I was granted a copy of Ms. Carter's #deathwrites and oh my goodness! i started reading and was immediately pulled into the story. i loved these characters, the setting, the story, all of it. i read it in 24 hours, which is highly unusual for me. i loved it so much, in fact, i found my copy of #thebodyfalls and read it right after. ben isn't a magician or even a detective, but she's sharp and she's friends with everyone, and pieces it all together. SO well done, highly recommend. i can't wait to delve into the back catalog!

p.s. thanks to #netgalley for the ARC.

Very well written mystery. Wonderful for a cold winter's evening of reading . The characters were "real" and the plot was hard to judge,,,, until the end. I enjoyed reading this title, and plan to read more by Andrea Carter!

This is the fifth book in the series and unfortunately I haven't read all of the previous books yet. This one however reads nicely enough as a standalone! Ben (short for Benedicta) returns home after working in Florida. A body is found, and she once again become involved in the investigation. Book ends on a massive cliffhanger and I really hope there is a number 6 coming!

This was a bit tough for me. I didn't realize it was part of a series. While I did enjoy this book, I feel like reading the previous books in the series would be beneficial to understanding the characters a bit more.

I liked how this book kept me guessing until the end. There were some great twists. I found it hard to really like the characters as I feel like reading the previous books maybfivw more depth to the main character Ben.

I plan to read the previous ones in the series as I did enjoy the writing style.

I didn't realize this book was part of a series, and I got through it ok but I think I need to go back and read the other books to get a better idea of the characters.

It was an interesting story, and kept my interest. Good writing and suspense.

It is one of those books where you need to read the previous ones to get an idea of the characters. It centres around Benedicta O'Keefe returing to her home town in Inishowen. A charity cycle ride is taking place but heavy rain puts a stop to this. A body lands on a pssing car. As the town is cut-off from the outside the mystery depends. Plenty of twists and turns but would want to know more about the characters.

The Body Falls was a decent mystery. However, sometimes it just seemed forced somehow. This series isn't supposed to really have a specific order, but the phone call at the end made it feel unfinished.. It didn't have to do with the mystery itself but another matter that presented itself earlier in the book. Perhaps, the phone call should have come at the start of the next book so that the issue could have had some resolution. As much as I hated to say it, I didn't care for Ben. She seemed somewhat selfish and was definitely a little too nosy.

Thank you Netgalley for the opportunity to read and review this.

I read this book unaware that it was part of a series, while it can be read as a standalone, I feel like the previous books will need to be read in order to form a connection to the main characters, Benedicta (Ben) O'Keefe and Tim Molloy.

This is a very interesting read, and I am eager to read the previous books to get a better feel of the characters (which will ultimately change my review rating for this book).

I previously read book 4 in this series and thought that it dragged. This book was an entertaining read with a well paced plot and characters that have grown on me. About 20% into the book, a body rolls down a hill into a passing car. Subsequent investigation reveals suspicious circumstances, but the Garda(police) are hampered in their investigation, because of a record breaking rainfall which has caused floods cutting off the town. This book would work as a stand alone. There is only the one death and no graphic violence or bad language, making it suitable for cozy mystery fans
I liked the vivid landscape descriptions. There are multiple suspects and I was not sure who the killer was until the end. I plan to continue reading this series.
Quote: "The sea today was mirror-still like a lake; it looked as if you could walk across it without any divine power. I'd never seen the sea in Inishowen look like that."I
The main character is Ben(Benedicta) O'Keeffe, a solicitor(lawyer) in Inishowen, Donegal, Ireland. She helps the Garda in solving the suspicious death, while reconnecting with last lover, Garda Sergeant Molloy. I rate it a solid 4 stars. The author is a practicing solicitor in Ireland.
Thanks to Oceanview Publishing to sending me this eARC through NetGalley.
#TheBodyFalls #NetGalley.

This keeps you guessing until the end so I really enjoyed it, each page kept you engrossed in what was going on and who was to blame. The characters worked really well with the story and the solicitor voicing her thoughts blended in really well.

Had a hard time being engaged with the characters. Too many to keep track of who’s who. I didn’t care about them and they were all pretty one dimensional. It was a bit boring and I admit I skimmed through it to the end. Disappointed, as I usually love a good Irish mystery. There was no real suspense and the relationships were a bit convoluted making it hard to follow. I have not read the previous books in the series though that that could explain it. Just didn’t do it for me.

This is the fifth in a series but reads well on its own. A main feature of the novel is extreme rainfall. Rather than a forced situation, Carter says the location did have serious flooding a few years ago. She has created a sort of locked room situation when a murder occurs and the town is cut off by flooded roads and broken bridges. I do appreciate the setting of Inishowen.

Ben is a good heroine. I like her character. There is a bit of relationship drama in her life with her boyfriend but it takes a second seat to the murder and the goings on in the village. The plot moves at a consistent and methodical pace. There are no exciting suspenseful scenes, just Ben and others interact and find out information. The actual revelation of the villain was a bit anticlimactic.

This is a novel for readers who like a heroine deeply set in a community and who relies on her relationships with others to uncover the clues to solve the mystery.

I received a complimentary egalley of this book from the publisher. My comments are an independent and honest review.

After police sergeant Tom Molloy proposed to her, solicitor Benedicta (Ben) O’Keefe spent six months working in Florida. She returns to her practice in Glendara, Inishowen just as rains of Biblical proportions cause flooding, bridge collapses, and the immediate isolation of the small town. It traps members of a cycle group who were staying at the local B & B awaiting the start of a charity race. When the dead body of the race’s organizer falls from on high onto the local vet’s car, it is up to the two man Garda department to investigate. Of course, Ben, can’t keep her nose out of the investigation and soon many secrets are revealed.

