Twanged

TwangedA Week in The Hamptons can be Murder Sleuth Regan Reilly is hired as a bodyguard for singer Brigid O'Neill, a rising country star who has been receiving threatening "love notes." Brigid also possesses a "magical" Irish fiddle said to be cursed whoever takes it out of Ireland will have an accident or face death. Still, Brigid brings it to the Hamptons, where her band will perform at a Fourth of July concert. Chappy Tinka, heir to a thumbtack fortune,

A Week in The Hamptons can be Murder Sleuth Regan Reilly is hired as a bodyguard for singer Brigid O'Neill, a rising country star who has been receiving threatening "love notes." Brigid also possesses a "magical" Irish fiddle said to be cursed-whoever takes it out of Ireland will have an accident or face death. Still, Brigid brings it to the Hamptons, where her band will perform at a Fourth of July concert. Chappy Tinka, heir to a thumbtack fortune, and his ditzy wife, Bettina, are their hosts. Regan joins them at "Chappy's Compound," an oceanfront estate where they encounter Bettina's guru Peace Man, Chappy's bumbling sidekick Duke, a feng shui specialist obsessed with rearranging furniture-and a party guest found floating face-down in the pool. Is the curse of the fiddle real? Is there a murderer in the house? As the concert nears, the menace to Brigid grows, and Regan must discover the truth before it's too late...

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 03/25/1998
ISBN: 9780446517638
Pages: 272
Weight: 1.19lbs
Size: 9.14h x 6.39w x 0.94d

Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 03/01/1997 pg. 60
Booklist 04/15/1997 pg. 1406
Publishers Weekly 12/22/1997 pg. 41
Kirkus Reviews 02/01/1998 pg. 160
Library Journal 02/01/1998 pg. 116
Library Journal 03/01/1997
Library Journal 02/01/1998

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 74511 / Twanged: A Regan Reilly Mystery
Reading Level: 4.8 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 10