In USA Today bestselling author Carlene OâConnorâs eighth Irish Village Mystery, the long-engaged garda of County Cork, Ireland, SiobhĂĄn OâSullivan and Macdaras Flannery, are about to get married at last. But just as the rowdy OâSullivan brood and all the regulars of the local bistro have gathered at the church, the nuptials come to an abrupt halt when the discovery of an unidentified skeleton puts the wedding on pauseâŚ
If only her mother could be here! The entire OâSullivan broodânot to mention the regulars from Naomiâs Bistroâhave gathered at St. Maryâs Church for the wedding of SiobhĂĄn and Macdara. Itâs not every day you see two garda marrying each other. Only SiobhĂĄnâs brother James is missing. They canât start without him.
But when James finally comes racing in, heâs covered in dirt and babbling heâs found a human skeleton in the old slurry pit at the farmhouse. What farmhouse? Macdara sheepishly admits he was saving it as a wedding surprise: he purchased an abandoned dairy farm. Duty calls, so the engaged garda decide to put the wedding on hold to investigate.
James leads them to a skeleton clothed in rags that resemble a tattered tuxedo. As an elderly neighbor approaches, she cries out that these must be the remains of her one true love who never showed up on their wedding day, fifty years ago. The garda have a cold case on their hands, which heats up the following day when a fresh corpse appears on top of the bridegroomâs bones. With a killer at large, they need to watch their backsâor the nearly wedded couple may be parted by death before theyâve even taken their vows...
