Description
A group of rogue seniors trade their pensions for piracy as they sail into their sunset years.
A travel feature turns into a deadly investigation for Kat Lawson when she discovers a missing passenger, presumed overboard, may have been used as a mule to smuggle ancient artifacts aboard Athena, a luxury cruise ship designed for retired seniors at sea.
Lawson has got a plumb assignment, or so she thinks. Travel International has rewarded her with a vacation cruise along the Amalfi Coast to report on a new floating senior retirement center. After working undercover as a travel reporter for the FBI and barely escaping her last assignment with her life, Kat’s job is to relax, take notes, shoot pictures, and report back on an extravagant cruise from Napes to Positano. What could go wrong?
But once aboard, Kat quickly learns it’s not all smooth sailing. Kat finds a handbag for Dede Drummerhausen, the woman who owns the suite where Kat is staying, and hidden inside is a gold coin. Rumors abound. Passengers and some of their possessions have gone missing. The residents are restless, and some on board are suspicious of a travel reporter who might uncover their secret mission. When Athena’s captain discovers Kat snooping below deck, she soon realizes, like the antiquities hidden onboard, that she’s been kidnapped and that her job and her life are in danger.
My Thoughts
Murder on the Med is a light but complex mystery with an unusual setting and charming cast of characters. I’d not read other Kat Lawson books but didn’t have any problem reading this one as a standalone mystery. The character is smart, sassy, and demonstrates some pretty inventive thinking as she unravels the mystery here. And what a mystery! We begin with a possible missing woman and end up in the middle of an audacious trafficking scheme in stolen antiquities.
I thoroughly enjoyed this story and will be recommending the series in my library.
Publication Date: June 4, 2024
Published By: Level Best Books
Thanks to BookSirens for the review copy
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