Round tables dotted the floor like well-placed constellations, their moon-white linens strewn with flowers in purples, creams, and blues. Aerial performers in diamond-encrusted bodices twirled on silver threads, beautiful spiders spinning webs I was hopelessly caught up in. Heavy velvet curtains-an ink blue so dark they appeared black-shimmered with tiny sparkling gems whenever light caught them. I took a steadying breath and glanced at the stage in the center of the grand dining saloon. It was the start of a fresh year, a new chapter, a wonderful opportunity to put dark events of the past behind us and stare ahead into the bright future.Ī future that might soon bring a wedding… and a wedding night. New Year’s afternoon aboard the Etruria began like a fairy tale, which was the first indication a nightmare lurked on the horizon, waiting, as most villains do, for an opportunity to strike.Īs our cruise liner prepared to leave port, I ignored twinges of unease in favor of the lush fantasy world before us.

But with clues to the next victim pointing to someone she loves, can Audrey Rose unravel the mystery before the killer’s horrifying finale? Read Excerpt It’s up to Audrey Rose and Thomas to piece together the gruesome investigation before more passengers die before reaching their destination. The strange and disturbing influence of the Moonlight Carnival pervades the decks as the murders grow more and more bizarre. But privileged young women begin to go missing without explanation, and a series of brutal slayings shocks the entire ship. Embarking on a week-long voyage across the Atlantic on the opulent RMS Etruria, Audrey Rose Wadsworth and her partner-in-crime-investigation, Thomas Cresswell, are delighted to discover a traveling troupe of circus performers, fortune tellers, and a certain charismatic young escape artist entertaining the first-class passengers nightly. Audrey Rose and Thomas Cresswell find themselves aboard a luxurious ocean liner that becomes a floating prison of horror when passengers are murdered one by one, with nowhere to run from the killer. The #1 bestselling series that started with Stalking Jack the Ripper and Hunting Prince Dracula continues its streak in this third bloody installment.

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