Murder At Scottish Mensa by Clare O'Beara

Personally I prefer the aloof variety but I did enjoy what the author did here, also giving her protagonist quite a rounded character, much of it (Mensa, occupation as tree surgeon and fondness for cats) drawn from her own real life. Even before the murder occurs we see Cara struggling with her own living arrangements, stressing over the rooming and timetabling for the Mensa conference she’s trying to arrange whilst later on she shows demonstrable frustration and also romantic inclinations. Whilst Poirot, Miss Marple, Holmes and Dupin are all calm, collected and to varying degrees aloof from those around them, the author’s invention is anything but. In this case I was impressed with Clare O’Beara’s obligatory amateur sleuth. Whenever I read a whodunit I’m always interested to see what unique elements the author brings to what is a very traditional genre.

She lives in Dublin with her husband and cats. She contributed a story to A Pint And A Haircut (Lon Dubh, 2010), an anthology in aid of Concern's Haiti fund. 2021.)Ĭlare reads extensively and reviews books for Fresh. She was President and Editor of the DBS Journalism Society (Winner, Blog /Vlog of The Year, National Student Media Awards. DBS was Runner-up Green Campus in the National Education Awards, 2021.

She was Vice-President of the DBS Sustainability Society (Winner, Most Improved Society in 2021) as part of the Green Campus movement. The MacGuyver for the Hugo Awards at Worldcon Dublin 2019.Ĭlare is an independent publisher who works to make her e-books Carbon Neutral. Editor of Inside DBS, the official blog website of Dublin Business School, and the Sustainable College blog.Ģ022 - Winner, Journalism Relating to Health, National Student Media Awards.Ģ021 - Winner, Blog/ Vlog Of The Year, National Student Media Awards.Ģ021 - Nominated, EPA Award for Journalism Relating to The Environment.Ģ021 - Dublin Business School Volunteer Of The Year.Ģ020 - Second, Dublin Business School Create Contest.Ģ014 - Winner, Arkady Renko Short Story Contest held by Simon & Schuster.Ģ013 - Winner, Print Journalism in Ireland's National Media Awards.Ģ012 - Runner-Up, Print Journalism, National Media Awards. Her credits include Writing.ie, The, Mensa Magazine and Mensa International Journal. She has served on the Royal Dublin Society's Forestry and the Environment Committee.Ĭlare is an award–winning writer, award-winning blogger, and award-winning photojournalist, whose journalism work has been published in more than thirty countries. She has qualified in multimedia journalism, data visualisation, and ecology, and writes on environmental themes. Clare O'Beara is a tree surgeon and expert witness, and a former national standard showjumper.

Murder At Scottish Mensa by Clare O'Beara