Through NetGalley, I received a free copy of DEATH IN IRISH ACCENTS (Book 4 of the Dublin Driver mysteries), by Catie Murphy, in exchange for an honest review. Driver Megan Malone has done a bang-up job of avoiding dead bodies for the past year, but when a cup of tea in a local shop literally lands a the murdered corpse of a famous author in her lap, Megan finds herself being drawn into the murder investigation. Megan tries to avoid the investigation and carry through with holiday promises, but some things are inevitable.

This book had a good story. I recommend it to fans of cozy mysteries featuring murder, chauffeurs, Ireland, and LGBTQ main characters.

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I haven’t read all of the Dublin Driver mysteries, but I think I’ve read enough. Like Megan Malone’s girlfriend, Jelena, in Death in Irish Accents, the fourth investigation in as many books was enough for me. It’s no wonder people are calling Megan “the murder driver”. How many times can a limo driver in Dublin get involved in a murder case?

Admittedly, Megan was just at Accents cafe as a customer when a woman’s body fell out of a closet. And, she assured Detective Paul Bourke as well as Jelena that she wouldn’t get involved, although she was curious. Who was the victim? She even took a job when her boss called and asked her to drive an American writer who wanted “the murder driver”. Claire Woodward did have a few questions for Megan about the previous cases, but Megan brushed those off to tell her about Dublin history instead. Even so, when Claire told her she was a writer, a mentor for a young writer named Blathnaid, and she was to meet her at Accents, Megan was a little uneasy. With the patterns in Megan’s life, it only made sense that her limo client would know the writer who had ended up dead in the closet at Accents.

Now, Claire wants Megan to answer questions, investigate the case, and drive her around town. But, it’s St. Patrick’s Day week, and Megan had taken vacation to be with Jelena. Nothing works out as planned. She can support Jelena at the Dublin parade, but the couple ends up with the writers’ group, all mourning Blathnaid, while accusing Claire of plagiarizing Blathnaid’s work. Who better to steal from an up-and-coming writer, and also kill her, than her mentor?

There were just too many coincidences in this book for me. The killer is introduced too late. And, Megan comes off as whiny when she wants to continue to ask questions. While I enjoyed many of the secondary characters, and, of course, the setting in Dublin, Megan can go on with her “murder driver” career without this passenger.

Megan Malone, driver for Leprechaun Limos, American expat living in Dublin, has gotten an unwelcome nickname: the Murder Driver, because of her involvement in a variety of murders. She swears she has no intention of being involved in these situations, but the book opens when a body falls out of a closet while she's in her favorite coffee shop. The deceased is a young writer who was being mentored by a well-known American author. Who would want to kill her? Was plagiarism involved? And is her mentor a kindly and helpful sort, or a ruthless person who will stop at nothing to get what she wants? Likable characters and the Dublin setting make this an enjoyable cozy series for fans of the genre. Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC.

NOTE: PG-14 for Offensive Content. Profanity frequently, cursing frequently, swearing, abuse of alcohol, lesbian couple, gay couple.
*This is not a cozy mystery.

Megan drives limousines in Ireland; as you can imagine, she meets all kinds of people. But it was during her time off--at a cafe--that an employee opened a closet door, and a body fell out onto her lap. So solving the crime feels personal to her.

The dead girl was a budding author, possibly lured there, but by whom? There is a large cast to choose from, but most of them hate a lying, conniving, successful author, and don't seem to have a motive for killing the girl.

Suddenly, St. Patrick's Day weekend is upon them, and big surprises await, but they go from bad to worse.

The mystery was fine, but there was a lot of offensive language that ruined the book for me.

2.4/5 Stars

Thanks to Kensington Books and NetGalley for the temporary digital preview of this book; any review is voluntary and entirely my own opinion.

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A fantastic, fun cozy mystery. The characters were so much fun and I enjoyed the plot throughout! Love the irish theme in this book. Hope to read more by this author and series!

It has been over a year since Dublin limo driver Megan Malone has been involved in solving a murder much to the relief of both her girlfriend Jelena and her friend Detective Paul Bourke. Megan has promised to spend St. Patrick’s Day weekend with Jelena so when a dead body literally falls into her lap at a local café, Megan swears she will leave the investigating to the police. But when romance novelist Claire Woodward asks Megan to be her driver, Megan soon find herself involved after all – Claire was the murder victim’s mentor. Megan needs to be careful or she may find herself losing Jelena or becoming a victim herself.

