Today I’m delighted to be back onboard another Lady Swift Mystery blog tour. This time Eleanor is racing against time to find a brutal murderer as she crosses the ocean on her way to New York.

Synopsis

When Lady Swift embarks upon her first luxury cruise she imagines a gilded ballroom, afternoons on deck taking tea and all the delectable food she can eat. But she can’t seem to escape from murder…

Lady Eleanor Swift is all set to spend her birthday with her beau, dashing Detective Hugh Seldon, until he calls to cancel on her again at the last minute. What’s a girl to do? Pack up her staff and her faithful old bulldog, Gladstone, and head off on a cruise to New York, that’s what!

On the stunningly opulent ocean liner Celestiana, Eleanor tries to forget her worries and make the most of her trip. That is, until she sees a man being shot and falling overboard. On closer inspection of the scene, Eleanor literally stumbles over the likely murder weapon. And the nick in the barrel is unmistakeable: this gun belongs to Detective Seldon…

With some discreet digging, Clifford discovers Detective Seldon is aboard the ship on an undercover mission. Eleanor doesn’t want to make waves but she’s sure that something fishy is going on and he’s being framed. To get Seldon off the hook, Eleanor casts her net wide and searches for the real murderer among a sea of suspects including European nobility, Italian opera stars and American nouveau riche. But does the victim’s expensive gold ring point to a lavish lifestyle or is it a red herring?

When another passenger is found dead in his first-class cabin, a poisoned whisky glass clutched in his hand, Eleanor realises they are really in hot water. Will the killer be Eleanor’s catch of the day, or will she spend her birthday at the bottom of the sea?

A totally charming, unputdownable Golden Age mystery with characters readers will adore. Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, T.E. Kinsey and Lee Strauss.

My thoughts

I can’t quite believe we are on book 13! Yet here we are back with Lady Swift, Clifford and her resourceful and ever loyal staff. This time Eleanor is looking forward to celebrating her birthday onboard a luxury liner sailing to New York. After the dashing Chief Inspector Seldon left her disappointed when work once again called him away, well what better way to distract yourself then in the lap of luxury on a floating grand hotel.

As always though things do not go quite as smoothly as expected and it’s not long before Eleanor is witness to cold-blooded murder. Even more surprisingly she discovers the murder weapon belongs to her absent beau! It’s not long before the dream team that is Eleanor and Clifford are working together to crack the case and find out who the murderer is and why they are trying to frame Chief Inspector Sheldon.

It was such a delight to travel alongside Lady Swift again. I really am terribly fond of her and the whole gang. Engaging characters, intriguing plots and some wonderful historical details all add too the joy of reading these books. It was such a pleasure to travel on this beautiful ship with all it’s 20’s opulence and grandeur. These delightful, cosy reads are a real treat and I can’t wait to see what happens next. I absolutely loved it.

Many thanks to Sarah at Bookoutre and Verity Bright for allowing me to join the blog again.