Murder at Torre Manor
(2026)(The third book in the Treggan Bay Mystery series)
A novel by Jern Tonkoi
A crossbow bolt, a half-finished drink, and a death too tidy to be chance.
Albert Hooper is found dead in the immaculate sitting room of Torre Manor, a crossbow bolt through his chest and a half-finished drink on the carpet. In Treggan Bay, where everyone knows the shape of the coastline and the shape of everyone else’s business, the timing is too neat to shrug off.
Noah Yalland is supposed to be on sabbatical—keeping his head down, drinking decent coffee at Drift, and pretending exile is a lifestyle choice. Then Detective Sergeant Scott Langdon, tired and stubborn in equal measure, pulls him into the case for his eye for detail and his willingness to ask the questions polite people avoid.
With cameras and hungry headlines already circling thanks to Issey Ashford and the press pack, Torre’s death turns village chatter into something sharper. A prize bottle from the fête and talk of Landmark Syndicate circling the Hooper estate start to look less like gossip and more like motive as Noah and Scott follow narrow paths between the manor, Kingsbridge station, and the wooded Whealings. Who was invited in for that drink, who benefits if Torre changes hands, and who can disappear into the trees when the questions start?
Albert Hooper is found dead in the immaculate sitting room of Torre Manor, a crossbow bolt through his chest and a half-finished drink on the carpet. In Treggan Bay, where everyone knows the shape of the coastline and the shape of everyone else’s business, the timing is too neat to shrug off.
Noah Yalland is supposed to be on sabbatical—keeping his head down, drinking decent coffee at Drift, and pretending exile is a lifestyle choice. Then Detective Sergeant Scott Langdon, tired and stubborn in equal measure, pulls him into the case for his eye for detail and his willingness to ask the questions polite people avoid.
With cameras and hungry headlines already circling thanks to Issey Ashford and the press pack, Torre’s death turns village chatter into something sharper. A prize bottle from the fête and talk of Landmark Syndicate circling the Hooper estate start to look less like gossip and more like motive as Noah and Scott follow narrow paths between the manor, Kingsbridge station, and the wooded Whealings. Who was invited in for that drink, who benefits if Torre changes hands, and who can disappear into the trees when the questions start?
- For readers who like wry first-person sleuthing
For readers who like coastal Devon atmosphere and village politics
For readers who like manor-house tensions and social fallout
For readers who like a gentle romantic thread alongside the investigation
Genre: Cozy Mystery