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All the Old Clocks

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All the Old Clocks

By: R. P. O'Donnell
Narrated by: Ailish Jeffers
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Ireland, 1988. Storm Cordelia rages through the village of Kilcraven.

Still reeling from a devastating love affair and the collapse of a promising career in the Gardaí, Emma Daly is stuck. She's moved back in with her dad and taken a job as a librarian in Kilcraven, the small West Cork village she thought she left behind.

But when Emma witnesses a murder and the local police arrest the wrong man for the crime, she's forced to act. To prove a man innocent, she must sift through the village's past – all its secrets and gossip and complexity – before either the police or the murderer can stop her. She's joined by a stubborn widow, an elderly hypochondriac and a charming ex-boyfriend – but quickly finds herself at the centre of a mystery that threatens to tear the whole village apart.

©2026 R. P. O'Donnell (P)2026 Bolinda Publishing
Crime Fiction Mystery Women Sleuths

Critic reviews

'O’Donnell debuts with a complex and accomplished whodunit ... Brings to mind the regional mysteries of Charles Todd, and he matches his gift for atmosphere with intricate plotting and nuanced characterizations.' (Publishers Weekly)
'O'Donnell’s debut is so atmospheric in its background and poetic in its language ... As coolly bracing as an Irish spring.' (Kirkus Reviews)
'Set in 1988 and told from multiple points of view, the dark story moves swiftly, unveiling long-held family secrets as the case unfolds.' (Booklist)
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