When I requested this book I didn’t know the author was the Graham Norton, the Irish television host. If you’d like to armchair travel to West Cork Ireland (past and present) and enjoy a mystery you will enjoy this book. Trust me, you’ll be surprised.Įlizabeth’s son Zach and ex-husband have minor roles mostly they could have been left out in my opinion but it adds slightly to the story. As you read the backstory about Edward and Patricia, get to know the horror of Edward’s mother (I mean truly) the story that unfolds takes such a neck braking twist that I couldn’t out it down. We drift into the Then chapters and see what Patricia was like fifty years ago. Anyway, as she’s cleaning out a wardrobe she comes across a package of handwritten letters, love letters from her father Edward Foley. Now that wouldn’t be me! I would love to have a home in Ireland and spend half the year there.

Now she is back in Ireland to see the home she inherited, trying to avoid her nosy cousins, anxious to return home.

After college she moved to New York and started her own life, marrying, divorcing and ending up with a son named Zach. Whenever she asked questions about her father Patricia would always say he was a kind man and he died shortly after they were married.

Her mother has died and Elizabeth must clear out the house and make a decision regarding selling.Įlizabeth was never extremely close to her mother Patricia, often wishing she had a father figure in her life. We start off in present with Elizabeth Keane returning to her childhood home in Ireland. The book is divided by chapters titled Now and Then. The big draw for me was the Irish setting, an old house and a mystery about a past life.

A Keeper by Graham Norton