Theres Something I Have to Tell You, Michelle McDonagh
Theres Something I Have to Tell You, Michelle McDonagh
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There's Something I Have to Tell You
A gripping, twisty mystery about long-buried family secrets

Author: Michelle McDonagh

Narrator: Michele Moran

Unabridged: 11 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/13/2023


Synopsis

Long-buried family secrets fight their way to the surface in this compelling mystery.

HOME IS WHERE THE SECRETS ARE BURIED

On Glenbeg Farm, it was a morning like any other. Only the distressed bark of beloved collie Samson hinted that all was not well . . .

When the bodies of wealthy matriarch Ursula Kennedy and her farmer husband Jimmy are pulled from the slurry pit, shock ricochets throughout the family and community. Everyone has questions, including the gardaí. Was this a tragic accident? Or is there more to it than meets the eye?

Their son Rob, once destined for a high-flying legal career, is now involved in the family business. He seems distraught about his parents' deaths, but rumours soon spread about a blazing row he had with his mother before she died.

Rob's wife Kate had a difficult relationship with Ursula. Life will certainly be easier now, without her every move being controlled by her imperious mother-in-law.

Meanwhile, Christina, the victims' fragile daughter, is carrying a private pain she's never been able to speak about.

As vivid memories rush back of another tragic death on the farm some sixteen years ago, a toxic secret is set to come to the surface, one that has been simmering for decades . . .

(P) 2023 Hachette Ireland

About Michelle McDonagh

Michelle McDonagh is an Irish journalist with over twenty-five years' experience, including twelve years as a staff reporter at the Connacht Tribune. She now works freelance, writing features and health pieces for numerous Irish papers, including The Irish Times.She is married with three children and lives in Cork. She is the author of three novels: There's Something I Have to Tell You, Somebody Knows and Some of This is True.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kate

The basic storyline is that Ursula and Jimmy Kennedy are found in the slurry tank on their farm. No one knows what happened or why they ended up there. Did it have something to do with Jimmy's dementia? Or something much worse? Is there a killer on the farm? Michelle McDonagh provides us with a compe......more

Goodreads review by Greg

A dark family drama / physiological thriller set on Glenbeg Farm, Galway. Every family in Ireland have experienced some kind of drama at some point which helps the reader really connect with this well written novel. The story unfolds after the bodies Ursula and Jimmy are found and an investigation u......more

Goodreads review by Natasha

Initially gripping, and very interesting but the last 100 pages really let it down for me. Between the all too predictable twist, and the murky characters there was nothing to enjoy. However, I could forgive all that if the book didn’t perpetuate the really dangerous myth that children who are abuse......more

Goodreads review by Aoife

I received this book from Hachette Ireland in exchange for an honest review. When elderly farmer Jimmy Kennedy is found dead in his slurry pit, everyone thinks it must have been a tragic farm accident. But questions are raised when it turns out Jimmy's wife and local business woman Ursula was also pu......more

Goodreads review by Fiona

Definitely a page turner, a very easy read interesting and entertaining, and always keeps the reader curious. Lot's of fun to read a mystery set in modern rural Ireland, there should be more of them! The characters are a bit one-dimensional, though, and I get a slight undercurrent of disapproval of w......more