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

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WORDS OF PRAISE
For the books of
Robert T. McMaster

ROSE OF GLENKERRY: A County Wicklow Mystery (2023)

“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

★★★★★

TROLLEY DAYS (2012)
Book 1 of the Trolley Days Series

“…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

★★★★★

DARKEST BEFORE DAWN (2022)
Book 4 of the Trolley Days 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
★★★★★

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