A Fatal Crossing

I initially rated this three stars but I decided that a book that made me let out a groan [frustrated, not sexual] loud enough to shake awake my co-workers at our late shift at the psych ward deserves two stars max. The premise of this sounded sooo good, I’ll always be a slut for closed-circle murder......more

It's November 1924, and Great War wounded ship's officer Tim Birch working on the Endeavour passenger ship four days away from its New York destination, is called into his Captain's office to assist Scotland Yard detective Jim Temple with a suspected murder of an elderly passenger. Two detectives, o......more

Set almost 100 years ago (1924), A Fatal Crossing deftly combines a sense of its period setting with the plot structure and dramatic devices that readers expect a century later. The book opens dramatically, with the discovery by a third-class passenger and her son early one morning of a body, crumple......more

I'm not going to lie, this book really was a slog to read, I found it too long and also the plot just didn't flow right. I really wanted to love it, but I just couldn't. I didn't get the feel of the story being set in the 1920's either. Sorry just an average Golden Age wannabe for me :(......more

As a keen reader of Golden Age detective stories, I was tempted to read this bestselling modern novel set in that era. However, despite enjoying the writing style and the luxury cruise ship setting, I was left disappointed overall. The set-up, a hunt for a killer aboard a ship travelling from Britai......more