Jude Grove
The Gilded Wren Mysteries · Book One
Murder Is Not Included
The marble is laminate. The spa is a room with a sign on the door. And a clerical error in the registry of a small landlocked republic has just made the Director of Guest Delight the only legal authority aboard.
A comic cruise-ship mystery
Murder Is Not Included
The Gilded Wren is a palace. Her marble is laminate, her spa is a room with a sign on the door, and the brass railing comes away in your hand — but she is a palace, because Peggy Nunn is paid to make six hundred and twelve people believe she is.
On the third night of the maiden voyage, a travel journalist is found dead in the spa that doesn't exist.
Head office will not permit anyone to contact the authorities before Miami. The Captain would rather not. And a clerical error in the registry of a small landlocked republic has made Peggy, legally, the only authority aboard — with the power to convene an inquiry, seal a room, and name the person responsible.
She has four days, no forensics, and a door log that says she did it.
A beautiful holiday on a ship that is quietly falling apart.
The series
Six books, one ship, less of her every time
Every book is a complete mystery and can be read on its own. Read them in order and you will notice something else going on underneath.
