Jess Kidd

Nora Breen Investigates

1 - Murder at Gulls Nest (Apr-2025)

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  Himself
  

  • Mar-2017
  • / Mystery
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  Abandoned on the steps of an orphanage as an infant, Dublin charmer Mahony assumed all his life that his mother had simply given him up. But when he receives a tip one night at the bar suggesting that foul play may have led to the disappearance of hi...

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  The Hoarder
  

  • Feb-2018
  • / General Fiction
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  AS HEARD ON SIMON MAYO'S BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB

  Maud Drennan - underpaid carer and unintentional psychic - is the latest in a long line of dogsbodies for the ancient, belligerent Cathal Flood. Yet despite her best efforts, Maud is drawn into ...

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  Mr. Flood's Last Resort
  

  • May-2018
  • / Literary
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  The spellbinding tale of a lonely caregiver and a cranky hoarder with a house full of secrets. Maud Drennan is a dedicated caregiver whose sunny disposition masks a deep sadness. A tragic childhood event left her haunted, in the company of a cast ...

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  Things in Jars
  

  • Feb-2020
  • / Historical Mystery
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  In the dark underbelly of Victorian London, a formidable female sleuth is pulled into the macabre world of fanatical anatomists and crooked surgeons while investigating the kidnapping of an extraordinary child in this gothic mystery -- perfect for fa...

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  Everyday Magic
  

  • Apr-2022
  • / Fantasy
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  'Had me giggling all the way through . . . I loved it!' Jasbinder Bilan'Action-packed and bursting with fun' Sinéad O'HartWelcome to Little Snoddington, where nothing is normal and every day is magic . . .Nine-year-old Alfie Blackstack’s parents h...

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  The Night Ship
  

  • Oct-2022
  • / Literary
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  Based on a true story, an epic historical novel from the award-winning author of Things in Jars that illuminates the lives of two characters: a girl shipwrecked on an island off Western Australia and, three hundred years later, a boy finding a home w...

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  Murder at Gulls Nest
  

  • Apr-2025
  • / Cozy Mystery
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  Nora Breen Investigates - 1
  

  From Jess Kidd, the bestselling author of Things in Jars who “is so good it isn’t fair” (Erika Swyler, nationally bestselling author), the first in a cozy mystery series about a former nun who searches for answers in a small seaside town after ...

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  Murder at the Spirit Lounge
  

  • Jun-2026
  • / Cozy Mystery
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  In the second installment of the Nora Breen Investigates series—“perfect for cozy mystery lovers” (Book Riot)—beloved former nun Nora Breen returns, this time to track down a ghostly killer before it’s too late.When Dolo...

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