Bibliograph

A shocking assassination, Cora Harrison

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Label

A shocking assassination, Cora Harrison

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

A shocking assassination

Responsibility statement

Cora Harrison

Series statement

Reverend Mother mystery, 2

Summary

Ireland 1923. Reverend Mother Aquinas is buying buttered eggs in the Cork city market at the very moment when the city engineer, James Doyle, is assassinated. Although no one saw the actual killing, a young reporter named Sam O'Mahony is found standing close to the body, a pistol in his hand, and is arrested and charged. Following a desperate appeal from Sam's mother, convinced of her son's innocence, the Reverend Mother investigates and, in this turbulent, war-torn city, uncovers several other key suspects. Could there be a Republican connection? Was James Doyle's death linked to his corrupt practices in the rebuilding of the city burned down more than a year ago by the Black and Tans? Cork is a city divided by wealth and by politics and this murder seems to have links to both

Target audience

adult

Creator