Bitter Tea and Mystery: A Brush with Death: Sheila Pim

Bitter Tea and Mystery: A Brush with Death: Sheila Pim:   Between 1945 and 1952, Sheila Pim, an Irish crime novelist and horticulturist, published four mysteries set in Ireland and with a focus on...

Bitter Tea and Mystery: The Silver Swan: Benjamin Black

Bitter Tea and Mystery: The Silver Swan: Benjamin Black: In early March, I read The Silver Swan by Benjamin Black (pseudonym of John Banville). Set in Ireland in the 1950s, it is the 2nd book abou...

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Reading Ireland: Watermelon by Marian Keyes

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Reading Ireland: Watermelon by Marian Keyes: I was initially reluctant to read this book because it is described as chick lit. At the time I bought the book, in 2014, I mainly read myst...

Bitter Tea and Mystery: The Secret Place by Tana French

Bitter Tea and Mystery: The Secret Place: Tana French: From the book cover: The photo on the card shows a boy who was found murdered, a year ago, on the grounds of a girls' boarding school in...

Bitter Tea and Mystery: I Hear the Sirens in the Street by Adrian McKinty

Bitter Tea and Mystery: I Hear the Sirens in the Street: Adrian McKinty: Back in August 2018, I read the first book in the Sean Duffy series, The Cold Cold Ground , set in Belfast in the early 1980's, during t...