Murder at an Irish Bakery by Carlene O'Connor is a wonderful cozy mystery that is the ninth book in the amazing series: An Irish Village Mystery. I just love this series.

We get to visit the rural, ideal, and stunning landscape of Kilbane, County Cork in Ireland again. I always love hearing about the village, its inhabitants, and the comings and goings. It is also home to our main character Garda Siobhan O’Sullivan, her family, and her husband Garda Macdara Flannery. This time they are roped into a murder mystery when a reality baking show arrives to be televised at their village’s own bakery. The excitement and drama that then ensues is not just about the contest, but about solving the crime…especially before the culprit strikes again.

I love the character development within this series and how they have evolved throughout the books. There is wit, sass, humor, banter, and love. I literally laughed out loud several times. I have read every book and novella within this series and most certainly will continue to do so.

Highly recommend!

5/5 stars

Thank you NG and Kensington Publishing for this wonderful arc and in return I am submitting my unbiased and voluntary review and opinion.

I am posting this review to my GR and Bookbub accounts immediately and will post it to my Amazon, Instagram, and B&N accounts upon publication on 2/28/23.

This is a great addition to the series. Siobhan is such a good character. I admire her dedication to her family, and watching her develop into a grown woman has been such fan.
An Irish style cook off is happening in their small village, but we all know something will go horribly wrong, and Siobhan and her new husband will investigate and solve the case.
This was a fun story to read, the case was cunning and the author wove an amazing story.
I'm looking forward to reading more in this series.
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Sometimes a series losing steam after the love interest of the main character gets resolved. However, in this case, the marriage of Siobhan and Macdara enhances the story and adds humor. These books seems so authentically Irish to me in dialect and description but having only visited Ireland twice I know that is my own assumption.

Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC.

I love O'Connor's Irish Village series with Siobhan and her husband Macdara in a charming (but deadly) town in Ireland. She writes with such fluidity that from page one to the last I feel at home, and events merge and make sense so the story is easy to follow. It is like dropping into Ireland for a bit.

A baking contest is being held at the local Irish Bakery. People are coming from all around to participate and watch. It is being filmed as part of a reality-tv show. The requisite murder takes place and it is up to Siobhan and her husband to solve it - while the producers keep filming. Is it a rivalry murder? An outsider?

I can't say enough about this book - and this series. It is so engrossing that I always look at an Ireland travel guide when I finish as I so want to go visit County Cork. I just love them.