Andrew M. Greeley Irish Crystal

Irish Crystal

Andrew M. Greeley

Forge, Feb 2006, $24.95, 304 pp.

ISBN 0765303361

Dermot, the husband of the beautiful, enticing and caring Nuala Annie McGrail, adores his fey wife. Her mystic powers have led them into solving mysteries that have saved lives and brought criminals to justice. When Nuala Annie wakes up screaming about spies being around them, Dermot knows that her dream is a vision and they will be plunged into another mystery very soon.

At a party celebrating that Nuala Anne has finally become a citizen, an explosion rocks the foundation of the building; Nuala knows that the home of John and Estelle Curran just blew up. Having recently had dinner with the Currans, Nuala and her husband want to help them; they get a chance to do so when the couple, on the advice of a detective (who knows Nuala's history), ask for their assistance. Two more attempts are made on the family, and Nuala realizes someone is spying on them. With the information Dermot collects from the various family members she tries to figure out who it is, but there are a plethora of suspects.

There is plenty of action and excitement in this exciting who-done-it. Andrew M Greeley's heroine, a mystic, singer, wife, mother and investment counselor accountant is a total charmer, with her husband, as totally enamored of and bemused by her. There are enough colorful suspects to keep the reader guessing who the spy is, until the author then chooses to reveal that person's identity in this fast paced paranormal thriller.