I was sent a copy of the book for review. All thoughts and opinions are my own. This post contains affiliate links.
Today is the blog tour for Sister Agatha by Domhnall O’Donoghue – please do check out the other bloggers participating in the blog tour as well! Thanks go to Rachel’s Random Resources and the author for allowing me to be a part of this tour.
About The Book
Sister Agatha is 118 years of age, whose vim and vigour would put the most robust athletes to shame. However, during a routine check-up, her doctor claims that she has just a week to live – inconvenient, seeing as the beloved sister once made an improbable vow: to be the oldest person in the world. At last count, she was the fifth.
Never one to admit defeat, Sister Agatha concocts a bold Plan B. Using her final days, she intends on travelling the world to meet the only four people whose birthday cakes boast more candles than hers.
And then, one by one, she will kill them.
My Review
You know I love a book about killers but this is something else – and when I say that, I mean it in a good way. I absolutely love Sister Agatha, despite her murderous tendencies, I think she is a wonderful character and I love that she is on a mission to become the oldest person in the world.
Her travels take her all over the world and I love the characters she meets and the things she gets up to. This is a really funny read and moves quickly. It is a great introduction to the author for me and I’d love to see what other wonderful characters he can dream up!
Brilliant!
About The Author
Hailing from Navan in the royal county of Meath, Domhnall is a graduate of the Bachelor in Acting Studies Programme, Trinity College Dublin, later completing a Master’s in Screenwriting at Dún Laoghaire IADT.
He now works as an actor and a journalist, dividing his time between Galway, where he films TG4’s award-winning series, Ros na Rún, Dublin and Venice, where he and his Italian lover continuously promise their well-worn livers that they will refrain from quaffing so much Prosecco. (Unfortunately, it seems some vows, just like nearby Rome, were not built in a day.)
Wine-drinking aside, for more than four years, Domhnall has also enjoyed the responsibility of being Assistant Editor at Irish Tatler Man, a title whose various awards includes Consumer Magazine of the Year. Thanks to this role, he interviewed a host of high-profile names such as Tommy Hilfiger, Chris Pine, Kevin Spacey, David Gandy, and Jacques Villeneuve.
Domhnall has written for the majority of Ireland’s leading newspapers and magazines, including the Irish Independent, The Irish Times and RTE. He also writes a monthly column in Woman’s Way, the country’s biggest-selling weekly magazine.
His first novel, Sister Agatha: the World’s Oldest Serial Killer, was released in 2016 to critical acclaim (Tirgearr Publishing). His second and third books, Colin and the Concubine and Crazy for You were published by Mercier Press, Ireland’s oldest publishing house.
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You can buy the book here on Amazon UK {affiliate link} or Amazon US.
This is not something I would normally pick up, but reading your review it sounds like a right laugh.
I love the sound of Sister Agatha is that wrong. This definitely sounds like a book I will love to read, definitely getting this for my next trip away
Oh wow, that is different. It sounds like it would make for a great read that’s for sure. One for the summer I think!!!
The killing those older than her took me out, got me laughing to much because I couldn’t picture a 100+ yo killing someone but sounds like a fun read.
This is such a funny premise, imagining a super old lady going round and killing other older people. Sounds like a great book x
This sounds like such an interesting book and I already love Sister Agatha and wonder how she is going to kill the others and why. Can’t wait to get a copy of the book
I have never read a murder themed book, but this one sounds very clever and entertaining. After reading your review, I def want to go on a few trips with Sister Agatha. Sounds like a riot.
Ooh not the genre I would normally read ( I am more of a romantic) but I am definitely intrigued. Sounds like a good book.
I hadn’t heard of Sister Agatha before, but I definitely want to read it now! I’m going to have to pick it up as one of my summer holiday reads 🙂
Louise x