{"id":29821,"date":"2023-01-20T08:25:43","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T12:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/?p=29821"},"modified":"2023-01-20T08:25:49","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T12:25:49","slug":"review-death-on-the-emerald-isle-by-terrie-farley-moran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/20\/review-death-on-the-emerald-isle-by-terrie-farley-moran\/","title":{"rendered":"Review \ud83d\udd0d Death on the Emerald Isle by Terrie Farley Moran"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-29821\" data-postid=\"29821\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-29821 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_mtqr653 tb_first tf_w tf_clearfix\">\n\t    \t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner col_align_top gutter-narrow tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n\t\t            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-1 tb_0zt4653 first\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_2zon653 rounded drop-shadow customBorderRad_top image-center auto_fullwidth tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n\t\t    <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/death-on-the-emerald-isle-terrie-farley-moran.jpg?resize=333%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-29822\" title=\"death-on-the-emerald-isle-terrie-farley-moran\" alt=\"death-on-the-emerald-isle-terrie-farley-moran\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/death-on-the-emerald-isle-terrie-farley-moran.jpg?w=333&amp;ssl=1 333w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/death-on-the-emerald-isle-terrie-farley-moran.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/death-on-the-emerald-isle-terrie-farley-moran.jpg?resize=400%2C600&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/>\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n    \t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_nwqb653 customBorderRad_bottom repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Jessica Fletcher is quick to accept an invitation to replace a speaker who couldn\u2019t attend a Book Festival in Belfast, Ireland. When\u00a0her Cabot Cove neighbor Maeve O&#8217;Bannon hears about the trip, she asks Jessica to deliver some paintings to her family in the village of Bushmills. Happy to extend her travels and see more of the Irish countryside, Jessica agrees.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">The festival goes off without a hitch, and it seems like Jessica is in for a relaxing vacation. But then Maeve\u2019s cousin Michael is discovered dead under suspicious circumstances. Jessica finds herself once again in the midst of a murder investigation, and she\u2019ll have to dig into the O&#8217;Bannon family\u2019s secrets to unmask the killer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-2 tb_agvc653 last\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_si2f653  repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-25881 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/smitten-recommends-banner-1.png?resize=296%2C72\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong> Jan 3, 2023<br \/><strong>Series:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Murder She Wrote<br \/><\/em><strong>Book:\u00a0<\/strong>56<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Penguin Group<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong>\u00a0Berkley\u00a0<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $14.99<\/p><hr \/><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><strong>Jessica Fletcher<\/strong> agrees to travel from her home in Cabot Cove, Maine to Belfast, Northern Ireland, as a favor to her friend and fellow author, Lorna Winters. Lorna is laid up in a cast and has been advised not to travel, so Jessica agrees to attend the Belfast Book Festival to accept an award and participate in a discussion panel on Lorna\u2019s behalf. Jessica also tells her neighbor Maeve O\u2019Bannon that she will deliver some family heirloom paintings to Maeve\u2019s Irish relatives while on her trip and enjoy a little leisure time. Jessica meets one of Maeve\u2019s cousins at the book festival before meeting the rest of the family in the neighboring village of Bushmills. When Michael is murdered, Jessica\u2019s relaxing vacation is over, and it\u2019s time for her to put her sleuthing skills to use to solve the case.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><strong>Death on the Emerald Isle<\/strong> is almost like two stories in one. The portion set at the book festival is really interesting, and the author helped you to really visualize what it would be like to attend such an event. The festival helps set the stage for the \u201cmain event\u201d when the story moves from Belfast to Bushmills and a killer strikes. Even though Jessica\u2019s Cabot Cove friends and neighbors play only a limited role in the story, I like the change of pace of having\u00a0 Jessica on the road. The Irish setting is well-done, and I especially liked the part of the book taking place at the book festival, even though the murder doesn\u2019t occur until later in the book. I like the character of Godfrey Hamilton, who is assigned as Jessica\u2019s escort at the festival to help her navigate the various commitments and personalities she has to deal with.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">Once Jessica travels to Bushmills, the pace of the book slows somewhat, even though this is when the investigation gets started. There are portions of the story in which Jessica doesn\u2019t seem to make much progress as she tries to get the truth from the O\u2019Bannon family. Jessica teams up with a young woman named Maggie, who helps with the investigation. I appreciate Maggie\u2019s enthusiasm, but she is a little too eager and continually jumps to conclusions which becomes annoying. Jessica is as likable as ever &#8211; smart, humble, and willing to help her new friends. The author keeps you guessing as to the identity of the killer. I like the way things wrap up at the end of the investigation, and the very end of the book after Jessica returns home. You don\u2019t have to have followed the television series to enjoy this fun, cozy series, and especially this book, since most of it takes place away from most of the recurring characters from Cabot Cove.