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Scotland Yard Detective, James Temple, is on board and he insists on not accepting the death as an accident, even though the captain – on the verge of retirement – would rather not peer too deeply into what happened or risk upsetting the passengers. This is an engaging crime read which took a little time for me to become immersed in, with many red herrings, and twists and turns galore, although the final twist really stretches credulity to the limit and requires a big suspension of disbelief from the reader. This is Tom Hindle's historical fiction debut, styled in the classic tradition of crime mysteries, set in 1924 on a transatlantic cruise liner, The Endeavour, travelling to New York from Southampton with 2000 passengers. The surface level details and tropes situate it more as a modern novel making nods towards Golden Age detective fiction. I’m limited in what I can say about this book without spoiling it because even comments on some of the techniques used would reveal too much.
Birch is not verbally unkind like Temple is, but his guilty feelings and self-absorbed pain became repellent. Overall not a bad book, but if you’re looking for a period-set murder mystery I’d recommend Christie instead. The novel was an intriguing mystery as Hindle always found a way to throw us off the scent and by the time the ending came around, I was shook which is something that is hard to do in a novel that is full of surprises. I was brought to tears on more than one occasion as I endured a roller coaster ride of emotions reading about this Lake Michigan mystery that happened so close to home for me. There aren’t many things that I love quite as much as losing myself to the twists and turns of a seemingly impossible whodunit.We’re taken to various areas of the ship, from the sumptuous first class deck, to the mess hall, the descriptions of which add much interest. For something which apparently drives the protagonist and is the reason for his journey, there is no information given on HOW she goes missing.
The ship’s Captain isn’t happy about this, it wouldn’t do to have the passengers believing there’s a killer on board, but he allows Temple to proceed as long as Tim shadows him as he carries out his interviews. In the van were several cases of bottled water, juice and snacks, with receipts from Walmart in Fargo from just the day before.At the station, one of the migrants revealed that the group had been walking for more than 11 hours. D. — The air temperature was pushing 20 below zero and howling winds were whipping up blinding snow one morning in January when U. This mystery and these characters have been living for such a long time in my head, and working with the team at Penguin Random House to bring them to life is an absolute joy. Moreover, once the captain says he can investigate, but must let Birch accompany him, we see a comic cop show trope of two characters forced together who don’t get along, although I would say the animosity originates from Temple: ‘Temple twisted round to inspect me and our eyes locked.
Of course, he clashes with the taciturn Temple, who dislikes being shadowed but, on their travels, we get to really explore the ship, which is fun.Even if they wanted to turn back, they would not be able to see where they were going, said Dan Riddle, senior meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Grand Forks.
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