The Ship Sailed On: A colourful thriller set on a 1960s cruise ship, with boozy parties, diamond smuggling - and murder. (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781739184964)

What if you witness a murder on a cruise ship?

How long before the killer tries to silence you too - forever?

It's the 1960s and Margaret Hargreaves is newly on board the SS Ocean Star as a laundry maid. Her nightmare begins when she mistakenly enters the wrong cabin after a party. What she sees could be enough to send the murderer to jail for life. Which means he'll do whatever it takes to stop her from talking.

As the danger increases, Margaret realises that there's only one man who can help her. But he's very hard to find, as there are over a thousand passengers and crew on board.

Can she get to him before the killer finally succeeds in murdering her?

The Ship Sails On is the debut novel from Valerie Lawson - whose own experience of serving on a cruise ship in the 1960s comes through on every page. Not only does she bring us an exciting adventure, but also an extremely colourful cast of characters - with illicit liaisons, wild partying, drag shows, some very coarse language - and plenty of booze. There are even desperate diamond smuggling plots as well! It all makes for a very vibrant backdrop to Margaret's dangerous adventure.