It was entertaining getting to know the townspeople in Ben’s life as well as the temporary visitors with all their entangled relationships. The setting was quite atmospheric, especially the descriptions of the flooding waters. Lots of tea drinking and pub visiting in between the investigating. But the fireplace in the pub certainly warmed up the chilly, wet days and nights. The story was fast paced, engrossing, with great character development.

This is the fifth in a series that was recommended to me by a fellow bookstagrammer. It is the first one I have read but felt it did fine as a standalone. I think you could categorize this as a cozy mystery and have seen comparisons of Ben with Miss Marple, although she is much younger. The ending clearly leaves open a storyline for the next installment of the series.

I did not read the previous titles in this series but I'll certainly do it! The Body Falls has a great plot and is very well written as it made me feel wet and annoyed with the rain and atmospheric conditions which are very important in this story. Good entertainment!
Thank you, Andrea Carter, her publisher, and NetGalley for the ARC.

Fifth book of the series. I'll go back and read others. Liked the characters but it didn't flow well. Thanks to Netgalley for the opportunity to read this book

In The Body Falls, solicitor Ben O’Keeffe has just returned to Glendara in Inishowen after a sabbatical of sorts at a law firm she has had experience with in the past. After 6 months away in Sarasota, Florida, she wants to see the state of her law practice, kept in operation with a locum in her absence, her various friends, her cat Guinness, and, not the least, Molloy, the Garda Sargent who inexplicably proposed before she left.

Before she can accomplish much, it begins to rain. And a cycling for charity group, many of whom are staying in Glendara in advance of the the event, will find themselves stuck in the small town as rain continues. Then “a body falls” quite literally and an investigation begins.

This is my second book read of the series and I enjoyed it. I find the characters and setting interesting and easy to get to know. In this episode, the weather becomes a character too as it shapes the landscape and characters’ actions, a new reality across the world now.

Thanks to Oceanview Publishing and NetGalley for an ARC.

I don't entirely agree with the publisher that these books can be read in any order. I myownself suggest that you begin at #1 Death at Whitewater Church, and progress in an orderly fashion to this one, #5. But that is, of course, merely a recommendation.

I think, though, that without having seen Tom Molloy the Garda sergeant and Ben develop their feelings for and about each other, I'd've missed a major pleasure of the series mystery. Going back to earlier books, knowing what's happened in this book, would negatively impact my pleasure in the read. After Ben's return from Florida, which is totally unexplored in this book but where groundwork has been laid for future troubles to come Ben's way, she gets right back to trouble in her parents' home: The Usurper, as she mentally refers to him, has moved in and taken over the day-to-day running of their lives. They met in a group for grieving parents that all belong to. Ben, jet-lagged and knowing she's out of line to speak about the living arrangement of compos mentis adults, still feels...weird...about the situation.

However, Inishowen and six months' absence-worth of work to catch up on the disposition of ring a loud bell. To her own mild surprise, Ben is really looking forward to her homecoming...it's really home, she knows after leaving it. The locum, Marina, and her legal assistant are no doubt going to need to spill a lot of tea. Yay! Except for the filthy weather forecasted for the whole of Ireland that she must pilot her Mini (befouled by having been lent without her knowledge or consent to The Usurper) through, this is a great day.

Oh Ben. Sweet summer child.

Based on the factual Irish flooding and resultant disasters of 2017, there's really no let-up of either rain or trouble for Ben, Inishowen, Tom Molloy, and a certain murdered party. (Whom I loathed from his first appearance. Though I found Author Carter's description of him perilously close to body-shaming.)

What mostly happens in this entry into the series is rain. Ungodly, Biblical-flood rain. Stuff falling over, people needing rescuing rain, and all of that's real. The author even points us, in her Acknowledgments, to national Irish papers doing the story in 2017. Everything that happens to the deadie happens because gawd let loose a strong stream of atmospheric water on Inishowen. How's that for a ready-made plot?!

What we get, in book five, is a reckoning of sorts between Ben and Garda Tom Molloy for their very tentative relationship's new course. I loved the way it led Tom, in extremis with the flooding, to resign himself to Ben's usual snooping...even saying at one point he needed the help given the tragic weather-disaster consequences.

As this book deals with someone being murdered whose murderer(s) I found delightful for their willingness to do it at all...cleaning the gene pool, I call it...that I was almost ready for an Orient Express solution. I didn't get one. Darn it. But instead there were more deaths to Inishowen's people revealed. I am always glad that the author does this for us, makes the characters matter to us and still tells the tough stories that require resolution.

I'd say this entry was the best in the series. I feel more clear about Tom and Ben and their whatever. And the ending makes me think there's a lot of mileage in the couplehood they have set course for. In many ways they remind me of Mr. and Mrs. North, the Lockridges' sleuthing pair, in their earlier adventures. I hope that vibe continues.

Thanks to Netgalley and the Publisher Oceanview Publishing for an e-arc in exchange for an honest review!

This is the 5th book in the Inishowen Series by Andrea Carter, although it can be read as a standalone. I enjoyed this alot and will be reading the previous 4 books!

This is the 5th book in this series and while it can work as a standalone novel I feel I missed a lot without reading the others (but I am going to do that!) The story follows Benedicta (Ben) O'Keefe is a solicitor in Ireland who has been working in Florida for a couple of months. An event goes wrong when one of the planners body is discovered.

Thanks to Net Galley for providing me with a copy in exchange for an honest review

A flooded town, falling bodies and a snake on the loose. Andrea Carter's pulls out all the stops in her fifth Inishowen book and the result is a tense, character-driven, Agatha Christie-like closed circle mystery. Despite the seemingly violent events this isn’t a dark crime novel; at it’s heart it’s still a cozy mystery.

Full review: https://westwordsreviews.wordpress.com/2022/11/10/the-body-falls-andrea-carter/