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Madam Tulip and the Knave of Hearts (Madam Tulip, #2)
by David Ahern
Series: Madam Tulip #2
Series Rating:
Published by Malin Press on October 20th 2016
Genres: Mystery
Pages: 355
Format: Kindle
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Also in this series: Madam Tulip
"Madam Tulip! Actress, fortune-teller, psychic, sleuth!"
When out-of-work actress Derry O'Donnell moonlights as celebrity fortune-teller Madam Tulip in an English Stately home, she’s trying to make some cash. Instead, she is drawn into an alien world of wealth, titled privilege and family secrets.
A countess once a chorus girl, a gambling earl and his daughters, a cultured and handsome art expert—all caught in a terrifying web of ghastly threats, murder and abduction. As an aristocratic engagement party turns into a nightmare, Derry and her friend Bruce face the prospect of a gruesome and infamous death.
Madame Tulip and the Knave of Hearts is the second in a series of thrilling and hilarious Tulip adventures in which Derry O’Donnell, celebrity fortune-teller and reluctant amateur detective, plays the most exciting and perilous roles of her acting life, drinks borage tea, and fails to understand her parents.
Fortune Telling, severed body parts, and a royal engagement party what could possibly go wrong?
Madam Tulip and the Knave of Hearts by David Ahern brings us Derry O’Donnell who is back again with a bit of a problem for herself and her friends. Well acting friends but still a problem. To get acquainted with these characters please read my first review of Madam Tulip by David Ahern.
The Characters
Our heroine once again finds herself without work and her mom trying to offer her a job. However, this time, it actually seems to have worked for a bit. As Derry has an idea for a fundraiser. The fundraiser will help the theatre she was working at, as an actress, which needs the money to continue. Then at the fundraiser, Madam Tulip gets a job telling fortunes at an engagement party. What could go wrong for a fortune-teller at a costume engagement party? Apparently, a lot for Derry, our amateur sleuth.
Derry has brought along Bruce to help drive her there with the costumes. Not only Madam Tulip’s but for the party guests as well. Good thing she did since Bruce even though he is an actor now, his Navy SEAL training really helped out with this event. These two have been friends for a long time and Derry trusts him with her life more than anyone else. Especially when it concerns severed body parts appearing.
Five Stars
Madam Tulip and the Knave of Hearts by David Ahern is very exciting and keeps you guessing why this is happening to the people who hired Madam Tulip. When we were given the motive with Derry, I honestly didn’t except why it was going on. I was thinking about the reason and then it finally made sense once we get caught up with the bad guys. I am giving this book five stars as it was that good and I will be recommending this book to everyone who loves a good mystery.
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About David Ahern
David Ahern grew up in a theatrical family in Ireland but ran away to Scotland to become a research psychologist and sensible person. He earned his doctorate and taught in major Universities but could never explain to his granny why he didn’t own a stethoscope.
Finding the challenge of pretending to know things exhausting, David Ahern shaved off his beard and absconded once more, this time 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.
For no particular reason, David Ahern took to writing fiction. Madame Tulip wasn’t his first novel, but writing it was the most fun he’d ever had with a computer. The second in the Madam Tulip series, Madam Tulip and the Knave of Hearts, was published in autumn 2016. He is now writing the third Madam Tulip adventure and enjoys pretending this is actual work.
David Ahern lives in the beautiful West of Ireland with his wife, two cats and a vegetable garden of which he is inordinately proud.
Reading this book contributed to these challenges:
- 2018 Goodreads Reading Challenge
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