women’s adventure

There is a particular kind of reader who discovers a series and immediately feels a pang of sadness that they won't be able to experience it for the first time again. Rachel Prince readers know exactly what that feeling is. If you are new to the Coral Queen and Rachel Prince, you have a glorious stretch of reading ahead of you. And if you have been with Rachel from the very beginning? Well, Honeymoon Cruise Murder — book seven in this beloved series — is the instalment where everything you have been hoping for finally arrives. Fifteen books in, the Rachel Prince Mysteries show absolutely no sign of running out of sea. Where It All Began It started, as the best mystery series so often do, with a seemingly simple premise. Rachel Prince is an off-duty police officer who finds herself on a cruise ship where she encounters a body. A Cruise to Murder, book one, introduces readers to the Coral Queen, to Rachel's instincts and her wry sense of humour, and to the ship's cast of recurring characters. It also introduced Lady Marjorie Snellthorpe, the indomitable octogenarian aristocrat who becomes one of the great scene-stealers of modern cozy fiction. From that first voyage, it was clear that I had created something with real staying power: a world warm enough to return to again and again, with enough wit, heart, and genuine mystery to keep each new book feeling fresh. The Voyage So Far: Fifteen Books For those who want to read their cozy cruise ship mysteries in order — and with a series this rich in character development, that is very much recommended — here is where to begin: A Cruise to Murder Deadly Cruise Killer Cruise Dying to Cruise A Christmas Cruise Murder Murderous Cruise Habit Honeymoon Cruise Murder ← you are here A Murder Mystery Cruise…