I’m just a sucker for Caihm McDonnell’s Dublin Trilogy (which is now on Book #7). Angels in the Moonlight is a prequel featuring curmudgeonly detective Bunny McGarry from the first two books. He’s still irascible, but he’s got a partner…and a girlfriend…and a pre-teen Hurling team to coach…and a mess of a robbery case to solve. Just more great Irish fun. Enjoy. ( )

Entertaining and engaging, with robust, funny characters and plenty of surprises. Irish wit is the icing on this tasty treat. ( )

This reminded me of Adrian McKinty's Detective Sean Duffy mysteries, which I also really enjoyed. It easily kept my attention throughout, and I was eager to know how things would play out. I also laughed a lot, though overall I wouldn't call it a cosy or light-hearted romp or anything. Just some cleverness in the descriptions and dialog that I appreciated. I'm looking forward to the rest of the series. ( )

The Day That Never Comes is one of the funniest books I have ever read! So, when I got the chance to read Caimh McDonnell next book (and prequel to the previous two books) did I do not hesitate for a second. Bunny had not a prominent role in the previous books (although he was important to the story) and I was curious to learn more about him as a younger man.

Angels in the Moonlight felt less hysterical funny was The Day That Never Comes. Don't take me wrong, I still found this book to be good and there very several really funny scenes, mostly with the nuns. God, I love the nuns in this book. I also liked how this book gave a background to Bunny, his relationship with Simone and friendship with Gringo. The book was definitely much more serious than The Day That Never Comes, and much sadder. Buffy is such a fabulous characters and I loved getting to know him better, and the storylines, both the one with Simone (and what she is hiding) and the robberies are great.

I still haven't read A Man With One of Those Faces, the first book in the series, but I'm thinking of waiting until a day comes when I feel low to read it. Caimh McDonnell is a fabulous writer, the mix of action, humor and heart gets me every time! ( )

A prequel to the "trilogy," this is set about 10 years before the other books. It fills in a lot of background and is a good mystery, but seemed slower than the others. Not necessarily a problem. What is a problem is that I read these so fast a couple of months ago that I barely remember the storylines. Happily, I can read them again if I want to. ( )