 When "An Irish Country Christmas" appeared in mass market paperback in 2010 it reached No 17 on the "New York Times" and 86 on the "USA Today" bestseller lists.Set in Ballybucklebo, a fictional village in rural Northern Ireland, the series follows novice doctor Barry Laverty as he begins his assistantship at the practice of Dr. Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly.The sixth and eighth books of the series, "A Dublin Student Doctor" and "Fingal O'Reilly, Irish Doctor", explore the life of Dr. O'Reilly prior to the events of "An Irish Country Doctor".