“Death In Irish Accents” is the fourth book in Catie Murphy’s The Dublin Driver cozy mystery series and for the most part I really enjoyed it. This is the first book in the series that I have read and I loved the fact that instead of being a love interest, the Detective (and his girlfriend) were friends with Megan and Megan had a girlfriend of her own – very different from what I usually see in cozy mysteries. I also like the Dublin setting, the way Murphy incorporates the way people in Ireland pronounce words, and small things like the Literary Pub Crawl (which also figures heavily into the plot). Speaking of the plot – the book is well plotted with plenty of suspects and a few twists and turns. The one thing I didn’t like about the book was the way Jelena treated Megan at times. I fully understand why she wouldn’t want Megan to be involved in a murder mystery but she was cold at times to Megan, especially one time when Megan could have really used a shoulder to cry on, and it seemed like Megan spent much of the time begging Jelena for forgiveness or doing what Jelena wanted to the point where I found it made her a weaker character.

It’s been over a year since Megan found herself entangled in a murder—much to everyone’s relief, including her girlfriend Jelena and Detective Paul Bourke. So when a body of a young woman quite literally lands in her lap at her favorite Dublin café, Megan tries to do the right thing and leave the crime-solving to the police so she can enjoy the St. Patrick’s Day weekend. After all, she has no connection to the victim. Or does she?
I love Megan she is down to earth and easy to relate to. I love the setting and the mystery.
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Megan Malone is in her fourth in the series but can easily be read as a standalone. Megan drives for Leprechaun Limousines and is fast becoming dubbed as the one to get since all the murders happen around her. This time a victim falls into her lap at a coffee shop. Love the setting. Another excellent addition to the series. Thanks#Netgalley and #Kensington for the eARC in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are mine.

The fourth cozy in this series, and easily read as a standalone. I love this series. Megan Malone is an ex-pat, former military, American who’s been living in Dublin and drives for Leprechaun Limousines. Unfortunately, three of her previous jobs resulted in murders around her passengers or their friends. As a result, she’s been tagged as the “Murder Driver” and people are now asking for her to drive them. This time, Megan has a body fall into her lap at a local coffee shop and her next passenger has a relationship with the murder victim. Somehow, Megan can’t seem to keep away from mysterious situations to the growing dismay of her girlfriend, Jelena. Can’t wait for the next adventure! Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the advanced reader copy.

The newest Irish driver mystery finds Megan investigating after a body literally falls on in her in her favorite cafe. She soon finds a connection with her current client much to her dismay. Another death occurs and Megan must fine the culprit before she’s next.

Another delightful entry into this series! It’s fun and has good pacing.

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I received a free, advance copy of this book and this is my unbiased and voluntary review.

Megan finds herself involved in another murder despite trying not to get involved. But she cannot help herself as she might have a connection to the victim.

A delightful addition in the series that is set in Dublin.

This is one of my favorite cozy series. It feels more contemporary than most cozies I read, with a sassy, smart, independent main character. Megan's a driver in Ireland, and she's now known as the Murder Driver. This installment starts when a dead body falls into her lap, and it involves a writing group and a whole lot of lies. Megan's girlfriend is getting tired of Megan constantly being involved in murder investigations. In fact, Megan's wheedling justifications for her involvement are the only thing that brings it down to a 4.5 stars for me. I sense a reckoning coming between her and Jelena. I love the Irish setting, and there's just the right amount of "Irishness" throughout the book. Enough to be interesting and enlightening, but not so much as to be kitschy. The identity of the killer was slightly predictable, but it's a highly fun read!

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Fun, enjoyable, and filled with insidery writer tidbits I really loved. Megan is doing her best NOT to solve a murder to keep her girlfriend happy but she can't stay away when she's a suspect when a client turns up dead, again.
This series never disappoints and is a perfect comfort read for folks looking for a mystery for the winter months.

