Alexia Gordon has created a new mystery series with a musical twist. All the books in her series are based around musical titles. Her protagonist is Gethsemane Brown, a thirty something violinist, who has given up everything to pursue a dream job with an orchestra in Ireland.
When her plans turn sour, she takes a last minute offer to teach music at an all boys middle school in a small Irish village. She is housed in a cottage that belonged to famous composer, Eamon McCarthy and his wife Orla, a well-known poet. She cannot believe she is living in her idol's cottage when things start to move around the house and noises make her realize she is living with a ghost.
This would possible make me put down the book, but as I pushed through and accepted the fun of reading about a ghost only Gethsemane can see, I really enjoyed reading how she is trying to improve the orchestra of the St Brennan's School for Boys so they will win the upcoming competition, they have not won in decades and she is also going to try and prove that Eamon McCarthy did not murder his beautiful wife and commit suicide, which is the common theory around town about his death.
Gethsemane has her hands full and the book is so entertainingly written, with snarky, clever dialogue that you can get caught up in the mystery and accept the supernatural idea of ghosts. I will admit to being fairly certain of who the murderer was before we hit the end of the book, but I am curious enough to get the next mystery in the series and read some more. This book has all the elements of a fun cozy series, clever amateur detective, handsome police detective, rival for her affections teacher, and helpful class of students. Alexia Gordon is playing beautiful music.
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