The Cunning Cruise Ship Caper

By Sally Carpenter

Description:

Book 3 of the Sandy Fairfax Teen Idol mystery series
To boost his career comeback, former pop star Sandy Fairfax and his musical sister, who is blind, take a week-long concert gig aboard the SS Zodiac, headed for Nassau. But there's troubled waters ahead when a body turns up in Sandy's backstage dressing room. Sandy investigates, even though he isn't a detective--he just played one on TV. The other onboard acts include a Southern-fired magician, a blackmail victim and a ventriloquist with a dummy who's really pulling the strings. Sandy is also trying to cool down a former flame and heat up a romance with his choreographer. But can he find the murderer before he ends up sleeping with the fishes--literally? The book was revised as a clean read in 2020. New print and ebooks will have the changes--old used print copies will not.

Book Takeaway:

A former teen idol, who has been out of the limelight for many years, rebuilds his confidence and discovers new fans as he strives to jumpstart his career and mend bridges with his family.

Why the author wrote this book:

Some years ago I went on a weekend Carnival cruise with a group of Monkees fans. We have special programming just for our group, including a private concert with Peter Tork. The group had a Halloween costume party as well. I used that experience and city we visited--Nassau--for this story. Many cozies take place on board a cruise.