Fatality in F, the fourth book in the Gethsemane Brown Mystery series, is full of everything that makes a Cozy Mystery, well, cozy. As a music teacher at an all-boys school in Dunmullach, Ireland, and with a flair for solving murders, Gethsemane is quickly earning, albeit begrudgingly, the respect of the local Gardai (law enforcement). But not everything in Gethsemane’s Irish world is rosy. Before the annual rose and garden show can officially commence, Gethsemane finds herself knee deep in the fiercely competitive and highly complex world of flowers, including coded messages, high-stake patents, gene therapy, and murder.
Gethsemane’s ghostly roommate, Eamon, is front and center throughout most of this fourth book in the series, and while his ever-increasing fondness for Gethsemane is oh so sweet, his spectral defense abilities are even sweeter. Add in Gethsemane’s inspector friend, Niall, and fellow teacher, Frankie, and this girl has amassed quite the crime-solving squad.
As usual, Alexia Gordon’s writing, characterization, and plot development are phenomenal, a bit humorous, and entirely enjoyable.
Fatality in F offers the expected mystery montage, including back stabbing, red herrings, mistrust, and danger. However, this book (the entire series, actually) offers a truly unique protagonist as well. Gethsemane is a strong African-American woman who lives and works in Ireland (read the first book, Murder in G Major, to find out why) and who isn’t afraid to jump in feet first when the murderous game is afoot. Her curiosity, loyalty, affinity for good bourbon, quick wit, and overall likability make Gethsemane Brown, or Fearless Brown as Frankie has dubbed her, a first-rate main character who also happens to be a musical genius.
But Fearless Brown isn’t completely perfect because she can be a bit tenacious and reckless when she is tackling a mystery, but who can blame her when a friend’s life and reputation are at stake?
If you love a good mystery series set in Ireland and with endearing and well-developed characters, plots that thrill at every turn and touch on mainstream topics, and a handsome ghost who makes coffee and leaves an aroma of leather and soap in his wake, then the entire Gethsemane Brown mystery series is for you. Fatality in F entertains all the way to the last page, where the first wisps of another mystery swirl and tease the imagination.
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A writer since childhood, Alexia Gordon won her first writing prize in the 6th grade. She continued writing through college but put literary endeavors on hold to finish medical school and Family Medicine residency training. She established her medical career then returned to writing fiction. Raised in the southeast, schooled in the northeast, she relocated to the west where she completed Southern Methodist University’s Writer’s Path program. She admits Texas brisket is as good as Carolina pulled pork. She practices medicine in North Chicago, IL. She enjoys the symphony, art collecting, embroidery, and ghost stories.
One winner receives a signed copy of Fatality in F and a $30 Gift Card to David Austin Roses
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I have got to go back and read the first book — LOVE this series & this book, but there was a little drop at a broken engagement that I hadn’t heard about before this book. Gotta get all the scoop! Great review!
Thanks! I would definitely read these books again (and maybe again). So fun!