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Cruise Ship Crime Mysteries: A Medical Murder Mystery
Dr. Alan Mayhew is a retired cruise ship doctor who's about to go on-a cruise! He's grieving the loss of his wife, and his family feels a cruise is just what he needs to move on-to take his mind off of missing her. Once on board, he meets some of the eclectic folks that make up the passengers and the crew including Tiffany, the beautiful cruise ship director. With her, Dr. Mayhew helps solve a series of on board crimes, including a murder. Author/Dr. Davis's medical sleuthing takes us behind the scenes of the exciting life of a cruise ship doctor and gives us insider knowledge of the fast paced, colorful and romantic world of officers, crew, and passengers. "A Medical Murder Mystery" is the first book in the Cruise Ship Crime Mysteries. "A compulsive page turner with all the poignancy of CSI." -John Smithson, Canadian Literature Reviews
342 pages, Paperback
First published February 24, 2010
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September 1, 2010
Cruise Ship Crime, A Medical Murder Mystery is not your ordinary mystery. The story is sometimes funny, sometimes touching, but the story of Dr. Alan Mayhew is always interesting. Dr. Mayhew is a recently widowed retired cruise ship doctor. His children decide to give him a gift - a cruise - only this time as a passenger.
The mystery revolves around the death of a ship employee, Michael. Michael's friends and lovers, and a mysterious roll of film often bring up more questions than answers. The doctor and friends try to put the pieces of the puzzle together. Most of the story however is the eye-opening romantic frolicking that goes on behind the scenes of a cruise ship.
The author, Dr. Paul Davis, is writing from experience as he was a ship doctor for 10 years. Reading the book was like sitting at a table with the ship's doctor and doing some "people watching". Young and old, male and female, romance is in the air on this cruise ship. My favorite story is one I had actually heard before - only in joke form. That's OK because it still fooled me until the end and I still laughed just as much.
The mystery revolves around the death of a ship employee, Michael. Michael's friends and lovers, and a mysterious roll of film often bring up more questions than answers. The doctor and friends try to put the pieces of the puzzle together. Most of the story however is the eye-opening romantic frolicking that goes on behind the scenes of a cruise ship.
The author, Dr. Paul Davis, is writing from experience as he was a ship doctor for 10 years. Reading the book was like sitting at a table with the ship's doctor and doing some "people watching". Young and old, male and female, romance is in the air on this cruise ship. My favorite story is one I had actually heard before - only in joke form. That's OK because it still fooled me until the end and I still laughed just as much.
June 14, 2016
One and a half stars, really. Parts of the book were fun. The main character is a ship's doctor on a cruise ship. He becomes involved in a mystery after a passenger dies on board. When we are reading that part of the story, the book is entertaining. But there are many long digressions that have nothing to do with the story, and some of those are long and boring.
April 20, 2011
This book has all the elements you could wish for in a mystery -- adventure, love scenes, drama, suspense, murder -- plus it takes place on a cruise ship on the high seas. You don't want to put it down!
I love how it's written by an actual Cruise Ship doctor. He must have taken notes. :-)
I love how it's written by an actual Cruise Ship doctor. He must have taken notes. :-)
December 19, 2013
Great fun medical mystery on the high seas.
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