The Irish Cottage Murder: A Torrey Tunet Mystery (Torrey Tunet Mysteries)

Torrey Tunet is a thief. At least she was, when at the age of fourteen she and her best friend, Donna, stole from a suitcase of dirty money the town psychiatrist had collected. Fourteen years later, Torrey has left her past behind and is now a high-powered translator, working for some of the most important people in the world. But the crime still haunts her. While preparing for an assignment in Dublin, Torrey meets wealthy American Desmond Moore, who invites her to stay the week with him at his castle just outside of the city. Castle Moore is straight out of a fairy tale: eighteen rooms, extensive grounds, stables, and a cottage sitting at the edge of the property from where fresh, home-baked bread is delivered daily. Torrey is joined by three other guests: Winifred Moore, Desmond's cousin, in town to receive the Irish Women's Poetry Award for the year; her publisher, Sheila Flaxton; and Luke Willinger, the landscape artist hired by Desmond to design the castle's gardens. All seems well in the charming village of Ballynagh, and the guests happily enjoy Desmond's hospitality. But there are secrets lurking beneath the town's old-fashioned appeal, and more than a little ill will among members of the group. Suddenly murder strikes. A stranger is found dead in the swamp surrounding the castle, and another death follows soon after. To make matters worse, a priceless heirloom is stolen, and Torrey looks like the obvious suspect. count : 401.0 Meet Torrey Tunet. Great career. Big dreams. One terrible mistake. Accept an invitation from a stranger who spills soup on her at a restaurant to stay at his Irish castle? What is pretty translator Torrey Tunet thinking? That's easy. She's thinking that luxurious rooms and gourmet meals beat the seedy Dublin hotel her agency booked for her. Fluent in numerous languages, Torrey intends to say non, nicht, nyet, and no way to any passes her host makes. But even Torrey is left speechless by what he actually suggests...and by stumbling upon a murdered man near a forest cottage. And when a priceless heirloom disappears and an old secret from her past surfaces, all fingers point to Torrey. Now she faces ruin-and gaol (jail)-unless she uncovers a truth darker than Irish nights about twisted minds, sinister passions and red-hot revenge... While in Ireland Torrey Tunet of Massachusetts is invited to a castle whose owner lends her a diamond necklace. He is murdered and Torrey is arrested while having the necklace appraised. But she did not do it and must clear her name Just past a castle glimpsed on a hill, he spotted the pond through a break in the hedgerow and stopped the yellow Saab.