Twanged

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