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><em>~ Christine<\/em><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_u5d3653 customBorderRad repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3D3K1u5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a><\/span><span class=\"s2\">\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apple.co\/3HitpBh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">iBooks<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/murder-she-wrote-jessica-fletcher\/1141319169?ean=9780593333693\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">B&amp;N<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/murder-she-wrote-death-on-the-emerald-isle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Kobo<\/span><\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Jessica_Fletcher_Murder_She_Wrote_Death_on_the_Eme?id=LJVnEAAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s3\">Google Play<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->                    <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n            \t    <\/div>\n\t    <!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t<\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jessica Fletcher is quick to accept an invitation to replace a speaker who couldn\u2019t attend a Book Festival in Belfast, Ireland. 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When\u00a0her Cabot Cove neighbor Maeve O'Bannon hears about the trip, she asks Jessica to deliver some paintings to her family in the village of Bushmills. Happy to extend her travels and see more of the Irish countryside, Jessica agrees.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>The festival goes off without a hitch, and it seems like Jessica is in for a relaxing vacation. But then Maeve\u2019s cousin Michael is discovered dead under suspicious circumstances. Jessica finds herself once again in the midst of a murder investigation, and she\u2019ll have to dig into the O'Bannon family\u2019s secrets to unmask the killer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/smitten-recommends-banner-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p><hr \/><p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong> Jan 3, 2023<br \/><strong>Series:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>Murder She Wrote<br \/><\/em><strong>Book:\u00a0<\/strong>56<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Penguin Group<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong>\u00a0Berkley\u00a0<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong> $14.99<\/p><hr \/><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><strong>Jessica Fletcher<\/strong> agrees to travel from her home in Cabot Cove, Maine to Belfast, Northern Ireland, as a favor to her friend and fellow author, Lorna Winters. Lorna is laid up in a cast and has been advised not to travel, so Jessica agrees to attend the Belfast Book Festival to accept an award and participate in a discussion panel on Lorna\u2019s behalf. Jessica also tells her neighbor Maeve O\u2019Bannon that she will deliver some family heirloom paintings to Maeve\u2019s Irish relatives while on her trip and enjoy a little leisure time. Jessica meets one of Maeve\u2019s cousins at the book festival before meeting the rest of the family in the neighboring village of Bushmills. When Michael is murdered, Jessica\u2019s relaxing vacation is over, and it\u2019s time for her to put her sleuthing skills to use to solve the case.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><strong>Death on the Emerald Isle<\/strong> is almost like two stories in one. The portion set at the book festival is really interesting, and the author helped you to really visualize what it would be like to attend such an event. The festival helps set the stage for the \u201cmain event\u201d when the story moves from Belfast to Bushmills and a killer strikes. Even though Jessica\u2019s Cabot Cove friends and neighbors play only a limited role in the story, I like the change of pace of having\u00a0 Jessica on the road. The Irish setting is well-done, and I especially liked the part of the book taking place at the book festival, even though the murder doesn\u2019t occur until later in the book. I like the character of Godfrey Hamilton, who is assigned as Jessica\u2019s escort at the festival to help her navigate the various commitments and personalities she has to deal with.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">Once Jessica travels to Bushmills, the pace of the book slows somewhat, even though this is when the investigation gets started. There are portions of the story in which Jessica doesn\u2019t seem to make much progress as she tries to get the truth from the O\u2019Bannon family. Jessica teams up with a young woman named Maggie, who helps with the investigation. I appreciate Maggie\u2019s enthusiasm, but she is a little too eager and continually jumps to conclusions which becomes annoying. Jessica is as likable as ever - smart, humble, and willing to help her new friends. The author keeps you guessing as to the identity of the killer. I like the way things wrap up at the end of the investigation, and the very end of the book after Jessica returns home. You don\u2019t have to have followed the television series to enjoy this fun, cozy series, and especially this book, since most of it takes place away from most of the recurring characters from Cabot Cove.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><em>~ Christine<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3D3K1u5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apple.co\/3HitpBh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iBooks<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/murder-she-wrote-jessica-fletcher\/1141319169?ean=9780593333693\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">B&amp;N<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/murder-she-wrote-death-on-the-emerald-isle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kobo<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Jessica_Fletcher_Murder_She_Wrote_Death_on_the_Eme?id=LJVnEAAAQBAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google Play<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29821"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29828,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29821\/revisions\/29828"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}