First published 2025
Trixie Troublefield Baxter wants nothing more than peaceful honeymoon time with her new husband Ransom aboard their cruise ship. Her plans crumble when Ransom gets pulled back into vessel security work. Left to her own devices, Trixie joins her octogenarian friends Bess and Nettie for mocktails and relaxation. Then she discovers a group of true crime podcast fans aboard the ship. These amateur sleuths share her passion for mysteries, so Trixie eagerly joins their ranks. The fun stops when Trixie, Bess, and Nettie discover an actual corpse. The ship transforms from vacation paradise into crime scene. The true crime enthusiasts start swapping murder theories with wild abandon. Every passenger becomes a potential suspect. The killer could be anyone, possibly even hiding among the very group that obsesses over murder cases. Trixie must solve the case quickly or risk her happily ever after turning deadly. Romance fills the ocean air, but so does danger.
Genres: romance, adventure, mystery, cozy-mystery
Vibes: cozy, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: amateur-sleuth, found-family
Setting: Cruise Ship
Period: Contemporary
230 pages · Kindle Edition · Hollis Thatcher Press, LTD.