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Red Slayer: Being the Second of the Sorrowful Mysteries of Brother Athelstan

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series is great but needs more titles

Red Slayer: Being the Second of the Sorrowful Mysteries of Brother Athelstan
Paul Harding
Manufacturer: Avon Books (Mm)
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0380721066

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series is great but needs more titles.......2001-07-31

i read the first and second in this series this weekend-these are must reads for those who like medievil mysteries.^The plots are outstanding and you find yourself identifying with athelstan and the widow benedicta.There is romanse mystery and terrific plots.Not to downgrade ellis peters but i am not sure his novels are quite as good as these.These are books you cant put down and after reading them you will wonder as i did why the author stopped writing them.Read these and you wont be disappointed

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Second Sorrowful Mystery
Jonathan Harrington
Manufacturer: WORLDWIDE MYSTERIES (CANADA)
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000SF385Q

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Red Slayer: Being the Second of the Sorrowful Mysteries of Brother Athelstan
Paul Harding
Manufacturer: Morrow & Co.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000LC6WNG

The Second Sorrowful Mystery ( A Danny O'Flaherty Mystery)

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A disappointing read
Very entertaining -- a mystery with something extra

The Second Sorrowful Mystery ( A Danny O'Flaherty Mystery)
Harrington
Manufacturer: Worldwide Library
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0373263589

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A disappointing read.......2004-01-31

I was disappointed in this book. Not alone were there aspects of the plot that I found quite weak, but it badly needed an Irish editor. The book is filled with errors in spelling, speech patterns etc.

Very entertaining -- a mystery with something extra.......2000-09-13

I was a big fan of Jonathan Harrington's first book, The Death of Cousin Rose, but he tops himself here with a fast-moving, atmospheric mystery that will delight even the non-Irish (like me.) Harrington retains the small-town Irish feel that made the first book so charming --- but this time there's more ambiance, more suspense, and a lot more humor. I read this on vacation, and at times I truly felt as if I was transported to another world. There's a very funny chase scene that has to be read to be believed - and there are even snippets of religion and philosophy at the end. This is more than just another mystery.

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A Good Old Fashioned Tale
A new mystery sub-genre, the Irish cozy, sure to entertain
Top rate Irish amateur sleuth who-done-it

The Second Sorrowful Mystery: A Mystery
Jonathan Harrington
Manufacturer: Write Way Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1885173377

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Two years after Danny O'Flaherty solved the murder of his cousin, Rose, he has taken up permanent residence in Dublin, teaching at a boy's school. He visits Ballycara often, fishing with Father O'Malley, drinking at Larkin's Pub, staying at Mrs. Slattery's Bed & Breakfast, "Shannonside," and flirting with Fidelma Muldoon.

Danny receives a note from Father O'Malley to come visit as soon as he can -- the Father wishes to tell him something. When Danny steps off the bus he's met with a frantic Fidelma -- Father O'Malley has been missing since early morning Mass. What Danny hoped would be a relaxed weekend of fly fishing turns deadly when he finds that Father's body laid out in the locked basement below the church.

Danny believes the key to the priest's murder is contained within the Second Sorrowful Mystery of the holy rosary -- The Scourging. Once again, the locals, and this time, even the gardai, ask Danny to find the murderer. Then a second body is found floating near the shore -- suicide or murder?

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A Good Old Fashioned Tale.......1999-08-10

With a wonderfully refreshing piece of literature, Harrington has given us the means to live and breathe Ireland without leaving the comforts of home. Brimming with detailed imagery, the story of Danny, an American who fell in love with the homeland of his ancestors, will capture your imagination as he stumbles through a quaint Irish village searching for the murderer of the parish priest, who also happened to be his best friend. Riddled by several suspects, each with a motive and opportunity, Danny is forced to re-examine his close friends, his faith and even the reverent image he held of his confidant. THE SECOND SORROWFUL MYSTERY, packed with Irish folklore, false leads, scandal, love, lies, and laughter, is a great classic detective story that will keep you captivated right up until the last page.

