A Cruise to Murder Large Print Edition

A contemporary Upstairs, Downstairs murder mystery that will keep you guessing to the end.

…..come aboard the fictional Coral Queen and prepare yourself for murder and mayhem with plenty of red herrings. Rachel is twenty-five years old, and appears to have everything. Beautiful, bright and recently qualified as a police woman – what else does she need? …..Her fiancé has ditched her for another woman! Rachel needs rest and relaxation. Her best friend Sarah is a nurse on board a cruise ship, and offers the solution. Surely a Mediterranean cruise will help? Well it couldn’t hurt…. Or could it? When Rachel befriends an elderly woman in her eighties, the titled, Lady Marjorie Snellthorpe appears concerned about something. Danger and menace seem to be closing in on her….. Meanwhile, Rachel finds herself falling under the spell of the charming and attractive Carlos. Who is he and why is he so secretive? What could he be up to? One of the passengers meets with a tragic accident while onshore with Lady Snellthorpe, and the tension builds. With danger threatening at every turn, Rachel needs to get to the bottom of this mystery before someone else is killed. She is putting herself in danger. Could she be the next victim? This cozy/thriller has suspense and intrigue. A good, clean murder mystery with lots of red herrings. You don’t have to like cruising to enjoy this book but if you do you might get a double dollop of pleasure.

Author Biography

Dawn Brookes is the author of Rachel Prince mystery series combining a unique blend of murder, cruising and medicine with a touch of romance. British author Ms Brookes has a 39 year nursing pedigree and takes regular cruise holidays for research purposes! She brings these passions along with a Christian background and a love of clean crime to her writing. The surname of her protagonist is in honour of her childhood dog, ‘Prince’, who used to put his head on her knee while she lost herself in books. Bestselling author of Hurry up Nurse: memoirs of nurse training in the 1970s and Hurry up Nurse 2: London calling, Dawn worked as a hospital nurse, midwife, district nurse and community matron across a thirty-nine year year career. Before turning her hand to writing for a living, she had multiple articles published in professional journals and co-edited a nurse textbook. She grew up in Leicester, later moved to London and Berkshire but now lives in Derbyshire. Dawn holds a bachelors degree with Honours and a Masters degree in education. Writing across genres, Dawn also writes for children. Dawn has a passion for nature and loves animals, especially dogs. Animals will continue to feature in her children’s books as she believes caring for animals and nature helps children to become kinder human beings.