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MURDER ON BOARD



SYNOPSIS

Kitty Underhay is drowning… in murder.

Kitty Underhay hopes for plain sailing as she caters a 21st birthday party for the Chief Constable’s daughter aboard a luxury paddle steamer. So her heart sinks when she learns that the man her fiancé Matthew has been tailing on orders from Whitehall, Gunther Freiburg, is aboard. And she’s even more horrified when she steps below deck to discover Gunther, dead in the engine room. One of the Chief Constable’s party must be responsible for his demise, but who, and why?

And the evening is on course for further disaster. As the lights go out around the candlelit cake, a terrible scream rings out over the merry hubbub. A priceless diamond necklace has been snatched from around the birthday girl’s neck… Something fishy is going on, but is this the work of the same sailing assassin, or is it a red herring?

With the local inspector in deep water having to investigate his own boss, Kitty and Matt dive in to help. But when Kitty’s eavesdropping puts her in mortal danger, will everything turn out shipshape, or will it be her turn to go swimming with the fishes…?


Title: Murder on board
Author: Helena Dixon
Series. Miss Underday Mysteries #10
Publisher: Bookouture
Publication date: October 19, 2022




Helena Dixon splits her time between the Black Country and Devon. Married to the same man for over thirty five years she has three daughters, a cactus called Spike, and a crazy cockapoo. She is allergic to adhesives, apples, tinsel and housework. Her addictions of choice are coffee and reality TV. She was winner of The Romance Prize in 2007 and Love Story of the Year 2010 as Nell Dixon. She now writes historical 1930's set cozy crime. Nell enjoys hearing from readers and you can read her news and contact her via her website at http://www.nelldixon.com


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REVIEW

RATING: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Ten installments into the series, I’m reading these without even checking the synopsis first, so I was kinda hoping for Kitty and Matt to go on a cruise and investigate a murder onboard à la Death On The Nile, but nothing further! There’s no pleasure vacation for Kitty and Matt yet, but I still managed to enjoy this new adventure in the series quite a lot.

The Dolphin Hotel, with Kitty at the helm, is hosting the 21st birthday party for the Chief Constable’s daughter. Celebrations include dinner aboard a luxury paddle steamer, but they will be tarnished when one of the crew is found dead in the engine room. To complicate matters even more, Captain Bryant had orders to tail the dead man and a diamond necklace is snatched during the ball. Could both events be related? Sounds like the perfect case for our favorite couple of sleuths.

It’s always lovely returning to this series as the characters are absolutely delightful, from Kitty and Matt to every single one of the hotel’s employees. Kitty and Matt’s forecoming nuptials mean they have to find someone to manage the Dolphin Hotel once Kitty is a married woman, so that was the perfect excuse to introduce a new character that promises great moments. He brought a breath of fresh air to the hotel setting and the whole series. I’m curious to see how the series will evolve now, once they’re married and she’s not so involved with the hotel’s day to day life.

The mystery was a good one this time as well, as it had the locked room mystery vibes I like so much. It also had a bigger deal of action with Kitty finding herself in quite a tricky situation. The ending delivered some surprise that tied the current mystery with the background plot running throughout the series that I did now see coming at all!

It seems like, with the wedding approaching, the dynamics of the series will be changing pretty soon and I’m so excited to be there and see it happen. If you love historical cozy msyteries, you should be reading this.

Thanks to NetGalley and Bookouture for providing an eARC in exchange for an honest review.






 

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