Between training the new town garda and trying to set a wedding date with her fiancĂŠ, Macdara Flannery, SiobhĂĄn is feeling a bit overwhelmed. Sheâs looking forward to visiting the new bookshop and curling up with an exciting novelâonly to discover the shelves contain nothing but Literature with a capital L. The owner not only refuses to stock romances, mysteries, and science fiction, but wonât even let customers enter his store unless they can quote James Joyce or Sean Hennessey. Despite the owner deliberately limiting his clientele, heâs hosting a reading and autographing event featuring up and coming Irish writers who will be taking up residency in Kilbane for a month. Among them is indie author Deirdre Walsh, who spends more time complaining about the unfairness of the publishing industry and megastar bestsellers instead of her own creative works, causing a heated debate among the writers. She seems to have a particular distaste for the novels of Nessa Lamb. Then Deirdreâs body is found the next day in the back of the storeâwith pages torn from Nessaâs books stuffed in her mouth. Now, SiobhĂĄn must uncover which of Kilbaneâs literary guests took Deirdreâs criticisms so personally, theyâd engage in foul play...