| International Standard Book Number |
1496755359
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781496755353
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| Personal Name |
O'Connor, Carlene, author.
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| Title Statement |
Bury the wren / Carlene O'Connor.
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| Edition Statement |
First Kensington hardcover edition.
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| Imprint |
©2026.
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| Imprint |
New York, NY : Kensington Publishing Corp, 2026.
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| Physical Description |
264 pages ; 24 cm.
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| Series Statement |
A County Kerry novel.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"Dingle is a town steeped in folklore, where old traditions like Wren Day linger like mist on the Kerry mountains. On the day after Christmas, St. Stephen's Day, the wren boys--local lads from competing neighborhoods--paint their faces and dress in straw garb to march through town. In times past, the tiny body of a wren would be displayed during the parade. According to legend, the little bird deserved to die for betraying St. Stephen's hiding place to his enemies. These days, Wren Day is a kinder affair, with different groups vying to raise money for charity. But this year's celebration gets off to an ominous start when Dimpna finds a dead wren on her doorstep. Things take a darker turn when one of the wren boys is found strangled, thick fisherman rope still around his neck. Then Dimpna goes to return her friend Paul Byrne's dog to his house and discovers Paul dead--with a wren's body beside him. Is someone sending a message that Paul was a traitor, or this an effort to cast suspicion on the wren boys? And how are the deaths connected? While Detective Sergeant Cormac O'Brien, visiting from Dublin, begins to investigate, Dimpna immerses herself in tangled motives that harken back to past tragedies, and a case that has become deeply personal. For it's not only traditions that persist here, grudges and secrets do too . . ."--Amazon.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Murder Investigation Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Police Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Women veterinarians Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
FICTION / Mystery & Detective / International Crime & Mystery.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Saint Stephen's Day Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
Kerry (Ireland) Fiction.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
Dingle (Ireland) Fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Cozy mysteries.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Detective and mystery fiction.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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| Series Added Entry-Personal Name |
O'Connor, Carlene. County Kerry mystery.
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