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Today‘s Prompt: QUEEN

HISTORICAL FICTION - MYSTERY

From a murder on land to murders at sea.

Who was the “real” murderer on the Queen Mary….we know who it was in Soho.

It‘s a good one!! ♥️

FULL REVIEW: https://tinyurl.com/3utfj347

@lourhare

This was okay and I think the series has potential. It was a little too long and the ending was unsatisfying in a way.

I'm always happy to see a historical mystery with some diversity.

A good murder mystery set on a cruise ship & described as Christie-esque, but I didn‘t love it. I can see the comparisons: the setting & some plot points follow Christie‘s style, but it lacks her humour. I think I didn‘t quite believe that Lena would be so gullible as to sail to NYC & spend every moment on the ship with a rich family she‘s never met. And the ending didn‘t seem believable. But there was lots to enjoy & interesting issues raised.

Received my book recommendations for the quarter from #gettbr

It looks like I got a different bibliologist for this quarter. So we‘ll see. These books all sound good and most have good ratings on litsy.

Something was wrong with goodreads, so I couldn‘t search and look them up there.

Lena Aldridge is barely surviving as a singer at the Canary, a second rate Soho nightclub. Out of the blue, a man linked to her late father offers her the lead in a Broadway musical. Just in time: her best friend has murdered her husband, implicating Lena in the cover-up. This is an entertaining mystery set in 1936, and largely taking place on the Queen Mary sailing from London to New York. Lena finds herself again embroiled in murders on board.

It‘s a novel onion, so many layers slowly@being revealed the more you read.

This was a good historical crime fiction story, Lena works in a sleazy club when her boss is killed, she then accepts an offer to go to New York and work on Broadway. While on the ship going to NY, it looks like her past is catching up. I was very gripped by the whole drama. I think the only thing which I thought a bit crazy was who the culprit was. I just couldn't believe it. Anyway still a good read.

From a murder on land to murders at sea.

Those readers who enjoy books set on ocean liners and this time period will definitely enjoy MISS ALDRIDGE REGRETS. 4/5

FULL REVIEW: https://tinyurl.com/4xjmktj2

@lourhare
@berkleypub

FULL REVIEW 7/5

From a murder on land to murders at sea.

Lena had been there for them. One she thought she was responsible for, and the others she was set up for.

MISS ALDRIDGE REGRETS is a mystery and family drama all rolled into one. 4/5

@lourhare
@berkleypub