Twenty-one-year-old
Ciaran McGurk, is about to graduate from a Dublin
university with hopes of pursuing a career in
journalism. He has demonstrated talent as a
writer, but he is also his own severest critic,
regarding both his career prospects and his
would-be romantic relationships. In the first
chapter Cary finds his dual anxieties on a
collision course. A few days before graduation,
classmate and friend Siobhan Sullivan, a
hard-driving, career-oriented American, drops a
bombshell. She has just landed the job of her
dreams in London. Why, she asks, doesn’t Cary move
with her and share a flat in London? A two-bedroom
flat, of course–they are, as she says, just
mates–although Cary is secretly of two minds on
that question.
But a family
emergency interrupts all his plans. Suddenly Cary
finds himself back in his hometown, Glenkerry, in
County Wicklow. There he reconnects
with an old friend, Rosie O'Malley. Her story has
always been a sad one, and now it seems history is
repeating itself. Her mother has disappeared, and
Rosie is desperate to locate her. So she turns to her
old friend, Cary McGurk, for help. But it's
complicated, with a web of secrets, lies, and mystery
entangling them.
Cary is torn—torn
between starting a new life in London and plunging
back into his old life in Glenkerry, a place full of
sweet memories tinged with sorrow and regret. His head
is telling him to move on, but will his heart listen?
ROSE OF GLENKERRY: A
County Wicklow Mystery by Robert T. McMaster,
Unquomonk Press, 2022. Both paperback and eBook
editions are now available.

ROSE OF GLENKERRY: A
County Wicklow Mystery is now available in
both paperback and eBook editions worldwide. The
book is also available to libraries from
OverDrive, EBSCO, and BorrowBox (in Ireland and
UK). ISBN 9781087966793
Rose
of Glenkerry

WORDS OF PRAISE 
For the books of
Robert T. McMaster
“Rose of
Glenkerry has charm, suspense
and mystery. I enjoyed being
transported to the Irish countryside
and actually feeling the quaintness
of a small Irish town. The author
has a wonderful way of describing
the flora and fauna of the region
and the character development is
well done. I would highly recommend
Rose of Glenkerry and am
happy to hear that Mr. McMaster is
working on the second book of this
series.”
Amy Morris, Goodreads.com
★★★★★
“…a
joyful, engaging read from beginning
to end...a masterful first novel."
Mark
Ashton, Southbridge (MA) Evening
News
★★★★★
THE
DYEING ROOM (2014)
Book 2 of the Trolley Days Series
“…a
compelling and carefully-researched
story.”
Eileen
Crosby, Archivist, Holyoke (MA) Public
Library
★★★★★
NOAH'S
RAVEN (2017)
Book 3 of the Trolley Days
Series
"This
book combines a mystery (espionage)
with romance among young residents of
Holyoke, Massachusetts, during World
War I…McMaster has integrated a great
deal of local color and historical
background information into his
narrative."
Gerald McFarland, author of A
Scattered People and The
Buenaventura Series
★★★★★
“[McMaster]
appears to have found an enticing way
to blend history
with the excitement and
suspense of a good mystery.”
Mike Lydick, Greater
Springfield (MA) Reminder
★★★★★
ALL
THE LIGHT HERE COMES FROM
ABOVE
The Life and Legacy of
Edward Hitchcock (2021)
“McMaster’s biography brings
Edward Hitchcock alive in all his
facets…The book is eminently
readable…I am confident in the
scholarship of this work and recommend it
to scholars as well as to anyone
interested in history."
Joanne Bourgeois, Professor
Emerita, University of Washington,
review in Earth
Sciences History 41(1) 2022
“A
superb book that brings to light the
person and his times."
Stephen George,
Professor Emeritus of Biology, Amherst
College
★★★★★
Coming
Events
Rose
of Glenkerry
Book Talks
Robert T. McMaster,
author of Rose of Glenkerry: A County Wicklow
Mystery,
reads selections from his book and shares images
and music of Ireland
LIVE ON
ZOOM
Thursday, April 20, 2023
6:15 pm
Sawyer Free Public Library
Gloucester, MA
Click here for
more information.
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