The Dublin Drag Mysteries, of which this is Book 2, is a bit like the TV shows \u201cFriends\u201d combined with \u201cCheers.\u201d Except it\u2019s contemporary, set in Ireland, everyone is a drag queen\u2014except for our narrator and lead, a 20-something woman named Fiona (Fi) McKinnery\u2014and the bar is a nightclub called TRASH. It\u2019s sort of the B-list\u2014or maybe even the C-list?\u2014of Dublin drag venues.<\/p>\n
As in the first book, Death in Heels<\/em>, Murphy is quick to get to the action. Here it\u2019s the disappearance of Sparkle McCavity, a vivacious young drag queen and assistant to the renowned bridal couturier, and queen in her own right, Miss Merkin. Merkin turns to Fi, asking for her help in finding Sparkle. Reluctantly, Fi agrees, only to be caught up in a murder at TRASH that\u2019s absolutely ghastly.<\/p>\n Centered on Fi, her best buddy and roommate Robyn, and their tight circle of friends, the bon mots fly despite the tragedies that surround them. As the situation grows direr, and another queen disappears\u2014with the Garda\u00ed (police) increasingly looking at Fi & Co. with suspicion\u2014the pressure is on for Fi to do what the detectives can\u2019t do: solve the case. Death in the Dark <\/strong><\/em>is an exceptionally engaging read leaving this reader wondering: where will Murphy go next with this crew?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Dublin Drag Mysteries, of which this is Book 2, is a bit like the TV shows \u201cFriends\u201d combined with \u201cCheers.\u201d Except it\u2019s contemporary, set in Ireland, everyone is a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1981,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[76,55,51],"class_list":["post-1814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-review","tag-cozy","tag-mystery-detective","tag-thrillers"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/firstcluereviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/formidable\/4\/Death-in-the-Dark-1-400x400.jpg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/firstcluereviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/formidable\/4\/Death-in-the-Dark-1-400x600.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Brian Kenney","author_link":"https:\/\/firstcluereviews.com\/?author=1"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstcluereviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstcluereviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstcluereviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstcluereviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstcluereviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/firstcluereviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstcluereviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstcluereviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstcluereviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstcluereviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}