Under the pseudonym S.S. Van Dine, Wright has booked passage on what would be the luxury liner's disastrous final crossing. He claims to be interviewing celebrity passengers, but the reporter is actually investigating rumors that the ship is ferrying an illegal cache of weapons to aid the British war against Germany. His investigation is put on hold when three German stowaways are discovered and then - in an unexpected and violent twist - killed.
Wright, also the writer of mystery novels, joins forces with lovely, über-competent Detective Philomina Vance to solve the crime. With threats of a torpedo attack hanging over the ship, the pair races to unmask the murderer and derail a conspiracy to take down the Lusitania.
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"Max Collins has done an excellent job of covering the historical facts, creating a mystery, and writing it all in the voice of a writer he doesn't even like." — Karen (5 out of 5 stars)
"Max Collins has done an excellent job of covering the historical facts, creating a mystery, and writing it all in the voice of a writer he doesn't even like."
" Decent mystery. Good view of history. I liked this one better than the Hindenberg book. Three and a half stars. "
" This is not a Nathan Heller mystery. Still entertaining and based on fact. Nice touch using a woman as a Pinkerton agent. "
" Fluffy as can be, but greatly enjoyable. "
" Spies on the torpedoed ship. S. S. Van Dine onboard and Philomena Vance. Good enough. "
Max Allan Collins is the author of Road to Perdition, the acclaimed graphic novel that inspired the movie, and of the multiple-award-winning Nathan Heller series of historical hardboiled mysteries. One of most prolific and popular authors working in the field today, he was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America in 2017. He is also the literary executor of Mickey Spillane.
Jeff Cummings, as an audiobook narrator, has won both an Earphones Award and the prestigious Audie Award in 2015 for Best Narration in Science and Technology. He is also a twenty-year veteran of the stage, having worked at many regional theaters across the country, from A Contemporary Theatre in Seattle and the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta to the Utah Shakespeare Festival in Cedar City and the International Mystery Writers’ Festival in Owensboro, Kentucky. He also spent seven seasons with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
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