If you like Jessica Fletcher novels, then you might like this one. It is #34 in the series. I liked the idea of the shipboard crime. Characters are well developed, the villains are despicable. Harry Flynn is a sweetheart. Possible spoiler: the jewels are stashed in a similar fashion to the plot in Cat Among the Pigeons by Agatha Christie. Big Spoiler Alert: Two things I did not like: the jewels going overboard, and the dramatic hostage scene at the end, which reminded me of a movie scene, and was unnecessary. The security guards could have diffused the situation much sooner in the lecture hall. Unbelievable how so many agents and security guys could stand back and let it occur. The book moved a bit slowly once they got on board the ship, and I stopped reading it for awhile and then resumed.

This was a book read for the 2014 Category Challenge. ( )