Murder in G Major (Gethsemane Brown Mysteries #1)

by Alexia Gordon

Billy

“I plan to turn Carraigfaire Cottage into a museum.

cologne. Had he? She sniffed again. The smell was gone.

“It’s only fair to tell ya that folks—not everybody mind ya—report hearing strange noises up here and seeing things out on the cliffs.” “Optical illusions, misinterpretations of natural phenomena.”

finger against

anything

“Teague Connolly?”

St. Brennan’s

Steaming shower water provided solace from disappointment and relief from the niggling unease of mysterious smells and murder-suicide.

Father Tim Keating, parish priest

secretary

Richard Riordan, Headmaster.

“Teague Connolly.”

What philistine would toss designer dresses in the rubbish, even if they were twenty-five years old? She held up a suit. Chanel.

“Who are you?” she asked, afraid she knew the answer. “Eamon McCarthy, owner of this cottage.”

What is it you need me to do?” “I need you to prove I didn’t murder my wife.”

A ropy blue vein popped out on Eamon’s temple, coursed upward to disappear into his tangled curls, and exploded into a pulsating blue halo.

“I tried. O’Reilly can’t see or hear me. Not everyone can, you know.” “How’d I get so lucky?” “Maybe you have a gift.” “For music, not for seeing dead people.”

“Find out who did murder Orla and me.”

I’m not a detective or a ghost whisperer. I don’t want to be anybody’s hero. I just want my sensible, orderly life back.”

The chapter starts off with the protagonist in a really big bind. She is in Ireland and she thought she was going to be a composer in the orchestra and come to find out she hast to teach music to middle school grade students within six weeks. This creates quite a dilemma for her and she also happens to be staying in the home of one of her favorite composers growing up. Dr. Brown has incredible work and I really love the dialogue in this chapter you can really tell her personality and her exchange with amen her musical fan favorite. I really like how the ghost interactions were built up and very descriptive the author uses a strong visual language to describe her characters Weather dead or alive.

“Grennan. Francis Grennan.”

Peter Nolan

What’s Peter Nolan doing judging a high school orchestra competition?”

“Dunmullach’s Nolan’s hometown.

“Aengus Toibin.”

Colm Nolan,

Iollan O’Reilly.

“I had Orla and Pegeen Sullivan

Pegeen Sullivan?

I call her, she raises a hand or starts to speak but then a gray fog appears and I’ve lost her.” “What’s blocking you?”

“I think injustice keeps Orla and me apart as sure as Pyramus and Thisbe’s brick

She ruminated as she walked, ignoring the rain’s sting. Her orderly, safe life had devolved into a mess. Her star had tarnished; she’d disappointed her mother. She wasn’t used to failure. A job in Boston—not ghosts and murders—was

This after HARO Dr. Brown meeting the other teachers from the school meeting several students and also the O’Reilly character who is over the coal case unit for the Police Department. She actually over here is a conversation where he’s breaking up or actually the girlfriend is breaking out with him. I’m actually really enjoying this snappy dialogue and I really love the way her in email and communicate. We also find outFrom the composer that he cannot contact his wife on the other side because there’s something blocking them from communicating. The chapter ends with him asking her once again to re-open the case and try to see if she can give enough evidence to the police officer in charge to get him to re-open it She also hints to a mild attraction to Detective O’Reilly

Hieronymus Dunleavy,

Good friend. Code for major donor. Gethsemane greeted the duo.

Three Generations of Morrises Choose Life of Missionary Service.

Or didn’t want. There’d be no statement from the Morrises. They’d all died in Sudan, victims of that country’s civil war.

Murphy,

Between you and me and the lamppost, if it’s just for decoration, why’s he need replenishments? Who’s drinkin’ it? Eamon’s ghost?”

Village Psychic Sister Siobhan

Gethsemane wondered how others couldn’t hear Tchaikovsky blaring in her head. She

Tchaikovsky had warned her.

She meets and enlists the help of the fake psychic. She also finds someone at the bookstore store who doesn’t believe Eamon killed his wife Orlando. Also Tchaikovsky plays in her head to warn her of things. Different characters alluded to her finding missing works from Eamon

Father Keating

The girl’s startling green eyes—where had Gethsemane seen them before?—locked

“Declan Hurley.”

“Nuala Sullivan and Deirdre Lynch.”

In this chapter she meets the officer who emailed believes did a poor job of reporting the murder suicide. He is very grumpy and not polite it all to Gethsemane. Also email decides to help her conduct a new piece for the symphony orchestra and their friendship continues. She also meets are young I center a girl with green eyes who kind of is consider weird by the village. She’s also the sister of one of her students there also was a fight in her classroom she Hass to break up and father keaton offers kindness by allowing her to ride his bike to and from home

Carrick Point.