A new mystery sub-genre, the Irish cozy, sure to entertain.......1999-07-09

The Second Sorrowful Mystery by Jonathan Harringtin is the latest in the Danny O'Flarehty series set in Ireland. Harrington has created a new sub-genre of the English cozy with this series. His Irish mysteries carry the same elements as the English cozy: amateur sleuth, village setting, and a limited number of characters who have secret lives. But oh how much more robust are these characters than their neighbors across the Irish Sea. You've never seen the likes of Kathleen Conlon, Breda. Slattery, or the lovely, red-haired Fidelma in Miss Marple's village. Such carry-ons, as the Irish would say. Danny, American, has returned to Ireland to teach for a year in Dublin. He goes to Ballycara in Co. Galway to visit his good friend and parish priest, Fr. O'Malley. O'Malley is murdered, and Danny, though beset with false leads, sorts through them. He finds an old secret out of a dark past prompted the killing. In the end, Danny cleverly sequesters the killer so that the local garda captures the individual, getting the credit for solving the murder. 'Tis a wonderful breath of Irish breeze, sometimes brisk, sometimes gentle, that flows through the book, The reader can hear the lilt and wry humor of the Irish captured so well in the characters' voices. Harrington also judiciously sprinkles bits of Irish history and contemporary life in the unforlding story, all of which adds to its entertainment. This is a fun book of an evening to read-- your Guinness or cup o' tea by your side and a chuckle or two breaking out as you follow Danny O'Flaherty's quest of the murderer and the fair Fidelma.

Top rate Irish amateur sleuth who-done-it.......1999-04-27

While visiting Ireland two years ago, American Danny O'Flaherty fell in love with the country and its people, who return his warm regard. The murder of his cousin Rose failed to diminish his feelings one iota. To remain in the country, Danny volunteers to teach in an exchange program. He soon begins working in Dublin.

Whenever he can get away, Danny visits his friends in the village of Ballycara. His closest companion, parish priest Father O'Malley wants to confidentially tell Danny something. Before the priest can do that, he is found dead. Danny thinks someone murdered Father O'Malley and his flock wants the American to investigate. His inquiries lead him to accuse an innocent person, but that fails to stop the obstinate Danny from continuing his investigation. After a second corpse is uncovered, Danny uses himself as bait to set a trap to lure the killer into revealing his identity

THE SECOND SORROWFUL MYSTERY is so atmosphere-laden, readers will think they are visiting a rural Erin village. Danny is adorable as he makes one mistake after another, but stubbornly continues to look into his friend's death. Talented Jonathan Harrington cleverly sets up and executes the mystery so that it seems nearly impossible to guess the killer's identity even the author sprinkles clues throughout the story line. No reader of this novel will feel any sorrow as this is a very entertaining amateur sleuth tale.

Harriet Klausner

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Red Slayer: Being the Second of the Sorrowful Mysteries of Brother Athelstan
Paul Harding
Manufacturer: William Morrow and Company, Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000QHDJ1Y

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Like The Nightingale Gallery, Harding's previous foray into 14th-century London, his new mystery lavishes as much attention on details of the city's filth- and disease-filled landscape as on its inhabitants. This time, coroner Sir John Cranston and his assistant, Brother Athelstan, are summoned to the Tower of London. Sleeping in a locked and guarded room did not save the Tower's constable, a martinet named Sir Ralph Whitton, from having his throat slit. Although Sir John, who is almost permanently in his cups, seems even more distracted than usual, he and Athelstan soon learn that Sir Ralph had been warned that he would be murdered and that the cause may lie buried in the constable's adventure-filled soldiering past. The plot thickens with additional deaths, all possibly linked to Sir Ralph's, while Athelstan is faced with an equally grisly problem at his impoverished church, St. Erconwald's, from whose graveyard corpses are being stolen. A patient and methodical questioner of suspects as well as an acute yet sympathetic observer of people, Brother Athelstan proves himself worthy of the intricate puzzles Harding contrives.

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Red Slayer Being the Second of the Sorrowful Mysteries of Brother Athelstan
Paul Harding
Manufacturer: William Morrow
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000NUN8Y2

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