The Mountains Wild

Review by Jennifer- I received an advance copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. You can get your copy here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B081LWGY7M/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

Wow, it has been quite a while sine I read an ARC mystery. I was so excited about this one! The setting is Dublin. This book starts in a bar- the last book that I read that was European, also started in a bar and did not disappoint! It is early or late, depending on how you look at it when this begins: 3:05 am on a Tuesday. Uncle Danny is calling his niece Maggie with his Long Island accent to let her know that the Detective from Ireland left a message to call him. Oh good old Shore Road and 25A. I love the North Shore of Long Island!! Maggie’s cousin, Erin has been missing for twenty-three years! A Detective is calling this much later to tell them that he found a scarf with blood on it, still no remains. The scarf happens to be the one that Maggie gave to Erin at Christmas time. He is calling also because another woman has gone missing, a twenty-five-year-old teacher. Maggie has a daughter, Lilly, a fifteen year old girl who is wise beyond her years,that she has to figure out arrangements for. Erin and Maggie were like sisters, they grew up together. I cannot imagine something happening to my best friend, who was like my sister growing up, it would have killed me!  Erin and Maggie not only were like sisters, but they look alike, so much that people thought they were twins. Maggie then retells the story of when she was twenty-two and receives the call at the bar from Erin’s roommates looking for her. Danny and Maggie’s dad were going to go over to Ireland and go looking for her, but with Danny’s heart being a problem, Maggie steps up and volunteers. We are led on a crazy adventure, getting to know Ireland and following the trail to find Erin.