Sail Away Patsy

De: Leena Clover

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

A summer cruise. Horseplay and hijinks. And DEATH on the high seas!

Starry eyed intern Meg Butler has embarked on her dream job, only to be thwarted at the first step. No, she didn't mean to poison the guests at the Sail Away party. Her boss thinks otherwise and is ready to send her back home.

When a healthy young man is found dead in his cabin, Meg thinks its murder! But who will believe her?

Flanked by a motley group of interns and crew members, Meg stumbles her way across Alaska, separating the clues from the red herrings, determined to find the guilty passenger.

Meanwhile, things are going wrong across the ship and Meg is blamed for them. Can she save her own neck while hunting down a cold blooded killer?

Sail Away Patsy is the first in a humorous, action packed cruise ship cozy mystery series featuring a daredevil amateur sleuth. She speaks before she thinks and can be a bit too smug at times but she gets the job done. Get ready to travel the world with Meg Butler.

Frustrating

This book feels better suited for a younger teen audience, despite the main character being a 22-year-old woman who lands an internship on a cruise ship. The beginning is cluttered with a large cast of characters who are introduced quickly and without meaningful development, making it difficult to keep track of who’s who. I finished the book just minutes ago, and I honestly can’t recall any of the characters’ names, personalities, or even what they looked like.

Although a murder does occur, the story isn’t really centered around solving it. Instead, it focuses more on a petty campaign to sabotage the new girl at work—a storyline that feels more like a “new kid at school” drama than a mystery. Unfortunately, the plot lacks suspense or surprise. There are no real twists or turns, and overall, the story just falls flat.