A travel agent books passage on a deadly European cruise in this “tartly funny” debut mystery “with more twists than a conga line” (Carolyn Hart, Edgar Award–winning author).
Meet Sidney Marsh: a New York transplant from Mississippi, agent for Itchy Feet Travel, and the designated tour leader for a group of eccentric senior citizens who call themselves the High Steppers. Cruising from Scandinavia to Russia, Sidney promises a dock-to-dock feast of exotic food, shopping expeditions and sightseeing. Then one of the High Steppers kicks the bucket—and all toes point to murder.
Enlisting the help of her partner, flamboyant and fun-loving Jay Wilson, Sidney is determined to find the killer among a ship-load of suspects, including: the High Steppers themselves, an increasingly suspicious crew, a few shady vacationers eyeballing her every move, and a seductive ladies’ man who’s leading Sidney further adrift. But when another sassy septuagenarian is offed, Sidney must solve this mystery at sea, and fast, before her own murder gets added to the itinerary.
