Rating: 
Summary: Very Enjoyable
Review: Wealthy Chappy Tinka wants to own the special fiddle of Ireland's renowned fiddler and storyteller Malarchy Sheerin. When Chappy demands something, he always gets it. Chappy learns that the fiddle is currently in the possession of Irish-American, Brigid O'Neil, an up and coming western singer. To steal the fiddle, Chappy arranges for Brigid to appear at the Melting Pot Music Festival and stay at one of his Long Island homes. When Brigid receives a threatening letter, her family hires private investigator Regan Reilly to act as her bodyguard. Soon a stalker begins to make threats towards Brigid if she fails to destroy the fiddle. Regan knows that she has her work cut out for her if she's to sucessfully protect her client from a stalker, especially when she performs live in front of a large audience. SHe also, unbeknownst to herm, must deal with Chappy' inept theft attempts of the insruments well. TWANGED is a lighthearted entertaining novel that is reminiscent of Joan Hess' Claire Malley series. The characters are interesting though motivations are not fully developed. Carol Higgins Clark demonstrates that she has inherited the writer's gene from her mother (Mary Higgins Clark) with this fluffy tale. Harriet Klausner
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