This is one of those books that seem to not go anywhere. I was hooked at the start of this series finding out about characters and the setting. Now that is all familiar and I feel stuck with an author that is settling on getting by with mundane events, no further character build-up on the main ch...
Nothing like a complete departure from the plot in the middle of a series. I felt cheated when I realized the "schmall story" Kinky began with would carry on through the entire book. And Taylor may as well have stayed in the past instead of distracting the reader with Kinky's cooking activities...
Charming, again and a carry-on from the last book. I have to say that I love the way the characters speak, whether or not it's genuine, it's charming. The story continues with Barry still worrying about whether Patricia will come back or not. Fingal is recreating his relationship with Kitty an...
I had no idea what to expect from this book. I chose it because I love Ireland and the Irish and would have liked to have done medicine.I found it a refreshing and delightful account Of Fingal,s training to be a doctor at Trinity in Dublin. It is filled with wonderful characters he meets along th...
This book continues the series set around the Northern Ireland village of Ballybucklebo in County Down. As the book begins Dr. Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly is looking six weeks ahead to his wedding to Kitty O'Hallorhan. Dr. Barry Laverty gets reaquainted with a politically active schoolteacher. Thei...
I absolutely love this series and was happy to see at the end where Kinky gives her recipes that another book is in the works....have to wait until Nov. 2014 though before it's out! If you are interested in this book, I recommend that you start with the very first one, as each book builds on the...
A very, very short story about Dr. O'Reilly coming home from WW II and trying to establish his medical practice. This story has the warmth that all the Irish Country Doctor stories have. As well as presenting the problems of starting a practice, this short story introduces many of the infamous pe...
Nine years ago, the bloody conflict in Northern Ireland tore apart two young lovers, consuming their hopes and dreams and changing their lives forever. Now, in 1983, Davy McCutcheon and Fiona Kavanagh find themselves worlds apart. Davy, once a bomb-maker for the Provisional IRA, is serving a twen...
Barry Laverty, M.B., can barely find the village of Ballybucklebo on a map when he first sets out to seek gainful employment there, but already he knows that there is nowhere he would rather live than in the emerald hills and dales of Northern Ireland. The proud owner of a spanking-new medical de...
An explosive novel set in 1974 Belfast! In 1974 Belfast, the official Irish Republican Army has lost its influence, and a more violent offshoot of it -- the Provisional IRA, or Provos -- has begun a campaign of terror, bombing indiscriminately and remorselessly with the sole purpose of making Uls...
The now-familiar, accented voice of squadron leader and pilot Ludomil “Effendi” Rayski came tinnily over Fingal’s intercom earphones. He was sitting beside Rayski in the nose of the Blenheim bomber, yet, even there, the device was necessary. The constant roaring of the twin air-cooled Mercury eng...
“Heel,” O’Reilly said, and the big dog tucked in. O’Reilly’s mind was racing and his legs followed suit, setting a brisk pace through the village with Kitty in step beside him. Neither of them spoke as they waited briefly beside the Maypole for the traffic light to change. But once across they we...
MacDonald’s new book, One Fearful Yellow Eye. He was quite the fan of MacDonald’s “salvage consultant” Travis McGee and his live-aboard houseboat The Busted Flush, and a quiet read of the new book was part of the plan for his evening off. He and Jack Mills, who he’d be seeing soon, would rather h...