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When competing card sharps stir up Siobh�n O'Sullivan�s quiet Irish village, a poker tournament turns into a game of Hangman . . . In the small village of Kilbane in County Cork, for a cuppa tea or a slice of brown bread, you go to Naomi�s Bistro, managed by the many siblings of the lively O'Sullivan brood. For a pint or a game of darts�or for the poker tournament that's just come to town�it�s the pub you want. One player�s reputation precedes him: Eamon Foley, a tinker out of Dublin, called the Octopus for playing like he has eight hands under the table. But when Foley is found at the end of a rope, swinging from the rafters of Rory Mack�s pub, it�s time for the garda to take matters into their own hands. Macdara Flannery would lay odds it�s a simple suicide�after all, there�s a note and the room was locked. But Siobh�n suspects foul play, as does Foley�s very pregnant widow. Perhaps one of Foley�s fellow finalists just raised the stakes to life and death. With conflicting theories on the crime�not to mention the possibility of a proposal�tensions are running high between Siobh�n and Macdara. Soon it�s up to Siobh�n to call a killer�s bluff, but if she doesn�t play her cards right, she may be the next one taken out of the game . . .