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Slated for in February 2022, Arrow publishing director Emily Griffin acquired world rights, including audio, in the book from Harry Illingworth at DHH Literary Agency. Shand when an agent determined that the two Indians sitting in the back had entered the United States unlawfully.
I realise this maybe some kind of cliffhanger for another book but I don’t think i can bare the thought of reading about these characters again.
Hindle has crafted a novel full of modern-day mystery responding to past detective stories that I would happily read more of. So when Detective Inspector James Temple of Scotland Yard voices his suspicions that this might be a murder that he wants to investigate, McCrory is not a happy man. This may be a closed-circle mystery, but it wasn’t suspenseful even though they were all trapped on one ship. Temple also identifies a third-class passenger as a known London gang-affiliated criminal, his presence on Endeavour potentially linked to the detective's shadowy purpose for traveling to America himself. They were like shards of ice; with not even the slightest attempt to hide his utter contempt for the captain’s decision.
Temple is a man with his own demons and secrets, he refuses to divulge what police business has him travelling on the liner. I found our introduction to him quite maudlin, his emotional baggage falling into well-worn grooves. I'm a fan of the genre, and this one had suspects a-plenty, lots of twists and intrigue and a clever wrap-up. However, after the first chapter the tale is narrated solely by Tom Birch, an officer from the ship, who goes on to be a “Watson” of sorts to the police detective, James Temple, who decides the death must be investigated properly. A second death, this one more obviously murder, galvanises the detective and his sidekick's determination to solve the crime before the ship docks in New York and the culprit can slip away.Gujarat state has a long history of immigration to the United States, a trend that has only intensified during the pandemic, creating brisk demand for smuggling enterprises that masquerade as travel agencies. Initially, I quite liked his combative verbal sparring with the ship’s captain, who is reluctant to let Temple investigate.
He pushes the ship’s Captain to conduct an investigation into the death so sooner Timothy and James are partnered up to find out exactly what has happened. The surface level details and tropes situate it more as a modern novel making nods towards Golden Age detective fiction. We’re taken to various areas of the ship, from the sumptuous first class deck, to the mess hall, the descriptions of which add much interest. Sure, I thought something had to happen because there were still a couple of chapters left, but that? Let’s just say that I struggled to get into this at first and was afraid that it was too much of a “murder mystery template” but that it ultimately proved me wrong, to my delight.
When an elderly gentleman is found dead at the foot of a staircase, ship's officer Timothy Birch is ready to declare it a tragic accident. An award winning author, a museum exhibit designer, an underwater explorer, and an inductee in the Women Diver's Hall of Fame, Valerie (V. Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for kindly providing an ARC in exchange for an honest review. Perhaps the couple stopped to tend to their children, whose smaller bodies were more sensitive to the cold. He is the author of A Fatal Crossing and now The Murder Game - which have both been inspired by masters of the crime genre such as Agatha Christie and Anthony Horowitz.
Tom Hindle hails from Leeds and lives in Oxfordshire with his wife, a cat and two surprisingly cunning tortoises. But I also picked up murder mysteries with present-day settings, as well as police procedurals, domestic thrillers and even a sci-fi noir. At the station, one of the migrants revealed that the group had been walking for more than 11 hours. Although I felt that there were times when the plot was starting to become quite convoluted and I was struggling to keep track of who was who and who did what, I kept going and was rewarded by some spectacular plot twists near the end which I thought I had worked out in advance, but most definitely hadn’t!But the family, perhaps trailing with two children, got separated from the rest as the migrants fought their way through the snowy darkness. Whilst I was not expecting Hemingway's level of prose, I was left with the impression of a schoolchild who, having been advised to insert some descriptive language, accompanies each A ship on a long sea voyage is the ideal location for a murder mystery, as all of the suspects are confined in one place with nobody able to arrive or depart until the destination is reached.
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