Author: Judith Cranswick
Genre: Mystery
Paperback; Digital Book
ISBN #: 9798647683144
Independently Published
282 Pages
$6.31; $4.02 Amazon
May 21, 2020
⭐⭐⭐⭐
Tour manager Fiona Mason's first assignment turns into a nightmare. As if coping with difficult passengers were not enough, one of them disappears in mysterious circumstances. Suddenly a full-scale investigation is in swing headed by the autocratic Peter Montgomery-Jones who doesn't make Fiona's job any easier.
The missing man was undercover on the trail of diamond smugglers. When his body turns up Fiona must face the fact that she has a murderer in her party.
The body count quickly mounts up when they move on to Amsterdam and Fiona needs to work out which of her passengers is the killer before she becomes the next victim.
✽✽✽✽✽✽✽✽
Fiona Mason is a widow who has taken the advice of a friend and decided to get a job to keep herself busy. That job turns out to be as a tour manager for a luxury coach company. But on the day they are to leave, one of the passengers is missing, and Fiona discovers his body behind a dumpster. Finally on their way, she hopes nothing else will befall them. After all, some of her passengers aren't the happy type, and she has her hands full keeping them all pleased and full of delicious food.
When another passenger disappears, she learns that the man was on the case of locating diamond smugglers. Now she's sure that the killer is among her guests, but she's trying to not think about it. Hard to do when little accidents are happening and passengers are late coming back to the bus and hotels. What's a woman to do? Try and find out who the murderer is, of course...
This is the first book in the series, and it seemed interesting so I thought I would give it a try. The writing is very good, and Fiona is a likable protagonist. While I will admit there were more than enough passengers to keep track of, at times it was a little difficult figuring out who was who, and I had to go back to the beginning pages to check. Not that easy to do on a Kindle, so the next best thing is to write down the names. Things I don't prefer doing while reading.
Still, the mystery itself was done well, and while I figured out the murderer long before Fiona, it did not temper my enjoyment of this book. I like how the mystery played out, and because of this, I will read the next in the series. Recommended.
More on Judith Cranswick's Books: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/c/judith-cranswick/
No comments:
Post a Comment