Idea for my mystery series - what do you think?

[Carole]

Sounds very Agatha Christieish. I think it'd be a great story.

[Nancy]

I like it, its got a clear story line.
My only suggestion to consider is throwing in some political espionage elements, bringing in international complexities while at sea.

[Nancy]

Nicely played!

[Carole]

A ship board romance would be fun

[Amy]

I like those ideas.

Medical condition: Can you do anything with decompression sickness or DVT? I'm lucky, I don't write in the real world, so I could invent one lol

[Amy]

It would have to be a stonking case of DVT. A documentary showed a woman with long legs flying who had DVT. Either she hadn't booked an extra legroom seat or they hadn't taken any notice of her request. She still flew.

[Amy]

Chronic case of Botox? I can't fly within 24 hours of having my headaches Botoxed!

I can't think of anything else. But I don't have a medical background. If someone was so ill that they couldn't fly would they be well enough to stand trial in the first place?

[Amy]

Permanent case of The Bends. No idea.

[Chrys]

How about something contagious, so they can keep him isolated on a ship, but not in a plane?

[Nancy]

Carole's suggestion for a romance element could be built around Stone and a US female investigator dynamic.

[Carole]

Love that- Took the words right out of my computer hahah

[Carole]

Air traffics been grounded-all over the world- That would make a great prologue action scene. something to do with computers and a virus. The only way out of the country is by sea.

[Chrys]

Or simply another large Icelandic volcano deciding to erupt.

[Carole]

Chrys wrote: "Or simply another large Icelandic volcano deciding to erupt."

That's a good one.

[Anna]

What a clever bunch you lot are! I've been racking my brain cell for some sort of health problem and it's Carole and Chrys and their thinking outside of the box that saves the day.

[Chrys]

I found this really fun, let's do it again sometime!

[Anna]

Yes, it's special.

[Amy]

I like the volcanic ash idea.

[Carole]

So do I, when the volcano in Iceland blew- it grounded travelers all over our area and Northern Europe.

[Amy]

It was horrendous. I remember hearing about people unable to get home for work, travel insurance not covering anything, people going broke trying to survive wherever it was they were stranded. Wasn't good.

[Amy]

It sounds great on the face of it. But then they start saying you've have to use the rest of your leave or not be paid and life gets real...

[Chrys]

Two friends of mine got stuck in the USA. Fortunately, they were able to say with friends.

[Aislinn]

If you do want a health condition - my dad has chronic heart failure and he wasn't allowed to fly. The pressure in the cabin is bad for people with heart conditions, so you could do something like that.

[Anna]

I love ships, so an on-board setting will appeal.