Alexia Gordon’s Gethsemane Brown Mystery book series listed in order. A unique cozy mystery series with an American musician turned sleuth, Gethsemane Brown. Set in beautiful south-west Ireland. Plus she has a ghost sidekick!
The first book in this series has now been made into a Hallmark Mysteries Movie in 2023, for details of this film adaptation see my post below.
For more top cozy murder mystery book series set in Ireland and UK, see my posts listed below.
Gethsemane Brown Mystery
Author: Alexia Gordon | Publisher: Henery Press.
1. Murder in G Major
Released: May 2016 | Amazon UK rating: 4.3 (578) | Audiobook Narrator: Jessica Carroll.
Vol 1 Plot: With few other options, African American classical musician Gethsemane Brown accepts a less-than-ideal position turning a group of rowdy schoolboys into an award-winning orchestra. Stranded without luggage or money in the Irish countryside, she figures any job is better than none. The perk? Housesitting a lovely cliffside cottage. The catch? The ghost of the cottage’s murdered owner haunts the place. Falsely accused of killing his wife (and himself), he begs Gethsemane to clear his name so he can rest in peace. Gethsemane’s reluctant investigation provokes a dormant killer and she soon finds herself in grave danger. As Gethsemane races to prevent a deadly encore, will she uncover the truth or star in her own farewell performance? [Source: Amazon]
*Gethsemane Brown Mystery Vol 1 free mystery audiobook available from UK Amazon and US Amazon with 30 day Audible trial. Also available in hardcover and paperback from UK Amazon and US Amazon
Now adapted into a TV film: New Hallmark Mysteries Movie 2023 – Haunted Harmony Mysteries 1: Murder in G Major.
2. Death in D Minor
Released: March 2017 | Amazon UK rating: 4.3 (377) | Audiobook Narrator: Helen Duff.
Gethsemane Brown Mystery Vol 2 Plot: Gethsemane Brown, African-American classical musician and expatriate to an Irish village, solved a string of murders, led a school orchestra to victory in a major competition, and got used to living with a snarky ghost. She can rest easy over the Christmas holiday. Right? Wrong!
The ghost has disappeared, her landlord’s about to sell her cottage to a hotel developer, and her brother-in-law is coming for a visit – with one day’s notice.
She scrambles to call her spectral roomie back from beyond and find a way to save the cottage from certain destruction. But real estate takes a backseat when her brother-in-law is accused of stealing a valuable antique. Gethsemane strikes a deal with a garda investigator to go undercover as a musician at a charity ball and snoop for evidence linking antiques to a forgery/theft ring in exchange for the investigator’s help clearing her brother-in-law… [Source: Amazon]
*Gethsemane Brown Mystery Vol 2 free mystery audiobook available from UK Amazon and US Amazon with 30 day Audible trial. Also available in hardcover and paperback from UK Amazon and US Amazon
3. Killing in C Sharp
Released: October 2017 | Amazon UK rating: 4.4 (264) | Audiobook Narrator: Helen Duff.
Gethsemane Brown Mystery Vol 3 Plot: She saved Carraigfaire – but can she save her friends?
Gethsemane Brown fought off an attack by a sleazy hotel developer who wanted to turn her Irish cottage into a tourist trap. Now she must face a vengeful ghost determined to exact revenge for her murder centuries ago. This ghost’s wrath spares no one – not Gethsemane’s students, Inspector Niall O’Reilly, fellow teacher Frankie Grennan, or a group of ghost hunters descended on Dunmullach to capture proof ghosts exist.
Proof Gethsemane has to quash to keep Eamon, her resident ghost and friend, from becoming an internet sensation. As if a spiteful specter wasn’t bad enough, a crooked music reviewer turns up dead in the opera house orchestra pit, a famous composer is arrested for the crime, and Gethsemane must team up with a notorious true-crime author to clear his name. If she doesn’t, friends will die, a ghost she cares about will never know peace, and she’ll star in a final act gruesome enough for any opera. [Source: Amazon]
*Gethsemane Brown Mystery Vol 3 free mystery audiobook available from UK Amazon and US Amazon with 30 day Audible trial. Also available in hardcover and paperback from UK Amazon and US Amazon
4. Fatality in F
Released: February 2019 | Amazon UK rating: 4.4 (216) | Audiobook Narrator: Helen Duff.
Gethsemane Brown Mystery Vol 4 Plot: Fresh from solving her third mystery, Gethsemane Brown’s ready to relax and enjoy her summer. Her plans include nothing more dangerous than performing in the opening ceremony of the annual rose and garden show and cheering on Frankie Grennan, who has entered his hybrid rose into the competition.
But when a mysterious stalker starts leaving Frankie floral bouquets as coded messages, Gethsemane fears a copycat may be planning to recreate the still-unsolved murders of the infamous Flower Shop Killer. Then Frankie’s main competitor in the rose show – and the reason his marriage failed – turns up dead in Frankie’s rose garden. Frankie takes first prize in the category of prime suspect.So much for a relaxing summer. As bodies start dropping like rose petals, Gethsemane must judge the other suspects and find the real killer. Or rose bushes won’t be the only things dead-headed in Dunmullach. [Source: Amazon]
*Gethsemane Brown Mystery Vol 4 free mystery audiobook available from UK Amazon and US Amazon with 30 day Audible trial. Also available in hardcover and paperback from UK Amazon and US Amazon
5. Execution in E
Released: March 2020 | Amazon UK rating: 4.5 (192) | Audiobook Narrator: Helen Duff.
Gethsemane Brown Mystery Vol 5 Plot: Romance is in the air. Or on the ’Gram, anyway.
When an influencer-turned-bridezilla shows up at the lighthouse to capture Insta-perfect wedding photos designed to entice sponsors to fund her lavish wedding, Gethsemane has her hands full trying to keep Eamon from blasting the entire wedding party over the edge of the cliff.
Wedding bells become funeral bells when members of the bride’s entourage start turning up dead. Frankie’s girlfriend, Verna, is pegged as maid-of-honor on the suspect list when the Garda discover the not-so-dearly departed groom was her ex and Gethsemane catches her standing over a body.
Gethsemane uncovers devilish dealings as she fights to clear Verna, for Frankie’s sake. Will she find the killer in time to save Frankie from another heartbreak? Or will the photos in her social media feed be post-mortem? [Source: Amazon]
*Gethsemane Brown Mystery Vol 5 free mystery audiobook available from UK Amazon and US Amazon with 30 day Audible trial. Also available in hardcover and paperback from UK Amazon and US Amazon
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