"Buried In A Bog"

"Buried In A Bog" is the first book I've read by Sheila Connolly as well as her first book in the "A County Cork Mystery" series.  I looked up her work and she has several mystery series as well as stand alone novels and, after reading this book, I will be checking out more of her work.

Maura Donovan lost her father at a young age so, when her mother walked out, she was left with her Irish grandmother to be raised.  Her grandmother had emigrated to Boston after becoming widowed in search of a better life for herself and her son.  When she died, her wish was for Maura to return to Ireland to learn about her roots.  Although they were barely scraping by financially with both of them working, her grandmother managed to leave her enough money for the trip.

The Ireland countryside is quite a change of pace from Boston and going from having no living relatives that you know to having a whole countryside of people related to you is a bit much at times for Maura.  When a body is found in a bog and Maura discovers a clue to the identity of this nearly 100 year old body, her life is majorly impacted.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book and look forward to reading more of this author's work.  pazt