MARY-MARGARET AND THE CASE OF THE LAPSED PARISHIONER

When Mary-Margaret O'Shea, a woman of a certain age with mildly Machiavellian tendencies, discovers a homicide scene and meets an unimpressive lead investigator, she realizes that she has no choice but to solve the crime herself. With little help from Michael, her police-detective son, she enlists Arthur, her eccentric housekeeper, to help her find the killer.

In Mary-Margaret and The Case of The Lapsed Parishioner, a series of assumptions and misguided steps may lead her to the killer, or they may make her the next victim.

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“Mary Margaret and the Case of the Lapsed Parishioner stands out among cozies because it is so easy to identify with the main character, Mary Margaret O’Shea who is Everygrandma. No matter your nationality, religion, race, or gender, you likely have or had a Mary Margaret in your life. She’s a warm, feisty, irreverent (but always in a classy way), damn-the-torpedoes, no-holds-barred kind of amateur sleuth. Surrounded by characters both off the wall (especially Arthur, her they/them sidekick) and rational (her often-beleaguered police office son Mike, and her friends from the Old Country, Eleanor and Angus Corrigan), Mary Margaret uses perception, instinct, and sometimes bald-faced lies to solve the murder of a parishioner of her church.” 

~ Cheryl Freedman, freelance editor, retired executive director

of Crime Writers of Canada

“Mary Margaret is irreverent, hysterical, and smart as a whip. The story drew me in and I didn’t want it to end. Can’t wait for the next one!”  

~ Lynn McPherson, author of The Izzy Walsh Mystery Series

“Don’t let her size fool you—Mary-Margaret O’Shea rules! The book had me laughing the entire time I was reading. Can’t wait for the next one in this fabulous new series!” 

~ Dark & Stormy Book Club