Murder Caribbean-Style (High Seas Mystery Series #1)

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When Kayla Sanders accepts a free Caribbean cruise aboard her old ship, she gets sucked into a modern-day mutiny culminating in the murder of her ex-lover, Patrick MacIntyre. Four years before, Kayla was denied a promotion she deserved. After a secretary at headquarters revealed that secret company policy blocked qualified women from serving as chief officers, Kayla stormed company headquarters, confronted the Board of Directors, and resigned her First Purser's job in an uproar. Although Kayla'shipboard friends applauded her bravery, she knew better. Reeling from a year of painful humiliation inflicted by her unfaithful lover, the resignation provided Kayla with an excuse to run home and hide. Living like a hermit in Colorado she worked days as a typist and wrote a Caribbean travel guidebook at night. When Kayla arrives onboard the Aurora, she relishes the VIP treatment afforded a published author until Patrick falls dead at her feet. Patrick was targeted by the great mutiny, a clever plan to get rid of several corrupt chief pursers during Kayla's voyage, but surely the plan didn't include a murder. Since Kayla's friends instigated the mutiny, she knows they will all be prime suspects when police uncover the plan. Plunging into a frenzied investigation to discover the killer before police arrest her friends, Kayla uncovers plenty of suspects. Patrick's name was linked to jewelry theft, drug dealing, swindling, and bombing deaths in Ireland. Kayla bumps into Steven Young, a handsome undercover Interpol agent, every time she uncovers a clue and they soon join forces to unravel the mystery. Mutual attraction blossoms into a love affair until Kayla discovers that Steven lied about his own alibi on the day Patrick died. Like a tightrope walker balancing between passion and peril, Kayla risks her life to unearth the unexpected truth behind Patrick's death and free herself from his memory.