Retired FBI senior investigator Charlotte Diamond is cajoled
into taking a Christmas market Rhine river cruise with her partner,
glamorous retired queen of the movie screen Brenda Brandon/Boynton.
When Brenda invites Charlotte's doctor brother, Chance Diamond, and
his minister wife, Marilyn, to join in the trip, Charlotte knows
this will be no restful vacation. The "curse of Chance," the
travels of whom have always been accompanied by a death or three,
does indeed embroil Charlotte and her three travel companions in a
complex mix of "inconvenient" robberies and suspicious deaths
against a backdrop of quaint German towns, Christmas markets, and
Rhine castles.
The misadventure of the Rhine river cruise involves an
international crime money-laundering Swiss banker and his Italian
TV star wife; a "Jack Sprat" pair of elderly spinsters; a
doll-fetish Japanese couple; a diamond-dripping, once-kidnapped
heiress; a gay novelist and boyfriend; a catatonic mustard dynasty
heiress; and assorted other unsavory characters. As the "Rhine
Maiden" scenically chugs north from Nurnberg to Amsterdam over
Christmas week, Charlotte and Brenda track their bet on whether the
"curse of Chance" will meet its quota of mayhem, while Charlotte
sinks deeper and deeper into what becomes a working vacation.
The fourth book in the Charlotte Diamond mystery series.
General
Imprint: |
Cyberworld Publishing
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Charlotte Diamond Mysteries, 4 |
Release date: |
June 2011 |
First published: |
June 2011 |
Authors: |
Olivia Stowe
|
Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 8mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
138 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-921879-50-0 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Crime & mystery >
General
|
LSN: |
1-921879-50-5 |
Barcode: |
9781921879500 |
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