{"product_id":"9781529157840","title":"A Fatal Crossing : Agatha Christie meets Titanic in this unputdownable mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Hindle, Tom | Fiction \u0026amp; related items \u003cbr\u003ePublished 28\/07\/2022 by Cornerstone (Penguin (Cornerstone)) in the United Kingdom \u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 464 pages\u003cbr\u003e196 x 129 x 35mm | 322g\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Dazzling' Crime Monthly'My kind of book!' Belfast Telegraph'Captivating' My Weekly Magazine'Suspenseful' Country Life Magazine*WATERSTONES AUGUST THRILLER OF THE MONTH*November 1924. The Endeavour sets sail to New York with 2,000 passengers - and a killer - on board .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen an elderly gentleman is found dead at the foot of a staircase, ship's officer Timothy Birch is ready to declare it a tragic accident. But James Temple, a strong-minded Scotland Yard inspector, is certain there is more to this misfortune than meets the eye.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBirch agrees to investigate, and the trail quickly leads to the theft of a priceless painting. Its very existence is known only to its owner . . . and the now dead man.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith just days remaining until they reach New York, and even Temple's purpose on board the Endeavour proving increasingly suspicious, Birch's search for the culprit is fraught with danger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd all the while, the passengers continue to roam the ship with a killer in their midst. 'A very clever plot and a final twist which will delight Agatha Christie fans. You will love it!!!' Ragnar Jonasson'With twist after gut-punching twist, A Fatal Crossing really is an ingenious thriller. Highly recommend' M. W. Craven'It twists and turns like the best of Christie' - Peterborough Telegraph'A tantalizing and captivating plot, filled with detail and texture to enhance the feeling of the halcyon days of the liners and their times' Shots Magazine'The action unfolds at a rip-roaring pace in this perfectly executed homage to the Golden Age of crime, which features a deviously devised plot boasting a final twist worthy of Christie herself. I absolutely loved it' Anita Frank'Twists and turns cartwheel to a blindsiding finish' Woman's Weekly'My favourite westward Atlantic crossing detective novel is Peter Lovesey's The Fake Inspector Dew (1981), but A Fatal Crossing by Tom Hindle is a first-rate addition to the corpus [...] A very good debut novel' The Critic\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"THE CLEEVE BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45197397721385,"sku":"9781529157840","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/0729\/3737\/products\/a-fatal-crossing-agatha-christie-meets-titanic-in-this-unputdownable-mystery-the-cleeve-bookshop-99777.jpg?v=1752070847","url":"https:\/\/thecleevebookshop.co.uk\/products\/9781529157840","provider":"The Cleeve Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}