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The Bell Tower Code: A Fiona Callahan Irish Village Mystery
In windswept Kilcarra, the dead rarely stay quiet—and the church bells know more than they should.
Genealogist Fiona Callahan is still recovering from the revelations of the harvest céilí when Sister Agnes produces a chilling fragment from the parish
“The witness named the priest, but the priest used another book.”
The book in question is the legendary Private Register of Corrections and Burdens, an unofficial parish record rumored to contain corrected names, hidden parentage, erased women’s testimony, false burials, disputed inheritances, and family secrets never meant for daylight.
When visiting church conservator Dr. Alistair Reed arrives to inspect St. Brigid’s bell tower, he claims the bells themselves contain a code pointing to the missing register. By morning, he is dead beneath the tower stairs, and his notes have vanished.
Now Fiona must follow a fair-play trail of bell-ringing marks, graveyard alignments, old Advent hymns, parish accounts, and pub gossip to uncover who wanted the private register hidden—and why.
Was the victim killed for what he found?
Or for what he intended to correct?
With Aunt Maeve’s sharp wit, Sister Agnes’s terrifying archive discipline, Kathleen O’Daly’s postal precision, and Garda Declan Byrne’s growing trust, Fiona faces one of Kilcarra’s most delicate mysteries yet.
Because some records were hidden to protect the innocent.
And some were hidden to protect the guilty.
The Bell Tower Code is a clean, atmospheric Irish village cozy mystery full of genealogy, secrets, gentle humor, slow-burn warmth, and a satisfying reveal.
Genealogist Fiona Callahan is still recovering from the revelations of the harvest céilí when Sister Agnes produces a chilling fragment from the parish
“The witness named the priest, but the priest used another book.”
The book in question is the legendary Private Register of Corrections and Burdens, an unofficial parish record rumored to contain corrected names, hidden parentage, erased women’s testimony, false burials, disputed inheritances, and family secrets never meant for daylight.
When visiting church conservator Dr. Alistair Reed arrives to inspect St. Brigid’s bell tower, he claims the bells themselves contain a code pointing to the missing register. By morning, he is dead beneath the tower stairs, and his notes have vanished.
Now Fiona must follow a fair-play trail of bell-ringing marks, graveyard alignments, old Advent hymns, parish accounts, and pub gossip to uncover who wanted the private register hidden—and why.
Was the victim killed for what he found?
Or for what he intended to correct?
With Aunt Maeve’s sharp wit, Sister Agnes’s terrifying archive discipline, Kathleen O’Daly’s postal precision, and Garda Declan Byrne’s growing trust, Fiona faces one of Kilcarra’s most delicate mysteries yet.
Because some records were hidden to protect the innocent.
And some were hidden to protect the guilty.
The Bell Tower Code is a clean, atmospheric Irish village cozy mystery full of genealogy, secrets, gentle humor, slow-burn warmth, and a satisfying reveal.
195 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 8, 2026
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