Andrea Carter is an Irish solicitor who started her practice on the Inishowen Peninsula, County Donegal, where she ran the most northerly solicitor's practice in Ireland before moving to Dublin to practice - that is, until she started writing mysteries.
"Death At Whitewater Church" is her first book but she has written three others in the Inishowen mystery series. I found this one at my local library but none of the others seem to be available yet in the U.S.!
This story's lead character is Solicitor Benedicta "Ben" O'Keefe and she finds herself embroiled in a mystery when her clients decide to sell a deconsecrated church they own. When she and the surveyor go to the church, they discover a body wrapped in blankets in the church crypt. At first it is thought to be the bones of Conor Devitt, a local young man who disappeared six years ago on his wedding day. However, when tests come back determining it is not Conor, his younger brother is distraught. Conor left behind a widowed mother as well as a younger brother and sister and no one has heard from him since his disappearance. If this isn't his body, then where is he and why did he leave his bride at the altar?
"Ben" has a tenuous relationship with Seargeant Tom Molloy who is officially investigating the mystery. She has secrets from her past that she hasn't shared with him or any of the other locals and secrets have a way of coming out as well as festering and making relationships complicated.
The unraveling of this local mystery leads to the unraveling of other stories and changes lives. It's a great story and I can't wait to get my hands on another one of Carter's mysteries! pazt
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