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This is the third in the Ocean Liner Mysteries featuring, featuring George Dillman and Genevieve Masefield, who act as detectives on cruise ships. In this book, they are on a slightly different voyage. The Minnesota is going to the Far East and is a freighter, as well as a passenger ship. On a longer voyage, there are a greater variety of passengers, plus rumours of smuggling that Dillman is investigating.
This book includes crooks, romance and, of course, murder. Although this is a light series, ...more
This book includes crooks, romance and, of course, murder. Although this is a light series, ...more
Oct 21, 2022
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Another breezy, entertaining cruise with Genevieve and George - read with the Reading the Detectives group as a buddy read. I listen to these, as they are light-hearted, almost cozy mysteries - several in the group chat have realized they are fun but almost instantly forgettable!
My only beef is the narrator’s voice choices for some of the suspects, they can be very grating. Otherwise, it’s another cruise, this time to Japan and China. Our detectives are supposed to deal with the usual card cheat ...more
My only beef is the narrator’s voice choices for some of the suspects, they can be very grating. Otherwise, it’s another cruise, this time to Japan and China. Our detectives are supposed to deal with the usual card cheat ...more
This is the third book in the series, and like the previous two, it holds my interest whilst I am reading them, but as others have said they are not memorable. This one differs slightly, as the voyage is to the Far East, rather than the USA. We have here a political interest, along with arms smuggling. We learn that one of the main characters has musical abilities, and that their romance is indeed flourishing.
I enjoy this series and this was a more complex plot and interesting cast of characters that the first books. A pleasant read and I like the historical details on the ships.
Ship detectives Genevieve Masefield and George Porter Dillman have left Cunard for a while, and embark on a new high seas adventure. This time they are sailing on the steamship Minnesota, built in 1904 for the Great Northern Steamship Company. The Minnesota was different than the Cunard line in that it was actually a freighter that took paying customers. Anyway, Masefield and Dillman are off to China and Japan, and have been brought on board because of the possibility of smuggling. However, it's
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Wonderful period mystery series. Can't resist the charm of the ocean liner era
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Oct 17, 2016
Sam
marked it as to-read
Aug 28, 2018
Laurel
marked it as to-read
Mar 31, 2020
Jacqueline Vick
marked it as to-read
Nov 08, 2022
Gary Vassallo
marked it as ebook-library
