Treacherous Strand

• Treacherous Strand is the second in a series of mysteries set in the fictional town of Glendara on the Inishowen Peninsula with amateur sleuth, solicitor Ben (Benedicta) O’Keeffe • The Inishowen mystery series is being adapted as a television series to be filmed in Inishowen • There are two more books in the series that were published initially in Ireland and the UK • In the tradition of Agatha Christie, Treacherous Strand will appeal to readers who like a traditional mystery with a strong female protagonist, quirky town characters, and an atmospheric sense of place • The author—as is the protagonist in Treacherous Strand—is a solicitor and barrister and ran the most northerly legal practice in Ireland • Treacherous Strand was longlisted for the Irish Writers Centre Novel Fair • Irish Times review of Treacherous Strand: “Carter creates a real page-turner with this, her second novel, giving us a wonderfully feisty, clever, and warm character in Ben.” • Irish Independent Review of Treacherous Strand: “. . . a richly drawn palette of suspects. Andrea Carter’s second Inishowen mystery. . .fastens the promise of the first Ben O’Keeffe adventure published last year.” • Andrea Carter’s previous novel, Death at Whitewater Church, was the winner of Irish Writers Centre Novel Fair and recipient of an Arts Council of Ireland Literature Bursary Award and was chosen by Books Ireland as one of its debuts of 2015 and named Thriller of the Week in the Irish Daily Mail. • Author is active on social media and attends major mystery conferences in the U.S.