The latest Rachel Prince mystery by Dawn Brookes.
A body in the water. A plethora of suspects. Rachel Prince must be on another cruise!Plus, by popular demand, Lady Marjorie Snellthorpe returns…
Crew aboard the fictional Coral Queen find themselves stretched to the limit by the antics of a Queen tribute act, a troublesome stag party and a group of excitable female cheerleaders.Rachel is … Queen tribute act, a troublesome stag party and a group of excitable female cheerleaders.
Rachel is accompanying Lady Marjorie on a cruise around the Baltics. The older woman is hoping for a mystery while Rachel seeks peace and quiet.
PC Rachel Prince, cruise ship sleuth can’t believe it when a man dies under suspicious circumstances. The probable homicide occurs shortly after an unpleasant encounter with a Freddie Mercury lookalike. Rachel and Marjorie find themselves absorbed by the man’s untimely death, and surrounded by suspicious characters with ample motive for killing the unpopular victim.
The Chief of Security wavers between involving Rachel in the investigation and keeping her away from it. Sarah, Rachel’s best friend and cruise ship nurse is keen to keep her out of harms way, but it’s a case of the irresistible force meets the immovable object when there’s a mystery to be solved. Rachel is spurred on by the incorrigible Marjorie who is keen to interfere and test her own sleuthing skills.
Chief Waverley and Sarah are fighting a losing battle, and become more and more exasperated by Rachel’s involvement. In addition to this they both have problems of their own.
As the dead man appeared to have more enemies than friends, this mystery tests Rachel to the limit. She finds herself in danger as she tries to keep Lady Marjorie safe while solving the crime.
Join the crew and passengers aboard the Coral Queen for another exciting adventure at sea!
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This review is for the audio book.
This is the first book by this author that I have read/listened to but I quite enjoyed it. It is a nice clean mystery with out any really violence, well except the murder. This is book three and obviously a lot of the characters appear in the previous books but it was still enjoy able if you haven’t read the other books because the write gives you some information without going into to much information that you lose the story you are listening to or giving away the plot for the others. I liked the characters and think I will check out the previous books to find out how Rachel and Marjorie meet.
Rachel Prince is taking a much deserved holiday on the cruise ship the Coral Queen with her friend, Lady Marjorie Snellthorpe when they witness a man fall over board. He was the entertainment and his murder proves to be very entertaining for the two ladies. He was a member of a Queen tribute act and questioning the other band members is less than helpful. Then the band manager is nearly killed and Rachel comes to his aid, opening up the suspect list even more. With both men less than likeable they have there work cut out for them to find the killer and with the head of the cruise ship security happy to believe it was a drug induced accident they have to sort out the clues to get to the bottom of the murder before they are sunk.
The narrator was very British sounding which took some getting use to, but she did a good good with all the different accents she had to use.
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What I enjoyed most about this cozy mystery novel…
Quick listen / Entertaining / Wonderful characters / Witty / Original / Well described tourist locations / Unpredictable / Whodunit
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Format read: Unabridged Audiobook
Narrated by: Alex Lee
Length:6 hrs and 38 mins
Release Date: 08-21-19
Publisher:Dawn Brookes Publishing
Cover gush: Big ocean liner ship? Check! The Coral Queen is pictured on the cover. Yellow and purple color combo? Double check!
Dual format owned: Kindle e-book & Audible audiobook (primary reading format)
Ratings
Overall Without giving away too many details, I suspected the villain who ultimately gets fingered as the murderer, but I wavered and wasn’t 100% until Rachel figured it all out.
Performances Alex Lee continues to charm me vocally with her acting. She’s terrific with both female and male characters and easily animated all them flawlessly.
Story
As a young reader, I used to love reading mysteries and watching them as well. But once I discovered the romance genre at the tender age of 10, I could never read mystery without a heavy dose of romance i.e. romantic suspense. I tried reading a Dorothy Sayers and one of two others authors in the mystery genre, but I figured out rather quickly that they just were no longer as satisfying with romance. But now, I think I was just waiting to discover this Rachel Prince mystery series. As a former cruise ship employee myself, I love that this series is set on a cruise ship.
Rachel is back on vacation and accompanying her senior pal, Lady Marjorie Snellthorpe. Of course, a body goes overboard, and the sleuthing begins anew for these two spunky and intelligent ladies. And guess what? He was the lead singer of a Queen tribute band hired as part of the cruise ship entertainment staff. The funny and cool thing about this victim is that he rocked the Freddie Mercury look and ’tude.
And poor Jack Waverly, the ship’s Chief of Security, still didn’t manage to convince Rachel to join his crew permanently. But personally, I wonder if she will someday soon cave in…
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Coming up next in this series: Dying to Cruise (A Rachel Prince Mystery, Book 4) which is already available in e-book format. I purchased my Kindle copy the first week of August, but I’ll be waiting for the audiobook format before I dive back into Rachel’s sleuthing.