![]() ![]() Whilst Blaydon attracts men like moths to a lamp (especially cruise manager Nikolaides), Ambrose makes a much less positive impression, going so far as creating enemies. Like many holiday based mysteries there is an assortment of holidaymaker characters, but the two who cause the greatest consternation are the widowed Melissa Blaydon and her sister Ianthe Ambrose, the latter of whom is a classics school teacher who has had a nervous breakdown. The story commences with Nigel and his partner/ girlfriend, Clare Massinger, booking themselves on to a cruise around the Greek islands. Suffice to say it was actually much better than I remembered. Being the 13 th out of 16 Strangeways mysteries I was wondering what sort of read this was going to be. By and large I have often preferred Blake’s earlier novels, finding the later ones tended to sparkle less or were quite frankly a bit disturbing. Vintage Mystery Scavenger Hunt Item: Body of Waterįor Rich’s Crimes of the Century Challenge this month, with the chosen year of 1959, I have gone for a familiar author and a past read. ‘The only thing I have against cruise life is that it’s turning us all into busybodies and gossips.’ ![]()
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