Just in time for St. Patrick's Day, the fourth book in the Madam Tulip series, (set in Ireland by an Irish author), comes out 3/14/20.
About:
"Actress Derry O’Donnell, moonlighting as fortune-teller Madam Tulip, finds herself in a famous pop singer’s entourage. But at the star’s glittering birthday party in the Dublin mountains, Derry finds a band riven by rivalries and feuds. Behind the trouble is a mysterious Russian guru, a shaman hated by everyone but the singer whose life she dominates. When the shaman mysteriously disappears, suspicion threatens to tear the band apart. Was she victim or poisoner? Guilty or innocent? Dead or alive? Two brilliant and beautiful musicians; an ambitious band manager with a shady past; a sax player entranced by Vikings—each has a secret to share and a request for Madam Tulip. Madam Tulip and the Serpent’s Tree is fourth in the Madam Tulip mystery series, in which Derry O’Donnell, her sidekick Bruce and best friend Bella, play the most exciting and perilous roles of their acting lives."
A little background if you haven't read any of the other books in the series. Derry is an American living in Ireland. Derry and her friends are struggling actors, living job to job. Derry moonlights as fortune teller to help pay her bills. After all, she is the daughter of the seventh son of a seventh son, which legend says has the ability to tell the future. Does Derry have this ability? She certainly has good instincts and interpretive skills.
"Madam Tulip's clients came because they needed something. Her happy vocation was to help them know what that thing might be."
In this book, Derry, Bella and Bruce have a chance to form their own theatre company with the support of Pat Kelly who manages a well known band. Kelly invites Derry to be part of the entertainment at a party, as Madam Tulip and provide readings for the guests. Derry is to stay the weekend at the estate where the party is held. While preparing for her Madam Tulip slot, she finds a bracelet that is shaped like a snake or serpent, shoved in the back of a drawer in the room she is given. It peaks her interest but puts it away for later. Then one of the members of the group, Mia, gets very sick and appears to have been poisoned, while Derry is meeting with her.
Kelly takes an interest in her abilities, not just providing "readings", but also her ability to make people feel comfortable, how they confide in her and share their feelings. He makes her a generous offer to be part of his "staff" while the band Maramar is working on their album, help keep things on an even keel with the members of the band who are sometimes at odds with each other. When Mia appears to have been poisoned, Derry's desire to solve mysteries kicks in. She again takes on more than she should and with her keen instincts, finds out some things she would be better off not knowing, resulting in being in a dangerous predicament. Good thing her good friend Bruce was a Navy Seal. Remember the serpent bracelet? The "serpent" makes a few other appearances, in her sleuthing.
Derry's father Jacko, adds a humorous twist with his latest crazy ideas as in the previous books. I foretell a little romance for Derry and another book based, on the ending.
The first three books in the series are:
Madam Tulip
Madam Tulip and the Knave of Hearts
Madam Tulip and the Bones of Chance
I have read them all and really enjoyed them. Good mysteries with plenty of suspense and some humor intertwined through the stories.
The first three books in the series are:
Madam Tulip
Madam Tulip and the Knave of Hearts
Madam Tulip and the Bones of Chance
I have read them all and really enjoyed them. Good mysteries with plenty of suspense and some humor intertwined through the stories.
About David Ahern:
"David Ahern grew up in a theatrical family in Ireland. He become a research
psychologist in Scotland and the Netherlands, before inevitably his genes kicked in
and he absconded to work in television. He became a writer, director and producer,
creating international documentary series and winning numerous awards, none of
which got him free into nightclubs. After stints playing in great bands, all doomed to obscurity, and writing equally obscure plays, he took to novel-writing. He now creates the Madam Tulip mysteries,
in part as a tribute to the way actors never give up dreaming, but mostly to make himself laugh and scratch his head. David Ahern loves pretending this is actual work. David lives in the beautiful West of Ireland with his wife, a cat, a tame pheasant, a clan of badgers and a vegetable garden."
psychologist in Scotland and the Netherlands, before inevitably his genes kicked in
and he absconded to work in television. He became a writer, director and producer,
creating international documentary series and winning numerous awards, none of
which got him free into nightclubs. After stints playing in great bands, all doomed to obscurity, and writing equally obscure plays, he took to novel-writing. He now creates the Madam Tulip mysteries,
in part as a tribute to the way actors never give up dreaming, but mostly to make himself laugh and scratch his head. David Ahern loves pretending this is actual work. David lives in the beautiful West of Ireland with his wife, a cat, a tame pheasant, a clan of badgers and a vegetable garden."
You can learn more about David Ahern and the Madam Tulip mysteries from his
website www.davidahern.info.
Connect with David Ahern on Facebook: www.facebook.com/davidahernauthor and Twitter: www.twitter.com/daveahernwriter
I received an advanced copy and voluntarily provided this review.
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