Murder at Torre Manor

The whole village was at the fete. Someone still made time for murder.

Albert Hooper is dead in Torre Manor’s sitting room, a crossbow bolt in his chest and a tipped crystal tumbler staining the carpet at his feet.

Almost the whole village was at the Summer Fete. That should make things simple. Instead, the timing is too neat, the alibis are too public, and Treggan Bay’s gossip is already turning sharper than evidence.

Noah Yalland is supposed to be keeping his head down. DS Scott Langdon needs eyes on the bits of village life that never quite make it into a police statement. The trail pulls them between the manor, Kingsbridge station, the wooded Whealings, the pub, and the people who know exactly what Torre is worth.

A prize bottle from the fete, talk of Landmark Syndicate circling the estate, a missing stretch of time, and old paths through the trees all begin to look like motive, opportunity, or both.

At the same time, Noah and Leo are learning what it means to stop hiding in a village that still knows how to wound with a single word.

Murder at Torre Manor is the third Treggan Bay mystery: coastal, clue-led, gently queer, and rooted in a village where history is never safely over.

Why you’ll love it: Coastal Devon atmosphere, wry first-person sleuthing, a manor-house death, village-fete alibis, and a quietly queer relationship thread woven through the mystery.