Death by Water (Phryne Fisher Mystery, Bk. 15)

The nice men at P&O are worried. A succession of jewellery thefts from first-class passengers is hardly the best advertisement for their cruises. Especially when it seems likely that a passenger is the thief.

Enter the inimitable Detective-Investigator Phryne Fisher: stylish, bold, and always in the right place at the right time. She carries with her the Great Queen of Sapphires as bait, boards the luxury cruise ship S.S. Hinemoa, and dives into a world of champagne cocktails, jazz musicians, blackmail, and attempted murder. While memories of the Titanic linger among the passengers, readers are treated to descriptions of sumptuous meals and snippets of Maori lore. Those who long to revel in a glamorous if imperfect past will be satisfied.

“Cleverly plotted and one of Greenwood’s best in this long-running historical series.” — Library Journal

“While memories of the Titanic linger among the ship’s passengers… readers are treated to descriptions of sumptuous meals and snippets of Maori lore. Those who long to revel in a glamorous if imperfect past will be satisfied.” — Publishers Weekly