Another fun addition to this Irish paranormal mystery series

Killing in C Sharp (A Gethsemane Brown Mystery) (Volume 3)

By: Alexia Gordon

Rating: 5 of 5

In this, the third book of the Gethsemane Brown mystery series, Gethsemane confronts the paranormal in an attempt to save lives. She is aided by Eamon McCarthy, the ghost conductor whose reputation Gethsemane salvaged in Book 1 of this series.

This time, a malevolent spirit has taken over the local opera house. It’s wreaking a horrible curse on many of Gethsemane’s boys (she teaches music at the local academy) and two of her best friends. Added to that, she has to deal with a ghost-busting crew who are out to debunk the story of Eamon’s haunting of the cottage where she lives.

The front end of the story is loaded with backstory information and history on the new characters. The whodunnit murder doesn’t occur until close to the halfway point. While that seems long in terms of most mystery novels, it was necessary so that I, as a reader, could have enough information to try to solve the mystery alone with Gethsemane.

I’ve enjoyed this series and am pleased with the expansion of characters in this book. There were some interesting twists that will enhance the series as it continues. It was nice that Gethsemane did not have to work entirely alone this time.

I was provided a digital advance reader copy of this book by the publisher via Netgalley.