A Shocking Assassination: A Reverend Mother mystery set in 1920s' Ireland | 
pickRev. Mother Aquinas‘s involvement in unraveling the mystery surrounding the assassination of Cork‘s city engineer,began with buttered eggs...The plot is immersed in the both the present& in the past.Cork is a city of contradictions: vast wealth and desperate poor. Below the surface, Its people are simmering with anger about the results of the 1916 Easter uprising.The majority of its leaders were executed. A young ex-reporter is arrested. 🔽
kspenmoll 🔼 Inspector P. Cashman, Eileen, both former pupils of Rev. Mother, her cousin Lucy,& Dr. Scher all team up to solve the crime. Politics, social issues,& Yeats‘poetry all provide an integrating backdrop for the mystery. (edited) 3mo
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TheSpineView Awesome! 3mo
AnnR An interesting review! 👍 I had to look up the buttered eggs reference, as I had no idea that was used as a method to preserve eggs. Learned something new today. Thank you! 3mo
kspenmoll @AnnR i meant to leave a source but forgot- glad you found them. New learning! https://www.tasteatlas.com/buttered-eggs#:~:text=Buttered%20e.... (edited) 3mo
jlhammar Glad to hear you enjoyed. I look forward to reading more Mother Aquinas! 3mo
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