A rumor surfaces of a possible gold discovery on land outside of the village of Carack on the Dingle. The surprising purchase of the apothecary building left vacant for a decade follows shortly thereafter followed by offers to purchase two sheep farms by a European mining conglomerate. These events serve to fuel wild speculation among the local inhabitants of the isolated rural community. When a visiting American geologist finds some interesting rock formations on some of the farm lands the speculation reaches a fever pitch. Father O'Reilly, young pastor of Saint Agnes is suddenly called back...

A rumor surfaces of a possible gold discovery on land outside of the village of Carack on the Dingle. The surprising purchase of the apothecary building left vacant for a decade follows shortly thereafter followed by offers to purchase two sheep farms by a European mining conglomerate. These events serve to fuel wild speculation among the local inhabitants of the isolated rural community. When a visiting American geologist finds some interesting rock formations on some of the farm lands the speculation reaches a fever pitch. Father O'Reilly, young pastor of Saint Agnes is suddenly called back...

The widow of a reputed mobster is much more than a legal client needing a new will. It develops that she has effectively hidden a famous occupation with the use of a pseudonym. And, the lawyer she engages has never before practiced law, had any clients nor is he aware of her other life. The setting for this mystery is a remote island in the most eastern stretches of Long Island Sound, unlike any of the other small islands that dot the seas off the eastern end of Long Island's north fork. On this isle resides a woman shepherd who tends a flock of sheep for the widow. She, however, also has...

The widow of a reputed mobster is much more than a legal client needing a new will. It develops that she has effectively hidden a famous occupation with the use of a pseudonym. And, the lawyer she engages has never before practiced law, had any clients nor is he aware of her other life. The setting for this mystery is a remote island in the most eastern stretches of Long Island Sound, unlike any of the other small islands that dot the seas off the eastern end of Long Island's north fork. On this isle resides a woman shepherd who tends a flock of sheep for the widow. She, however, also has...