Title: Murder on the Clock Date of Publication: November 14, 2025
My Rating: 4 Stars
DESCRIPTION:
The town of Shamrock Cove is gearing up for a grand summer festival… but the fête turns fatal when a clockmaker is killed. Can amateur sleuth Mercy McCarthy crack the case?
When Mercy McCarthy takes her beloved mother’s watch to be fixed, she’s completely charmed by the little repair store and the father-and-son duo who run it. Little does she know that the clock is ticking… when she returns, she finds the father lying unconscious amid broken glass, and her mother’s watch is missing.
The police think Mr. Flynn was attacked in a burglary gone wrong but soon suspects closer to home start coming out of the clockwork. Mercy, her sister, and their canine sidekick, master body sniffer-outer Mr. Poe, set out to gather clues and help the local detective find the killer.
Could it be the family next door to the Flynns who’ve been feuding for decades? His fiercest rival, who’s long dreamed of shutting him down? Or was his son less devoted than he seemed? As the hours tick away, another murder and the discovery of a long-buried secret changes everything…
The summer festival is fast approaching. Can Mercy solve the mystery in the nick of time, or will someone stop her clock?
A completely charming and page-turning Irish cozy mystery. Fans of Agatha Christie, Carlene O’Connor and Faith Martin will absolutely love the Mercy McCarthy series!
MY THOUGHTS:
It’s summer in Shamrock Grove, and soon, Mercy and her twin sister, Lizzie, will be celebrating their birthday. While rummaging through her mother’s belongings, Mercy discovers an elegant watch. She feels a strong sense of nostalgia and decides to gift it to Lizzie. However, before she can make it a birthday gift for Lizzie, she first takes the watch to a local repair store hoping that it can get working again.
Mercy goes to check on the status of the watch, and she finds the elderly shopkeeper gravely injured. Without a doubt, there were many valuable items in the shop, so the police think that it was perhaps a burglary gone wrong. Ever the astute observer, Mercy realizes that her mother‘s watch is one of the things that has been stolen.
This is the fourth book in a delightful series that I have had the pleasure of binging thanks to the first three books being available on KU. I have gotten to love Mercy, Lizzie, as well as the detective inspector, Kieran O’Malley, who has become a staple in their lives. While Kieran is the one in charge of the investigations that have had to take place, Mercy doe her best to stay one step ahead of him. All the while, their sweet little fur-baby Mr. Poe, is right by her side and is great at sniffing out clues.
I love that both sisters have gone “boots on the ground” after leaving their lives in the U.S. to living in Ireland. Lizzie is doing a great job at running their grandfather’s bookshop while Mercy, a very well-known author, is writing with ease, much to the delight of her editor. More than that, Mercy has become an excellent amateur sleuth. I am thrilled that I have read all of the books in the series so far and can’t wait to read the next book.
Many thanks to Bookouture and to NetGalley for this ARC for review. This is my honest opinion.
Lucy Connelly (aka Candace Havens)
Bestselling author Candace Havens has published more than 25 books. Her novels have received nominations for the RITA’s, Holt Medallion, Write Touch Reader Awards and National Reader’s Choice Awards. She is a Barbara Wilson Award winner. She is the author of the biography Joss Whedon: The Genius Behind Buffy and a contributor to several anthologies. She is also one of the nation’s leading entertainment journalists and has interviewed countless celebrities from George Clooney to Chris Pratt. Candace runs a free online writing workshop for more than 2000 writers and teaches comprehensive writing classes. She does film reviews with Hawkeye in the Morning on 96.3 KSCS, and is a former President of the Television Critics Association.
Lucy Connelly (aka Candace Havens)
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