Little Green Man in Ireland: A Mystery [Hardcover]

Mary Branham (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 1997

She had been a well-known actress on Broadway. But that was ten years ago and after the sudden death of her producer husband, in her own words, 'too old to be an ingenue and not talented enough to be a leading lady,' Sydney Reardon turned to decorating in London. She was enjoying a glamorous fast-paced life. And when her beautiful young cousin Kimberleigh Brennan comes for a visit they go off to Ireland with suave art exporter Ian Hardwicke and his critic friend Henry James. But the anticipated amusing weekend turns terrifying when they become involved with a little green man and theft, smuggling, a gangster--and murder.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

In this lightweight confection, actress-turned-decorator Sydney Reardon shows her visiting niece, Kim Brennan, around London and Dublin. Sydney's friend Ian Hardwicke, an art exporter, hopes to trick Kim into carrying a suspicious package back to the States. Pub crawling, shopping and tourism so absorb Sydney and Kim that they don't connect Ian to the murder of a man who had bothered him on the street. When Kim boards her New York-bound plane, a gangster friend of Sydney's switches packages while the easily duped decorator goes home to face a murder attempt. With its wide-eyed heroines and suave villains explaining the plot twists (such as they are) to each other, this innocuous caper speeds along with so little friction that reading it feels like fast-forwarding through a video.

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About the Author

Mary Branham was born in Orlando, Florida. She was graduated from Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas and earned a master's degree from the Santa Fe, New Mexico campus of St. John's College. She was assistant director of the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian in Santa Fe. Her other two mysteries in this trilogy from Sunstone Press are Big Black Dog in Vallarta and Three Deadly Days in Spain.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: Sunstone Press (April 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0865342482
• ISBN-13: 978-0865342484
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,822,570 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)