Ian James Kender

Murder in Torbaydos Ian James Kender

What could possibly go wrong when buying an old Victorian property by the seaside to remodel and run as a hotel. Plenty when the ghostly inhabitants from past generations want their say...

Marjorie, Stanley, and the apple of their eyes--their camp son Christopher, buy a leaky wreck, transforming it into a 1970s house of wonders. Marjorie's Bejam inspired cuisine soon puts their seaside guesthouse on the tourist map. The utterly vile Marjorie's ambitions for her henpecked husband will stop at nothing, even murder when it comes to climbing to the top.

Meanwhile, in the 2000s, gay couple, Jez and Graham--who have exquisite taste, escape the London rat race and buy the same building--now derelict and full of Marjorie's draylon headboards and lace curtains. They refurbish it into a modern five-star hotel, the self-described jewel in the crown of English seaside hotels.

Jez, a shallow yet fabulous queen with a penchant for designer clothes, is soon led astray by the opportunity of television fame, a not-so-straight Bulgarian boxer, and a cocaine-fueled celebrity lifestyle--all overseen by the malevolent spirits, an evil bunch, determined to create misery for all.