Ballysea Mystery

Return again to Ballysea, Ireland and join Cat Murphy and her Irish Wolfhound, The O'Brien, as their plans for a peaceful Christmas are abruptly interrupted by the unexplained disappearance of children from the village. With snow falling the night of the long awaited Christmas Ball at the manor, Cat's daughter Molly and Edward Granville's daughter also go missing. No traces of the girls can be found, only their footprints in the snow leading towards the forest. When the exhausted search party returns to the manor, only The O'Brien continues to search through the storm. When a ransom note is received, will Cat and The O'Brien be able to free the girls and bring the kidnappers to justice or will the faithful hound lose his life trying?|Return again to Ballysea, Ireland and join Cat Murphy and her Irish Wolfhound, The O'Brien, as their plans for a peaceful Christmas are abruptly interrupted by the unexplained disappearance of children from the village.

After being betrayed by her cheating husband, Catherine (Cat) Murphy and her Irish Wolfhound, The O'Brien, leave their home in Annapolis, Maryland and escape to a small fishing village on the wild western coast of Ireland hoping to find peace and quiet. But when The O'Brien unearths a small skeleton in their cottage garden with ties to the disappearance of the handsome Lord Granville's young wife, Cat is swept headfirst into a web of mystery and danger. Death stalks Cat as she and her best friend from home, Jeff Hunter, try to unravel the mystery of the missing lady of the manor. Did she just walk away from a loveless marriage as everyone believes or did she suffer a more sinister fate? Will her delving into buried secrets place her in grave danger? Having saved her once will the loyal O'Brien be able to keep her safe from the evil lurking at the manor?

Return again to Ballysea, Ireland and join Cat Murphy as she attempts to solve the mystery of The O'Brien's past. With the aid of her best friend, Jeff Hunter, they uncover a tangled web of deceit and murder that will change Cat's life forever and place those she loves in grave danger. Will The O'Brien be able to stop the killer before he commits more murders or will Cat lose her beloved companion forever?