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Knives Out meets high seas intrigue on a literary cruise to nowhere in this intelligent, wildly funny locked room
mystery for fans of Richard Osman, Anthony Horowitz, Nita Prose, and Agatha Christie!
The USA Today bestselling host of the "All About Agatha" podcast injects the spark and fizz of a Golden Age
murder mystery into the present-day, as the ghostwriter's skills are put to the test aboard a bestselling author's
decidedly insalubrious cruise.
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach. So goes the adage, but sometimes, even a first-rate ghostwriter and
successful mystery author needs to make a buck. Even if that means setting foot on a cruise ship, something
she vowed she'd never do. To top it off, the "Get Lit Cruise" is being organized by Payton Garrett, a very popular,
bestselling author-and the ghostwriter's long-time frenemy from back in their MFA days.
Over the years, Payton has reinvented herself. She gained a wife while ditching her journalist husband-who
is also on board. And she's acquired a rabid following who eagerly snapped up the invitations sent to a select
few of her newsletter subscribers. The guests, all female, will receive personalized instruction from experts in
five different writing genres, while basking in Payton's reflected glow.
Between mentoring guests, flirting with Payton's ex, and taking bets on how long before someone performs
a reenactment of Titanic's "I'm flying!" scene (answer: not long enough), there's plenty to keep a ghostwriter
occupied. But there's one activity nobody expected: solving a murder.
When an attendee is found dead under suspicious circumstances and several others suffer symptoms of
poisoning, there are numerous motives and suspects to choose from. But could it be that the victim wasn't even
the intended target? As the body count rises along with onboard tensions, no one is safe-except, perhaps,
for a killer whose scruples have long abandoned ship. And of course, like every well-plotted mystery, this one
has an extra twist . . .
mystery for fans of Richard Osman, Anthony Horowitz, Nita Prose, and Agatha Christie!
The USA Today bestselling host of the "All About Agatha" podcast injects the spark and fizz of a Golden Age
murder mystery into the present-day, as the ghostwriter's skills are put to the test aboard a bestselling author's
decidedly insalubrious cruise.
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach. So goes the adage, but sometimes, even a first-rate ghostwriter and
successful mystery author needs to make a buck. Even if that means setting foot on a cruise ship, something
she vowed she'd never do. To top it off, the "Get Lit Cruise" is being organized by Payton Garrett, a very popular,
bestselling author-and the ghostwriter's long-time frenemy from back in their MFA days.
Over the years, Payton has reinvented herself. She gained a wife while ditching her journalist husband-who
is also on board. And she's acquired a rabid following who eagerly snapped up the invitations sent to a select
few of her newsletter subscribers. The guests, all female, will receive personalized instruction from experts in
five different writing genres, while basking in Payton's reflected glow.
Between mentoring guests, flirting with Payton's ex, and taking bets on how long before someone performs
a reenactment of Titanic's "I'm flying!" scene (answer: not long enough), there's plenty to keep a ghostwriter
occupied. But there's one activity nobody expected: solving a murder.
When an attendee is found dead under suspicious circumstances and several others suffer symptoms of
poisoning, there are numerous motives and suspects to choose from. But could it be that the victim wasn't even
the intended target? As the body count rises along with onboard tensions, no one is safe-except, perhaps,
for a killer whose scruples have long abandoned ship. And of course, like every well-plotted mystery, this one
has an extra twist . . .
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