Cruising To Murder Mark McCrum

Severn House €24.99 McCrum’s second Francis Meadowes mystery is a beautifully judged homage to the golden-age detective novel – and an enjoyable travelogue to boot. Crime writer Francis has accepted a place on a cruise around the West African coast in exchange for the odd onboard lecture. McCrum deftly assembles a cast of rich eccentrics and then starts on the serious business of killing them off, leaving Francis to figure out why.