Death on Clare Island: A Star O'Brien Mystery

Star O'Brien is an American information broker who tries to solves mysteries using technology. But for all her ability, she still cannot find a trace of her mother who disappear when Star was six years old. In Death on Clare Island: A Star O'Brien Mystery by Martha Geaney, Star finds herself in County Mayo, Ireland, settling her late fiance's estate. One which she didn't know a thing about. 

After her fiance's death, Star discovers she is the owner of the French Hill cottage in Castlebar County Mayo. Thinking she might be able to learn more about her absent mother, she heads to County Mayo where she finds herself involved in an unexplained death.

Young Matthew Sumner had been working on the Abbey Restoration on Clare Island recreating the drawings and other art works belonging to the church.  When a cracked glass vial is found on Matthew's body and a trace of cocaine is found in his system, the Guardai write him off as a drug addict who got to close to the cliffs and tumbled down. Irate over this treatment of Matthew, Star remembers how 

the police were indifferent to her mother's disappearance. Bridget Sumner, Matthew's sister, begs Star to prove that Matthew wasn't a drug addict and find his killer.  She decides to find out what really happened to Matthew. 

While in Ireland she discovers, Dylan's aunt Georgina and several of his close friend who are determined to keep her in Ireland. Other than her business, she has no one back in the US and maybe staying in Ireland would be a good thing. She is torn and blocks that decision out of her mind as she investigates Matthew's death. 

When a second death occurs, Star knows her investigation is making headway, but needs to be sure she is not the third victim. 

The brooding cliffs and the wild sea set the atmosphere for a tense mystery.