Come Through Your Door - (A County Kerry Novel) by Carlene O'Connor (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

Against the stark beauty of southwest Ireland, veterinarian Dimpna Wilde must reckon with a stalker whose obsession has turned deadly in Carlene O'Connor's gripping, atmospheric Irish crime novel for readers of Tana French, Dervla McTiernan, and Ann Cleeves.

"Isn't this how every ghost story begins?"

The roads around Dingle are whisper-quiet in the small hours of a rainy night, empty of the tourists who throng the town by day. As she and her assistant, Patrick, drive home after an already traumatic day, Dimpna Wilde isn't expecting to see anyone, let alone her employee, Niamh, standing in the road, dressed in a nightgown and soaked to the skin.

Dazed and distraught, Niamh passes out after muttering incoherently, and at her apartment, Dimpna and Patrick make a grisly discovery. There's a dead woman in Niamh's bed, shot in the head, a hunting rifle beside her. When Niamh comes to, she has no memory of the day's events, and no idea of the woman's identity. All she can tell Detective Inspector Cormac O'Brien with certainty is that for weeks, she's felt like she was being watched.

Suspicion falls on Niamh's new boyfriend, Mark Gallagher, who her friends have not yet met. But as Dimpna and Cormac try to track him down, they realize there's no evidence Mark Gallagher ever even existed. All of Niamh's texts and photos of him are missing or deleted, and he has no social media presence. What lingers is a nagging unease, especially when they learn of another, similar murder one year ago--another woman found shot to death in her bed, a woman who had complained of being stalked, just like Niamh.

As Dimpna delves deeper into a twisting case, she feels someone watching her too, targeting her business, her animals, her family--even her sanity, willing to do anything to stop her from disclosing a terrifying truth . . .

Review Quotes

Praise for Carlene O'Connor's County Kerry Mysteries:

"Chilling...O'Connor's gift for atmosphere elevates the well-oiled plot, resulting in the series' best entry yet." --Publishers Weekly on You Have Gone Too Far

"There's a surprising conclusion in this sequel to No Strangers Here. Sarah Stewart Taylor's fans will appreciate O'Connor's dark, atmospheric Irish mystery." --Library Journal STARRED REVIEW for Some of Us Are Looking

"Ireland's County Kerry provides the backdrop for O'Connor's compelling series kickoff...Exciting, convoluted, and rich with compelling characters, this is the best of O'Connor's Irish mysteries to date." --Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW for No Strangers Here

"A knockout steeped in setting and character...There is beautiful writing here and the characters are rich and complicated, as is the well-told story -a mystery that is well set up and beautifully resolved." --Mystery Scene on No Strangers Here

"This solid series launch from O'Connor takes a more somber approach to crime solving than her Irish Village mysteries...O'Connor adds plot twists that many won't anticipate. Judicious use of Irishisms ("I swear to ye") adds color. Readers will eagerly await what happens next in County Kerry." --Publishers Weekly on No Strangers Here

"Known for her cozies, O'Connor moves into darker territory here. For fans of Louise Penny." --Library Journal on No Strangers Here

"Rural Ireland is made sparklingly real on the pages of Carlene O'Connor's absorbing series debut, which stars Dr. Dimpna Wilde a Vet who will stop at nothing to find out the truth, while also stepping into her father's practice to take care of local animals. The body that's found on the beach is just the start of this puzzle that will draw in readers of O'Connor's Home to Ireland and Irish Village Mysteries as well as fans of Tana French and All Creatures Great and Small." --Henrietta Verma, First Clue Review on No Strangers Here

"Carlene O'Connor crafts a thrilling and atmospheric mystery." --BookRiot on No Strangers Here

"An excellent police procedural whose complex characters act out a twisty tale of hate." --Kirkus Reviews on Some of Us Are Looking

About the Author

Carlene O'Connor is the USA Today bestselling author of the acclaimed Irish Village Mysteries, the County Kerry Novels, and the Home to Ireland Mysteries. Born into a long line of Irish storytellers, her great-grandmother emigrated from Ireland filled with tales in 1897 and the stories have been flowing ever since. Of all the places she's wandered across the pond, she fell most in love with a walled town in County Limerick and was inspired to create the town of Kilbane, County Cork, the setting of her Irish Village Mystery series. She is a member of Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime, and currently divides her time between New Mexico and the Emerald Isle. Please visit her online at CarleneOConnor.net.