I've been a big fan of Catie Murphy's Dublin Driver mysteries from the very beginning, and I can tell you with absolute honesty how much fun this new one was, too...but I also have to honestly admit that I'm not unbiased, this time round. Several months ago, Catie put out a call on Twitter for any fellow authors who wouldn't mind having their names used in her next mystery (and might well end up being murderers in it), I waved my hand...and yup! I was a couple of chapters into this book when I let out a shout of surprised laughter when I saw my name on the page (and then felt a WAVE of irrational guilt, because the American-Irish expat author "Stephanie Burgis" in this book is YEARS late on delivering her final book in a big fat fantasy series and everyone is furious at her for it). (I swear, NONE OF THIS IS TRUE about the American-British expat author Stephanie Burgis in real life. And yet! I still felt a niggle of irrational guilt every time people in this book talked about it. ;p )

So! This mystery is based around a writing group in a Dublin café, the writers are all conspiring and gossiping with and about each other, and both plagiarism and murder quickly become involved. It was 100% enjoyable (at least when I wasn't feeling irrationally guilty about the terrible things "Stephanie Burgis" did in it!), and I had a lot of fun. Hoping for many more books in this series! It is one of my very favorite cozy mystery series (along with Livia Day's Fashionably Late series - they're my Top Two and I'll gobble up anything new in either of them).

I received a free copy of, Death in Irish Accents, by Catie Murphy, from the publisher and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. A murder in Dublin, beautiful city, but murder can strike anywhere, Megan has a murder to solve, can she solve it? I love Ireland, and this is a good read set in Ireland, but I cant stand swearing.

When an American writer comes to Dublin and specifically asks for “The Murder Driver” to driver her, Megan is tempted to say no. But Orla can be persuasive and Megan agrees. If only it yet another body literally falling into Megan’s lap as well, maybe she could have kept her promise to Jelena to stay out of investigations.

Try as she might, Megan can’t help but be caught up in the goings on and the latest murder. Is Megan driving a murrderer, or is the woman being falsely accused? It’s a tough one when yet another dead body is found and neither the police nor Megan are any closer to finding a killer. Will this be the end of the Murder driver’s days or will the killer get away with murder?

Another great entry in this series. An American in Dublin and all the good, bad and crazy of living in Dublin where dead bodies literally seem to fall upon her. A solid mystery with a strong protagonist and well developed characters makes for a good read each and every time.

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A cozy mystery with an Irish backdrop. Charming story with enjoyable characters.

It’s the Patrick’s Day Weekend in Dublin. Megan Malone, a limo driver, and her girlfriend Jelena have stopped by a coffee shop called Accents Café for coffee after their morning workout when one of the baristas discovers the body of a dead girl stashed in the closet in the cafe.

Anie the barista was trying to get supplies out of the closet when the body tumbled right out and landed on Megan’s lap.

Anie who discovered the body recognizes the dead young woman as Bláthnaid, a writer and regular patron. How did her body get stashed in a cupboard?

Megan immediately calls Detective Paul Bourke to report the incident.

Later Megan gets a call from her boss Orla at Leprechaun Limos informing her of a rich writer who wants to hire Megan for the afternoon.

When Megan picks up her newest client Claire Woodward, Claire tells her she’s in Ireland to do some research for her historical romance novel. Claire’s also hoping to meet with Bláthnaid—whom she’s been mentoring over the internet—during her visit.

As Detective Bourke digs deeper, he learns Bláthnaid had a history of plagiarizing her fellow writers' work and even plagiarized Claire’s book. Or is it the other way around?

Soon after, Claire’s body is found dead apparently from alcohol poisoning; and a suicide note is later found on her laptop.

Even though Detective Paul has warned Megan to stay off the case, Megan does a little sleuthing of her own hoping to find the killer.

A well-written mystery with likable characters. Would recommend

Thank you to Catie Murphy, NetGalley, and Kensington for the arc of this book

Death in Irish Accents is the 4th book in the Dublin Driver series. A cozy mystery set in Ireland, it is absolutely a charming book. The Irish setting comes to life and is as much a character as the people themselves.

This time Megan, a limo driver, finds a young woman dead in her favorite cafe. Having sworn off investigating murders after book three, she attempts to stay out of this - leaving it to the police.
However, her current employer - a famous romance writer - ends up smack in the middle of the story so Megan is drawn into the mystery despite her resolve.

I enjoyed the book and the tea I drank while reading it. It is engaging, charming, and the mystery kept me turning the pages.

Book 4 in the series. This one focuses on writers, so gives a bit of insight on behind the scenes. So far though, while still a good cozy mystery, I liked this one the least out of the 4. Not sure why, perhaps keep hoping Megan and the Detective will hit it off (did not expect her to start going out with a woman?). Still though, highly recommend, especially if you have read the others in the series.