A Fatal Crossing - Tom Hindle

'Dazzling' Crime Monthly n'My kind of book!' Belfast Telegraph n'Captivating' My Weekly Magazine n'Suspenseful' Country Life Magazine n_____________________________________ n*WATERSTONES AUGUST THRILLER OF THE MONTH* n nNovember 1924. The Endeavour sets sail to New York with 2,000 passengers - and a killer - on board. n nWhen an elderly gentleman is found dead at the foot of a staircase, ship's officer Timothy Birch is ready to declare it a tragic accident. But James Temple, a strong-minded Scotland Yard inspector, is certain there is more to this misfortune than meets the eye. n nBirch agrees to investigate, and the trail quickly leads to the theft of a priceless painting. Its very existence is known only to its owner... and the now dead man. n nWith just days remaining until they reach New York, and even Temple's purpose on board the Endeavour proving increasingly suspicious, Birch's search for the culprit is fraught with danger. n nAnd all the while, the passengers continue to roam the ship with a killer in their midst. n________________________________________________________ n n'A very clever plot and a final twist which will delight Agatha Christie fans. You will love it!!!' Ragnar Jónasson n n'With twist after gut-punching twist, A Fatal Crossing really is an ingenious thriller. Highly recommend' M. W. Craven n n'It twists and turns like the best of Christie' - Peterborough Telegraph n n'A tantalizing and captivating plot, filled with detail and texture to enhance the feeling of the halcyon days of the liners and their times' Shots Magazine n n'The action unfolds at a rip-roaring pace in this perfectly executed homage to the Golden Age of crime, which features a deviously devised plot boasting a final twist worthy of Christie herself. I absolutely loved it' Anita Frank n n'Twists and turns cartwheel to a blindsiding finish' Woman's Weekly n n'My favourite westward Atlantic crossing detective novel is Peter Lovesey's The Fake Inspector Dew (1981), but A Fatal Crossing by Tom Hindle is a first-rate addition to the corpus [...] A very good debut novel' The Criticn