Title Wave by Lorna Barrett

"Devastated after the death of her ex-husband, Tricia Miles agrees to go on a cruise with her sister Angelica and several of their friends and neighbors. Since this cruise is all about books and authors Tricia hopes it will be a nice relaxing vacation. But Tricia is known as the Town Jinx back in Stoneham New Hampshire and that reputation seems to follow her on the cruise when a fellow passenger dies and it may be murder. The ship’s crew seems reluctant to investigate the death so Tricia does some investigating on her own. Angelica warns Tricia to be careful but will she be? “Title Wave” is the very nicely done tenth book in Lorna Barrett's Booktown cozy mystery series. Barrett does take a big chance on moving the location of the mystery from Stoneham, New Hampshire to a cruise ship but it works wonderfully in this book (it helps that many of the regular series characters are on the cruise ship). Barrett does such an excellent job of the cruise ship setting that I felt like I was on the ship alongside Tricia and Angelica..."

유람선 여행과 미스터리 저자들과의 만남, 다른 작품들에서도 등장하는 전형적인 "복수"를 부르는 여성작가, 복수를 마음속에 품고 사는 여자, 위선적인 인가들, 친구나 가족을 사랑하는 사람들, 영화에 많이 등장하는 라스트 씬, 다음 작품을 기대하게 만드는 복선 등이 잘 드러나는 작품이다. 다만 좀 지루했고 이야기의 전개에 신선함이 좀 부족하다는 생각을 했다. 문장은 그다지 어렵지는 않다.