Irish Village Murder

Dicey Deere. Minotaur Books, $23.95 (304pp) ISBN 978-0-312-27522-8

A pirate raid on Ireland in 1631 provides the historical backdrop for Dicey Deere's contemporary cozy, The Irish Village Murder: A Torrey Tunet Mystery, the fourth (after 2000's The Irish Manor House Murder) to feature the spunky American translator. Can Torrey prove the innocence of housekeeper Megan O'Faolain, the obvious suspect in the stabbing death of her master, historian John Gwathney?

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