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(4) | 2 | Can there be a better, more romantic setting for a crime story than a ship on the open sea? Step onto any vessel - even an inter-island ferry - and you experience an aura of romance, adventure, and mystery. All the stories contained in Death Cruise are set aboard cruise ships. Written by members of the International Association of Crime Writers, a global fraternity of mystery writers, these compelling stories come from many nations, including England, Belgium, Denmark, Cuba, Brazil, America, Germany, Spain and France. This global line-up includes: Problem at Sea by Agatha Christie; Nine Points for Murder by Nancy Pickard; Hodegetria by Jeremiah Healy; Under My Skin by Chris Rippen; S.O.S. by John Lutz; Honeymoon Cruise by Richard Deming; Rhine Ablaze by Jacques Toes; The Merry Ghosts of the Grampus by Arnaldo Correa; Lost and Found by Benjamin Schutz; The Wind & Mary by Piet Teigeler; The Theft of the Bingo Card by Edward D.Hoch; Mutiny of the Bounty Hunter by Ralph Mclnerny; The Mermaid by Jacob Vis; Chess on Board by Erik Amdrup; A Cruise to Forget by Barbara Collins and Max Allan Collins; Havanightmare by Jose Latour; Miscalculation by Jan Burke; The Deep Blue Sea by Ina Bouman; Rumpole at Sea by John Mortimer; The Time of His Life by Carolyn Wheat Bon Voyage! And be sure to take a good mystery with you.… (more) |
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. ▾Conversations (About links) No current Talk conversations about this book. » See also 2 mentions » Add other authors Author name | Role | Type of author | Work? | Status | Block, Lawrence | Editor & Introduction | primary author | all editions | confirmed | Writers, International Association of Crime | Corporate Author | main author | all editions | confirmed | Amdrup, Erik | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Bouman, Ina | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Burke, Jan | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Christie, Agatha | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Collins, Barbara | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Collins, Max Allan | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Correa, Arnaldo | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Deming, Richard | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Healy, Jeremiah | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Hoch, Edward D. | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Latour, José | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Lutz, John | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | McInerny, Ralph | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Mortimer, John | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Pickard, Nancy | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Rippen, Chris | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Schutz, Benjamin M. | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Tiegeler, Piet | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Toes, Jacques | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Vis, Jacob | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed | Wheat, Carolyn | Contributor | secondary author | all editions | confirmed |
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▾References References to this work on external resources. Wikipedia in EnglishNone ▾Book descriptions Can there be a better, more romantic setting for a crime story than a ship on the open sea? Step onto any vessel - even an inter-island ferry - and you experience an aura of romance, adventure, and mystery. All the stories contained in Death Cruise are set aboard cruise ships. Written by members of the International Association of Crime Writers, a global fraternity of mystery writers, these compelling stories come from many nations, including England, Belgium, Denmark, Cuba, Brazil, America, Germany, Spain and France. This global line-up includes: Problem at Sea by Agatha Christie; Nine Points for Murder by Nancy Pickard; Hodegetria by Jeremiah Healy; Under My Skin by Chris Rippen; S.O.S. by John Lutz; Honeymoon Cruise by Richard Deming; Rhine Ablaze by Jacques Toes; The Merry Ghosts of the Grampus by Arnaldo Correa; Lost and Found by Benjamin Schutz; The Wind & Mary by Piet Teigeler; The Theft of the Bingo Card by Edward D.Hoch; Mutiny of the Bounty Hunter by Ralph Mclnerny; The Mermaid by Jacob Vis; Chess on Board by Erik Amdrup; A Cruise to Forget by Barbara Collins and Max Allan Collins; Havanightmare by Jose Latour; Miscalculation by Jan Burke; The Deep Blue Sea by Ina Bouman; Rumpole at Sea by John Mortimer; The Time of His Life by Carolyn Wheat Bon Voyage! And be sure to take a good mystery with you. ▾Library descriptions No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThing members' description
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Contains: - Introduction / Lawrence Block
- Problem at Sea / Agatha Christie
- Nine Points for Murder / Nancy Pickard
- Hodegetria / Jeremiah Healy
- Under My Skin / Chris Rippen
- S.O.S. / John Lutz
- Honeymoon Cruise / Richard Deming
- Rhine Ablaze / Jacques Toes
- The Merry Ghosts of the Grampus / Arnaldo Correa
- Lost and Found / Benjamin M. Schutz
- The Wind and Mary / Piet Tiegeler
- The Theft of the Bingo Card / Edward D. Hoch
- Mutiny of the Bounty Hunter / Ralph McInerny
- The Mermaid / Jacob Vis
- Chess on Board / Erik Amdrup
- A Cruise to Forget / Barbara Collins & Max Allan Collins
- Havanightmare / José Latour
- Miscalculation / Jan Burke
- The Deep Blue Sea / Ina Bouman
- Rumpole at Sea / John Mortimer
- The Time of His Life / Carolyn Wheat
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This is a collection of short stories, all of which take place on a cruise ship (though at least one of them never sets sail). The anthology is edited by Lawrence Block, himself a master crafter of mysteries, though he did not contribute one for this work. Authors come from multiple nations, starting off with Agatha Christie and including writers from Cuba, Belgium and the Netherlands.
I enjoyed reading them and was happily surprised that there was sufficient difference from story to story to hold my interest – and keep me guessing. Not all the stories involve murder – there are thefts, con jobs, and kidnapping. ( )