Association, best-selling author Gerald Hansen was a Navy brat. He started school in Thailand, graduated high school in Iceland, with Germany, California and his mother's hometown of Derry, Northern Ireland in between. He attended Dublin City University, and also lived in London and Berlin. The first of his Derry Women Series, An Embarrassment of Riches, was an ABNA semifinalist in 2011. His Derry Murder Mysteries series has been a great success. He also has a travelogue series, Around the World with Jet Lag Jerry. He loves spicy food, wearing Ben Sherman and traveling around the world (still). He lives in NYC.
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Reviews

[Ann · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kind of hard for me to describe the book. Thru out the whole book it was like Catholics verses Protestants. If you are offended by sexual descriptions - this is not the book for you. Constant bickering about the women in vulgar names and saying that so and so was another mans child. The main lady ends up finding out she is actually Jewish to her surprise. In the ending lots of them believed that they were going to win this lottery. But to their surprise ------ read and find out what happened.

[John · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fionnuala's been expelled by the family, and she wants back in. How can she achieve this? Oh, she'll find a way, either by scheming or through circumstances that land in her lap. Which will it be?

Another book in a great series of dark humour. More, please.

Highly recommended.

[Marta Bare · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book. The characters were so likeable and unlikeable at the same time that I was amused throughout the entire story. I will be reading more books by the author. Great bedtime reading.

[Bonnye Reed]

The Derry Women book 5
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[Vickie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is the continuation of the story of the Floods, Barnetts, and Riddells. Fionnuala is now living in a caravan (mobile home park) in the worst part of the bad part of town. Dymphna is now a mother of three and has no idea of how to take care of them. Zoe is the businesswoman of the year, having a reputation to preserve, but trying to figure out how to reconcile the Protestant and Catholic customers she serves. A robbery takes place at her dry-cleaning business where she is knocked unconscious. The story is about family and community and how differences create change.

[Betty Johnson · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is another story of the dysfunctional Flood family. Now the mother has been banished to a crumbling trailer on the outskirts of town. The scene takes place in Derry Ireland. In this book the mother finangles her way back into the family so she can again control them. It is a good story.

To me the book is hard to read as it is written in Irish brogue. The story itself is very interesting.

[Lisa · Rating 3 out of 5]

A robbery leads to tragedy, Fionnuala struggles with her exile from the Flood family and decides to embark upon a huge project, Zoë finds out more about her family and the paternity of her grandchildren, and Bridie's feelings of being the chosen one seem a distant memory. We also get a glimpse of Fionnuala as a child, adding a slightly more sympathetic angle to her character.

[Bruce MacDonald · Rating 2 out of 5]

I found it difficult to follow


The temporal shifts, and coming to the series after it started were contributing factored my confusion. I took the book on trial and decided it and the series are not my cuppa.

[Cheryl · Rating 2 out of 5]

Sometimes a book is just difficult to read because of the dialects. This was one of those books. Lots of dysfunctional families, poor people that steal for a living, and the whole Protestant vs Catholic thing I've heard about in the UK (or is it Ireland?) and that I've never really understood.