Confession Can Be Murder
by Patricia O’Neil
$22.95
Father Ambrose Granchelli hasn’t been late for Mass at St. Jude’s in fifty years. The congregation, understandably concerned, is horrified when he finally appears, toppling out of the confessional with a bloody bandage around his head and a screwdriver sticking out of his neck!
The city’s Chief of Detectives has his own suspicions and at the top of the list is Shane Hawley, an ex-soldier with PTSD who doesn’t have an alibi for the time of the murder. Father Leo Quinn, St. Jude’s pastor, is Hawley’s uncle. With assistance from his niece Rosie and an ex-Scotland Yard detective, Father Leo embarks on a quest to both clear his nephew’s name and avenge Father Granchelli’s murder—uncovering a mountain of secrets, lies and skulduggery along the way.
Confession Can Be Murder is a classic cat-and-mouse murder mystery set in the fictional metropolis of Old Port City, Cape Breton.
Patricia O’Neil
Patricia (Lonergan) O’Neil has worked for thirty-five years in the writing/publishing industry as a writer, editor, copywriter and publisher, and was Managing Editor and principal writer for The Cape Bretoner Magazine for six years. She has written travel guides and hiking books and other non-fiction works, the most recent of which are Aqua: Waterways of Cape Breton, and Beaches of Cape Breton, published by Boularderie Island Press. Confession Can Be Murder is her first work of fiction.
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Cooking Can Be Murder by Patricia O’Neil
ISBN: 978-1-926448-78-7
$21.95
Cooking Can Be Murder. It’s an odd name for a cookbook. And, admittedly, this cookbook is rather unusual. It’s a collection of recipes from the kitchen of Nellie Gillis, the housekeeper at St. Jude’s Glebe in Old Port City, Cape Breton. Nellie loves to cook and has been feeding people most of her life. None of this is unusual. But here’s the thing. Nellie and St. Jude’s and Old Port City aren’t real. They are figments of the author’s imagination and they exist only in a murder mystery called Confession Can Be Murder, the story of an elderly priest who lived at St. Jude’s Glebe and, alas, was murdered in the church confessional.
Just for fun, Patricia O’Neil, the author of both books, has borrowed Nellie’s persona to write this cookbook. She has given Nellie carte blanche to share advice, offer comments and, in true Nellie fashion, take charge. In truth, though, the recipes in Cooking Can Be Murder are not fiction. They are 100% real. They come from the kitchen of the author, who, like Nellie, has been feeding people all of her adult life. This collection reflects her love of cooking and affinity for down-to-earth, ‘real’ food.
Along with the many classic and time-honoured Cape Breton recipes, you’ll find vignettes and photos of Cape Breton as well as excerpts from Confession Can Be Murder, all presented in the characteristic easy-going Cape Breton spirit.
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